Accessible performances | September 2023

Looking for live performances to enjoy in September? 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 September

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm, touch tour, 5.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

2^nd September

RSC’s Falkland Sound | 1.30pm, touch tour 11.15am  | Swan Theatre, Stratford on Avon (also running on 6^th September)

Macbeth | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

La Cage Aux Folles | 2.15pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

Les Miserables | 2.30pm | Sondheim Theatre, London

Noises Off | 2.30pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

6^th September

Greatest Days | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

7^th September

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal, Norwich

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

9^th September

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1&2 | 2pm | Palace Theatre, London

Aspects of Love | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

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

10^th September

Disney’s The Lion King | 2.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham

13^th September

As You Like It | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

The Phantom of the Opera | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | His Majesty’s Theatre, London

14^th September

Mrs Doubtfire | 2.30pm | Shaftsbury Theatre, London

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm, touch tour TBC | Hull New Theatre, Hull

And Then There Were None | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton (also running 15^th September)

15^th September\

RSC’s Macbeth | 7.15pm, touch tour 5pm | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

16^th September

A Mirror | 2pm, touch tour, 12.15pm | Almeida Theatre, London

Grease | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Dominion Theatre, London

18^th September

The Old Man and the Pool | 7.45pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London

20^th September

Crazy for You | 7.30pm | Gillian Lynne Theatre, London

21^st September

Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense | 2.15pm, touch tour, 1.25pm and 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.40pm | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury 

Annie | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Opera House, Manchester

22^nd September

The Play That Goes Wrong | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Duchess Theatre, London

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Theatre, Oxford

Every Brilliant Thing | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

23^rd September

Heathers | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

Beautiful the Carol King Musical | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

The Life of Pi | 2.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Red Pitch | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

24^th September

Birmingham Royal Ballet – Black Sabbath, the Ballet | 1pm | Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre

27^th September

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Bristol Hippodrome

28^th September

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet | 2.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

30^th September

La Bamba! | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

Metamorphosis |  2pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | MAST Mayflower Studio, Southampton

Next to Normal | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1pm | Donmar Warehouse, London

The Ocean at the Wnd of the Lane | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

1^st September

La Cage aux Folles | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

2^nd September

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 2.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Les Miserables | 2.30pm | Sondheim Theatre, London

5^th September

A Mirror | 7.30pm | Alemida Theatre, London

6^th September

Macbeth | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

7^th September

Greatest Days | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal

14^th September

2:22 A Ghost Story | 7.30pm | Marlowe Theatre, Kent

15^th September

Wicked | 7.30pm | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

As You Like It | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

17^th September

The Play that Goes Wrong | 7pm | Duchess Theatre, London

20^th September

The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | Buxton Opera House

21^st September

Red Pitch | 7.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Life of Pi | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Metamorphosis | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

22^nd September

Greatest Days | 5pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

Every Brilliant Thing | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

23^rd September

Aspects of Love | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

27^th September

Crazy for You | 2.30pm | Gillian Lynne Theatre

28^th September

Mrs Doubtfire | 2.30pm | Shaftsbury Theatre, London

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Bristol Hippodrome

Annie | 7.30pm | Opera House, Manchester

2:22 A Ghost Story | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

30^th September

Metamorphosis | 2pm | MAST Mayflower, Southampton

BSL Interpreted

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

8^th September

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

6^th September

Disney’s the Lion King | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

8^th September

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

10^th September

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

13^th September

Crazy for You | 2.30pm | Gilliam Lynne Theatre, London

18^th September

Macbeth | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

19^th September

Moulin Rouge: The musical | 7.30 pm | Picadilly Theatre, London

21^st September

Mrs Doubtfire | 2.30pm | Shaftsbury Theatre, London

22^nd September

Every Brilliant Thing | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

23^rd September

As You Like It | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

Beautiful the Carol King Musical | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

27^th September

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 7pm | Bristol Hippodrome

Annie | 7.30pm | Opera House, Manchester

30^th September

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 2.30pm | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

Relaxed performances

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

3^rd September

Frozen | 1pm | Drury Lane Theatre Royal, London

13^th September

A Mirror | 2pm and 7.30pm | Almeida Theatre, London

16^th September

Red Pitch | 7.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

25^th September

Operation Mincemeat: A new Musical | 7.30pm | Fortune Theatre, London

28^th September

As You Like It | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London