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.

2nd October

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Trafalgar Theatre, London

4th October

Matilda the Musical | 2pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Cambridge Theatre, London

Blood Brothers | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton

5th October

Crips with Chips | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man | 7.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham

Greatest Days | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

6th October

Macbeth | 7.30pm | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne

7th October

The Full Monty | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

The Lord of the Rings | 2pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

Hamilton | 2.30pm | Victoria Palace Theatre, London

The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man | 2.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham

Heathers | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Darlington Hippodrome

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet | 3pm, touch tour, 2pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

11th October

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

13th October

Greatest Days | 5pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal, Brighton

14th October

Anthropology | 2.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

Pygmalion | 2.30pm | The Old Vic, London

Wicked | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

Everybody’s Talking about Jamie | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Birmingham Hippodrome

Sinatra the Musical | 2.30pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Churchill Theatre, Kent

15th October

The Play that Goes Wrong | 3pm, touch tour TBC | Duchess Theatre, London

17th October

42nd Street | 7.30pm | Opera House Manchester

18th October

The Merchant of Venice 1936 | 2.30pm, Touch tour TBC | Malvern Festival Theatre, Worcestershire

19th October

Shrek the Musical | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Murder in the Dark | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Welsh National Opera – La triviata | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

21st October

Frankenstein | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Darlington Hippodrome

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 2.30pm | Liverpool Empire

25th October

The Moustrap | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | King’s Lynn Corn Exchange

26th October

2:22 A Ghost Story | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal Brighton

27th October

The Little Big Things | 2.30pm | Soho Place, London

28th October

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2pm, touch tour TBC | Birmingham Hippodrome

Greatest Days | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Elephant | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Bush Theatre, London


Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

3rd October

Macbeth | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat | 7.15pm | Soho Theatre, London

4th October

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat | 7.15pm | Soho Theatre, London

Death of England: Closing Time | 8pm | Dorfman Theatre, London

5th October

Crips with Chips| 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

Sister Act | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Drifters Girl | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

6th October

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

Life of Pi | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

7th October

The Effect | 2.15pm | Lyttleton Theatre, London

Pam Tanowitz and David Lang: Song of Songs | 7.45pm | Barbican Theatre, London

8th October

The Lord of the Rings a Musical Tale | 2.30pm | Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

10th October

Anthropology | 7.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

11th October

The Father and the Assassin | 7.30pm | Olivier Theatre, London

Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

13th October

Pygmalion | 7.30pm | The Old Vic, London

14th October

Phantom of the Opera | 2.30pm | Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

17th October

A View from the Bridge | 7.30pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

18th October

Octopolis | 7.45pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

20th October

Shrek the Musical | 7pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

The Drifters Girl | 7.30pm | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

21st October

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical | 3pm & 7.30pm | Fortune Theatre, London

Patrick Stewart: Making it So | 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall, London

22nd October

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg: A Slice of Fried Gold | 7.30pm | Royal Festival Hall, London

24th October

The Score | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Bath

Greatest Days | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

25th October

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

26th October

Elephant | 7.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Treason: The Musical | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

27th October

Shrek | 7pm | Bradford Theatre, Bradford


BSL Interpreted

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

3rd Octobe

Vanya | 7pm | Duke of York Theatre, London

5th October

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

18th October

The Little Big Things | 7.30pm | Soho Place, London

42nd Street | 7.30pm | Open House Manchester

20th October

Pygmalion | 7.30pm | The Old Vic, London

21st October

Julene Robinson: The Night Woman | 2.30pm | Barbican Theatre, London

24th October

Lolanthe | 7pm | London Coliseum

26th October

Dirty Dancing | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

28th October

The Empress | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London

Emma & PJ: Ghosts of the Near Future | 7.45pm | Barbican Theatre, London

31st October

An Evening with Anton and Friends | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre


Relaxed performances

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

14th October

Pygmalion | 2.30pm | The Old Vic, London

21st October

Elephant | 7.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

25th October

Lolanthe | 1pm | London Coliseum

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