Looking for live performances to enjoy in March? 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 March

Lavender, Violet, Hyacinth, Yew | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm  | Bush Theatre, London

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Generation | 2.30pm | Liverpool Empire

4th March

Cabaret | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse, London

Mrs Doubtfire | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | Shaftesbury Theatre, London

5th March

Three Sisters | 2pm, touch tour 12 noon | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

War Horse | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

6th March

Lavender, Violet, Hyacinth, Yew | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

Romeo and Juliet | 7.30pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

The Girl on the Train | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

Jasmin Vardimon – NOW | 7.30pm | Sadlers Wells, London

8th March

Hamlet | 1pm, touch tour 11 am | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake | 2.30pm | Bristol Hippodrome

MJ the Musical | 2.30pm | Prince Edward Theatre, London

Scottish Ballet – Twice Born | 2.30pm | Sadlers Wells, London

Romeo and Juliet | 7.30pm | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

9th March

Stranger Things: The First Shadow | 3pm | Pheonix Theatre, London

10th March

Oedipus | 7.30pm | Old Vic Theatre, London

12th March

Animal Farm | time TBC | Leeds Playhouse

Northern Ballet – Jane Eyre | 2.30pm, touch TBC | Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham

13th March

Hamlet | 1pm, touch tour 11 am | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Generation | 2pm | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Inside No.9 | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Wyndham’s Theatre, London

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

Ghost the Musical | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

Disney’s The Lion King | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, London

14th March

Punch | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London

Shirley Valentine | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.45pm | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

15th March

Edward II | 1.30pm, touch tour 11.30am | Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon

The Pea and the Princess | 2pm, touch tour 1pm | Polka Theatre, London

Pig Heart Boy | 2.15pm | Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield

Macbeth | 2.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

East is South | 2.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

Pride and Prejudice* sort of | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Oxford Playhouse

War Horse | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

The Autobiography of a Cad | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

Alterations | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London

Death of a Salesman | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Hamilton | 2.30pm, touch tour TBC | Victoria Palace, London

17th March

Three Sisters | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

19th March

A Streetcar Named Desire | 7.15pm | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Cruel Intentions: the Musical | 7.30pm, touch tour 6.30pm | Royal and Derngate, Northampoton

20th March

Tina – the Tina Turner Musical | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Next Gernation | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Norwich

The Autobiography of a Cad | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury

21st March

Edward II | 7.30pm, touch tour 5.30pm | Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

22nd March

Of Mice and Men | 2pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Hull Truck Theatre

Now That’s What I Call a Musical | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

Punch | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Young Vic, London

Boys from the Blackstuff | 2.30pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Birmingham Repertory Theatre

23rd March

Six | 3pm, touch tour 1.30pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

25th March

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

28th March

Alterations | 7.30pm, touch tour 6pm | Lyttelton Theatre, London

Julie Cunningham & Company | 7.30pm | Sadler’s Wells, London

29th March

A Streetcar Named Desire | 2pm | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Murder on the Orient Express | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House York

Romeo and Juliet | 2.30pm, touch tour 12.30pm | Bristol Old Vic

North By Northwest | 2.30pm | York Theatre Royal

39 Steps | 2.30pm, touch tour 1pm | Mercury Theatre, Colchester


Captioned Performances

Spoken sections are displayed on screens.

1st March

Chicago | 2.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

Animal Farm | 2.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Ghost the Musical | 2.30pm | The Hawth, Crawley

2nd March

Disney’s the Lion King | 2.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, London

4th March

Three Sisters | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

5th March

War Horse | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

Mousetrap | 7.30pm | St Martin’s Theatre, London

6th March

Hamilton | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

7th March

Inside No.9 | 7.30pm | Wyndham’s Theatre, London

Mrs Doubtfire | 7.30pm | Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Oedipus | 7.30pm | The Old Vic, London

8th March

The Pea and the Princess | 11 am | Polka Theatre, London

Lavender, Violet, Hyacinth, Yew | 2.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

9th March

NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest | 1pm | MAC Birmingham

10th Marc

Elektra | 7.30pm | Duke of York’s Theatre, London

11th March

East is South | 7.30pm | Hampstead Theatre, London

12th March

Pride and Prejudice *sort of | 7.30pm | Oxford Playhouse

15th March

Mean Girls | 2.30pm | Savoy Theatre, London

The Last Laugh | 2.30pm | Noël Coward Theatre, London

The Years | 2.30pm | Harold Pinter Theatre, London

16th March

Six | 3pm | Vaudeville Theatre, London

17th March

Punch | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London

19th March

Macbeth | 7.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

Tina – the Tina Turner Musical | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, London

20th March

War Horse | 7.30pm | Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

22nd March

Matilda the Musical | 2.30pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

25th March

Farewell Mister Haffmann | 7.30pm | Park Theatre, London

26th March

Punch | 2.30pm | Young Vic, London

Handbagged | 2.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 7.30pm | Milton Keynes Theatre

&Juliet | 7.30pm | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

27th March

War Horse | 7.30pm | Theatre Royal Glasgow

28th March

Cymbeline | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

30th March

NT: Live Dr Strangelove | 2pm | MAC Birmingham

Stranger Things: the First Shadow | 3pm | Pheonix Theatre, London

31st March

Backstroke | 7.30pm | Donmar Warehouse, London


BSL Interpreted

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

1st March

Ghost the Musical | 2.30pm | The Hawth, Crawley

5th March

Matilda the Musical | 2pm | Cambridge Theatre, London

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 7pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

6th March

The Devil Wears Prada | 7.30pm | Dominion Theatre, London

Ghost the Musical | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Calamity Jane | 7.30pm | Leeds Grand Theatre

Chicago | 8pm | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea

7th March

Unicorn | 7.30pm | Garrick Theatre, London

Kinky Boots | 7.30pm | Norwich Theatre Royal

8th March

The Years | 2.30pm | Harold Pinter Theatre, London

War Horse | 7.30pm | Regent Theatre, Stoke

9th March

Wicked | 2.30pm | Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

11th March

Only Fools and Horses the Musical | 7.30pm | New Theatre, Oxford

Cymbeline | 7.30pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

12th March

&Juliet | 2.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

War Horse | 2.30pm | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

Mrs Doubtfire | 7.30pm | Shaftsbury Theatre, London

13th March

Macbeth | 7.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

Calamity Jane | 7.30pm | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Six | 8pm | Birmingham Hippodrome

14th March

Cymbeline | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

&Juliet | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

15th March

Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing | 2.30pm | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London

Little Angel Theatre’s Miniature Travelling Circus | 2.30pm | Little Angel Theatre, London

16th March

The Pea and the Princess | 2pm | Polka Theatre, London

18th March

Mamma Mia! The Party | 12 noon | O2 Arena, London

Punch | 7.30pm | Young Vic, London

19th March

Tina – the Tina Turner Musical | 7.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

22nd March

Now That’s What I Call a Musical | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York

23rd March

Stranger Things: The First Shadow | 3pm | Pheonix Theatre, London

What’s Love Got to do with it? A Tribute to Tina Turner | 7.30pm | New Victoria Theatre, Woking

25th March

Disney’s The Lion King | 7.30pm | Lyceum Theatre, London

29th March

Murder on the Orient Express | 2.30pm | Grand Opera House, York


Relaxed Performances

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

6th March

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 1.30pm | Curve Theatre, Leicester

7th March

Cymbeline | 2pm  | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

9th March

The Pea and the Princess | 2pm | Polka Theatre, London

10th March

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical | 7.30pm | Fortune Theatre, London

13th March

Lavender, Violet, Hyacinth, Yew | 7.30pm | Bush Theatre, London

15th March

Three Sisters | 2pm | Shakespeare’s Globe, London

22nd March

Macbeth | 2.30pm | Lyric Hammersmith, London

29th March

Punch | 2.30pm | Young Vic, London

Related

Theatre by the Lake
Theatre
The auditorium and stage at Theatre by the Lake

At TBTL we offer Captioned, Audio Described (with optional touch tour), BSL and Relaxed Performances for in-person events. For digital events we offer a captions toggle.

Curve Leicester
Theatre
The Curve Theatre building in sunshine

Curve is proud to offer a programme of accessible performances throughout the year; including Audio Described with Touch Tours, British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted, Captioned, Dementia Friendly and Relaxed.

Sadler’s Wells
Theatre
A performance taking place at Sadler’s Wells, with audience members applauding the actors on stage

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Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)
Arts Centre
man in wheelchair playing guitar with a man standing playing guitar at Midlands Arts Centre

MAC is completely wheelchair accessible, with step-free and wheelchair access to all our spaces. We want to make your visit as easy as possible, so that you can focus on having a great time.

Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre
Opera House
Front of Buxton Opera House

We offer a number of accessible performances throughout the year including relaxed performances. For these performances, we adapt the sound and lighting and provide a quiet space with a sensory tent if anyone needs a few minutes away from the action.

Level Centre
Arts Centre
The building at the Level Centre

Some of the team have had training in Disability Awareness, Deaf Awareness, Autism Awareness, British Sign Language and Makaton as well as being Dementia Friends and Mental Health First Aiders.

Hackney Empire
Theatre
A crowd enjoying a show at Hackney Empire

Relaxed performances are specifically designed to welcome people who require a more relaxed environment, including people with a Alzheimer’s, Autism, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement and some small changes made to the light and sound effects.