Accessible performances, October

Looking for live performances to enjoy in October? 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.

1^st October

Much Ado About Nothing | 12 noon, touch tour 11am | Leeds Playhouse, Leeds

The P Word | 2.30pm , touch tour, 1.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

The Clothes They Stood Up In | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham

Rambert Dance in Peaky Blinders | 2.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham

 Six | 4pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

2^nd October

The Tiger Who Came to Tea | 2.30 pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal, Newcastle

Back to the Future: The Musical | 3pm | Adelphi Theatre, London

4^th October

Much Ado About Nothing | 7pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham

5^th October

Clutch | 8pm, touch tour, 7pm | Bush Theatre, London

6^th October

Spike | 2.15pm | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury

The Colour Purple | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

8^th October

The Wonderful World of Dissocia | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

Much Ado About Nothing | 12 noon, touch tour, 11am | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham

I, Joan | 2pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 2.30pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal, Newcastle

The Rocky Horror Show | 5pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

9^th October

Bugsy Malone | 1.30pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Curve Theatre, Leicester

11^th October

Last Days | 7.45pm | Royal Opera House, London

Much Ado About Nothing | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham

12^th October

Little Women | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford

13^th October

The Crucible | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London

14^th October

Iphigenia in Splott | 7.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

15^th October

The Colour Purple | 2pm, touch tour, 1pm | Lowry, Salford

Othello | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

Northern Ballet: The Little Mermaid | 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.15pm | Grand Opera House, Belfast

Six | 5pm, touch tour on request | Grand Opera House York, York

19^th October

Les Miserables | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Beauty and the Beast | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham

Six | 8.30pm | Swansea Arena, Swansea

20^th October

South Pacific | 7.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

22^nd October

Jews. In their own words | 2.30pm, touch tour at 1pm | Royal Court Theatre, London

The Crucible | 2pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | Olivier Theatre, London

The Two Popes | 2.30pm | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

The Colour Purple | 2.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

27^th October

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire Theatre

29^th October

Royal Shakespeare Company/ Joe Hisaishi: My Neighbour Totoro | 2pm, touch tour 12-12.30pm | Barbican Centre, London

The Colour Purple | 2pm, touch tour, 12.15pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Sister Act | 2.15pm, touch tour, 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Sunderland Empire, Sunderland

Captioned performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

1^st October

All’s Well That Ends Well | 1.15pm | Royal Shakespeare Company

Bugsy Malone | 3pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

2^nd October

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical | 3pm | Aldwych Theatre, London

6^th October

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, Belfast

7^th October

The Wonderful World of Dissocia | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

Bugsy Malone | 7pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

15^th October

The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 2.30pm | Rose Theatre, London

21^st October

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

22^nd October

The Commitments | 3pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

25^th October

Sister Act | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

27^th October

The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal

28^th October

The Cher Show | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

BSL Interpreted

An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance

4^th October

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

The Lion King | 7.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

5^th October

An Inspector Calls | 7.30pm | Regents Theatre, Stoke

The Colour Purple | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Brief Encounter | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Cumbria

6th October

The Wonderful World of Dissocia | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

Bugsy Malone | 7pm | Curve Theatre, London

8^th October

Mamma Mia! | 2.30pm | Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich

12^th October

Beauty and the Beast | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

Bat out of Hell | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire Theatre

Sister Act | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

The Lion King | 1.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

13^th October

South Pacific | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff

Frozen | 7pm | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

15^th October

Jekyll & Hyde | 2.30pm | Derby Theatre, Derby

18^th October

Iphigenia in Splott | 7.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

19^th October
Jews. In Their Own Words | 7.30pm | Royal Court Theatre, London

20^th October

The Cher Show | 7.30pm | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

South Pacific | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Nottingham

The Colour Purple | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff

21^st October

Six | 6pm | Swansea Arena

24^th October

The Crucible | 7.30pm | National Theatre, Southbank, London

26^th October

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

28^th October

Sister Act | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

The Book of Mormon | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff

29^th October

The Colour Purple | 2pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

30^th October

Magical Merlin | 10am | Fortune Theatre, London

Relaxed Performances

These performances are adapted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas, adjusting light and sound levels and providing support.

1^st October

The Wonderful World of Dissocia | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

11^th October

Last Days | 7.45pm | Royal Opera House, London

15^th October

Jews. In their own words | 2.30pm | Royal Court Theatre, London

29^th October

Word-play by Rabiah Hussain | 3pm | Royal Court Theatre, London