Inside Belfast Waterfront
Belfast Waterfront is built over three floors – the concourse (ground floor) and levels one and two.
Concourse
This area houses:
- Waterfront Box Office
- shop
- cloakroom
- arc brasserie
- access to Main Auditorium via doors 1 and 2 and Studio
- access to Studio via separate door.
Level one
This contains:
- gallery 1
- bar 1
- access to Main Auditorium via doors 3 and 4
- access to Studio via separate door.
Level two
This contains:
- main gallery space
- bar 2
- access to Main Auditorium via doors 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Lifts
Three lifts provide access to all levels of Belfast Waterfront.
Each lift has lowered control positions and speech indication and all contain signs in Braille.
Each lift can fit one wheelchair user and one person.
We also have two inclined stair lifts on the concourse and level one which provide access to our back-of-house areas.
Floors
All our public walkways are carpeted or finished in marble.
There are also tactile floor coverings leading to our staircase landings.
Main Auditorium
The Main Auditorium has three levels.
They are:
- arena
- lower terrace
- upper terrace.
We have 22 places reserved for wheelchair users and their companions.
These are located in block A and face the stage.
They are accessed via a ramp from the main concourse area through door 1.
We also have a wheelchair area in the lower terrace at the rear of blocks E and G.
It is accessed via the front-of-house lifts in gallery 1.
Studio
The Studio has up to ten spaces for wheelchair users.
It is accessed via the Studio lift.
Those with walking difficulties should buy tickets for rows A, B, C or D on the ground level or rows M, V or W on the balcony level.
