Looking for live performances to enjoy in December? 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.

1st December

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

2nd December

Dick Whittington and his Cat – The Rock’n’Roll Panto | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (running until 20th January)

Jack and the Beanstalk | 4pm, touch tour, 2.30pm | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 7pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

5th December

Hamilton | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

7th December 

Feeling Afraid As If Somerthing Terrible is Going to Happen | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Cinderella | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Brixton House, London

8th December

A Christmas Carol | 7pm, touch tour, 5pm | The Old Vic, London

A Little Princess | 7.15pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

9th December

Dick Whittington | 12 noon, touch tour 11 am | Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate

The Witches | 1.30pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Olivier Theatre, London

Cinderella | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, coVENTRY

10th December

Aladdin | 1pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

The Snow Queen | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1.30pm  | Polka Theatre, London

12th December

Pinocchio | 7pm | Newcastle Theatre Royal, Newcastle 

13th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 6pm, touch tour TBC | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Cinderella | 7pm | New Wimbledon Theatre

A Christmas Carol | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.15pm | Alexandra Palace Theatre, London

14th December

The NIght Before Christmas | 10.30am | MAC, Belfast

Dick Whittington | 2.15pm, touch tour 1.25pm | Salisabury Playhouse, Salisbury

Aladdin | 6pm | Lighthouse, Poole

Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm | Opera House, Manchester

Wicked | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

15th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarf | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 7.30pm, touch tour, TBC | Lyric Theatre, London

Evita | 7.30pm, touch tour, 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

16th December

The Night Before Christmas | 1pm | MAC, Belfast

Stick Man | 1pm, touch tour, 12 noon | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

My Neighbour Totoro | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Barbican Centre, London

The Wizard of Oz | 2.30pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

17th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 1.30pm, touch tour, 12.30pm | Darlington Hippodrome

19th December

Elf the Musical | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Dominion Theatre, London

Dick Whittington | 7pm, touch tour, 6pm | Salisbury Playhouse

20th December

Pretty Woman the Musical | 7.30pm | Stockton Globe

21st December

Cinderella | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Wizard of Oz | 7pm, touch tour, 5pm | The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

Six | 8pm, touch tour, TBC | Theatre Royal, Brighton

22nd December

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 7pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Theatre, Oxford

23rd December

Cinderella: A Fairytale | 1pm | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne

The Owl who Came for Christmas | 1.30pm, touch tour 12 noon | Curve Theatre, Leicester

24th December

The Gruffalo’s Child | 11am | Garrick Theatre, London

27th December

Aladdin | 2pm | Lighthouse, Poole

Dick Whittington and his Cat | 5.30pm, touch tour, TBC | King’s Lynn Corn Exchange

28th December

Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates of the River Ouse | 1pm | Grand Opera House, York

Aladdin | 6pm | Lighthouse, Poole

Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 7pm | Grand Opera House York, New Victoria Theatre, Woking and Bristol Hippodrome

Beauty and the Beast | 7pm | Sunderland Empire

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 1pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

30th December

Beauty and the Beast | 2pm | Princess Theatre, Torquay

Cinderella | 2pm, touch tour, 1pm | Watford Palace Theatre

Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

1st December

Around the World in 80 Days | 7.30pm | Octogon, Bolton

2nd December

Quiz | 2.30pm | The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

6th December

Hamilton | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

7th December

Cinderella | 7pm | Churchill Theatre, Kent

8th December

Mother Goose | 6pm | Cambridge Arts Theatre 

9th December

Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 2pm | Bristol Hippodrome

A Christmas Carol | 2pm | The Old Vic, London

Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen | 2.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

The Wizard of Oz | 2.30pm | The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

11th December

The Wizard of Oz | 1.30pm | The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

A Christmas Carol | 7pm | The Old Vic, London

12th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 1pm | King’s Theatre, Glasglow

14th December

Pinocchio | 7pm | Hull Truck Theatre

The Witches | 7pm | Olivier Theatre, London

The Bodyguard | 7.30pm | Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

15th December

Aladdin | 1pm & 7pm | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 7pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

16th December

A Little Princess | 2pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

Jack and the Beanstalk | 6.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East

Arabian Nights | 7.30pm | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol 

17th December

The Wizard of Oz | 5pm | The Watermill Theatre, Berkshire

19th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 7pm | Grand Opera House, Belfast

Cinderella | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

20th December

Cinderella | 6pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

Evita | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

21st December

The Christmas Lobster | 1.30pm | Farnham Maltings Theatre

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 2pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

23rd December

Cinderella | 5pm | Churchill Theatre, Kent

28th December

Evita | 2.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Beauty and the Beast | 7pm | Sunderland Empire

30th December

A Christmas Carol | 2pm | Mast Mayflower Studios

BSL Interpreted

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

1st December

Cinderella | 7.15pm | Derby Theatre 

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

6th December

Six | 6pm | Regent’s Theatre, Stoke

8th December

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 7.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

9th December

The Night Before Christmas | 11.45am | Polka Theatre

13th December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm | Opera House, Manchester

Cinderella | 7pm | New Wimbledon Theatre

15th December

Dick Whittington | 2.30pm | Richmond Theatre

17th December

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

19th December

Beauty and the Beast | 6pm | Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

20th December

Snow White and the 7 Days | 1pm & 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm | Regent’s Theatre, Stoke

Cinderella | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

21st December

Six | 8pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton

22nd December

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 7pm |New Victoria Theatre, Woking

24th December 

Hare and Tortoise | 10 am | Buxton Opera House 

27th December

Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates of the River Ouse | 5pm | Grand Opera House, York

The Wizard of Oz | 7pm | Liverpool Empire

28th December

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs | 6pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 7pm | Bristol Hippodrome

29th December

The Gruffalo’s Child | 2pm | Garrick Theatre, London

30th December

Elf | 7.30pm | Dominion Theatre, London

31st December

Peter Pan | 1pm | London Palladium

Relaxed performances

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

1st December

The Night Before Christmas | 1.15pm | Polka Theatre, London

9th December

A Christmas Carol | 2pm | The Old Vic, London

12th December

Snow White and the 7 dwarfs | 10.30am | Aylesbury Waterfront Theatre

14th December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 1pm | Opera House, Manchester

Snow White and the 7 dwarfs | 1pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan | 2pm | Bristol Hippodrome

16th December

The Gruffalo’s Child | 10.30am | Garrick Theatre, London

20th December

Cinderella | 1pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London

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