This page details specific accessibility questions for performances included in Summerhall Festival 2021. For our general accessibility guidance, head to this link.
The Secret Courtyard
This year, Summerhall’s in person shows are in a new venue – The Secret Courtyard. There is ramped access to the space via the side gate to Summerhall on Summerhall Square (which will also be the main entrance for all Secret Courtyard shows this year). From there, the audience are lead through our courtyard to the new space. the space is raised, but there is ramp access to the seating area.
Relaxed performances andBSL signed performances will be marked as such on the event listings (and below).
Digital On-Demand
All digital on-demand shows that include speaking will have english captions available.
Those shows with a BSL signed version or audio described version will be marked as such on the event listing (and below).
Digital Live
Relaxed performances, captioned performances andBSL signed performances will be marked as such on the event listings (and below).
Accessible Shows
BSL signed performances
| A Space to Bless | All performances |
| Fow | On-Demand |
| Mother’s Milk | On-Demand |
| Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) by Mamoru Iriguchi | 21st, 22nd August |
| Within Sight | On-Demand |
Captioned performances
| A Space to Bless | English | On-Demand |
| A Wire Apart | English | On-Demand |
| Afloat by Eva O’Connor and Hildegard Ryan | English | On-Demand |
| Cheryl Martin – One Woman | English | On-Demand |
| East Belfast Boy by Fintan Brady | English | On-Demand |
| Every Wild Beast | English | On-Demand |
| Fow | English | On-Demand |
| mandla rae – as british as a watermelon | English | On-Demand |
| Mother’s Milk | English | On-Demand |
| Mustard by Eva O’Connor | English | On-Demand |
| My Car Plays Tapes | English | On-Demand |
| My Left Nut by Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney | English | On-Demand |
| Rajesh and Naresh | English | On-Demand |
| systems_theory | English | On-Demand |
| Taiwan Season: Fighters | English | On-Demand |
| The Dream Train by Tom McGrath | English | On-Demand |
| Two Fingers Up | English | On-Demand |
| Within Sight | English | On-Demand |
Audio Described Performances
| Grin | On-Demand |
| Metamorphosis | All dates |
Relaxed Performances
| A Space to Bless | All performances |
| Will Pickvance Plays Piano | 24th |
| Within Sight | On-Demand |