Access Performance Information

One-on-one audio description is available for the MIF25 Opening Event on 3 July, and will be delivered by our trained volunteers. If you have any questions about audio description for this event, please call our team on 0161 817 4531 (Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm) or email access@factoryinternational.org.

Shilpa Gupta: Untitled

There will be audio description available for this event.

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

There is a BSL showing on the following dates:

Friday 16 May, 7.30pm

Artist in Times of Upheaval: Ai WeiWei

Philharmonic Sessions: The Augmented Orchestra

There will be a BSL interpreted performance on 15 March at 3pm.

Musical Storyland Live

Sean will present bilingually in English and British Sign Language and will teach children some songs in BSL.

The performances will include British Sign Language interpretation (in addition to Sean’s BSL presentation). The Interpreter will be positioned on the right-hand side of the stage (if you are facing the stage).

Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes

There will be a BSL interpreted performance of Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes on Thursday 29 May at 7.30pm.

Juliet Ellis: A Symphony of Flesh and Bones

There is a BSL-interpreted performance of A Symphony of Flesh and Bones on Saturday 12 July at 2pm.

FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE - FĀGOGO

There will be a BSL tour of the exhibition on Saturday 19 July, 2pm. The BSL Interpreter will be Martin Glover.

A Single Man

There is a BSL-interpreted performance of A Single Man on Sunday 6 July at 3pm.

Liberation

This event will have BSL interpretation on the following dates:

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30pm

Thursday 17 July 7.30pm

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

There is a captioned performance of Hamlet Hail to the Thief on Thursday 8 May 2025 at 2.30pm.

Artist in Times of Upheaval: Ai Weiwei

WAKE

There will be captioned performances of WAKE on Saturday 19 April at 7pm and 9.30pm.

Where It Happened

There is a captioned performance of Where It Happened on Saturday 26 April at 4pm.

A transcript is available on request for non-captioned performances.

Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes

There will be a captioned performance of Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes on Wednesday 28 May at 7.30pm.

An Inheritance

All film elements of the exhibition are captioned.

Blackhaine: And Now I Know What Love Is

This event will be captioned on Thursday 17 July, 7:30pm.

Juliet Ellis: A Symphony of Flesh and Bones

There is a captioned performance of A Symphony of Flesh and Bone son Saturday 12 July at 7.30pm.

FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE - TALANOA

All viewings of this film will be captioned.

Football City, Art United.

Film content is captioned and a transcript is available for audio content, at all times.

Venture Arts: Michael Beard

All filmed elements of this exhibition will be captioned.

A Single Man

There is a captioned performance of A Single Man on Saturday 5 July at 8pm.

Liberation

This event will have captioning on the following dates:

Saturday 19 July 2.30pm

Saturday 19 July 7.30pm

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

We have relaxed showings on the following dates:

Thursday 15 May, 7.30pm

FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE - FĀGOGO

There will be relaxed showings of this exhibition on the following dates:

Tuesday 8 July, 12-2pm

Saturday 12 July, 12-1pm

Tuesday 15 July, 12-2pm

Thursday 17 July, 6-7pm

Football City, Art United.

These showings are intended for those who might benefit from the show sound being quieter and the lighting more subtle. Changes will be made to the show and show space to make it more comfortable. The overall capacity of the Warehouse will be reduced.

We have relaxed showings on the following dates:

Sunday 13 July, 11am
Tuesday 15 July, 6pm
Friday 25 July, 3pm
Thursday 31 July, 7:30pm
Wednesday 6 August, 12:30pm
Tuesday 12 August, 5pm
Friday 22 August, 3:30pm

Venture Arts: Experiments in the Lab

All performances will be Relaxed. The house lights will be on, and the overall capacity will not be high.

Venture Arts: Michael Beard

All performances will be Relaxed. The house lights will be on, and the overall capacity will not be high.

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At the bottom of this page you can see a key for different types of Access performance and what they mean.

Contact us

If you have a question about any of these performances, please get in touch on access@factoryinternational.org or call us on 0161 817 4531 and we’ll do our best to help. Phone lines are open 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday.

Access performance types

AD: Audio-described

Audio description offers an introduction/commentary of the visual action to assist blind and visually impaired patrons. This is usually delivered via an earpiece and will be available from event pages.

BSL: British Sign Language interpreted performance

A British Sign Language interpreter will translate the spoken words for BSL users.

CAP: Captioned performance

Captioning displays dialogue and some sound effects as visible text on a screen or mobile device for anyone who would find this useful.

REL: Relaxed performance

Relaxed performances welcome all who may benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders or a learning disability, or those with babes in arms.

Access performances

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BSL

Captioning

Relaxed

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Access performance types

AD: Audio-described

BSL: British Sign Language interpreted performance

CAP: Captioned performance

REL: Relaxed performance

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