Looking for live performances to enjoy in April? 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 April

Romeo and Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Polka Theatre, Wimbledon

Jesus Christ Superstar | 2.30pm | Swansea Arena

Life of Pi | 7.30pm | Royal & Derngate Northampton

4th April

Pretty Woman the Musical | 7.30pm | 7.30pm

6th April

Super Hot Hot Dog | 11am | The Place, London

Duchess of Malfi | 2pm, touch tour 12noon | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

English National Ballet: Johan Inger’s Carmen | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Sadler’s Wells, London

Minority Report | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Birmingham Rep

Scottish Ballet: Swan Lake | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal, Glasgow

The Earthworks | 7.45pm, touch tour, 6pm | Young Vic, London

10th April

My First Ballet: Swan Lake | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Peacock Theatre, London

11th April
Little Shop of Horrors | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

Wizard of Oz | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

12th April

Animal Farm | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull

Moby Dick | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton

13th April

Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Grand Opera House, York

The Human Body | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Donmar Warehouse, London

Edward Scissorhands | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

The 39 Steps | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Newcastle Theatre Royal

Standing at the Sky’s Edge | 7.30pm | Gillian Lynne Theatre, London

16th April

Nachtland | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Young Vic, London

18th April

Come from Away | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Edward Scissorhands | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Theatre Royal Norwich

Life of Pi | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Millennium Forum, Derry

19th April

Disney’s Frozen | 7pm, touch tour 5pm | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

23rd April

The Divine Mrs S | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

24th April

Come from Away | 2.30pm | New Theatre Oxford

Shrek the Musical | 7.30pm | Royal and Derngate Northampton

25th April

Witness for the Prosecution | 2.30pm | London Country Hall

Richard, My Richard | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

26th April

Whodunnit [Unrehearsed] 3 | 7.30pm | Park Theatre, London

27th April

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty | 2pm, touch tour TBC | Sadler’s Wells, London

Blood Brothers | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Hadestown | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

Opening Night | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Gielgud Theatre, London

Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London

Edward Scissorhands | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Hull New Theatre, Hull

The Divine Mrs S | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

28th April

Six | 4pm, touch tour 2.45pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London


Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

2nd April

Hamilton | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Devil Wears Prada | 7.30pm | Dominion Theatre, London

3rd April

Three Billy Goats Gruff | 11 am & 2pm | Polka Theatre, London (also running on 4th, 5th , 6th , 7th 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st

Nye | 2.15pm | Olivier Theatre, London

5th April

The Duchess of Malfi | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe

The Earthworks | 7.45pm | Young Vic, London

6th April

Little Shop of Horrors | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

8th April

Nachtland | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London

9th April

Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

10th April

Imitating the Dog’s Frankenstein | 2.30pm & 7.30pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester

Harry Clarke | 7.30pm | Ambassadors Theatre, London

11th April

The Full Monty | 2.30pm | Marlowe Theatre

The Picture of Dorian Gray | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Haymarket

13th April

Calendar Girls | 2.30pm | The Hawth, Crawley

The Wizard of Oz | 2.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal

18th April

Life of Pi | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal

19th April

Silence | 7.45pm | Curve Leicester

20th April

Drop the Dead Donkey | 2.30pm | The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Hadestown | 2.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

21st April

Six | 4pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

23rd April

The Hills of California | 7pm | Harold Pinter Theatre, London

25th April

Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Come from Away | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

26th April

Nye | 7.30pm | Olivier Theatre, London

27th April

Life of Pi | 2.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre         

Sleuth | 2.30pm | Yvonne Arnaud, Surrey

28th April

Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon | 2.30pm | Garrick Theatre, London


BSL Interpreted

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

 1st April

Othello | 7.30pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

3rd April

Jesus Christ Superstar | 2.30pm | Swansea Arena

Peter Pan Goes Wrong | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

4th April

The Mousetrap | 7.30pm | Wycombe Swan

Come From Away | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre

The Earthworks | 7.45pm | Young Vic, London

6th April

Little Shop of Horrors | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

9th April

Hamilton | 7.30pm | Festival Theatre Edinburgh

11th April

Pretty Woman the Musical | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

The Drifters Girl | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Drop the Dead Donkey: The Reawakening | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre

13th April

The Wizard of Oz | 2.30pm  | Nottingham Theatre Royal

Six | 4pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

16th April

Bear Snores On | 1pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

18th April

Come from Away | 2pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Matilda The Musical | 7pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

The Picture of Dorian Gray | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Haymarket

2:22 A Ghost Story | 7.30pm | Hall for Cornwall

The Drifter’s Girl | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

An Officer and A Gentleman | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Silence | 7.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

19th April

Nye | 7.30pm | Olivier Theatre, London

20th April

Opening Night | 2.30pm | Gielgud Theatre, London

27th April

Come from Away | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

28th April

Disney’s Frozen the Musical | 12.30pm | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane


Relaxed performances

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

3rd April

Othello | 2pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

6th April
Bear Snores On | 2pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

Nachtland | 2.30pm | Young Vic, London

10th April

My First Ballet: Swan Lake | 2pm | Peacock Theatre, London

Nye | 7.30pm | Olivier Theatre, London

11th April

Bear Snores On | 11am | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

12th April

Nachtland | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London

18th April

Little Shop of Horrors | 12 noon | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

27th April

The Cord | 2.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

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