Royal Court Theatre

The Royal Court stands on Sloane Square itself, SW1W 8AS, directly across the square from Sloane Square station on the District and Circle lines — perhaps the shortest walk from tube to seat of any theatre in London. Buses along the King's Road stop close by. The building is the one with the glazed frontage on the east side of the square.

Yes, and unusually well for a Victorian building, because a lift reaches everything. Wheelchair users should use the easy-open doors to the right of the main entrance; from there a lift with voice commentary and tactile controls serves the whole building — ground floor for the box office and the Downstairs Circle, the Stalls Foyer for the Downstairs Stalls, bar and library, the Balcony Bar level, and the third and fourth floors for the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. One wheelchair space is always available Upstairs; for the Downstairs auditorium, tell the box office about your chair when you book. Armrests in the Stalls can be raised, though not in row M, row C or the circle slips. Accessible toilets are on the Stalls level, the Circle level and at the Undercroft bar, each with an emergency pull cord and flashing alarm light. Sennheiser infra-red headsets for amplification and audio description are collected from the cloakroom on the Stalls level, and there is an induction loop at the box office. Guide and hearing dogs are very welcome, with an aisle seat reserved or a member of staff to look after the dog. Captioned, BSL-interpreted, audio-described and relaxed performances are all programmed, and Access Membership is free.

Thirty minutes before the start, and check which of the two auditoriums your ticket names: the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs are reached from different levels, the Upstairs studio being on the fourth floor. Both are small enough that latecomers can be genuinely disruptive, so they are held until a break. The bar, the library and the Undercroft below are all worth the early arrival.

None, and this is one of the last houses in London where anyone would expect one. A theatre built on new writing draws an audience that dresses as it likes, and the Sloane Square address changes nothing about that. Wear what you are comfortable in; a light layer is worth having, since the studio Upstairs is a small room that warms up once it is full.

Not during the performance — no photographs and no filming. Before it, afterwards and at the curtain call you are welcome to. It matters here more than in a big house: both auditoriums are small, the work is usually new and often unpublished, and in the studio Upstairs the nearest actor may be an arm's length away.

Yes, on the Stalls level. It is also where the Sennheiser infra-red headsets are handed out, so it is worth finding on the way in whether or not you have a coat to leave. Both auditoriums are compact and the rows close together, so anything larger than a small bag is better left there than kept on your lap.