accessibility

We want this website to work for everyone.

Ten Days on the Island is committed to digital accessibility. This site has been built with accessibility in mind from the foundations up, not added on as an afterthought. That means semantic structure, proper colour contrast, keyboard navigation, descriptive alt text, and clear focus indicators are part of how the site is built, not features layered on top.

What you can do on this site

You should be able to:

  • Navigate the whole site using just a keyboard
  • Use a screen reader to access all main content. We are working towards full screen reader compatibility and welcome feedback on your experience
  • Zoom up to 200% without text overlapping or running off the screen
  • Read all body text against backgrounds that meet AA contrast standards
  • Skip repetitive navigation using the “Skip to content” link at the top of every page
  • Find your way around using clear, consistent headings

Compliance status

This site has been built and tested in-house against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, Level AA. This is the standard the Australian Human Rights Commission references when assessing accessibility under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

We have done our best to meet this standard across every page, but no website is ever fully finished. There will be areas we have missed. Where we find issues, we fix them.

Where we are still working

Some content sits outside what we directly control:

  • Embedded videos (YouTube, Vimeo) follow the host platform’s accessibility settings
  • Older PDFs in our archive may not meet current accessibility standards. We aim to publish new documents in accessible formats
  • Third-party newsletter signup, donation, and ticketing tools have their own accessibility statements published by their providers

If any of these create a barrier for you, please get in touch using the panel on the right.

Festival accessibility

Ten Days on the Island runs across the state, in venues we mostly do not own. Access is different at every venue, so we publish what is available for each event rather than one promise covering all of them.

Every 2027 event listing will carry its own access information: how to get in, where to sit, what the space is like, and which access services are booked for which performance.

Across the 2027 programme you can expect:

  • Auslan interpretation and audio description on selected performances, with the dates published when the programme goes live
  • A quiet space at our major sites
  • Assistance animals welcome

Some venues will not work for everyone. A few of the halls we programme in were built a century ago and have a step at the door. Where a venue falls short we will say so on the event page, and say what we are doing about it.

If you would like us to know about your access requirements ahead of time, use the panel on the right. We will contact you once the programme and venues are confirmed.

We acknowledge that everyone’s experience of disability is different. We will not always get it right, and we will listen and act on what we hear.

Last reviewed: 17 September 2026