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Looking for live performances to enjoy in January? 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 January
Cinderella | 1pm & 7pm | Royal Opera House, London (running through January)
2nd January
Hansel and Gretel | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London (various dates in January)
My Fair Lady | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
3rd January
Dick Whittington | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm, touch tour TBC | Sunderland Empire
4th January
Twelfth Night | 1.15pm, touch tour 11.15am | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
Pirates Love Underpants | 1.30pm, touch tour 12 noon | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Sleeping Beauty | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Oxford Playhouse
The Borrowers | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Hull Truck Theatre
La Bohème | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London
5th January
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book | 11am | Trafalgar Theatre, London
Les Miserables: The Arena Spectacular | 12.30pm | Utilitia Arena, Newcastle
Snow White | 1pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Peter Pan | 1.30pm | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
7th January
Hansel and Gretel | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Royal Opera House, London
8th January
The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe | 5pm, touch tour 4pm | Leeds Playhouse
La Bohème | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London
9th January
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford
10th January
The Importance of Being Earnest | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London
11th January
New Adventures Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake / The Next Generation | 2.30pm | Sadler’s Wells, London
The Merchant of Venice | 2.30pm | Trafalgar Theatre, London
15th January
Dear Evan Hansen | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampton
16th January
Little Shop of Horrors | 7.15pm | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
17th January
Twelfth Night | | 7.15pm, touch tour 5.15pm | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
18th January
The Tempest | 2.30pm | Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, London
The New Adventures of Peter Pan | 7pm, touch tour 5pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester
21st January
Descriptive tour: Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 | 3pm | National Portrait Gallery, London
22nd January
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 7pm , touch tour TBC | Ambassadors Theatre, London
23rd January
The Rocky Horror Show | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
25th January
Room on the Broom | 10 am | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
The Invention of Love | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Hampstead Theatre, London
War Horse | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking
26th January
Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat | 1pm, touch tour TBC | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
29th January
Here You Come Again – the new Dolly Parton Musical | 2.3opm, touch tour TBC | Grand Opera House, York
30th January
Chicago | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Dear Evan Hansen | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Captioned Performances
Spoken sections are displayed on screens.
2nd January
Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
3rd January
Cinderella | 2pm | Exeter Northcott Theatre
Peter Pan | 2pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Hansel & Gretel | 2.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe
Jack and the Beanstalk | 7pm | Sunderland Empire
A Christmas Carol | 7.15pm | Derby Theatre
All’s Well that ends Well | 7.30pm | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
5th January
The Adventures of Pinocchio | 5pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
8th January
Wicked | 7.30pm | Manchester Palace, Theatre
9th January
Witness for the Prosecution | 7.30pm | London County Hall
10th January
Why am I so Single | 7.30pm | Garrick Theatre, London
Robin Hood | 7.30pm | London Palladium
11th January
The Nutcracker | 11 am | Polka Theatre, London
Aladdin | 1.30pm | Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford
14th January
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 7pm | Ambassadors Theatre
18th January
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 1.30pm | Barbican Theatre, London
Peter Pan | 2pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester
22nd January
The Merchant of Venice | 2.30pm | Trafalgar Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
25th January
The Importance of Being Earnest | 2.30pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London
The Tempest | 2.30pm | Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, London
Kinky Boots | 2.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
29th January
Dear Evan Hansen | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
BSL Interpreted
An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance.
2nd January
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | 5pm | Bristol Hippodrome
Jack and the Beanstalk | 5pm | Cliffs Pavillion, Southend on Sea
Beauty and the Beast | 6.30pm | Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham
War Horse | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford
3rd January
Jack and the Beanstalk | 1pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
The Smartest Giant in Town | 1.30pm | St Martin’s Theatre, London
Sleeping Beauty | 7pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking
4th January
Robin Hood: The Pantomime | 6.30pm | Worthing Pavilion Theatre
Cinderella | 7pm | Opera House, Manchester
5th January
Jack and the Beanstalk | 11 am | The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
Les Miserables the Arena Spectacular | 12.30pm | Utilita Arena, Newcastle
7th January
Hansel and Gretel | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London
The Little Foxes | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London
The Lightning Thief: the Percy Jackson musical | 7.30pm | The Other Place, The Phoenix, London
8th January
Peter Pan | 1.30pm | Theatre Royal Nottingham
9th January
Only Fools and Horses | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Ispwich
10th January
Peter Pan | 7.15pm | Theatre Royal, Nottingham
11th January
The Tempest | 2.30pm | Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, London
12th January
The Nutcracker | 2.30pm | Polka Theatre, London
15th January
Only Fools and Horses | 7.30pm | Norwich Theatre Royal
16th January
The Importance of Being Earnest | 6.30pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London
Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Derby Theatre, Derby
Rocky Horror Show | 8pm | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
17th January
Hamilton | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
18th January
The Singing Mermaid | 3.30pm | Little Angel Theatre, London
The Merchant of Venice | 7.30pm | Trafalgar Theatre
20th January
La Voix | 7.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London
24th January
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 | 6pm | National Portrait Gallery, London
War Horse | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking
26th January
Ha! Milton Jones | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Brighton
29th January
Here you Come Again – the new Dolly Parton Musical | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York
30th January
Hairspray the Musical | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Calamity Jane | 8pm | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
Relaxed Performances
These performances are adopted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas and adjusted light and sound levels. Also known as Sensory Adapted Performances.
2nd January
Beauty and the Beast | 2pm | Grand Opera House, York
Sleeping Beauty | 2pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Jack and the Beanstalk | 5pm | Sunderland Empire
3rd January
Room on the Broom | 11 am | Lyric Theatre, London
My Fair Lady | 2.15pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
11th January
A Midsomer Night’s Dream | 1.30pm | Barbican Theatre, London
The Snowy Day | 2.45pm | Polka Theatre, London
12th January
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: The Next Generation | 2pm | Sadler's Wells, London
(This performance is a sensory adapted performance)
14th January
The Importance of Being Earnest | 7.30pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London
20th January
Sensory tour: Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize | 3pm | National Portrait Galery, London
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