The Staatstheater Nürnberg, in cooperation with EveryBody Access Nürnberg, offers audio descriptions for select productions in all categories. These describe the scenic and visual happenings on the stage for audience members who are blind or visually impaired. The texts are devised specifically for individual productions by a team of seeing and blind individuals. During the production, the audio description is played live and can be followed via headphones with the “Sennheiser MobileConnect” app on the audience member’s personal smartphone.
Before the performance begins, users can also learn about the production’s set and costumes via a special introduction and subsequent tactile tour.
Productions with audio description
OPERA
Jesus Christ Superstar: 22.11.2026 und 24.01.2027
Rigoletto: 17.05.2027 und 06.06.2027
DRAMA
The invention of shoes: 11.12.2026 und 17.12.2026
Woyzeck: 09.07.2027 und 13.07.2027
BALLET
New Ballets Russes: 17.07.2026, 28.02.2027 und 22.03.2027
Les Ballets Actuels: 27.10.2026 und 12.11.2026
Prices and purchasing tickets
Tickets for the audio description and tactile tour can only be purchased over the phone:
0911 – 66069 6000
This service is only available for visually impaired or blind individuals as well as their accompaniment or relatives. There are no additional costs for the tactile tour and audio description, but registration is required.
Use of the tour and audio description is only possible in combination with a valid admission ticket for the subsequent production. The regular ticket prices and discounts apply.
Registration for the audio description and tactile tour is possible until 10:00 on the day before the production (until 10:00 on the Friday preceding a Sunday production).
Technical requirements
The audio description is provided in the individual’s personal smartphone. Please install the current version of the “Sennheiser MobileConnect” app in advance and charge your smartphone completely. You must use your own headphones (wired or Bluetooth). Access to the Wi-Fi is offered on site manually or via QR code.
Please set your smartphone to airplane mode and then activate Wi-Fi—and, if applicable, Bluetooth—separately.
Information on the process
Tactile tour
The tactile tour is optional and begins two hours before the production starts.
The meeting point for opera and ballet productions is the stage entrance of the Staatstheater; for productions in the Schauspielhaus, it is at the main entrance of the Schauspielhaus.
Participants are led to a rehearsal stage or to the 3rd floor, where information about the work and the production is provided. Props, costumes, and wigs are available for exploration.
After about 45–55 minutes, participants are led across either the stage or the side stage into the seating area, depending on the current stage situation. A tactile tour of the set design may also be possible. The tour ends in the foyer.
Attending a production
In the ticket hall, participants can gain access to the Wi-Fi for the audio description. Technical support is also available if needed. The audio description begins 15 minutes before the production. Ideally, by this point, participants will have already taken their seats.
The audio description is made possible through a partnership between the Staatstheater Nürnberg, KunstKulturQuartier Nürnberg and EveryBody Access Nürnberg. This service is an important step in gradually making Nuremberg more inclusive. It is part of the Nuremberg Action Plan for implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). The Nuremberg City Council unanimously ratified the First Action Plan in December 2021. Extensive measures have been and are being developed and implemented to ensure equal inclusion of persons with and without disabilities in Nuremberg.
You can learn more at inklusion.nuernberg.de.
