Access & Equity
All children have the right to access art and creativity. Polyglot Theatre is committed to ensuring we reach the broadest audiences with safety and care.
At Polyglot, access means awareness of the different sorts of barriers that children and families might experience in engaging with the arts. These include geographical isolation, lack of transport, physically inaccessible spaces, unfamiliarity and trepidation, logistical difficulty, economic difficulty, unawareness of opportunity, poor internet access and lack of computer time. Access offers nuanced engagement and equality of opportunity.
We consider physical access to our works, communication styles and non-verbal engagement, how we arrange the space for multiple experiences, audio description, Auslan interpretation, different time and pace, new approaches to marketing, audience development and universal design.
Polyglot’s work is presented in a wide range of places and venues. We include detailed access information for our public events on our What’s On listings.
Equity Statement
Polyglot aims to increase the accessibility and inclusivity of our practice and the representation of marginalised communities, including First Nations people, people with disability, people who are D/deaf or Hard of Hearing, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) backgrounds and people who identify as LGBTQIA+. We commit to increasing the diversity of our staff, artists, Board and audiences through consultation, training, building sustained relationships and creating pathways to involvement. We will do so in the spirit of collaboration that drives Polyglot’s mission to provide all children the opportunity for imagination and adventure through participation.
