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Looking for live performances to enjoy in May? 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 May
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm, touch tour, 5.30pm | Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Pretty Woman: The Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Savoy Theatre, London
4th May
The Way Old Friends Do | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton
Richard III | 7.30pm | Rose Theatre, London
Beekeeper of Aleppo | 7.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Richmond Theatre, London
6th May
Jersey Boys | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London
Arminio | 7.15pm, touch tour, 6pm | Royal Opera House, London
10th May
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton
11th May
Annie | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke
12th May
Animal | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Park Theatre, London
13th May
Matilda the Musical | 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | Cambridge Theatre, London
The Beekeeper of Aleppo | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm | Theatre Royal, Norwich
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial | 2.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Ambassadors Theatre, London
18th May
Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull & Richmond Theatre, London
19th May
The Vortex | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre
20th May
The Phantom of the Opera | 2.30pm, touch tour, TBC | His Majesty’s Theatre, London
The Vortex | 2.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre
21st May
The Rocky Horror Show | 6.30pm | Peacock Theatre, London
23rd May
Titanic The Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
24th May
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | The Alexandra, Birmingham
Heathers the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Orchard Theatre, Dartford
25th May
Six the Musical | 8pm, touch tour, TBC | Hull New Theatre, Hull
26th May
Hey Duggee | 2pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
27th May
The Beekeeper of Aleppo | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
31st May
A Little Life | 7pm, touch tour, TBC | Harold Pinter Theatre, London
42nd Street | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Six the Musical | 8pm, touch tour, TBC | New Theatre, Oxford
Captioned Performances
Spoken sections are displayed on screens.
1st May
Suzi Ruffell: Snappy | 7.15pm | Soho Theatre, London
3rd May
The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
4th May
Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
6th May
Roger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! | 2pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Strictly Ballroom the Musical | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal, Newcastle
8th May
Shirley Valentine | 7.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London
11th May
The Vortex | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre
13th May
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 7pm | Palace Theatre, London (Free companion ticket)
Richard III | 2.30pm | Rose Theatre, London
14th May
Back to the Future the musical | 3pm | Adelphi Theatre, London
Matilda | 3pm | Cambridge Theatre, London
18th May
The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
24th May
4000 Miles | 7.15pm | Chichester Festival Theatre
27th May
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 2.30pm | The Alexandra. Birmingham
30th May
Burnout | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
31st May
Burnout | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
The Bodyguard | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
BSL Interpreted
An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance.
3rd May
The Lion King | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire
4th May
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial | 7.30pm | The Ambassadors Theatre, London
Around the World in 80 days | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
5th May
The Rocky Horror Show | 8pm | Theatre Royal Brighton
6th May
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 2.30pm | Liverpool Empire, Liverpool
10th May
Sister Act | 7.30m | Theatre Royal, Nottingham
11th May
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
17th May
Matilda the Musical | 2.30pm | Cambrige Theatre, London
Sister Act | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
23rd May
A Little Life | 7pm | Harold Pinter Theatre, London
24th May
The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm | The Alexandra Theatre
25th May
The Commitments | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
26th May
Hey Duggee | 10.30am | King’s Theatre Glasgow
31st May
The King and I | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke
Relaxed Performances
These performances are adapted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas, adjusting light and sound levels.
2nd May
Disney’s The Lion King | 6.30pm | Sunderland Empire
17th May
Around the World in 80 Days | 2.30pm | Richmond Theatre, London
20th May
Autism’s Got Talent | 7pm | Stockton Globe
30th May
Burnout | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
