Access

Travel

Canning Town station is fully accessible. There is a lift from the station to street level (Bow Creek exit) and lifts on both sides of the red bridge that take you to London City Island where we are located.

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Parking

There are multiple Blue Badge spaces around the Island for drop off or parking. For parking for more than 20 minutes, a permit can be purchased from the London City Island Concierge at the front of Kent Building in the centre of the Island.

Arrival

Access to the building is step-free. As you arrive at the front of the building the central entrance has a pull to open door. Alternatively to the right of this there is a single, automatic door. There is a buzzer on a post next to this to press to request this door to be opened.

The building has flat level access throughout and there are two lifts, as well as stairs to the upper part of the foyer. The lift has a hand rail, as wells as low-level ridged and illuminated buttons.

There is a smooth, hard floor surface in the foyers.

The reception desk has a lowered area suitable for wheelchair use.

Toilets

There is an accessible toilet in the ground floor foyer.

Guide Dogs and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf

You are welcome to bring your assistance dog into the foyer.

Dementia-friendly building

The Mulryan Centre for Dance is a dementia-friendly building, accredited by the Mayor of London and Alzheimer’s Society. Throughout the building there is dementia friendly signage recommended by the Alzheimer’s Society.

Find out more about accessibility at our touring venues.

London venues

National venues

To make our ballet performances and events as accessible as possible, we offer a range of accessible events throughout the year. Sign up to our Access newsletter here to stay up to date with all the latest news and events.

Find out more about what you can expect from English National Ballet’s accessible performances:

Relaxed performances

At a relaxed performance, the environment supports and accepts noise and movement within the auditorium during the show, there is access to a chill-out space outside of the auditorium, and re-entry as and when needed is allowed. The house lights and sound levels may also be adjusted throughout the production.

Nutcracker
Thu 8 Jan, 1pm at the London Coliseum

In our relaxed performance we also provide a Visual Story, and have Widgit symbol resources available on our Nutcracker resource hub here designed to make ballet more accessible to children with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Audio-described performance and Touch Tour

There are a number of Stalls seats reserved for partially sighted patrons, and headsets available for those wishing to listen to the audio description of the performance by VocalEyes.

To accompany the Audio Described performance, visually impaired patrons can go on a Touch Tour before the performance. Your tour guide will take you backstage, or onto the stage itself, to feel costumes and pieces of the set, as well as learning more about the production.

R:Evolution
Sat 11 Oct, Audio-described performance (2:30pm) and Touch Tour (12:30pm) at Sadler’s Wells

Nutcracker 
Sat 20 Dec, Audio-described performance (2:30pm) and Touch Tour (12:30pm) at the London Coliseum

Akram Khan’s Giselle
Sat 17 Jan, Audio-described performance (2:30pm) and Touch Tour (12:30pm) at the London Coliseum

BSL-interpreted performance

In our My First Ballet series, the production is made more accessible with the use of a narrator who tells the story being danced on stage. During the BSL-interpreted performance, a BSL signer uses sign language to communicate what is being spoken.

You can find out more about what to expect from our BSL-interpreted performances here.