Accessibility

By consistently supporting both the artistic expression of people with disabilities and the inclusive experience of audiences, we continue to broaden who gets on stage, who tells their stories, and who participates in shaping the cultural landscape.

For the 2025–26 season, the performances of "Oedipus" and "The Little Prince Blues" are designed as accessible experiences, incorporating tools such as surtitles, audio description, and tactile tours. At the heart of this approach are the communities themselves—not merely as recipients but as co-creators of the process. In parallel, we continue to support artists with disabilities through professional training, networking, and international exposure through participation in workshops and residencies.

In the same spirit, for the first time, Onassis Stegi’s street Party, the major neighborhood celebration in Neos Kosmos, is being designed to be fully accessible. In a project with heightened technical and organizational demands, the visitor experience for people with disabilities is being reconsidered from the ground up, so that access is not just possible but meaningful. The aim is not simply to ‘include’ people, but to co-create a culture that addresses them from the start.

Meanwhile, Europe Beyond Access, the largest European initiative to strengthen the participation of artists with disabilities in the performing arts, continues into its second implementation cycle (2024–2027), shaping a shared European space of inclusion, creativity, and professional empowerment. Onassis Stegi has been an active partner since 2018.

At Onassis Stegi, we don’t just build pathways to accessibility; we open up new perspectives for artistic participation and redefine who counts as a creator, an audience, or an institution. Through this ongoing reimagining, accessibility becomes a tool for equity, co-creation, and repositioning art at the center of social life.