Access Performance Information

*Open captions will be available to view during the ‘interrogation hours’ where most of the spoken dialogue will take place. These moments are scheduled to take place between 5–7pm on Friday 3 July and between 9–11am, 1–3pm and 3–5pm on Saturday 4 July. The captions will also be made available online at these times (GMT+1).

The rest of the 24-hour-long performance contains minimal spoken content. Live captioning will not be available outside of the ‘interrogation hours’.

Application 39

Friday 9 October, 7pm

David Bowie: You're Not Alone and Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs

Open captions are built into the show and are visible at all times. The captions are located at the top of the projection.

It's a Sin

Saturday 20 February, 7.30pm

Ai Weiwei: Button Up!

We have reduced capacity sessions available to book onto on the following dates:

Sunday 19 July at 10am

Friday 31 July at 10am

Thursday 13 August at 10am

Saturday 29 August at 10am

Stay in the loop

If you’re interested in hearing updates about our accessible performances or booking access tickets, you can join our Access Mailing List by registering or logging in to ‘My Account’ and selecting your access requirements under ‘other preferences’.

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

BSL

Audio description

Relaxed performances

Captioning

Reduced capacity

Stay in the loop

Contact us

Access performance types

AD: Audio-described

BSL: British Sign Language interpreted performance

CAP: Captioned performance

REL: Relaxed performance

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