Looking for live performances to enjoy in April? 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 April

Phaedra | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | National Theatre, London

Blood Brothers | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

The Unfriend | 2.30pm | Criterion Theatre, London

Noughts and Crosses | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton

4^th April

The Way old Friends Do | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Park Theatre, London

Brief Encounter | 7.30pm | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury (running until 22^nd April)

5^th April

Quality Street | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

6^th April

Six the Musical | 5.30pm, touch tour TBC | Vaudeville Theatre, London

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

8^th April

Steel Magnolias | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Johannes Radebes: Freedom Unleashed | 2.30pm | Peacock Theatre, London

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

12^th April

The Commitments | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

13^th April

Bonnie & Clyde | 7,30pm | Garrick Theatre, London

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Wimbledon Theatre, London

14^th April

Titus Andronicus | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

15^th April

Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang | 2.30pm, touch tour on request | Grand Opera House, York

Strictly Ballroom: The Musical | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal, Norwich

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

17^th April

You Bury Me | 7.30pm | Orange Tree Theatre, London

Shirley Valentine | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Duke of York’s Theatre, London

19^th April

The Beekeeper of Allepo | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Lowry, Saltford

20^th April

Richard III | 7.30pm | Liverpool Playhouse

22^nd April

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal

23^rd April

Back to the Future | 3pm | Adelphi Theatre, London

26^th April

Disney’s the Lion King | 7.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Sunderland Empire, Sunderland

27^th April

Titanic | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

28^th April

Sucker Punch | 7.45pm, touch tour, 6.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

29^th April

Blackout Sings | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

Les Miserables | 2.30-pm, touch tour TBC | Sondheim Theatre

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Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens.

1^st April

Les Miserables | 2.30pm | Sondheim Theatre, London

6^th April

Titanic | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, Belfast

Kidnapped | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Steel Magnolias | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

7^th April

The Ocean on the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

11^th April

The Way Old Friends Do | 7.30pm | Park Theatre, London

13^th April

Mother Goose | 7pm | Bristol Hippodrome

When Darkness Falls | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

14^th April

The King and I | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

16^th April

Six the Musical | 7pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

18^th April

Disney’s Lion King | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire

A Streetcar Named Desire | 7.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London

19^th April

Disney’s Lion King | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire

Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London

20^th April

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

21^st April

The Spongebob Musical | 7.30opm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

The Bodyguard | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

22^nd April

Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London

Cake | 2.30pm | Curve Theatre. Leicester

29^th April

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial | 2.30pm | Ambassadors Theatre, London

Jersey Boys | 2.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

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BSL Interpreted

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

1^st April

Fisherman’s Friends the Musical | 2.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Noughts and Crosses | 7.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

2^nd April

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

5^th April

The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

Kidnapped | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Glasgow

6^th April

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

9^th April

Six the Musical | 4pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

12^th April

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

13^th April

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

14^th April

Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

15^th April

Heathers the Musical | 2.30pm | The Other Palace, London

Sara Pascoe: Success Story | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

19^th April

Titanic the Musical | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

20^th April

Matilda the Musical | 7pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

21^st April

Wicked | 7.30pm | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

22^nd April

Blood Brothers | 2.30pm | The Hawth, Crawley

25^th April

Shirley Valentine | 7.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London

26^th April

The Commitments | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

29^th April

Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London

Richard III | 2.30pm | Rose Theatre, London

Sucker Punch | 2.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

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Relaxed Performances

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

2^nd April

Heathers | 5.30pm | The Other Palace, London

5^th April

You Bury Me | 7.30pm | Orange Tree Theatre, London

6^th April

Around the World in 80 Days | 1pm | Buxton Opera House, Buxton

8^th April

Titus Andronicus | 2pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Kidnapped | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal, Glasgow

11^th April

Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

14^th April

Hey Duggee | 3.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester