We are committed to continuously improve accessibility at our events and to make existing barriers transparent. We are thankful for feedback from our visitors and welcome your contacting us with suggestions for improvement or questions. Please contact us by phone + 49 421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed—FRI 10 am— 2 pm) or via email to mail@schwankhalle.de.

Spaces

The Schwankhalle is »accessible« (pursuant to DIN 18040-01). This applies to the entrances to the foyer, the Alte and Neue Saal and the sanitary facilities.

All event spaces of the Schwankhalle are at ground level and accessible without steps. The front entrance door to the foyer opens automatically after being briefly pulled (front door width: 96 cm). Unfortunately, the back entrance door from Peter Zadek Platz to the foyer does not open automatically (back door width: 100cm). In individual cases, both halls in the building as well as external venues may not be freely accessible for stage-related, technical reasons. We seek to indicate this accordingly.

Tickets & Seat Reservations

Please preferably use our Online Ticket Sale. You can also buy tickets at all Nordwest-Ticket Reservation Offices. Remaining tickets (if available) can be purchased at the box office starting one hour before the event begins. If you don’t have the possibility of using our advance sale, please call us to reserve a ticket.

In the case of regular seating, we usually guarantee two wheelchair places. Depending on their availability, they can be reserved or selected as a ticket category at the online shop or the box office. In the Schwankhalle, there is always free seating. Should you require certain seats, please talk to our evening staff. If the stage design allows it, we offer beanbags as alternative seats. Depending on their availability, they can be reserved in advance by phone. If you are dependent on an accompanying person during your visit, this person will receive a free ticket, if desired. Via the online ticket sale, they can be reserved along with the wheelchair places free of charge. With all other seats, we ask you to contact us by phone in advance to reserve a seat for your accompanying person.

We ask you to arrive 30 minutes before the event begins at the latest, to ensure smooth check-in and admission. Admission is not possible after the show has started.

Please turn to our evening staff if you have special needs or require our support. In case of questions or technical problems, please contact our ticket hotline: + 49 421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed—FRI 10 am— 2 pm) or ticket@schwankhalle.de.

Accessibility of individual Events

We make every effort to provide specific information on the accessibility of every event—they can be found at the bottom of the respective event pages. The information provided is on the seating possibilities in the halls, special sensory stimuli (e.g., light and sound effects, stage smoke) as well as possible thematic triggers. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you do not find all the information you need.