82. Accessibility for artists and their teams should include all areas used during event preparation. This should include the performance, hospitality, dressing room, shower/ toilet and after show arrangements.
83. Consider making areas backstage accessible as default.
84. Where permanent access to the backstage and stage is not possible, access solutions should be available when needed. These could include the provision of a temporary access ramp or platform lift, hiring an accessible toilet for a backstage area or creating a dressing room area from an alternative space.
85. To take the onus from the person, include a question when booking asking about access requirements as standard. This question could be: “Do you or any of your team have any access requirements?”
86. More information about asking about access provision can be found in Attitude is Everything’s Just Ask guidance: https://attitudeiseverything.org.uk/industry/working-with-disabled-artists/just-ask-guide/