Access Performance Information

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

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Access Performances

50 Hours of Freedom

Captioned Performance – 14 July 6pm

All Right. Good Night.

Audio Described Performance (with a touch tour beforehand) – 7 July 7.30pm

BSL Interpreted performance – 8 July 7.30pm

Captioned Performance – 7 July 7.30pm

Balmy Army: A Welcome and Sharing

BSL Interpreted Performance – 1 July 3pm

Captioned Performance – 1 July 3pm

Balmy Army: A Movement and a call to action

This event will have BSL Interpretation – 15 July 2.30pm

Benji Reid: Find Your Eyes

BSL Interpreted Performance – 15 July 2.30pm

Captioned Performance – 15 July 2.30pm

John Grant sings the songs of Patsy Cline with Richard Hawley and Band

BSL Interpreted Performance – 11 July 8.30pm [SOLD OUT]

Justin Vivian Bond: One Night in Trans Vegas

BSL Interpreted Performance – 6 July 8.30pm

Manchester Collective and Slung Low: Noah's Flood

Captioned Performance – 1 July 3pm

Please note lyrics will be projected for everyone with spoken word elements also being captioned as part of the performance.

Modelling Queer Utopias: A Blueprint for a Future

BSL Interpreted Performance – 8 July 11am

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

All performances of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions will be subtitled for everyone.

Audio Described Performance (with a touch tour beforehand) – 2 July 3pm

BSL Interpreted Performance – 1 July 7:30pm

Relaxed Performance – 2 July 3pm

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An audio described intro will be available online for all performances.

BSL Interpreted Performance – 9 July 7pm

Please note for this event, BSL users and wheelchair users should book via phone by calling our Access line on 0161 817 4531 (phone lines are open 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).

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Audio Described Performance (with a touch tour beforehand) – 8 July 2.30pm

Captioned Performance – 8 July 2.30pm

Captioned Performance – 8 July 7.30pm

Relaxed Performance – 12 July 2.30pm

We Cut Through Dust

There is an accessible booking slot each day for We Cut Through Dust which offers:

  • Phones available to borrow
  • Written transcriptions of the audio
  • A member of our team to accompany you, if for any reason you’re not confident taking part alone
  • A route map identifying key locations, accessible toilets and wheelchair routes (sent via text/email)
  • A free Personal Assistant ticket at any time

Accessible Slots are offered on the following dates:

29 June at 9pm

30 June at 5.30pm

1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 15 July at 9pm

2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16 July at 5.30pm

There are also three Accessible Slots which provide BSL interpretation in addition to the access support listed above. These are:

BSL Interpreted Slot – 1 July 9pm (transcriptions of all the audio material will also be available at this slot)

BSL Interpreted Slot – 9 July 5:30pm (transcriptions of all the audio material will also be available at this slot)

BSL Interpreted Slot – 12 July 5.30pm (transcriptions of all the audio material will also be available at this slot)

Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons

Audio Described Tour – 13 August 2pm

BSL Led Tour – 5 August 3pm

Relaxed Session – 8 August 10am

Relaxed Session – 8 August 10.15am

Relaxed Session – 8 August 10.30am

Relaxed Session – 20 August 10am

Relaxed Session – 20 August 10.15am

Relaxed Session – 20 August 10.30am

Relaxed Session – 20 August 10.45am

Free Your Mind

Audio described performance – Friday 20 October 7.30pm

Audio described performance – Sunday 29 October 2.30pm

Audio described performance – Thursday 2 November 7.30pm

Captioned performance – Saturday 21 October 7.30pm

Captioned performance – Saturday 28 October 2.30pm

Captioned performance – Wednesday 1 November 7.30pm

BSL interpreted performance – Saturday 21 October 2.30pm

BSL interpreted performance – Thursday 26 October 7.30pm

BSL interpreted performance – Saturday 4 November 7.30pm

Relaxed performance – Sunday 22 October 2.30pm

Relaxed performance – Tuesday 24 October 7.30pm

Relaxed performance – Saturday 4 November 2.30pm

Lost and Found

Captioned performance – Thursday 21 December 3pm

Audio described performance – Saturday 23 December 4pm

Relaxed performance – Thursday 28 December 3pm

BSL interpreted performance – Thursday 4 January 11am

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.

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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