Festival season is about to get much more exciting as Lonely Planet author Martin Heng gets ready to reveal the next two guides in the AccessFest 2016 campaign. The first in the series was published last month featuring accessible places to eat, drink, sleep and explore in Brighton, home to dozens of festivals including the Brighton Fringe. Ne...
Have you heard the rumours? June is set to have incredible weather this year! That’s handy, because there are plenty of outdoor events happening this month and beyond. Check out these edge of your picnic blanket outdoor movie screenings and theatre events popping up around the country this summer.
Kew the Movies
In August and September, you ca...
What is #AccessFest?
Travel lovers will know that searching for disabled access information about hotels can often be tricky or time-consuming. That’s why we love disabled access reviews at Euan’s Guide, because people can read about other disabled travellers’ experiences before deciding to visit themselves. If someone with similar access requ...
The atmosphere is buzzing in Wolverhampton just now as the Light House inside the historic Chubb Buildings gears up for this weekend’s Deaffest! The line-up is looking particularly good this year with performers including Deaf comedian John Smith, and expert Visual Vernacular artist Giuseppe Giuranna.
It’ll be smiles all round as 2016’s theme i...
Raising the bar, not the curtain, for accessible performances
We've announced the winners of the Euan's Guide Accessible Fringe Award!
Euan’s Guide Founder, Euan MacDonald and BBC journalist Ian Hamilton presented the award and prize of £1,000 to The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth) and the runner up award was presented to Wendy Hoose (Birds of Paradise and Rand...
As another spectacular night came to a close at the Fringe, so too did the voting for the first ever Euan’s Guide Accessible Fringe Award. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who took part by going out and enjoying the festival this year and sharing their experiences with us. We’ve been listening to your recommendations and ha...
After 18 years, Nottingham Youth Theatre Inclusive Company are bringing magic back to the Fringe with their new fairytale family extravaganza, ‘Bing Bang Bong!’. The group aims to make the arts inclusive of everyone and works with disabled performers and those who have learning difficulties. Needless to say, they are very excited to be returni...
Robert Softley Gale: On technology, creative audio description and the Fringe
Fringe Feature: Drama
This week we caught up with artistic director, Robert Softley Gale, after a showing of Wendy Hoose by Johnny McKnight at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Robert is a long-standing figure in the Scottish arts scene and has worked in many diverse roles including as an actor, writer and an activist for disability rights. We sp...
Garry Robson: On the circus, storytelling and a talking pig
Fringe Feature: Theatre
We met up with artistic director, Garry Robson, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year where an Edward Gorey poem is being brought to life in the deaf-friendly musical, ‘Edmund the Learned Pig’. The performance features a broken down circus and a witty, out-of-the-ordinary pig who somehow manages to steal the show....
Fringe Feature: Discussion
Jo Verrent, Senior Producer at Unlimited, has a fresh perspective on disability. Jo will be holding a discussion at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe to talk about the benefits of disability within the arts and creative industries. We had a chat with her about her Fringe event, ‘Disability – A Creative Advantage’...
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