Accessible performance September

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.

1^st September

Barnum | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

3^rd September

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Moulin Rouge the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Piccadilly Theatre, London

4^th September

Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction | 7.30pm | Southbank Centre, London

7^th September

Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London

&Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | New Theatre, Oxford

10^th September

War Horse | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London

11^th September

An Inspector Calls | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Alexandra Palace Theatre, London

14^th 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

18^th September

Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

19^th September

Pretty Woman | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Come from Away | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

20^th September

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire

21^st 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

24^th September

The Taming of the Shrew | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

25^th September

Burlesque the musical | 7.30pm, touch tour TBC | Theatre Royal Glasgow

26^th 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

27^th September

Comedy of Errors | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | 7.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

28^th 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

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Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens.

1^st September

Antony and Cleopatra | 1pm & 6.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London (also showing throughout the month)

Barnum | 2.30pm | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

3^rd September

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold | 7.15pm | Chichester Festival Theatre

&Juliet | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

4^th September

The Comedy of Errors | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

5^th 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

6^th September

Wonder Boy | 7.30pm | Bristol Old Vic  (various dates in September)

Fiddler on the Roof | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

7^th September

Next to Normal | 2.30pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London

10^th September

Moulin Rouge the Musical | 7.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London

11^th September

War Horse | 7.30pm | New Wimbledon Theatre, London

12^th September

Six | 8pm | Bristol Hippodrome

14^th September

Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London

Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

17^th September

Burlesque the Musical | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Glasgow

19^th September

Sister Act | 7.30pm | Nottingham Theatre Royal

20^th September

G | 2pm | Royal Court Theatre

Come From Away | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

21^st 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

22^nd September

Sarah Millican | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Ipswich

25^th September

Matilda the Musical | 2pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

Six | 6pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Come from Away | 7.30pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

26^th September

Six | 8pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

27^th September

Hairspray | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Grease | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

28^th 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

30^th September

Comedy at Soho Theatre | Various times | Soho Theatre, London

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BSL Interpreted

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

3^rd September

Fiddler on the Roof | 7.45pm | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

4^th September

Pretty Woman | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal, Nottingham

5^th September

Grease | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

12^th September

The Grapes of Wrath | 7pm | Lyttleton Theatre, London

13^th September

Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer | 8pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

14^th September

Tim Peake: Astronauts, the quest to explore space | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire

15^th September

Back to the Future: The Musical | TBC | Adelphi Theatre, London

17^th September

Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 7.30pm | Piccadilly Theatre, London

18^th 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 21^st September)

19^th 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

21^st 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

22^nd September

Mamma Mia! The Party | 12 noon | 02 Arena, London

Back to the Future the Musical | 3pm | Adelphi Theatre, London

24^th September

Pam Ayres | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake

26^th 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

28^th September

Awful Auntie | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

Les Miserables | 2.30pm | Sondheim Theatre, London

29^th September

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

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Relaxed Performances

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

2^nd September

Operation Mincemeat | 7.30pm | Fortune Theatre, London

3^rd September

Comedy of Errors | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

5^th September

Hound of the Baskervilles | 11 am | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

6^th September

The Gruffalo | 2pm | Lyric Theatre, London

18^th September

Comedy of Errors | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

The Dreamtime Fellrunner | 7.30pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick