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To ensure the best use of our facilities please notify the Tickets & Information Office of your requirements when booking on 01227 769075 or by email: boxoffice@kent.ac.uk.

Access Scheme

Gulbenkian’s Access Scheme is a free scheme for people with physical, sensory or learning disabilities. As a member of our Access Scheme, you may be entitled to concessionary ticket prices for some events, or a free companion seat. Find out more by downloading our access pack or email: boxoffice@kent.ac.uk

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Download the Gulbenkian Access Scheme Form_2020

 

Take a look around our venue with our Accessible Welcome video:

 

Video 2 –  Follow the journey from the Central Car Park to Gulbenkian in real time

 

Video 3 – Follow the journey from Giles Lane Car Park to Gulbenkian

 

Video 4 – Follow the journey from Giles Lane Bus Stop to Gulbenkian

 

Video 5 – Follow the journey from Keynes College Bus Stop to Gulbenkian

 

Useful information

positive - wheelchair symbolMobility requirements:

Wheelchair spaces: If you require a wheelchair space please let us know when booking. For seating arrangements please see Gulbenkian’s seating plans, or contact a member of our Ticket & Information Team on 01227 769075 or by email boxoffice@kent.ac.uk. Please keep in mind that for some events there are bespoke seating arrangements that will vary from the seating plan.

Dedicated accessible bay parking spaces in Central Car Park. For more information regarding Accessible bay parking across the campus visit the University of Kent website Accessible parking webpage.

Level access to the foyer and cafe through automatic doors. Level access to cinema, theatre and Colyer-Fergusson Hall.

Accessible toilet in Gulbenkian and Colyer-Fergusson.
Toilet Facilities: Located in Gulbenkian and Colyer-Fergusson.  There are hand-dryers in Gulbenkian and paper towel dispensers in Colyer-Fergusson.

Handrails on the stairs in the cinema and Colyer-Fergusson Hall.

Lift available to first floor for Cinema and Colyer-Fergusson Hall. Please be aware that we can only accommodate wheelchair users on the ground floor of the cinema.

 

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Hearing/Visual impairment requirements:

 

Infra-Red Audio system for the hearing impaired. Allows patrons to independently control the level of volume required, from any seat in the theatre. Two types of headsets are available; one for people who do not use hearing aids and one for use in conjunction with a hearing aid, by switching it to the ‘T’ position. Headsets available from the Front of House team, please ask at Tickets & Information for more information.

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Assistance dogs welcome.

 

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Captioned Subtitles: We offer a captioned subtitled screening on a

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Monday evening screening where available. If Monday or Captioned subtitles are unavailable we endeavour to screen another film that week with captioned subtitles or foreign language subtitles. To find out which events will have captioned subtitles, please visit what’s on and filter by ‘On Screen’ and ‘Captioned.’

 

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Audio Description: We offer audio description on a range of film screenings where available. There are specific seats where Audio Description is best available in our cinema. Please see Cinema Audio Description seating plan for more information.To find out which events will have subtitles, please visit what’s on and filter by ‘On Screen’ and ‘Audio Description’

 

Pre-show visits/Touchtours: We offer pre-show visits and touch tours on some events.  Please contact our Front of House manager Helen on gulbaccess@kent.ac.uk or phone ticket office on 01227 769075 /email boxoffice@kent.ac.uk

Relaxed performances: We offer relaxed performances/screenings for some events.  Relaxed Performances/screenings are specifically designed to welcome people who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including guests on the Autistic Spectrum, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability or parents who want to attend our performances with young children.  There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement in the auditorium and we make some small changes to the light and sound effects. Find out more about Accessible Film Club.

 

ART31

ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them. The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

ART31 is supported by a network of cultural partners across the county, a number of whom have been inspired to adopt the ART31 ethos, including Pie Factory Music, Jasmin Vardimon Company and partners leading the Theatre31 project in Medway and Sheppey.

The ART31 Youth Board have had great success with programming and co-commissioning, working with a wide range of practitioners from across the cultural and creative industries. They have developed the ART31 manifesto and have challenged policymakers and enabled change so that more young people across the county, from a range of diverse backgrounds, can experience high quality arts and culture.

Below are our current projects and groups:

Our projects with young people

Techy31

TECHY31

TECHY31 is a fun, weekly workshop for 10-12 year olds interested in the technical side of theatre.

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Gulbenkian Uncovered

Are you enthusiastic, committed and creative? Gulbenkian Uncovered gives students the chance to get behind the scenes, develop new skills and run events at Gulbenkian.

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Square Pegs Arts

Square Pegs Arts are an award winning Charity who provide drama groups, music projects and other accessible Arts opportunities for children and young adults who have learning disabilities and autism, and produce original, inspiring, challenging Theatre. Difference is celebrated and everyone is supported to shine in their own way.

Gulbenkian, Screen31 Workshops.

SCREEN31

Interested in filmmaking? Want to learn some new skills? SCREEN31 might be just what you’re looking for!

Youth Theatre

Fantastic and fun sessions for ages 5-18 years, encouraging creativity and theatre-making skills. Sessions run during school term-times.

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ART31KENT

We want to #ChangeKent. How? By creating more artistic events and opportunities for young people. By motivating young people to be creative, and to try art forms they wouldn’t usually think of. By introducing them to new work that they may not have been able to access before. By developing relationships between arts organisations and young people, leading young people to take control and get involved in making decisions.

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TECH31

TECH31’s weekly training sessions will introduce 13-18 year olds to the technical side of theatre, providing training to young people and on job experience of working back stage in a theatre and other live events.

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ARTY31

Gulbenkian’s ARTY31 group meets on Wednesdays 4-5.30pm and consists of young people aged 8-12 with a wide variety of arts interests. These sessions are FREE.

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KRAN Fam

KRAN Fam is Gulbenkian’s drama group for young refugees and asylum-seekers aged 16 and above, delivered in partnership with Kent Refugee Action Network.

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National Theatre Connections

NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.

Accessible Film Club

Accessible Film Club

Monthly film screenings that are open to all, especially those with autism and learning disabilities.