Accessibility

To talk to someone about access or to plan your participation, contact our Access Team at access@spiderwebshow.ca or 1-800-613-1992.

View our 2025 Access Guide for information on accessible programming, services, venue accessibility, and transportation information here.

Access Overview:

The Festival of Live Digital Art believes in access to content for everyone, and we are committed to providing a variety of access options during the festival. 

  • All in person events are wheelchair accessible. 
  • ASL interpretation, Watch/Listen Parties for Blind and Low Vision patrons, captioning, visual guide services and relaxed environments are offered for different events during the festival, both in person and online. 
  • Personal support workers and service animals are welcome at all events and performances.

Please note: This page will be regularly updated as accessibility events and features are added and confirmed. Stay up to date by signing up for our Access Newsletters below.

Accessible Programming Overview: 

Full details on all Accessible programming is further below. 

Blind and Low Vision Friendly Performances: 

  • Windrush at the Broom Factory – Wed., June 4th and Fri., June 6th – 8pm 
  • Remixed at the Isabel Bader Center – Sat. June 7th 1pm – 4pm & 5pm – 8pm

Blind and Low Vision Online Zoom Watch/Listen Parties:

  • Windrush – Friday, June 6 at 8pm (pre-show at 6:30pm)
  • Remixed  – Saturday, June 7th at 3pm
  • Hosted by Kim Kilpatrick

ASL Performances:

  • The MaryRobin Show at the Isabel Bader Centre – Sat. June 7 at 4pm & 6pm
  • LIVESTREAM – The Mary Robin Show – Sat. June 7 at 6pm

Deaf Community Online Zoom Watch Party:

  • The MaryRobin Show – Sat. June 7 at 6pm (pre-show at 5:30pm)

Relaxed Environments:

  • Reflections and Refractions at the Isabel Bader Centre – Thurs, June 5 at 6pm & Sat, June 7 at 2pm
  • LIVESTREAM Reflections and Refractions – Sat, June 7 – 2pm
  • 2021 at Theological Hall – Thurs, June 5 – 8pm
  • Remixed at the Isabel Bader Center – Sat. June 7th 1pm – 4pm & 5pm – 8pm

Venue Accessibility Information:

Folda Access Newsletters

Sign Up for the Accessible Folda Email List to get notices of accessibility initiatives and programming at the Festival Here.

The FOLDA Access Team:

Our small but mighty Access Team is made up of professionals and volunteers, and is managed by Clayton Baraniuk, Annie Peace-Fast, and Jenylle Rufin. You can identify FOLDA staff and volunteers by the T-Shirts and Name Tags they will be wearing.

Our access team shares an email and phone number. You can reach them at access@spiderwebshow.ca or 1-800-613-1992. 

Sighted Guides:

Volunteer sighted guides can be available to anyone who is Blind or experiences low vision, to assist in traversing around the venues and performances. Email or call us at access@spiderwebshow.ca or 1-800-613-1992 and we will match you with one of our team members. 

Financial Access:

We believe in access to art for everyone. If you are unable to afford a ticket to one of our events, please contact us at access@spiderwebshow.ca  / or by calling 1-800-613-1992. Use the subject line, or mention: Financial Access. You will be asked to provide your contact information and complete a short survey.

Familiarization Visits:

We invite you to come see the venues prior to attending events if you like. Specific times can be made available between June 2nd and 3rd. Contact us to book a visit.

Contact Us!

To talk to someone about access or a plan for you, contact Annie, Clayton, or Jenylle at access@spiderwebshow.ca / or by calling 1-800-613-1992. 

Blind and Low-Vision Friendly Events

In Person Events at the 2025 Festival

While several of our performances are narrative driven, storytelling events, none of them specifically feature audio description. The following events have been identified as Blind and Low Vision Friendly:

Windrush by Marcel Stewart

Remixed by Trophy

Volunteer sighted guides can be booked in advance to support your in-person navigation at the festival. Contact our Access Team at access@spiderwebshow.ca / or by calling 1-800-613-1992 to make a plan or book a guide for any of our shows.

Online Watch/Listen Parties- 2025 Festival

We have two hosted online events for the Blind and Low Vision community. Join Blind artist and storyteller Kim Kilpatrick and Folda’s Access Manager Clayton Baraniuk for pre-show chats with artists and each other, and livestream performances of Windrush and Remixed. 

Windrush – Friday, June 6, 2025 – 8pm ET (Pre-show at 7:30pm ET)

Online Zoom Watch/Listen Party with Kim Kilpatrick

Listeners will experience an intricate, place-based sound design underscoring this one-man spoken word, rap, hip-hop and Caribbean infused musical storytelling performance by Marcel Stewart. Described as an immersive concept album exploring Caribbean migration, identity, kinship, and home. 

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.

Learn more here: https://www.folda.ca/windrush-by-marcel-stewart/ 

Tickets – Pay What You Can (or free) – email access@spiderwebshow.ca, call 1-800-613-1992.

Remixed – Saturday, June 7, 2025 – 3:00pm ET

Online Zoom Watch/Listen Party with Kim Kilpatrick 

Enjoy a deep listening experience about how we instigate transformation in our lives, communities, and world, with some casual democratic participation to navigate the performance. Together we will choose our path of stories and sounds, remixed perfectly and uniquely to the party-goers tastes. 

Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. 

Learn more here: https://www.folda.ca/event/remixed/ 

Tickets – Pay What You Can (or free) – email access@spiderwebshow.ca, call 1-800-613-1992.

Events with ASL (American Sign Language)

The MaryRobin Show by Deaf Spirit Theatre

In Person: Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 4pm or 6pm ET

Livestream: Saturday, June 7 at 6pm ET (Pre-show at 5:30pm)

Deaf Online Zoom Watch Party: Saturday, June 7 at 6pm ET

Created by Deaf artists Elizabeth Morris and Hayley Hudson, the MaryRobin Show is an entertaining showcase featuring comedy skits, ABC storytelling, visual vernacular, monologues, and dancing. After a successful run at the SOUND OFF festival in Edmonton, they are excited to present this special FOLDA version and hope that it brings you lots of laughter!

Where: Isabel Bader Centre, 390 Kingston Street W, Kingston, Ontario

Duration: Approximately 45 minutes, post-show talkback after the 6pm performance. 

Audience Advice: This show contains some mature content that may not be suitable for younger children. Contact our Access Team to find out more by email at access@spiderwebshow.ca or by calling 1-800-613-1992. 

More Information: https://www.folda.ca/the-MaryRobin-show/ 

$18 Regular In Person Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-maryrobin-show-tickets-1318926357239?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Deaf Community Pay What You Can (or free) Tickets for In-person, Livestream or Watch Party – email access@spiderwebshow.ca.

The Folda Access Table

We will have a Folda Access Table in the lobby of the Isabel Bader. Before you go into a show you can borrow various accessibility supports, we will have blankets and pillows, things to make you comfortable, and even a private space to go relax in if you need it. 

Relaxed Environments

The following performances in the 2025 festival are designated as Relaxed Environments, where noise, movement, snacks and devices are permitted. A pre-show Visual Story Guide will be available a week before the performance on request. The Folda Access table and a quiet area will be available for general relaxing.

Give us a call or email us if you have any questions or want to come by and check out our venues first. To find out more, contact our Access Team by email at access@spiderwebshow.ca or by calling 1-800-613-1992. 

Reflections and Refractions by Peerless Theatre

Thursday, June 5 at 6pm ET & Saturday, June 7 at 2pm ET

Livestream: Saturday, June 7 at 2pm ET

What do you think is your greatest talent? What do others think is your greatest talent? Utilizing lights, soundscapes, dance, music and video, artists with disabilities explore how their creative work is often refracted and made to fit into ableist preconceptions rather than received as a unique offering. 

Where: Isabel Bader Centre, 390 Kingston Street W, Kingston, Ontario

Duration: Approximately 75 minutes

Relaxed Environment Info: Entrances and exits throughout the show are permitted if needed, but may be difficult due to the dark environment and the alleyway seating configuration. Re-entry may not be possible during the show. If you think you may need to exit and reenter during the show, sit in the front row near the exit.

Technical Elements: The performance includes strobe/flashing light and haze. The performance does not include a lot of spoken words. 

More Information: https://www.folda.ca/reflections-and-refractions/ 

$25 Regular Tickets / $17 Students & Seniors: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reflections-and-refractions-by-peerless-productions-tickets-1316581293089?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Disability Community Pay What You Can (or Free) Tickets for In-person or Livestream performances email access@spiderwebshow.ca or call 1-800-613-1992

2021 by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn & Sam Ferguson

Thursday, June 5 at 8pm

2021 is a live performance where story, video games, and AI collide, blurring the boundaries between memory and simulation. On stage, an audience member steps into the video game role of Brian, an unhoused veteran, reliving his final weeks in a New Jersey hospital. A digital world unfolds.

Where: Theological Hall, 85 Stuart St Kingston, ON

Duration: Approximately two hours, with breaks. 

Relaxed Environment Info: Entrances and exits throughout the show are permitted. If you arrive late, you may miss important information and context for the performance.

Audience Participation: This performance includes audience participation and interaction. A few volunteers from the audience will be invited on stage to participate as “players”, and everyone is encouraged to talk and engage with the “player” on stage on what to do/not to do. 

Technical Elements: The show is also a video game. Watching the player navigate may cause motion sickness. There may be strobe lights or other bright flashes. 

Audience Advice: Players will navigate a hospital environment and encounter a horror level with a point-shooter game. Topics include: war, violence, divisive politics, terminal illness, pancreatic cancer, death, grief, AI ethics, racism, misogyny, and being unhoused. Contact the Access Team for more information on content. 

More Information: https://www.folda.ca/event/2021/ 

$25 Regular Tickets / $17 Students & Seniors: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-tickets-1316610179489?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Remixed by Trophy

Saturday, June 7 between 1pm to 4pm & 5pm to 8pm

Remixed is a deep listening experience about how we instigate transformation in our lives, communities, and world. Lounging within a garden-inspired environment , participants interact with a custom web app on their personal mobile devices. Their responses to a series of playful questions generate a personalized digital listening experience of story and sound. 

Where: Isabel Bader Centre, 390 Kingston Street W, Kingston, Ontario

Duration: Approximately 40 minutes from the time you enter the app.

Relaxed Environment Info: Entrances and exits throughout the show are permitted. You can start the performance when you are ready. No food is allowed in the space. Drinks with lids are permitted.

Audience Advice: Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can choose to exclude certain topics (including suicide, demostic violence, body shaming and sexual assault) from your playlist. Some stories include brief use of mature language. Listen with care.

More Information: https://www.folda.ca/event/remixed/ 

$5 Regular Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/remixed-tickets-1363061005159?aff=oddtdtcreator 

StartUp Workshops and Discussions Access

The StartUp is an intensive of hands-on workshops that runs June 5-7, 2025 in Kingston, presented in partnership with Ingenuity Labs at Queen’s University. If you are interested in participating in the StartUp series – but have some access needs that you need to have accommodated to participate – please contact us. We can discuss a personal access plan for you. access@spiderwebshow.ca

Note: StartUp activities take place at the Queens University Ingenuity Labs – a wheelchair accessible venue with wheelchair accessible washroom facilities. 

Huge Thanks!

We are so grateful to our collaborators, contributors and friends that help us make Folda Accessible. Big thanks to:

Carmelle Cachero, Amanda Hyde, Hayley Hudson, Elizabeth Morris, Leah Riddell, S5Waves, Kim Kilpatrick, Wendy Parliament, Sandra Colborne, Kathleen Ruck, Camille Spencer, Deb Jones, Gotta Getta Gimmick Arts, CNIB, Sir James Whitney School, H’Arte House, Creative Connector, Luminato Festival, Inside Out Theatre, VocalEye, National Arts Centre, all of our Festival Artists, Staff and Volunteers.

And everyone who lends a hand, a heart and a hankie!