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    The Pleasance Courtyard

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    Pleasance Edinburgh opened as part of the 1985 Festival Fringe with two theatres facing onto a deserted courtyard-come-car-park at an unfashionable eastern end of Edinburgh’s Old Town. 36 years later the Pleasance has become one of the biggest and most highly respected venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with an international profile and a network of alumni that reads like a who’s who of contemporary comedy, drama and entertainment. The Pleasance Courtyard is located in the Southside of Edinburgh and is home to 18 performance spaces during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, these are: •Above (First Floor) •Below (Basement Floor) •Pleasance One (First Floor) •Attic (Second Floor) •Cellar (Basement) •The Green (Temporary Structure - Kidzone) •Beside (Temporary Structure - Front Courtyard) •Pleasance Two (Ground Floor) •Cabaret Bar (Ground Floor) •Beneath (Basement Floor) •Upstairs (Second Floor) •Beyond (First Floor) •Forth (Third Floor) •The Grand (Ground Floor) •Baby Grand (Temporary Structure - Grand Corridor) •Bunker One (Ground Floor) •Bunker Two (Ground Floor) •Bunker Three (Ground Floor)

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    Overall rating

    3.94

    (18 reviews)

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    Access (avg.)

    3.59

    Parking (avg.)

    3.18

    Toilets (avg.)

    2.11

    Staff (avg.)

    4.5

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    toilet_warriors

    May 2026

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    4

    Pleasance Theatre - Main building accessible toilet

    The accessible toilet is clean with clear floor space and a freely hanging emergency cord. Bins are positioned close to the toilet and should be kept out of the transfer area. The hand dryer is wall-mounted away from the sink. The venue entrance has wide open doors and a threshold into the building. There are 4 accessible toilets in total on site, all of a similar standard.
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    toilet_warriors

    May 2026

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    3

    The Pleasance - Pleasance West

    The venue entrance has a ramp with handrails, and there are also steps nearby. The accessible toilet was clean and well lit. There is space in front of the toilet, but the transfer space beside the toilet is restricted by bins, which could make side transfer more difficult.
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    get2gether

    Aug 2023

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    4

    (As) Accessible (as it can be) Fringe Fun!

    During Fringe, get2gether took a group of 35 members along to support our Patron, Rosie Jones. The Fringe is of course, by nature, an extremely inaccessible experience - lots of people and noise, lack of pavement space and if people are also drinking then they are less aware of the people around them. However, due to the Pleasance Box Office, we managed to have as accessible and PLEASANT time as possible. Georgie in particular answered all of my questions (and there were many) which meant I was able to plan for as much as possible and get such a big group along to support Rosie. I would always recommend emailing before booking so they can help talk you through it all. Nature of the fringe meant that the courtyward was 'chaotic and overwhelming' (feedback from some members of our time) but we found some quiet in the cafe and people were able to rest physically and mentally before the show. A quiet space like this will always be appreciated by so many different people. The security person helped get us all upstairs and the tech people made sure we all found our seats. FOH were also fantastic.

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    Location

    Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH8 9TJ

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