Looking for live performances to enjoy in September? 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 September
Barnum | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Watermill Theatre, Newbury
3rd September
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Moulin Rouge the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Piccadilly Theatre, London
4th September
Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction | 7.30pm | Southbank Centre, London
7th September
Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London
&Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Theatre, Oxford
10th September
War Horse | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London
11th September
An Inspector Calls | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Alexandra Palace Theatre, London
14th September
Next to Normal | 2.30pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Witness for the Prosecution | 2.30pm | London County Hall
Sister Act | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Darlington Hippodrome
18th September
Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
19th September
Pretty Woman | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Come from Away | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
20th September
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
21st September
Abigail’s Party | 2pm | Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Comedy of Errors | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
School of Rock | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York
Why Am I So Single | 7.30pm | Garrick Theatre, London
24th September
The Taming of the Shrew | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
25th September
Burlesque the musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal Glasgow
26th September
Grease | 2.30pm | New Theatre Oxford
Dear Evan Hansen | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Nottingham Playhouse
Abigail’s Party | 7.30pm | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
Come From Away | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Six | 8pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
27th September
Comedy of Errors | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome
28th September
Hairspray | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Awful Auntie | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Grand Opera House, York
Dear Evan Hansen | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Nottingham Playhouse
Abigail’s Party | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Palace Theatre, Manchester
English National Ballet – Akram Khan’s Giselle | 2.30pm | Sadler’s Wells, London
The Snowmaiden | 7.30pm | Hackney Empire, London
Captioned Performances
Spoken sections are displayed on screens.
1st September
Antony and Cleopatra | 1pm & 6.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London (also showing throughout the month)
Barnum | 2.30pm | Watermill Theatre, Newbury
3rd September
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold | 7.15pm | Chichester Festival Theatre
&Juliet | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford
4th September
The Comedy of Errors | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
5th September
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal
Disney’s The Lion King | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, London
6th September
Wonder Boy | 7.30pm | Bristol Old Vic (various dates in September)
Fiddler on the Roof | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
7th September
Next to Normal | 2.30pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London
10th September
Moulin Rouge the Musical | 7.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London
11th September
War Horse | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London
12th September
Six | 8pm | Bristol Hippodrome
14th September
Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
17th September
Burlesque the Musical | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Glasgow
19th September
Sister Act | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal
20th September
G | 2pm | Royal Court Theatre
Come From Away | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
21st September
Pretty Woman | 2.15pm | The Curve, Leicester
A Night with Janice Joplin | 2.30pm | Sadlers Wells, London
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 2.30pm | Liverpool Empire Theatrre
22nd September
Sarah Millican | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Ipswich
25th September
Matilda the Musical | 2pm | Cambridge Theatre, London
Six | 6pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
Come from Away | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
26th September
Six | 8pm | Milton Keynes Theatre
27th September
Hairspray | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester
Grease | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford
28th September
The MountainTop | 2pm | Curve, Leicester
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 2.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome
The Book of Mormon | 2.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester
30th September
Comedy at Soho Theatre | Various times | Soho Theatre, London
BSL Interpreted
An interpreter will be on hand to interpret the spoken and heard elements of the performance.
3rd September
Fiddler on the Roof | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
4th September
Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Nottingham
5th September
Grease | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
12th September
The Grapes of Wrath | 7pm | Lyttleton Theatre, London
13th September
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
14th September
Tim Peake: Astronauts, the quest to explore space | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
15th September
Back to the Future: The Musical | TBC | Adelphi Theatre, London
17th September
Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 7.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London
18th September
Come From Away | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse
Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Curve, Leicester
The Dreamtime Fellrunner | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake (running until 21st September)
19th September
&Juliet | 7.30pm | Sunderland Empire
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire
Herman’s Hermit | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake
21st September
Mamma Mia! The Party | 12 noon | O2 Arena, London
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 2pm & 7pm | Palace Theatre, London
Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London
Book of Mormon | 2.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester
School of Rock | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York
22nd September
Mamma Mia! The Party | 12 noon | 02 Arena, London
Back to the Future the Musical | 3pm | Adelphi Theatre, London
24th September
Pam Ayres | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake
26th September
An Inspector Calls | 2.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke
Come From Away | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Hairspray | 7.30pm | Curve, Leicester
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome
Dom Joly – The Conspiracy Tour | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake
28th September
Awful Auntie | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York
Les Miserables | 2.30pm | Sondheim Theatre, London
29th September
The Play that Goes Wrong | 3pm | Duchess Theatre, London
Relaxed Performances
These performances are adopted to reduce anxiety, providing chill out areas and adjusted light and sound levels.
2nd September
Operation Mincemeat | 7.30pm | Fortune Theatre, London
3rd September
Comedy of Errors | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
5th September
Hound of the Baskervilles | 11 am | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
6th September
The Gruffalo | 2pm | Lyric Theatre, London
18th September
Comedy of Errors | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Dreamtime Fellrunner | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick