The Royal Festival Hall is on London’s South Bank and “opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, the Grade I listed Hall is one of the world’s leading performance venues”. There is easy to access to the Royal Festival Hall on both the East and West sides. In the West side there…
The Royal Opera House is “based in the iconic Covent Garden theatre, it is renowned for its outstanding performances of both traditional opera as well as commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers.” The Royal Opera House is a real treat to go and visit, they also have great concessions if you’re disabled. There are…
I have been to Sadler’s Wells and it’s an excellent theatre for access! The last time I went I saw Mathew Bourne’s Cinderella which was truly amazing particularly as I wouldn’t normally like a ballet! Access is good the wheelchair seats have a brilliant view and there’s a disabled toilet! But the bar area is…
The National Theatre is on London’s South Bank. It is fully accessible and you need to ring up for disabled parking. The disabled seats have have a great view in all the theatres and they have a disabled toilet which is fine but it is often used by non-disabled-people. The current productions they are showing…
Royal Court Theatre is in Sloane Square and gets rave reviews from all around the world. The New York Times called it “the most important theatre in Europe’. But it doesn’t stop there Harpers and Queen said it was “London’s coolest theatre’. They told us that the theatre was totally accessible! There is a flat…
The Donmar Warehouse is in the heart of London’s West End and has a reputation for ‘artistic excellence’. People such as Sam Mendes and Michael Grandage take part in the production of the performances, some of which have been award winning (43 Olivier awards to name a few). Donmar Warehouse is totally accessible. There is…
“The Old Vic is one of the best known and best loved theatres in the world” that attracts some of the best talent from all over the UK. The Old Vic’s disabled access is pretty good there are seats in the stalls with spaces for wheelchairs, just let the box office know when you buy…
Hackney Empire as you would expect has disabled spaces that are totally accessible, there are slopes to get around to the spaces and there are disabled toilets on every floor! Along with disabled parking bays near by. No problem here, Hackney Empire gets 2.5 BBS Ticks
Last Saturday I had to go solo to a comedy gig at The Soho Theatre , Dean St., (don’t worry I did meet Lieutenant No.1 in the bar). I went to see Brett Goldstein in his show ‘Brett Goldstein: Grew Up In A Strip Club’. I missed him last year at The Edinburgh Festival and he has since had great reviews…