Edinburgh Festival Fringe at C venues

Visiting the C Venue to see the fantastic group Aquapella, playing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. When we arrived we found the entrance up approx 3 steps and a family member had to find a member of staff to ask how we get in. The entrance for wheelchair users is round the side of the building via a platform lift. A word of warning if you are a powered wheelchair user, be aware of the upper weight limit as the platform lift may not be able to cope with larger powered wheelchairs. Somehow the lift got me up into the venue no problem but when I was leaving, the lift broke down taking me back down and I couldn't get off at the bottom. I had to go back up to the top and vacate the premises via a ramp down the 3 steps. The ramp was extremely steep but I managed to get down by using the recliner on my chair to tip me back. Had I not got that functioni doubt a standard powered chair would have coped with the steepness of the ramp. It was quite an unpleasant experience even with the recliner. When we were in the venue we were taken to a standard lift, that was quite small but enough for a powered wheelchair, and taken down to the basement level where our theatre and toilets were located. The accessible toilet was adequate. Not too much space once the chair is in. When waiting in the queue to enter the theatre, we were not waiting long when a member of staff approached us and took us into the auditorium before anyone else was allowed in and made sure we were fully settled then let everyone else in. They came to us at the end and escorted us back to the lift and to the platform lift to let us out. All the staff we had dealings with at this venue were first class.

Trying to enter the venue could be an issue if wheelchair users are there on there own as it is up 3 steps and there is not always staff at the door. Once in the venue it is fine, with either ramps or a compact lift, enough space for 1 wheelchair at a time, to get you to the different halls.