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Address: South Bank London Greater London SE1 9PX United Kingdom
Phone: Waterloo
Website: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/,http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Email: boxoffice@nationaltheatre.org.uk
Get there by bus: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68
Get there by tube/train: The closest tube stations are Waterloo (on the Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines), Southwark (on the Jubilee line) or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Embankment (on the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines).
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Additional Information: The Lyttelton/Olivier main entrance is at ground, riverside level facing the river. the Cottesloe theatre entrance is some 80m round the corner of the building. In the main building the levels are connected by lifts, including the under ground parking and the upper walkway. Several mezzanine levels are reached by steps, but there are now slow platform stairlifts to bypass these. All three theatres have infrared hearing systems using headsets. Alternatively, for people with a hearing aid T switch necklace type sensors can be provided, giving you your own induction loop. Both system work anywhere in the theatre. Oliver The box office is on a meaaznin, reached via 11 steps up from level 1 or 23 steps down from Level 2. While there are stairlifts, using them is a hassle, and you can arrange to pick up Oliver tickets at the Lyttelton box office on the ground floor. The theatre is an amphitheatre on two levels, linked by the main lifts. Three chair spaces in the rear stalls accessed by lift on Level 2. the bar is also on this level. Accessible toilet outside the rear stalls. Lyttelton Box office and foyer on the ground floor. A tranditional proscenium arch theatre, also on two levels. Level access on the ground floor to rear stalls where there are four chair spaces. Accessible toilet off the foyer, next to the Ladies. to the right of this, there is a lift to circle(level 2), bypassing 22 steps up. Cottesloe Ramped entrance, bypassing 5 steps up, 100m to the left of the Olivier/Lyttleton main entrance. It is alongside the IBM building. Step free to foyer and box office. A small studio-style theatre where a variety of layouts are used. The auditorium has three seating levels. There are steps to both higher and lower seating levels. Adapted toilet on the right inside front entrance. In the Natioanl Theatre, the Mezzanine Restaurant has lift access via the glass lift opposite the Long Bar or is 13 steps down from Level 1 with plat form stairlift. Accessible toilet adjacent to the restaurant. the Terrace Cafe(bistro style) has lift access via the glass lift. the Circle Cafe is between levels 2 and 3 and you would need to use a platform stairlift to bypass the 22 steps up and down to get there. The Lyttelton Long Bar is on the ground floor with level access and sometimes has free entertainment of one kind or another, often prior to evening performances. Backstage tours of the theatre are organised three itimes a day, and we are told that they are step free and accessible.

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