Accessible Performances

Accessible performances help d/Deaf and disabled audiences experience live work in ways that meet different access needs. This can include Auslan interpreted performances, audio description, tactile tours, live captioning, relaxed performances, sensory information, accessible seating, clear wayfinding and trained front-of-house staff.

Access should be planned early, promoted clearly and delivered with care, so audiences know what to expect before they arrive. Accessible performances also support artists, producers and venues to think more deeply about who their work is for.

Recommended Resources

How to Make Your Gigs Accessible and Broaden Your Audience APRA AMCOS Make your theatre performance accessible for d/Deaf audiences Solar Bear (UK)

ADNA acknowledges the lived and living experience of people with disability and their family members, carers and supporters.

We recognise the huge contribution people with lived and living experience make to ADNA's work, disability advocacy, and arts and culture in general.

ADNA uses ‘person-first language,’ emphasising the person, not the disability. As a disability-led organisation, we also embrace ‘identity-first’ language, acknowledging disability as identity.

ADNA acknowledges the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We honour their Elders past and present. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples' artistic and cultural expressions.