Accessibility
We offer a warm welcome to everyone at Shakespeare North Playhouse. We’ve put lots of services in place to help make your visit enjoyable, comfortable and hopefully as easy as possible.
Whenever you’d like to pop in and look around during a quiet time, we’d be more than happy to show you around and talk about any particular access needs you may have. Please contact us by email [email protected] or call us on 0151 433 7156.
To see a Visual Story of the venue, take a look here. This gives you a walk through of the building and what to expect when you arrive.
To see a Virtual Reality version of the Cockpit Theatre, take a look here. This gives you a perfect view of the seats and the stage to make booking that little bit easier for you.
Below here you’ll find information about access around our building and events.
In this section
Accessibility Statement
Our Commitment to Accessibility
At Shakespeare North Playhouse, we want everyone to be able to access and enjoy our website easily. Below, you’ll find information on how we’ve designed the site to be accessible to everyone, including users with disability.
We aim to make our website usable for as many people as possible, which means you should be able to:
- Navigate most of the website using only a keyboard
- User speech recognition software to interact with the site
- Listen to most of the content using a screen reader (JAWS, NVDA, or Voice Over)
Additionally, we strive to make our writing as clear and simple as possible. If you need advice on making your device easier to use, AbilityNet offers helpful resources.
Known Issues on our Website
- We use ReCAPTCHA and this can cause a missing from label error. We use ReCAPTCHA to prevent spam emails getting through our web forms.
- In some places we have used heading tags in the code of the site for design purposes. This can be misleading or confusing and we are working to address this in the long term.
- Some of our icons don’t include link information for screen readers, we are working with our developers to address this.
- Some text on our website isn’t high enough colour contrasts to meet 2.2 AA standards. We are working to make sure that all colour contrast issues are resolved in the coming months.
Feedback
We welcome feedback on our website. If you are experiencing any issues with our website or have suggestions for improvement, please contact us at [email protected]. We aim to get back to you within 7 working days.
Preparation of This Statement
This statement was originally prepared on the 11th February 2025. We’re currently undergoing a full audit and will update this statement within the next 6 months.
