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