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Accessibility
About the Festival
Welcome to Festival 08
The Edinburgh International Festival welcomes all visitors to its events. With this in mind we make every effort to ensure that the programme is accessible to the whole community.
Below are details of sign language interpreted, audio described and supertitled performances.Our venue access guide has details of physical access to all of our venues and of hearing enhancement systems.
The Festival publishes an Access Guide and both this guide and the Festival 08 brochure are available in CD, tape, large print and Braille formats on request, please phone 0131 473 2089 or email access@eif.co.uk
Hearing Enhancement Systems
Infra-red systems use invisible infra-red light to carry sound to receivers worn by listeners. The venue access guide includes information on induction loops and infra-red systems available at our venues. If you would like more information about hearing enhancement systems at any of our venues, please call us on 0131 473 2089 or email access@eif.co.uk
The following performance will be British Sign Language interpreted
365 by David Harrower
National Theatre of Scotland
Saturday 23 August 2.30pm
The Edinburgh Playhouse
The following performances will be audio described
The Two Widows by Bedřich Smetana
Scottish Opera
Tuesday 12 August 7.15pm
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
365 by David Harrower
National Theatre of Scotland
Monday 25 August 7.30pm
The Edinburgh Playhouse
There will be a touch tour before this performance
The Two Widows by Bedřich Smetana
Scottish Opera
Tuesday 12 August
Touch Tour 6pm
Performance 7.15pm
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Prior to the audio described performance of The Two Widows at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on Tuesday 12 August at 6.00pm there is a touch tour of the set, costumes and props. We may have to make last minute changes to touch tour schedules due to technical and cast requirements and all touch tours are subject to stage availability. Guide dogs are welcome and theatre staff will be pleased to look after them during the performance if required. Water bowls are available.
Supertitled Performances
The following performances have English supertitles:
The Two Widows by Bedřich Smetana
Scottish Opera
Saturday 9, Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 August 7.15pm
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Król Roger by Karol Szymanowski
Mariinsky Opera Company
Monday 25 and Wednesday 27 August 7.15pm
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Dybbuk Adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski
Based on a play by Szymon Anski and a short story by Hanna Krall
TR Warszawa
Saturday 9 - Monday 11 August 7.30pm
King's Theatre
4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
Translation by Klaudyna Rozhin
TR Warszawa
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 August 8.00pm
King's Theatre
Jidariyya by Mahmoud Darwish
Adapted by Khalifa Natour
Palestinian National Theatre
Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 August 8.00pm
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Class Enemy after Nigel Williams
East West Theatre Company
Wednesday 20 - Saturday 23 August 8.00pm
Royal Lyceum Theatre
