Looking for live performances to enjoy in November? 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 November
Good | 7.30pm | Harold Pinter Theatre, London

Downs with Love | 7.30pm | Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne


3rd November

The Colour Purple | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal, Norwich

The Shawshank Redemption | 7.30 pm, touch tour 6.15pm | Lowry, Saltford


5th November

Beautiful – the Carole King Musical | 2pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

Birmingham Royal Ballet – into the music | 2.30pm, touch tour, 1pm | Sadler’s Wells, London

The Beauty Queen of Leenane | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake


9th November

Upstart Crow | 7.30pm | Apollo Theatre, London

The best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Lowry, Salford

12th November

A Single Man | 3pm | Park Theatre, London

Wicked | 2.30pm | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

An Inspector Calls | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Newcastle Theatre Royal, Newcastle

Guy Fawkes | 2.30pm, touch tour 2.30pm | York Theatre Royal, York

The Commitments | 2.30pm, touch tour booked on request | Grand Opera House York

13th November

Six | 7pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

Les Miserables | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Sunderland Empire

17th November

South Pacific | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

18th November

The Doctor | 7.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London

19th November

Come from Away | 2.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London

Northern Ballet, the Nutcracker | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.15pm | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

20th November

Matilda the Musical | 3pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella | 3pm, touch tour 2.10pm | Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester

26th November

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Lowry, Salford

Sister Act: The Musical | 2.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Northern Ballet: The Nutcracker | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.15pm | Theatre Royal Norwich

Pinocchio | 4pm, touch tour TBC | Unicorn Theatre, London

27th November

Mamma Mia! | 2.30pm | Novello Theatre, London

Captioned performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens

1st November

The Crucible | 7.30pm | National Theatre

2nd November

Beauty and the Beast | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

4th November

Six | 6pm | Bradford Theatres

5th November

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 2pm and 7pm | Palace Theatre, London

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | 2.15pm | Curve Theatre,

Mamma Mia! | 3pm | Sheffield Theatres

8th November

The Beauty Queen of Leenane | 2pm | Theatre by the Lake

9th November

Back to the Future the Musical | 7.30pm | Adelphi Theatre

11th November

Saturday Night Fever | 7.30pm | Bradford Theatres

13th November

Mamma Mia! | 2.30pm | Novello Theatre, London

14th November

Mamma Mia! | 7.30pm | Grand Opera House, Belfast

Les Miserables | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire

15th November

Get up, stand up! The Bob Marley Musical | 7.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

17th November

The Upstart Crow | 7.30pm | Apollo Theatre, London

18th November

The Commitments | 7.30pm | Bradford Theatres

19th November

South Pacific | 2.30pm | Marlowe Theatre

The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal Glasgow

20th November

Six | 7pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

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

22nd November

Come from Away | 7.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London

23rd November
Disney’s Lion King | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

24th November
Sister Act | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

25th November

The Osmonds A New Musical | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

26th November

Matilda the Musical | 2.30pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

30th November

Jersey Boys | 7.30pm | Swansea Theatre

BSL Interpreted

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

1st November

Bat out of Hell | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

2nd November

La Boheme | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London

Strictly Ballroom the Musical | 7.30pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire

3rd November

South Pacific | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre

Sister Act | 7.30pm | WMC Cardiff

4th November
The Beauty Queen of Lennane | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake

5th November

Hamlet | 2.30pm | Bristol Old Vic

8th November

Come from Away | 7.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London

9th November

Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | The Orchard Theatre, Dartford
The Shawshank Redemption | 7.30pm | The Alexandra, Birmingham

10th November

Come from Away | 7.30pm | Phoenix Theatre, London

16th November

Les Miserables | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire

Six | 8pm | Regents Theatre, Stoke on Trent

17th November

Fisherman’s Friend | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre

My Fair Lady | 7pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

19th November

Matilda the Musical | 2.30pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

23rd November

The Rocky Horror Show | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre

The Cher Show | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Ipswich

24th November

Upstart Crow | 7.30pm | Apollo Theatre, London

Saturday Night Fever | 7.30pm | The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

26th November

The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal, Glasgow

27th November

Six | 4pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

Cinderella | 3pm | Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester

29th November

Good | 7.30pm | The Harold Pinter Theatre, London

Relaxed Performances

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

3rd November

Mamma Mia! | 2pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

6th November

The Play That Goes Wrong | 3pm | Duchess Theatre

8th November

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast | 6.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

27th November

Disney’s The Lion King | 1.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

29th November

Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas | 10.20am | Lyric Hammersmith, London

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