Curve | Curve for Everyone Access Brochure Spring Summer 2019

for Everyone Spring / Summer 2019 Access Brochure Pulse, Bamboozle Theatre - 30 Jan - 1 Feb

Welcome Welcome to Curve, and to our Spring/Summer 2019 Access Brochure.

Great theatre is nothing unless it’s for everyone. We are proud to offer a programme of accessible performances throughout the year, enabling customers with all disabilities requiring particular assistance to access the work on our stages. For details of all of the accessible performances coming up this year, please see pages 2 - 6 of this brochure.

As well as performances on our stages, we are also delighted to offer a range of participatory opportunities for everyone to get involved in. Find out more about the recent work that we have undertaken in the community, and how you can join in with new opportunities at Curve on pages 9 - 10.

We hope that you find this brochure useful, however, if you have an access question that is not covered please do not hesitate to get in touch at contactus@curvetheatre.co.uk, or speak to a member of our Box Office team.

We look forward to welcoming you to Curve.

Chris Stafford Chief Executive Nikolai Foster Artistic Director

Join Our Access Register Our Access Register is designed to assist customers with additional needs. We store information on your personal requirements so that you don’t need to resubmit evidence each time you book.

Once registered, you will be eligible for a free essential carer ticket with the standard ticket you purchase for each show. To join our Access Register, please visit www.curveonline.co.uk/plan-your-visit/ accessibility/ or call the Box Office on 0116 242 3595.

Access Performances

Signed Performances

Signed performances are presented with British Sign Language interpretation. The signer will be positioned on one side of the stage, and our Box Office team can advise on the best seats for viewing the interpretation. Suitable for those that are d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Upcoming Signed Performances: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Grease Thu 5 Sep, 7.30pm

Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm

Rambert: Life is a Dream Fri 1 Mar, 7.30pm

On Your Feet!

War Horse Tue 1 Oct, 7.30pm

West Side Story Thu 12 Dec, 2.15pm

Fri 7 Jun, 7.30pm

The Color Purple Fri 5 Jul, 7.30pm

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Touch Tours

An accompaniment to Audio Described Performances, Touch Tours are a tactile tour of the stage allowing audience members with visual impairments greater access to the performance. Tours usually take place 90 minutes (or earlier) prior to the start of an Audio Described Performance. The timings below are the start times of the Touch Tours, and places on these tours should be booked in advance via the Box Office.

Upcoming Touch Tours performances: Northern Ballet’s Victoria

Grease Wed 11 Sep, 12.45pm

Sat 6 Apr, 12 noon

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

War Horse Fri 4 Oct, 5.30pm

Sat 20 Apr, 6pm

West Side Story

On Your Feet!

Sat 14 Dec, 12.45pm Sat 28 Dec, 5.30pm

Sat 8 Jun, 12.45pm

The Color Purple Fri 12 Jul, 6pm 3

Audio Described Performances

During Audio Described Performances, key visual aspects of the show are described live via a headset, which can be reserved in advance via the Box Office and collected prior to the performance.

Suitable for audience members with visual impairments.

Upcoming Audio Described performances: Northern Ballet’s Victoria

Grease Wed 11 Sep, 2.15pm

Sat 6 Apr, 2.30pm

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

War Horse Fri 4 Oct, 7.30pm

Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm

West Side Story

On Your Feet!

Sat 14 Dec, 2.15pm Sat 28 Dec, 7.30pm

Sat 8 Jun, 2.15pm

The Color Purple Fri 12 Jul, 7.30pm

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Captioned Performances

Captioned Performances see spoken words or songs converted into visible text as they are delivered, via a display screen on stage.

Captions can aid audience members that: are d/Deaf or hard-ofhearing; have English as a second language; or find it difficult to follow spoken word. Our Box Office team can advise on the best seats for viewing the captions.

Upcoming Captioned Performances: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Grease Thu 12 Sep, 7.30pm

Sat 20 Apr, 2.15pm

On Your Feet!

Thu 6 Jun, 7.30pm

The Color Purple Tue 9 Jul, 7.30pm

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War Horse Sat 28 Sep, 2.15pm

West Side Story Wed 18 Dec, 2.15pm Thu 2 Jan, 7.30pm

Relaxed Performances

Relaxed Performances are tailored to and aimed at anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed performance environment.

The atmosphere in the auditorium will be relaxed, with audience members free to come and go as they please, or to make noise if they would like to.

Upcoming Relaxed Performances: Pulse

Grease

Wed 30 Jan – Fri 1 Feb

Sat 7 Sep, 2.15pm

All performances of Pulse are Relaxed Performances.

West Side Story Sat 4 Jan, 2.15pm

Dementia Friendly Performances

Dementia Friendly Performances are tailored to meet the specific needs of people living with dementia. They include adaptations to the show, clearer visual markers and signage in the physical environment and a relaxed attitude to movement and audience responses during the show.

Upcoming Dementia Friendly Performances: Grease

West Side Story

Thu 5 Sep, 2.15pm

Wed 8 Jan, 2.15pm

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Other Services Large-print & Audio Brochures Our season brochure is available in large print (pt. 18 font size), giant print (pt. 24 font size) and as an audio brochure. Please ask at the Box Office, or visit our website at www.curveonline.co.uk/ plan-your-visit/accessibility/

Wheelchair Spaces All of our public spaces are accessible to wheelchair users, including lift access to the Circle level. We have allocated wheelchair spaces for every performance, both in the Theatre and Studio. If you wish to transfer to a theatre seat, we can store the wheelchair during the performance.

Assistance Dogs Dog spaces are available upon request; please let us know during the booking process and a seat next to the aisle will be reserved for you. Alternatively, a member of our Visitor Experience Team will care for your dog during the performance, and drinking water can be provided.

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Accessible Toilets Accessible toilets are available on both the Stalls and Circle levels.

We also have a Changing Places accessible toilet with adult hoist off the Foyer, next to Door 4 of the Theatre. The R.A.D.A.R. Key is available at the Green Room CafĂŠ.

Accessible Parking Accessible parking is available on Southampton Street and in the NCP Rutland Centre Car Park adjacent to Curve. We also have a drop-off point on Rutland Street.

Infra-red & Induction Loop Hearing Systems Available in both the Theatre and Studio – please visit the Box Office for a headset.

Anything Else?

If there is anything else you need assistance with, please do not hesitate to let us know at contactus@curvetheatre.co.uk or speak to a member of our Box Office team.

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Get Involved Alongside the many accessible performances we mount at Curve, there are various opportunities for people to get involved with participatory projects.

We have a long-standing relationship with SideKick Dance, who we host for two weekly classes for both young people and adults with a range of needs. As a natural development from this relationship, dancers from SideKick are increasingly appearing in non-disability specific performances as part of integrated casts, including our 2018 Curve Young Company and Community Production of Fiddler on the Roof, and as part of the De Montfort University Talent 25 Launch in January 2019.

We’re currently working with disabled artist Chris Pryke on developing his comedy material for a performance in late 2019.

Our schools programme is enriched by ongoing relationships with a number of special schools; at the time of writing we are working with Ellesmere College and Ashmount School on participatory project Splash, bringing disabled artists into schools to lead a series of workshops. This is part of a developing strategic relationship with both schools, ensuring that we are able to discuss the specific needs of the students when planning participatory activity.

Fiddler on the Roof | Photos: Pamela Raith

Another interesting strategic relationship is the SEN strain of Leicestershire Music Hub activity. In November 2018 we hosted the inspirational Mass Singing event in our studio with over 100 young people and their families, the first in a bi-annual series of such sharings.

There are a range of workshops and classes available at Curve across the year, and we endeavour to make these as open access as possible. For further details or to discuss whether one of our projects or classes might be for you, please contact our Head of Learning, Andy Reeves, at learning@curvetheatre.co.uk.

Fiddler on the Roof | Photo: Pamela Raith

Bugsy Malone | Photo: Tom Wren

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Photo: Pamela Raith

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15 Changing Places Facility

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