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ACCESS

 

 

 

Access at Fringe! 2024

 

Support for access needs

 

If you have any questions about access or specific access needs, email access@fringefilmfest.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We’ll always do our best to accommodate your needs where we can.

 

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Accessible events

 

Film screenings with descriptive captions:

  • Cruising Utopia, Fri 20 September, 21:00 @ Rich Mix (Studio)

  • We Are Family, Sat 21 September 14:30 @ Rich Mix (Studio)

  • Neirud, Sat 21 September, 17:30 @ Rich Mix (Stage)

  • TOPS, Sat 21 September, 18:15 @ Rio Cinema

  • Bang!, Sat 21 September 20:00 @ Rich Mix (Studio)

  • Glimmers for the Revolution, Sun 22 September, 13:00 @ Rich Mix (Studio)

  • Go Fish, Sun 22 September, 18:00 @ Rich Mix (Cinema)

 

Events with BSL interpretation:

 

Events with audio description:

 

Online events

 

Some films from our programme will be available to view online after the festival. Booking links will be available closer to the time.

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Films that will be available to watch online include:

 

A number of Love Hub workshops will be hosted online, including:

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Covid safety

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Covid isn’t over. In solidarity with our higher-risk siblings and to keep each other safe, we’re encouraging visitors to the festival to:

  • wear a mask if you can

  • do a test before attending the festival, especially if you’ve been in contact with someone who’s been ill


Please do not attend if you have covid, cold or flu symptoms.

 

Venues

 

Summaries of access information for each Fringe! 2024 venue, including links to their access pages where available.

 

Rich Mix

 

Address: 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, E1 6LA 

Transport: Shoreditch High Street

 

Rich Mix has:

  • step free access to the venue via a permanent ramp 

  • step free access to all floors, performance spaces and screens

  • wheelchair spaces in each cinema screen - contact the venue to book

  • four accessible toilets with RADAR locks

  • induction loop in the Stage and the Studio

  • infrared system in the Studio and cinema screens

  • chill out room during the main festival weekend, 20 to 22 September

 

PA/companion tickets can be booked via the venue with a CEA card.

 

Read more about accessibility at Rich Mix

 

Chill out room at Rich Mix

 

We will have a quieter room with seating and ambient lighting for anyone wanting to take a break in a calm environment. Available at Rich Mix from Friday 20 to Saturday 22 September.

 

Relaxed screenings at Rich Mix

 

Film events in the Studio and the Stage areas at Rich Mix will be relaxed screenings. At these screenings it’s OK if you need to:

 

  • arrive late

  • move around

  • make noise

  • leave the screening and come back

 

Rio Cinema

 

Address: 107 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB

Transport: Dalston Kingsland, Dalston Junction

 

Rio Cinema has:

  • step free access to the venue

  • step free access or lifts to both screens

  • wheelchair spaces at each screen - contact the venue to book

  • two accessible toilets

 

PA/companion tickets can be booked via the venue with a CEA card.

 

Read more about accessibility at Rio Cinema

 

​Genesis Cinema

 

Address: 93-95 Mile End Rd, E1 4UJ

Transport: Stepney Green

 

Genesis Cinema has:

  • step free access to the venue and screens 2-5

  • access to screen 1 via a stair climber (maximum load 150kg)

  • wheelchair spaces at each screen - contact the venue to book

  • an accessible toilet

 

PA/companion tickets can be booked via the venue with a CEA card.

 

Read more about accessibility at Genesis Cinema

 

Common Press

 

Address: 118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG

Transport: Shoreditch High Street

 

Workshops at Common Press will be happening in the basement, which unfortunately does not have step free access. The upper floor of Common Press has level access and an accessible toilet.

 

Live Art Development Agency (LADA)

 

Address: The Garrett Centre, 117A Mansford Street, E2 6LX

Transport: Bethnal Green

 

Live Art Development Agency has:

  • step free access to the venue via a lift

  • an accessible toilet

 

Hackney Community Sauna

 

Address: The Eastway Baths, 80 Eastway, E9 5JH

Transport: Hackney Wick

 

Hackney Community Sauna has:

  • step free access to the venue via a lift

  • an accessible toilet

 

The saunas themselves are not currently wheelchair accessible.


Read more about accessibility at Hackney Community Sauna.

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