Looking for live performances to enjoy in January? 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.

2nd February

Henry V | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

Steel Magnolias | 7.45pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

3rd February

Starchitects | 1pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

4th February

Scottish Ballet: The Snow Queen | 2.30pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal

Orlando | 2.30pm | Garrick Theatre, London

Othello | 7.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

8th February

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

10th February

Mother Goose | 5pm, touch tour, 3.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

11th February

How not to drown | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

17th February

The Choir of Man | 3.30pm | Arts Theatre, London

18th February

The Tempest | 1.15pm | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

How Not to Drown | 2.45pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

19th February

Bugsy Malone | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

22nd February

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

23rd February

Phaedrea | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | National Theatre, London

24th February

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

25th February

Linck and Mulhahn | 2.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

Winner’s Curse | 3pm | Park Theatre, London

27th February

Standing at the Sky’s Edge | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | National Theatre, London

Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens.

1st February

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

2nd February

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester

An Inspector Calls | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Hamlet | 7.30pm | Southwark Playhouse, London

3rd February

The Play that Goes Wrong | 7.30pm | Duchess Theatre, London

The Elephant Song | 7.45pm | Park Theatre, London

Six | 6pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

9th February

Fisherman’s Friends | 7.45pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

Six | 8pm | Stockton Globe, Stockton on Tees

10th February

How Not to Drown | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

Noises Off | 7.30pm | Pheonix Theatre, London

11th February

The Mousetrap | 2.30pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal, Newcastle

The King and I | 2.30pm | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty | 2.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre

15th February

Disney’s the Lion King | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, London

16th February

Mother Goose | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

Six | 8pm | Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge

18th February

The Tempest | 1.15pm | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Wicked | 2.30pm | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

Phaedra | 2.15pm | National Theatre, London

Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake | 2.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre

22nd February

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Steel Magnolias | 7.30pm | Lowry, Saltford

28th February

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons | 7.45pm | Harold Pinter Theatre

Disney’s the Lion King | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

BSL Interpreted

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

1st February

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

2nd February

&Juliet | 7.30pm | Shaftsbury Theatre, London

8th February

Six | 8pm | Stockton Globe, Stockton on Tees

Mother Goose | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

9th February

How not to Drown | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

Sara Pascoe: Success Story | 7.30pm | Victoria Hall, Stoke

16th February

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury

18th February

Derren Brown Showman | 2.30pm | Apollo Theatre, London

23rd February

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Noughts and Crosses | 7.45pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton

24th February

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Plymouth

25th February

Mother Goose | 1.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand

Relaxed Performances

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

8th February

Hey Duggee | 10.30 am | Theatre Royal Brighton

26th February

The Unfriend | 2.30pm | Criterion Theatre, London

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