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