Looking for live performances to enjoy in June? Here’s a round-up of accessible performances coming to theatres and other venues across the UK.
Audio Described Performances
These performances have a live verbal commentary providing information on the visual elements of the production.
3rd June
Murder on the Orient Express | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
4th June
Murder on the Orient Express | 2.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
8th June
School of Rock, the Musical | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton
9th June
We Will Rock You | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Stockton Globe, Stockton on Tees
11th June
Northern Ballet – the Great Gatsby | 2.30pm, touch tour at 12.30pm | Cardiff New Theatre, Cardiff
Singin’ in the Rain | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham
Grease the Musical | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Dominion Theatre, London
12th June
The Play that Goes Wrong | 3pm | Duchess Theatre, London
18th June
The Cher Show | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Cluedo | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal Brighton, Brighton
& Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Red Velvet | 2.30pm | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
23rd June
Disney’s The Lion King | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Henry VIII | 7.30pm, touch tour at 5.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
24th June
The Southbury Child | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
25th June
Legally Blonde | 2.15pm, touch tour TBC | Open Air Theatre, London
The Southbury Child | 2.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal Newcastle, Newcastle
Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera | 3pm, touch tour 2pm | Park Theatre, London
Rocky Horror Show | 5pm, touch tour TBC | Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
30th June
Les Miserables | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Hull New Theatre, Hull
Captioned performances
Spoken sections are displayed on screens
3rd June
Sweeney Todd | 7pm | RADA: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
8th June
&Juliet | 7.30pm | Shaftesbury Theatre
9th June
Oklahoma! | 7.30pm | Young Vic
10th June
Bat Out of Hell | 8pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
11th June
Red Velvet | 2.30pm and 7.30pm | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
18th June
The Unfriend | 2.45pm and 7.45pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
19th June
Frozen | 5.30pm | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
23rd June
The Rocky Horror Show | 7.30pm | Cambridge Arts Theatre
The Southbury Child | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
24th June
Legally Blonde | 7.45pm | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
BSL Interpreted
An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance
2nd June
Waitress | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff, Cardiff
9th June
Singin’ in the Rain | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
15th June
Busman’s Honeymoon | 8.15pm | The Mill at Sonning, Reading
Disney’s The Lion King | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
18th June
Jerusalem | 2pm | Apollo Theatre, London
School of Rock | 2.30pm | The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
21st June
Legally Blonde | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
23rd June
Glass Menagerie | 7.30pm | Duke of York Theatre, London
25th June
We Will Rock You | 2.30pm | Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich
26th June
The Paper Dolls | 1pm | Polka Theatre, London
29th June
The Paper Dolls | 1pm | Polka Theatre, London
Footloose | 7.30pm | New Theatre Oxford
30th June
Dream Girls | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre
Waitress | 7.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Relaxed Performances
These performances are adapted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas, adjusting light and sound levels and providing support.
9th June
The Paper Dolls | 1.30pm | Polka Theatre, London
15th June
Red Velvet | 2.30pm | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
19th June
Matilda the Musical | 3pm | Cambridge Theatre, London
25th June
The Paper Dolls | 3pm | Polka Theatre, London