Free Theatre Tickets For VI Audiences At Fringe 2026 And Meet Extant/VICS Event!
Posted By: The Scottish Union of Supported Employment
Event Date: 17/08/2026
Visually impaired and blind adults are invited to attend two specially Enhanced performances at this year’s Fringe. Limited free tickets offered on a first come first served basis are available for each performance.
by Blah Blah Productions at Underbelly George Square Bluebell on Monday 17th August with an Enhance Touch Tour at 11:15 am and Performance at 12:15 pm.
By Aarian Mehrabani at Underbelly George Square Bluebell on Monday 17th August with Enhance Touch Tour at 4:45 pm and Performance at 5:45 pm.
Venue address: Bluebell Venue (300), Underbelly George Square Gardens, Edinburgh, EH8 9JD.
Before heading into the Touch Tour, free ticket holders will meet at the Underbelly Box Office in George Square Gardens.
If you require a Meet and Greet, we can provide access support from 2 local bus stops (Chapel Street and Lauriston Place) or Edinburgh Station. Please let us know as soon as possible if you require this.
To request a free ticket please email admin@extant.org.uk and caroline@extant.org.uk and include the show name, a phone number, access requirements and if you require meet and greet. These tickets will be on a first come, first served basis and priority is given to visually impaired adults.
In collaboration with Extant, Underbelly and the theatre companies, visually impaired access has been created for these shows post-production. This is not audio description, but instead an ‘Enhanced’ way of providing access that has been tried and tested by Extant.
Enhance Access information:
We invite visually impaired audiences to come along and experience the programme notes and touch tour before each show begins. The notes encapsulate the visual aspects of the show and are written with access for visually impaired audiences at the core. The Touch Tour offers exploration of set, props, and costume: offering an immersive space in which to imagine the work before the show begins. Please note these performances are not audio described.
Squeezed between these two amazing shows is our Meet Extant & VICS Event
Join us for Meet Extant 3 – 4 pm.
Hosted by Extant, the UK’s leading visually impaired performing arts company, come and enjoy refreshments whilst meeting Caroline Jeyaratnam-Joyner, our Enhance Training Manager, Kirin Saeed, Enhance advocate and Founder of Visually Impaired Creators Scotland and Neil Skene, Enhance advocate and Comedian. Free refreshments will be provided alongside networking and discussions. Meet Extant will take place 3-4pm at Underbelly’s Abattoir café, this is located by the purple upside-down cow at George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.
To attend Meet Extant please rsvp to admin@extant.org.uk and caroline@extant.org.uk and let us know if you have any access/dietary requirements.
Neil Skene and Kirin Saeed are also members of the SUSE Experience Network.
