Performance Works Venue Accessibility

Events at this Venue: 

  • July 6: Opening Party: inter/dependence

    • Event Info: Opening Party will feature spoken word/poetry, a live choral performance and recorded music playback and mixing by multiple disk jockeys. The event will culminate in a dance party with loud music. Dim, ambient lighting and dynamic light effects projected onto walls, floors and the ceiling.

  • July 8: Not What You Expected

    • Event Info: This is a panel-style event, with three speakers on microphones. The speakers will be lit onstage.

  • July 11: Watersmeet

    • Event Info: Watersmeet is a multi-instrument concert that combines South Asian and Western sounds. It will feature live sitar, tabla, violin, viola, cello, drums and bass performances. There will be two 45 minute sets, with a 15 minute intermission. Dim, ambient lighting and dynamic light effects projected onto walls, floors, the ceiling and stage.

  • July 12: Punch Up

    • Event Info: Punch Up is a live performance event that features five performers onstage, performing for 15-20 minute sets, with 5-10 minute breaks between sets. Performers will be mic’d and lit onstage. Dim, ambient lighting and dynamic light effects projected onto walls, floors and the ceiling.

  • July 16: Closing Cabaret

    Closing Cabaret will feature drag, a live instrumental and vocal performance and music playback and mixing by multiple disk jockeys. The event will culminate in a dance party with loud music. Haze will be used. Dim, ambient lighting and dynamic light effects projected onto walls, floors, and the ceiling.

 

Venue Access:

 

For the Radical Access Mapping Project accessibility audit of Performance Works see here. The Accessibility Overview is linked here and the visual story of the venue linked here (thank you PuSh Festival for these resources!)

 

Wheelchair & Mobility Device Access:

 

Performance Works is audience wheelchair and scooter accessible, including washrooms, with no steps or stairs from the street to the theatre, or within the theatre.

 

These events are all by general admission, so wheelchair seating can be wherever you prefer: the front, the back, or on an aisle. Please contact [email protected] to specify your preference. You will also be prompted to indicate any seating requirements during the checkout process when purchasing tickets through Eventbrite.

 

Parking:

 

There is parking (designated accessible parking and general public parking) directly opposite the venue entrance. The accessible parking is within 20 feet of the entrance to the building.

 

Transit:

 

Plan your trip. Address: 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8. If you need a guide to meet you at a transit stop to get to the theatre, please contact us at 

 

The perimeter of Granville Island is well connected to public transit, however there is no bus service directly onto the island. There are various walkways to enter the island from the nearest transit stop (depending on where you are coming from), which are a mix of dirt or paved paths, or wooden boardwalks. In some cases the paving is uneven. Guests using wheelchairs are encouraged to use the HandyDart service or private transportation.

 

Seating:

 

When an event has chairs (detailed by event below), chairs are folding, metal, stackable seats with lightly cushioned backs and bottoms and no armrests. Chairs are organized in rows on a flat floor, arranged to face the elevated stage, with a wide aisle. To reserve any seating location for accessibility reasons, contact [email protected]

 

Bathrooms:

 

There are two washrooms, one with stalls and one with urinals and stalls. Each bathroom has one accessible stall, but each has a sharp turn to access the stall, and each bathroom has a fairly narrow corridor to the stalls from the entrance.

 

Both bathrooms will be gender-neutral with clear signage. 

 

Scent: 

 

While Indian Summer Festival emails all ticket holders requesting that attendees refrain from wearing scented products at all of our events, we do not enforce this policy, nor does the Performance Works venue have permanent scent-free policies in place.

 

If you have any access requests or concerns regarding this information please email [email protected] or call 604 283 9172 ext. 1