brochure in PDF - Edinburgh International Festival

Venue Access and Information
A full access guide with information
about parking, travel to venues
and accessible performances is
available at eif.co.uk/access
where it can be viewed online
or as a Word document.
If you would like a copy of the
Festival brochure in Braille, on
CD or in large print, including
a full access guide please email
access@eif.co.uk or call
+44 (0)131 473 2089. We welcome
calls through Text Relay in the
UK. Textphone users prefix our
number with 18001.
Please note: if you require the use
of the loop or Sennheiser systems
please check with Hub Tickets
when booking. There are some
areas in the theatres where the
signal is not available. Hub Tickets
staff will ensure that you are seated
in the correct area to receive
the best signal.
Artlink offers an escort service
to help people with disability
to enjoy the arts. For more
information contact them directly
at artlinkedinburgh.co.uk or
+44 (0)131 229 3555. Assistance
animals are welcome in all of
our venues.
The Queen’s Hall,
85-89 Clerk Street
- Ramped access. Wheelchair
spaces, accessible toilet and
café/bar on ground floor.
- Gallery only accessible by stairs.
- Induction loop in stalls and
Sennheiser infrared system
with receivers available from
the cloakroom.
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh,
13-29 Nicolson Street
- Ramped access at front and
level access at side entrance.
- Wheelchair spaces in stalls
on floor 1.
- Lift to all levels with accessible
toilet on floors 1 and 2.
- Sennheiser infrared system
with receivers available
from the cloakroom on the
mezzanine level.
- Café/bar on ground floor with
lift access to other bars.
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh,
2 Leven Street
- Level access through the Box
Office with level access to the
foyer. Platform lift to the stalls.
- Wheelchair spaces in the stalls
with accessible toilet on stalls level.
- Sennheiser infrared system with
receivers available from main foyer.
- Bars only accessible by stairs.
Please ask staff for refreshments
before the performance to have
them brought to you.
The Edinburgh Playhouse,
18-22 Greenside Place
- Level access to circle level
which is on the ground floor,
with wheelchair spaces and
accessible toilet on circle level.
- Steep stairs only to balcony
and stalls levels.
- Sennheiser infrared system.
Headsets available from staff.
- Bar and refreshment kiosk
on ground level.
Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Grindlay Street
- Lift to all levels and bars.
- Wheelchair spaces in stalls with
accessible toilet on ground floor.
- Induction loop and Hearing
enhancement system available
from information and shop area.
Usher Hall, Lothian Road
- Level access from Grindlay Street.
- Lift to all levels.
- Wheelchair spaces and
accessible toilets in stalls
and grand circle.
- Stalls café/bar fully accessible,
upper circle bar accessible by lift.
Lowland Hall, Royal Highland
Centre, Ingliston
- Level access to hall.
- Level and ramped access
to auditoria.
- Accessible toilets.
- Wheelchair spaces available.
- Bar on ground floor.
- Wheelchair drop off zone at
entrance to the building.
- Infrared system with receivers
available from the cloakroom.
Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place
- Level access to the Kirk.
- Wheelchair spaces in the Kirk
and accessible toilet.
Traverse Theatre,
10 Cambridge Street
- Level access to Box Office
from Cambridge Street.
- Lift with voice announcement and
Braille buttons to all levels. For lift
access to Traverse 1, please make
yourself known to a member of the
Front of House team.
- Accessible toilets on ground and
lower ground Bar Café levels.
- Infrared hearing enhancement
system. Headsets available
from staff.
- Wheelchair spaces available.
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The Hub, Castlehill
- Level, ramped or lift access
to all public areas.
- Wheelchair spaces in Main Hall.
- Induction loop in Hub Tickets
and Main Hall.
- Accessible toilet on ground floor
and another via stair lift.
- Bar and café on ground floor.
- Lift with voice announcement
and Braille buttons.
Ross Theatre,
Princes Street Gardens
- Level access to the Gardens
and Ross Theatre approximately
200 metres from the King’s
Stables Road entrance.
Please arrive before 8.00pm.
- Wheelchair spaces available in
the Ross Theatre and Princes
Street Gardens. Please tell
Hub Tickets if you would like to
use either of these areas when
you book your tickets.
- Accessible toilets in the gardens
and behind the Ross Theatre.
- Please note that the gardens
become very crowded, which,
combined with the noisy
fireworks, may make this event
unsuitable for assistance animals.