Workshops, soft play and chill out zone

Mural painting with Vanessa Scott, Spring themed soft play, Wild Child in Spring art workshop, Sun Catchers art session and memory trees.

Outdoor play

Afrocats toddler dance and drum sessions, sandpits and water walls, Pop Up Adventure Play, Bee Cart roaming theatre, giant bubbles, retro lawn games and Gingers Ice Cream.

'Campfire' story-time and activities

Conker Crew takeover with Professor Jiggett's curiosity puppets including dry mud kitchens, autumnal sensory play, mock campfire, Hapa Zome printing and willow weaving.

Party time

UV Disco with DJ, light installations, UV Face painters, UV sensory play and bubbles and light up performers.

Cequin Circus

Soft Tots

Neon Tiger & Smudges facepaint

Venessa Scott

Conker Crew

Professor Jiggett

DJ Helen

Adventure Babies

Toddler Sense

Rebecca Jones

Afrocats

Pop Up Adventure Play

Pif Paf

There will be a staffed buggy park set up along the City Entrance to the Social. Please leave your buggy outside and folded down to ensure as much space inside as possible.

Our full address is Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ and the what3words is chop.feeds.chase.

You can approach Aviva Studios along Water Street (coming from Quay Street) or along Liverpool Road (coming from Deansgate or Castlefield). Both entrances to the building have double sets of glass doors.

Once inside Aviva Studios, there is step-free access to all areas of the venue. The flooring throughout the building is smooth concrete.

The entrance to the Hall is by lift, escalator or stairs from one side of the Social beside the brick arches. There is only one escalator, and this will take you up to the Hall before the show, and will be reversed so that you can travel down at the end of the performance.

The Social has a range of seating, including those with arms and backs.

The bars in the Social and Hall Foyer have lowered accessible service points.

Our building is large. We have portable stools available to borrow if you would benefit from resting along the way during your visit.

We have wheelchair spaces and seats at standing events for all events.

There are accessible toilets on all public levels of our building.

Accessible toilets are located inside the main toilets space in the brick arches of the Social.

Here you’ll find a mixture of accessible cubicles with left- or right-hand transfer, towards the back of the space, as well as ambulant accessible cubicles with grab rails, as well as a Changing Places facility.

The toilets in the brick arches of the Social are split into male, female and gender neutral – all of which contain accessible cubicles. There are shared handwashing facilities in each arch – they have soap dispensers under the mirrors to your left and dryers to the right. There are separate handwashing facilities inside the accessible cubicles.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in both Hall Foyers, at stalls and circle level.

There are additional single-room accessible toilets located in the Warehouse Foyer.

You do not need a key to use the accessible toilets at Aviva Studios.

Assistance dogs are welcome in our building, and we can provide mats and water bowls on request, just ask a host when you arrive. We can also take care of your assistance dog if you do not want to take your dog into the performance space. Please also refer to our assistance dogs policy.

If you are bringing an assistance dog to a ticketed event, please let us know in advance by contacting access@factoryinternational.org or calling our access phone number: 0161 817 4531 (phone lines are open 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday).