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