Access

All venues have dedicated seating options for patrons with individual needs and their guests. Some accessibility options may only relate to performances on specific dates. Across the program, it is recommended that you contact each venue’s box office before you book tickets to discuss your access needs.

Brisbane Festival will provide a complimentary ticket to Companion Card holders. The card holder must provide their Companion Card details when making a booking and present a valid ID card at the venue box office when collecting tickets. To book a complimentary ticket please call the venue box office of the event you wish to book for.

The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower is a globally recognised symbol for non-visible disabilities. All Brisbane Festival staff and volunteers have completed training to understand how to support people who wear the Sunflower.

This venue/location is wheelchair accessible or has been made accessible for the Festival. If this symbol is not displayed, access may be limited. Designated wheelchair spaces will be sold at the lowest price in the house for that performance.

This venue/location has an assistive listening system installed for use by patrons. Check with the venue for further details.

This venue/location is providing Auslan interpreted events for patrons. Check Accessibility on each event page for further details.

This service allows blind and low vision patrons to enjoy the show by having trained describers capture in live narration the action, costumes, sets, transitions, gestures, facial expressions, and lighting or special effects in a performance. This is transmitted via a discreet headset/earpiece worn by the patron.

Captions will be displayed on a screen enabling the audience to read what is being said. It is always in view and cannot be turned off.

May have music/sounds in the background, or may be partly open captioned or scripts/descriptions are given to the audience before the event on request.

This show has minimal dialogue, some background music and/or sounds, and is classified as 75% Visual Content.

This show has no music or dialogue and is classified as 100% Visual Content.

This show allows patrons with low vision or sensory needs to tour the set. Patrons may be invited to touch and feel costumes and set elements before the curtain rises.

This show features reduced sound and lighting for a sensory reduced environment.