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Each event in the programme booklet includes icons and notes that provide important information about access at the festival. If you have any specific concerns or require additional information, please contact us via email acesso@alkantara.pt.
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Language
Many of the festival performances do not include spoken language. This is indicated on each show page by a speech bubble icon with a line through it.
In cases where a language is spoken on stage, the languages spoken are identified at the beginning and end of each show page.
Surtitles and Captions
Several performances offer surtitles, with a screen on stage showing text in both English and Portuguese, regardless of what language is being spoken on stage.
Where possible, surtitles are replaced by captions that express all spoken text and descriptions of background sounds that inform the action onstage.
The following performances will have captions:
Less of Cão Solteiro & André Godinho
13, 14, 15 November
Spies - Apocalypse How
20, 21, 22 November
When I Saw the Sea
27, 28 November
Please, Love me!
e 27, 28, 29 November
Portuguese Sign Language Interpretation (LGP)
In some performances the spoken text will be interpreted into Portuguese Sign Language. We aim to integrate the interpretation into the performance itself. However, in some performances, the interpreter will be positioned at one side of the stage.
The following Festival performances include Portuguese Sign Language interpretation:
Less of Cão Solteiro & André Godinho
15 November
Please, Love me!
29 November
Audio Described Performances
Audio described performances provide listeners with additional commentary about visual aspects of the performance via live headsets. Audio described performances include a touch tour before the performance, to provide audience members with additional information about the performance space.
The following performances will be audio described in Portuguese:
Este Mundo
19, 20 November
Coisa-Ponta
22 November
When I Saw the Sea
28 November
Please, Love me!
29 November
Sensory Notes
Individual show pages contain icons or text indicating the use of strobe lights, smoke, strong smells, or loud noise.
Venue Information
Most of our venues are wheelchair accessible.
The exceptions are:
Casa Independente, which is accessible only by stairs
Sala Estúdio Valentim de Barros /Jardins do Bombarda, where step-free access must be scheduled ahead of time, contact: +351 926 235 355
Check the detailed information on the physical access of the venues:
CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Centro Cultural de Belém
Culturgest
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
MAAT: Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea (MNAC)
Teatro do Bairro Alto
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II
Espaço Alkantara