Looking for live performances to enjoy in July? 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.
1st July
Jitney | 7.30pm, touch tour, 5.30pm | The Old Vic, London
The Unfriend | 7.45pm, touch tour 6.15pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2nd July
The Glass Menagerie | 2.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London
The Unfriend | 2.45pm, touch tour 1.15pm | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
7th July
Waitress: The Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Orchard Theatre, Dartford
The Rocky Horror Show | 8pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton
8th July
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
9th July
Invisible | 8pm, touch tour, 7pm | Bush Theatre, London
2:22 A Ghost Story | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Criterion Theatre, London
10th July
King Lear | 1pm, touch tour 11 am | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
13th July
Chicago | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.15pm | Norwich Theatre, Norwich
14th July
Six the Musical | 8pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside, Aylesbury
15th July
9 Circles | 7.45pm, touch tour 6.45pm | Park Theatre, London
16th July
A Doll’s House, Part 2 | 2.30pm, touch tour at 1pm | Donmar Warehouse, London
We Will Rock You | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
Billionaire Boy | 2.30pm, touch tour on request | Grand Opera House, York
20th July
Chicago | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Theatre, Oxford
21st July
Dream Girls | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
The Glass Menagerie | 7.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Waitress | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
23rd July
The Fellowship | 2.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London
24th July
The Pirate, the Princess and the Platypus | 2pm | Polka Theatre, London
Little Women | 2pm, touch tour TBC | Opera Holland Park, London
Captioned performances
Spoken sections are displayed on screens
2nd July
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] | 3pm | Park Theatre, London
3rd July
The Play that goes wrong | 3pm | Duchess Theatre, London
9th July
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 2pm | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
12th July
Mamma Mia! | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire
13th July
Invisible | 8pm | Bush Theatre, London
15th July
Singin’ in the Rain | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
19th July
The Fellowship | 2.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London
20th July
Mad House | 7.30pm | Ambassadors Theatre, London
21st July
Waitress | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal
2:22 A Ghost Story | 7.30pm | Criterion Theatre, London
22nd July
Richard III | 7.15pm | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon
25th July
A Doll’s House part 2 | 7.30pm | Donmar Warehouse, London
26th July
Anything Goes | 7.30pm | Barbican Theatre, London
27th July
Beauty and the Beast | 7.30pm | London Palladium
29th July
Waitress | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Theatre
30th July
Closer | 2.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London
Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London
Much Ado About Nothing | 7.30pm | National Theatre, London
BSL Interpreted
An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance
3rd July
The Pirate, the Princess and the Platypus | 2pm | Polka Theatre, London
4th July
Come from Away | 7.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London
6th July
The Pirate, the Princess and the Platypus | 1.30pm | Polka Theatre, London
Singin’ in the Rain | 7.30pm | Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
10th July
Heathers the Musical | 5.15pm | The Other Palace, London
13th July
We Will Rock You | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome
14th July
My Fair Lady | 7pm | London Coliseum
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre
16th July
Rascally Diner | 10 am | Chichester Festival Theatre
20th July
Waitress | 7.30pm | Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
21st July
The Lion King | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff
27th July
Les Miserables | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome
28th July
Jack Absolute Flies Again | 7.30pm | National Theatre, London
29th July
A Doll’s House pt 2 | 7.30pm | Donmar Warehouse, London
Billy Elliot the Musical | 7.30pm | The Curve Theatre, Leicester
30th July
The Glass Menagerie | 2.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Relaxed Performances
These performances are adapted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas, adjusting light and sound levels and providing support.
27th July
The Pirate, the Princess and the Platypus | 11 am | Polka Theatre, London
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 1pm | Palace Theatre, London