Accessibility

For our multilingual and international audience, all expats and visitors to Zurich from all over the world, the Schauspielhaus Zurich offers an important special service: all individual performances in the Pfauen, the Schiffbau Hall and the Schiffbau Box are shown with English surtitles. Permanent exceptions are premiere dates, individual performances only for all premiere dates, some productions and guest performances, as well as productions in the Schiffbau Matchbox and the Pfauen Chamber. Performances with English surtitles are marked with a surtitle symbol in our monthly programme.

Peacocks (excluding chamber) and shipbuilding (excluding matchbox) are equipped with an amplification system. The hearing loops (with or without induction loop) can be individually adjusted and can be borrowed free of charge at the book table.

Live audio descriptions make performances accessible to blind and visually impaired people. They describe what is happening on stage and visual elements (such as costumes, stage design, props, but also movements, gestures and facial expressions). For some performances, a tactile tour is offered before the performance for blind and visually impaired audience members. The live audio description service can be used from any seat.

Information: The Schauspielhaus Zürich is currently working on setting up the audio description service. Information on productions with audio description, registration processes, etc. will be available on our website shortly.

You are welcome to book a seat at a standard price of CHF 15. The person accompanying you is entitled to a 50% discount on their ticket. Please contact the theatre box office to book.

Assistance dogs have a right of access to the theatre. We are happy to book an appropriate seat for you. Please contact the theatre box office to book.

There are disabled parking spaces available in the Parkhaus Hohe Promenade (Pfauen), on Rämistrasse 38, 8001 Zurich and in the Schiffbau underground car park, Giessereistrasse, 8005 Zurich (access via Turbinenplatz).

Since many of our productions are aimed at young audiences, we have provided them with age recommendations. For example: "also interesting for people over 14". Productions without an explicit age recommendation can of course also be attended by younger people. Productions that deal with difficult or heavy topics that may be unsuitable for younger people are provided with a trigger warning on the one hand and, sometimes, with an appropriate age recommendation. Example: "recommended for people aged 18 and over" or "not recommended for people under 18".

Aware that some topics may trigger negative feelings in some of you, may be disturbing and/or hurtful, we provide certain productions with so-called trigger warnings (cautionary notes) when we classify their content as sensitive. Triggers are stimuli that can re-trigger the original trauma in people who have had a traumatic experience. To prevent this, we provide content warnings here and on the specific play pages without giving away spoilers or anticipating the plot.

Our productions sometimes contain very loud noises, smoke, fog and/or strobe lights. This can lead to unpleasant (physical) reactions for some audience members and make the theatre experience more difficult, especially if they are not informed about it beforehand. Productions that contain (strong) sensory stimuli are provided with a sensory warning. Example: "This production contains smoke, fog and strobes".