Looking for live performances to enjoy in December? 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.

3rd December

Cinderella | 7.30pm | Royal Opera House, London (shows throughout December)

4th December

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 2.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

5th December

Mr Snow | 1pm | Leeds Playhouse (running throughout December)

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

6th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

7th December

War Horse | 1pm, touch tour 12pm | Theatre Royal Plymouth

The Jungle Book | 2pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

The New Adventures of Peter Pan | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester

Cinderella | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch

New Adventures of Peter Pan | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester

Beauty and the Beast | 6.30pm, touch tour 5pm | Gala Durham

8th December

Michael Morpurgo’s Pinocchio | 3pm, touch tour, 2pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

10th December

The Little Mermaid | 7pm, touch tour TBC | Newcastle Theatre Royal

11th December

Pirates Love Underpants | 10.30am, touch tour 9am | Curve, Leicester

Jack and the Beanstalk | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse

12th December

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 1.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Leeds Playhouse

Michael Morpurgo’s Pinocchio | 7pm, touch tour 5.45pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

Aladdin | 7pm, touch tour 6pm | Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

Oedipus | 7.30pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London

13th December

Peter Pan | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

14th December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Nottingham Playhouse

The Importance of Being Earnest | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London

War Horse | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

The Snowman | 7pm | Sadlers Wells, Peacock Theatre, London

15th December

Stick Man | 1pm | Bloomsbury Theatre, London

Sleeping Beauty | 1.30pm & 5.30pm, get in touch RE touch tours | Darlington Hippodrome

The Nutcracker | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Polka Theatre, London

17th December

Sleeping Beauty | 10.30am, touch tour 9.30am | Salisbury Playhouse

Room on the Broom | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Lyric Theatre, London

Wicked | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

18th December

Odd and the Frost Giants | 10.30am | Unicorn Theatre, London

War Horse | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

Peter Pan | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

19th December

Wicked | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

Dick Whittington | 7pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

20th December

Miracle on 34th Street | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Home, Manchester

21st December

Sleeping Beauty | 2pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

The Little Mermaid | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Bristol Old Vic

My Fair Lady | 2.15pm, touch tour 12.45pm | Curve, Leicester

Six | 4pm, touch tour 2.30pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

22nd December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Buxton Opera House

27th December

Robin Hood | 12 noon | Orchard West Theatre, Kent

Beauty and the Beast | 5.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

28th December

Six | 4pm | Stockton Globe

Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers | 6pm, touch tour TBC | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

29th December

Aladdin | 1pm, touch tour 12 noon | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford

Les Miserables: the arena spectacular | 1pm | AO Arena, Manchester

Cinderella | 5pm | Opera House, Manchester


Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens.

1st December

Odd and the Frost Giants | 2pm | Unicorn Theatre, London (running throughout the month)

2nd December

Barcelona | 8pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London

4th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

5th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

6th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

7th December

Book of Mormon | 2.30pm | Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Pinocchio | 2.30pm | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

8th December

Pinocchio | 3pm | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

10th December

Pinocchio | 2pm | Watermill Theatre, Newbury

The Little Mermaid | 7pm | Theatre Royal Newcastle

11th December

The Sound of Music | 2pm | Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Peter Pan | 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

12th December

Alice in Wonderland | 2pm | Brixton House, London

Pinocchio | 7pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

13th December

Come From Away | 8pm | The Lowry, Salford

14th December
Cinderella | 2pm | Cambridge Arts Theatre

My Fair Lady | 2.15pm | Curve, Leicester

Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London

The Jungle Book | 7.15pm | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

15th December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 5.30pm | Buxton Opera House

16th December

War Horse | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

18th December

Aladdin | 6pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7/30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

19th December

Peter Pan | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

My Fair Lady | 7.30pm | Curve, Leicester

20th December

Pinocchio | 6.30pm | Theatre Royal Stratford East

21st December

Pirates Love Underpants | 10.30am & 1.30pm | Curve, Leicester

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | 1.30pm | Barbican Theatre, London

28th December

Pirates Love Underpants | 10.30am & 1.30pm | Curve, Leicester

Six | 4pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

Sleeping Beauty | 7pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking


BSL Interpreted

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

4th December

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 2.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

5th December

Hamilton | 2.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Dr Strangelove | 7.30pm | Noel Coward Theatre, London

Blood Brothers | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

6th December

Room on the Broom | 1.30pm | Lyric Theatre, London

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

7th December

The Smartest Giant in Town | 11am | St Martins’ Theatre, London

A Christmas Carol | 2.30pm | Derby Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk | 6.30pm | Blackburn Empire Theatre

8th December

Stick Man | 1pm | Bloomsbury Theatre, London

11th December

Odd and the Frost Giants | 11 am | Unicorn Theatre, London

12th December

The Little Mermaid | 2pm & 7pm | Theatre Royal, Newcastle

13th December

My Fair Lady | 7.30pm | Curve, Leicester

14th December

The Jungle Book | 7.15pm  | Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

15th December

Odd and the Frost Giants | 2pm | Unicorn Theatre, London

17th December

Peter Pan | 1pm & 7pm | King’s Theatre, Glasgow

Peter Pan | 7pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Playhouse

18th December

Disney’s Aladdin | 7.30pm | Liverpool Empire

19th December

Dick Whittington | 7pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

War Horse | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

Wicked | 7.30pm | Palace Theatre, Manchester

20th December

Pirates Love Underpants | 10.30am | Curve, Leicester

21st December

Six | 4pm | Stockton Globe

22nd December
Rumpelstiltskin | 10 am | Buxton Opera House

23rd December

Cosmic Christmas | 11 am | Winchester Science Centre

27th December

Beauty and the Beast | 1pm | Grand Opera House, York

29th December

Six | 3pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London


Relaxed Performances

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

4th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Wells, London

The Snowman | 2.30pm | Peacock Theatre via Sadlers Wells, London (various dates in December)

5th December

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

6th December

The Nutcracker | 1.45pm | Polka Theatre, London

Claire Cunningham Songs of the Wayfair | 8pm | Sadlers Well, London

7th December

The Nutcracker | 11 am | Polka Theatre, London

Pirates Love Underpants | all performances from this date onwards, check website for details | Curve, Leicester

8th December

Room on the Broom | 10.30am | Lyric Theatre, London

10th December

Sensory Stories & Rhymes | various points during the day | Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry

11th December

Jack and the Beanstalk | 5.30pm | Buxton Opera House

13th December

Odd and the Frost Giants | 11 am | Unicorn Theatre, London

The Smartest Giant in Town | 11 am | St Martin’s Theatre, London

14th December

Stick Man | 10.30am | Bloomsbury Theatre, London

15th December

Rumpelstiltskin | 10am | Buxton Opera House

17th December

Sensory stories & rhymes | various times | Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry

18th December

My Fair Lady | 2.15pm | Curve, Leicester

19th December

Peter Pan | 1pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

30th December

Room on the Broom | 2pm | Lyric Theatre, London

Cinderella | 2.30pm | Opera House, Manchester

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