Factory International

Access Performance Information

Check here for details of access performances across the Factory International programme

Access performances

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

We have audio described showings on the following dates:

Friday 9 May 2025 at 7.30pm

Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 7.30pm

Figures in Extinction

There will be an audio-described performance of Figures in Extinction on Friday 21 February 2025.

Cycles

There is an audio-described performance of CYCLES on Friday 21 March at 7.30pm.

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

There is a BSL showing on the following dates:

Friday 16 May, 7.30pm

Those Who Hold Up The Sky

A roving BSL interpreter will be in attendance from midday to 2pm on Saturday 1 March.

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.

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

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

Figures in Extinction

There will be a captioned performance of Figures in Extinction on Friday 21 February 2025 at 7.30pm.

Those Who Hold Up The Sky

All videos as part of Those Who Hold Up The Sky will be captioned.

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.

Hamlet Hail to the Thief

We have relaxed showings on the following dates:

Thursday 15 May, 7.30pm

Those Who Hold Up The Sky

There are relaxed showings on Saturday 1 March from 12–1pm and Sunday 2 March from 10–11am.

During these times, there will be no fog and more lighting.

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.

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