The Royal Shakespeare Company offers a range of services for deaf and disabled patrons including captioned and audio described performances.
Accessible to all
Our philosophy is to make everything we do accessible to all our audience.
The Courtyard Theatre has level access to the ground floor and seating in the Stalls, and a lift to the Circle level. For more information please visit our Theatre Access pages.
The Royal Shakespeare Company offers a range of additional services for patrons including large print information and newsletters. Join our access list.
If you need any information on our website in a different format, please email access@rsc.org.uk or telephone 01789 272227.
Assisted performances
We offer captioned and audio described performances for most productions:
Captioned performances
COURTYARD, Arabian Nights, 16 January, 2pm
COURTYARD, Romeo and Juliet, 29 April, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, Antony and Cleopatra, 11 May, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, King Lear, 4 June, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, Morte D'Arthur, 10 July, 1pm
COURTYARD, Julius Caesar, 31 July, 1pm
COURTYARD, As You Like It, 5 August, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, The Winter's Tale, 2 September, 7.15pm
Audio described performances
COURTYARD, Arabian Nights, 13 January, 5pm
COURTYARD, Arabian Nights, 23 January, 2pm
COURTYARD, Romeo and Juliet, 28 May, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, King Lear, 5 June, 1pm
COURTYARD, King Lear, 19 June, 1pm
COURTYARD, Antony and Cleopatra, 26 June, 1pm
COURTYARD, Romeo and Juliet, 3 July, 1pm
COURTYARD, Morte D'Arthur, 9 July, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, As You Like It, 11 August, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, The Winter's Tale, 13 August, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, Antony and Cleopatra, 25 August, 7.15pm
COURTYARD, Julius Caesar, 4 September, 1pm
Audio introductions
An audio introduction to As You Like It is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
An audio introduction to Julius Caesar is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
An audio introduction to The Winter's Tale is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
An audio introduction to Twelfth Night is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
Audio introductions - previous productions
An introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
An audio introduction to Romeo and Juliet is available to listen to in mp3 format.
An audio introduction to The Grain Store is available to listen to in mp3 format or read the notes.
An audio introduction to The Drunks is available to listen to in mp3 format.
Touch tours
The RSC offers touch tours at The Courtyard Theatre for our visually impaired patrons attending audio described performances.
These tours are free - to book a place please telephone 01789 403436 or email access@rsc.org.uk. Find out more about touch tours.
Access Matters
Read the latest edition of Access Matters in PDF (Word format to follow shortly).
Join our Access mailing list
For more details of our assisted performances and access information join our access list or email access@rsc.org.uk.
