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Audio described theatre - What’s On

Summary: A list of audio described theatre performances in the UK.

• London and South East
• East Anglia
• South and South West
• Midlands
• North West
• North
• Wales
• Scotland
• Northern Ireland
• Additional information

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An increasing number of theatres have audio described performances that are accessible to blind and partially sighted people. A selection of these is listed here and is regularly updated. Theatres are listed by region.

Theatres that are included but have no performance dates listed have previously provided audio described performances. It is advisable to contact the theatre directly for forthcoming performance dates.

Customers are advised to request the audio description facilities when booking their tickets. Touch tours are also available prior to some performances.

London and South East

Bromley, Churchill Theatre

Carousel, 4 October, 2.30pm
Cinderella, 13 December, 14.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6620

Canterbury, The Marlowe Theatre

Box Office: 01227 78 77 87

Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton Theatre

Box Office: 01608 64 23 50

Dunstable, Grove Theatre

Box Office: 01582 602080

East Sussex, Glyndebourne

Hänsel und Gretel, 23 October, 11am
Box Office: 01273 813 813

Hornchurch, Queen’s Theatre

September In the Rain, 13 September, 2.30pm
Hay Fever, 11 October, 2.30pm
The Mummy's Tomb, 22 November, 2.30pm

Dick Whittington, 8 January 2009, 2pm
Box Office: 01708 443333

Kingston, Rose Theatre

The Portrait of a Lady, 6 September, 2.30pm, Touch Tour at 1pm
A Doll's House, 20 September, 2.30pm, Touch Tour at 1pm
Born in the Gardens, 11 October, 2.30pm, Touch Tour at 1pm
Love's Labour's Lost, 1 November, 2.30pm, Touch Tour at 1pm
Box Office: 020 7359 4404

London, Adelphi Theatre

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, 21 October, 7pm
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, 22 October, 3pm
Box Office: 0844 412 4648

London, Aldwych

Dirty Dancing, 20 September, 3pm
Box Office: 020 7379 3367

London, Almeida Theatre

Kicking A Dead Horse, 20 September, 3pm, Touch Tour 1.30pm
Waste, 8 November, 3pm, Touch Tour 1.30pm
In a Dark, Dark House, 10 January 2009, 3pm, Touch Tour 1.30pm

Duet for One, 7 March 2009, 3pm

Parlour Song, 2 May 2009, 3pm

When the Rain Stops Falling, 27 June 2009, 3pm

Box Office: 020 7359 4404

London, Apollo Victoria

Box Office: 020 7828 7074

London, Barbican

Box Office: 0845 120 7511

London, Bush Theatre

Box Office: 020 7610 4224

London, Chicken Shed

The Twelve Days of Christmas, 5 January 2009, 3.30pm

The Twelve Days of Christmas, 8 January 2009, 7.30pm

The Twelve Days of Christmas, 9 January 2009, 7.30pm

The Twelve Days of Christmas, 12 January 2009, 7.30pm

Box Office: 020 8292 9222

London, Coliseum

Box Office: 0870 145 7500

London, Comedy Theatre

Box Office: 0870 060 6637

London, Donmar Warehouse

Piaf, 13 September, 2.30pm, Touch Tour at 1.30pm
Creditors, 25 October, 2.30pm
The Family Reunion, 13 December, 2.30pm

Be Near Me, 28 February, 2.30pm

Slot 2 (TBC), 25 April, 2.30pm

A Doll's House, 4 July 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7845 5813

London, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Oliver, 21 March 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0844 412 4648

London, Duke of York's Theatre

No Man's Land, 18 November, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0871 297 5477

London, Gate Theatre

Hedda, 16 September, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7229 5387

London, Gielgud Theatre

Box Office: 0870 850 9157

London, Globe Theatre

The Merry Wives of Windsor, 14 September, 1pm
Box Office: 020 7902 1409

London, Greenwich Theatre

Box Office: 020 8858 7755

London, Hampstead Theatre

Turandot, 27 September, 3pm
Mine, 18 October, 3pm

Lucky Seven, 15 November, 3pm
Box Office: 020 7722 9301

London, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Box Office: 020 7494 5400

London, Lyceum Theatre

Box Office: 020 7845 0999

London, Lyric Hammersmith

365, 25 September, 7.30pm

Spyski, (Or the Importance of Being Honest), 29 October, 7.30pm

Othello, 22 November, 2.30pm
Cinderella, 30 December, 2pm
Box Office: 0870 050 0511

London, National Theatre

Waves, 5 September, 7.30pm
Waves, 6 September, 7.30pm
In-I, 4 October, 8pm
In-I, 6 October, 8pm
The Walworth Farce, 24 October, 7.30pm
The Walworth Farce, 25 October, 2.30pm
War Horse, 7 November, 7.30pm
War Horse, 8 November, 2pm

War Horse, 13 December, 2pm
Box Office: 020 7452 3000

London, New Ambassadors Theatre

Box Office: 0870 060 6627

London, New London

Box Office: 0870 895 5505

London, New Wimbledon Theatre

West Side Story, 30 October, 7.30pm
Carousel, 6 November, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6646

London, Noel Coward

Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Novello Theatre

Box Office: 0870 950 0940

London, Old Vic

Table Manners, 2 December, 7.30pm
Living Together, 3 December, 3pm
Round and Round the Garden, 3 December, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7922 2922

London, Oval House

Touch Tours are available before each audio described performance if pre-booked.

Box Office: 020 7582 7680

London, Palace

Box Office: 020 7087 7960

London, Palladium

The Sound of Music, 7 February 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0844 412 4648

London, Piccadilly Theatre

Grease, 15 November, 3pm

Box Office: 0870 060 6634

London, Prince of Wales

Box Office: 0870 850 9171

London, Prince Edward

Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Queen's Theatre

Les Miserables, 11 October, 2.30pm, Touch Tour available but booking is necessary - World Record Attempt.

Box Office: 0844 482 5165

London, Roundhouse

Box Office: 0870 389 1846

London, Royal Albert Hall

Carmen, 8 March 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7838 3110

London, Royal Court

Now or Later, 4 October, 3.30pm
Wig Out, 6 December, 3.30pm
Box Office: 020 7565 5000

London, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

Lost and Found Orchestra, 27 December, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7565 5000

London, Sadlers Wells

Box Office: 020 7863 8000

London, Shaftesbury

Box Office: 020 7379 5399

London, Soho Theatre

Out of Me, 9 September, 7.30pm
Eating Ice Cream on Gaza Beach, 11 September, 7.30pm
Tory Boyz, 13 September, 3pm
Box Office: 0870 429 6883

London, St Martin's

The Mousetrap, 11 November, 2.45pm

The Mousetrap, 17 November, 8pm
The Mousetrap, 18 November, 2.45pm
Box Office: 0207 836 1443

London, Trafalgar Studios

Box Office: 0870 060 6632

London, Theatre Royal Stratford East

Come Dancing, 2 October, 7.30pm

Hansel and Gretal, 18 December, 1.45pm

Hansel and Gretal, 18 December, 7pm

Box Office: 020 8534 0310

London, Unicorn Theatre for Children

The Red Fortress, 5 November, 1.15pm, Touch Tour 12pm
Sleeping Beauty, 21 January 2009, 1.15pm, Touch Tour 11am
Sleeping Beauty, 24 January 2009, 2pm, Touch Tour 12pm
Box Office: 020 7700 0702

London, Victoria Palace Theatre

Billy Elliot - The Musical, 4 October, 2.30pm
Billy Elliot - The Musical, 27 March 2009, 7.30pm

Billy Elliot - The Musical, 17 October 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7937 7163

London, Wyndham's

Ivanov, 18 October, 2.30pm
Twelfth Night, 31 January 2009, 2.30pm
Madame De Sade, 18 April 2009, 2.30pm

Hamlet, 8 August 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Young Vic

Fragments, 6 September, 2.30pm
In the Red and Brown Water, 25 October, 2.30pm
The Brothers Size, 1 November, 3pm
Amazonia, 17 December, 2pm
Box Office: 020 7928 6363

Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre

West Side Story, 23 September, 7.30pm
Peter Pan, 5 January, 1pm
Peter Pan, 14 January, 7pm
Box Office: 01908 60 60 90

Richmond, Orange Tree Theatre

Leaving, 30 September, 7.45pm
Leaving, 4 October, 3pm
Mountain Hotel and Audience, 4 November, 3pm
Mountain Hotel and Audience, 8 November, 3pm
Private View and Protest, 11 November, 7.45pm

Private View and Protest, 15 November, 3pm
Box Office 020 8940 3633

Richmond, Richmond Theatre

The Glass Menagerie, 20 September, 2.30pm
The Circle, 4 October, 2.30pm
Enjoy, 22 November, 2.30pm
Box Office: 08710 060 6651

Watford, Watford Palace Theatre

The Dresser, 27 September, 3pm, Touch Tour at 1.30pm
Box Office: 01923 22 56 71

Windsor, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 01753 85 38 88

Woking, New Victoria Theatre

Carousel, 25 October, Matinee
Aladdin, 15 January 2009, Matinee
Box Office: 0870 060 6645

East Anglia

Cambridge, Arts Theatre

Anything Goes, 27th September, 2.30pm, Touch Tour: 1.30pm

Jack and the Beanstalk, 6 December, 2.30pm, Touch Tour: 1pm

Box Office: 01223 50 33 33

Colchester, Mercury Theatre

Box Office: 01206 57 39 48

Ipswich, New Wolsey Theatre

Box Office: 01473 295 900

Norwich, Theatre Royal

Snow White, 8 January 2009, 2.30pm
Box Office: 01603 630 000

Peterborough, Key Theatre

Box Office: 01733 552 439

South and South West

Bristol, Hippodrome

Box Office: 0117 302 3222

Bristol, Old Vic

Box Office: 0117 987 7877

Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre

Box Office: 01242 57 25 73

Chichester, Festival Theatre

Box Office: 01243 781312

Chichester, Minerva Theatre

Box Office: 01243 781312

Exeter, Northcott Theatre

Box Office: 01392 49 34 93

Sailsbury, Playhouse

Box Office: 01722 32 03 33

Plymouth, Theatre Royal Plymouth

Box Office: 01752 26 72 22

Reading, Hexagon Theatre

Box Office: 0118 960 6060

Southampton, Mayflower Theatre

Box Office: 023 8071 1811

Southampton, Nuffield Theatre

Box Office: 023 8067 1771

Truro, Hall for Cornwall

Box Office: 01872 26 24 66

Western-Super-Mare, The Play House

Box Office: 01934 64 55 44

Midlands

Birmingham, The Alexandra Theatre

Box Office: 0121 632 5554

Birmingham, Crescent Theatre

Box Office: 0121 643 5858

Birmingham, Hippodrome

Box Office: 0121 689 3011

Birmingham, Repertory

Box Office: 0121 236 4455

Coventry, Belgrade Theatre

Box Office: 024 7655 6055

Derby, Playhouse

Box Office: 01332 36 32 75

Leicester, Haymarket Theatre

Box Office: 0870 330 3131

Newcastle Under Lyme, New Vic Theatre

Box Office: 01782 717962

Nottingham, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 0115 989 5555

Stratford Upon Avon, The Courtyard Theatre

Tour Tours are available before all audio described performances please ask the Box Office for more information

Hamlet, 6 September, 1pm
Hamlet, 24 October, 7.15pm
Love's Labour's Lost, 31 October, 7.15pm
Love's Labour's Lost, 15 November, 1pm
Box Office: 01789 403436

Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre

The Witches of Eastwick, 9 October, 8pm
Evita, 5 November, 8pm
Snow White, 17 December, 10.30am
Snow White, 8 January 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6649

Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof, 26 September, 7.30pm
Absurd Person Singular, 28 October, 7.30pm
The Jungle Book, 8 November, 2pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 27 November, 7.30pm
Peter Pan, 4 January 2009, 2pm
Peter Pan, 15 January 2009, 7.15pm
Evita, 3 February 2009, 7.30pm
Spider's Web, 19 February 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 01902 42 92 12

North West

Blackpool, Grand Theatre

Box Office: 01253 290190

Bolton, Octagon Theatre

The Merchant of Venice, 8 October, 7.30pm
The Venetian Twins, 12 November, 7.30pm
Danny Champion of the World, 9 January 2009, 2.15pm
Up Against the Wall, 25 February 2009, 7.30pm
The Caretaker, 25 March 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 01204 52 06 61

Keswick, Theatre by the Lake

The Lady in the Van, 1 October, 2pm
Arsenic and Old Lace, 15 October, 2pm
A Christmas Carol, 2 January 2009, 2pm
Box Office: 01768 77 44 11

Lancaster, Dukes

The Bomb, 23 October, 7pm
Sleeping Beauty, 12 December, 7pm
Box Office: 0845 344 0642

Liverpool, Empire Theatre

High School Musical, 10 September, 7pm
Proper Clever, 23 October, 7pm
Her Benny, 20 November, 7.30pm
Sleeping Beauty, 30 November, 2.30pm
Cinderella, 16 December, 7pm
Box Office: 0870 380 0017

Liverpool, Everyman

Eric's, 6 October, 7.30pm
King Lear, 24 November, 7.30pm
Mother Goose, 21 January 2009, 1.30pm and (TBC 7.30pm)
Box Office: 0151 709 4776

Liverpool, Playhouse

Boeing, Boeing, 29 December, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0151 709 4776

Liverpool, Unity Theatre

Box Office: 0151 709 4988

Manchester, Contact Theatre

Box Office: 0161 274 0600

Manchester, Library Theatre

The Glee Club, 16 October, 7.30pm
The Glee Club, 18 October, 3pm
Independent Means, 19 November, 7.30pm
Great Expectations, 10 December, 2.30pm
Great Expectations, 20 December, 2.30pm
Great Expectations, 7 January 2009, 2.30pm
Great Expectations, 15 January 2009, 7.30pm
Great Expectations, 17 January 2009, 2.30pm
Rock 'N' Roll, 11 March 2009, 7.30pm
Rock 'N' Roll, 14 March 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0161 236 7110

Manchester, Opera House

The Witches of Eastwick, 16 October, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0844 847 2277

Manchester, Palace Theatre

Mary Poppins, 12 January 2009, 7.30pm
Mary Poppins, 18 February 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 145 1163

Manchester, Royal Exchange Theatre

Three Sisters, 27 September, 4pm
Antigone, 25 October, 4pm
A Taste of Honey, 22 November, 4pm
See How They Run, 10 January 2009
True Love Lies, 7 February 2009, 4pm
Box Office: 0161 833 9833

Oldham, Coliseum Theatre

Brassed Off, 18 September, 7.30pm
Travels with My Aunt, 22 October, 7.30pm
Aladdin, 7 January 2009, 7.30pm
Absolutely Frank, 11 February 2009, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0161 624 2829

Runcorn, Brindley Arts Centre

Box Office: 0151 907 8360

Salford, The Lowry

Waves, 27 September, 3pm, Touch Tour: 1.30pm

Othello, 4 October, 2pm, Touch Tour: 1pm

West Side Story, 10 October, 7.30pm, Touch Tour: 6.30pm
Something Wicked, 24 October, 7.30pm, Touch Tour: 6pm

Tosca, 4 November, 7.15pm, Touch Tour: 6pm

Romeo and Juliet, 15 November, 2.30pm, Touch Tour: 1pm
Fireflies- A Love Story Waiting to Happen, 28 November, 8pm, Touch Tour: 7pm

The Wizard of Oz, 20 December, 2pm, Touch Tour: 1pm

'Allo 'Allo, 10 January 2009, 2.30pm, Touch Tour: 1.30pm
Box Office: 0870 787 5780

North

Bradford, Alhambra Theatre

Blood Brothers, 20 September, 2.30pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 27 September, 2.30pm
Joseph, 19 November, 2pm
Cinderella, 20 December, 2.30pm
Box Office: 01274 43 20 00

Bradford, St George's Hall

Buddy, 1 November, 5pm

Box Office: 01274 432375

Darlington, Arts Centre & Civic Theatre

Box Office: 01325 48 65 55

Leeds, Grand Theatre

Beauty and the Beast, 11 September, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0113 213 7700

Leeds, West Yorkshire Playhouse

Box Office: 0113 213 7700

Newcastle, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 0870 905 5060

Scarborough, Stephen Joseph Theatre

Box Office: 01723 370541

Sheffield, Sheffield Theatre

Box Office: 0114 249 6000

York, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 01904 62 35 68

Wales

Cardiff, New Theatre

Box Office: 029 2087 8889

Cardiff, Sherman Theatre

Box Office: 029 2064 6900

Llandudno, Venue Cymru

Shout, 6 November, 7.30pm
Dick Whittington, 3 January 2009, 7.15pm
Box Office: 01492 87 20 00

Mold, Clwyd Theatr Cymru

The Suicide, 4 October, 7.45pm
The Suicide, 16 October, 7.45pm
Drowned Out - The Lost Voices of Tryweryn, 25 October, 2.30pm
Drowned Out - The Lost Voices of Tryweryn, 30 October, 7.30pm
The Drawer Boy, 15 November, 2.45pm
The Drawer Boy, 20 November, 7.45pm
Cinderella - The Panto with Soul, 6 December, 2pm
Cinderella - The Panto with Soul, 18 December, 7pm
Cinderella - The Panto with Soul, 3 January 2008, 2pm
Cinderella - The Panto with Soul,15 January 2008, 7pm
Box Office: 0845 330 3565

Scotland

Listings for theatres in Scotland are also available from Beachbog’s Scottish audio description listings site.

Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre

Box Office: 01224 64 11 22

Aberdeen, AECC

Box Office: 01224 824824

Ayr, Gaiety

Box Office: 01292 611222

Cumbernauld

Box Office: 01236 737235

Dingwall, Highland Football Academy

Box Office: 01463 234234

Dundee Rep

Box Office: 0131 4773500

Edinburgh, Corn Exchange

Box Office: 0131 4773500

Edinburgh, Edinburgh Playhouse

Witches of Eastwick, 15 December, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 606 3424

Edinburgh, Festival Theatre

Box Office: 0131 529 6000

Edinburgh, King’s Theatre

Box Office: 0131 529 6000

Edinburgh, Royal Lyceum Theatre

Box Office: 0131 248 4848

Edinburgh, Traverse

Box Office: 0131 228 1404

Glasgow, Candleriggs Hall

Box Office: 0141 353 8000

Glasgow, Citizens Theatre

Box Office: 0141 429 0022

Glasgow, King’s Theatre

Box Office: 0141 240 1111

Glasgow, SECC

Box Office: 0141 248 3000

Glasgow, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 0141 240 1133

Inverness

Box Office: 01463 234234

Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre

Box Office: 0131 665 2240

Perth, Perth Theatre

Audio Description takes place the last Thursday and last Saturday matinee of each show. For more information click on 'Perth Theatre' above and it will take you to their website.

Box Office: 01738 621 031

Pitlochry, Festival Theatre

Box Office: 01796 484 626

St Andrews, Byre Theatre

Box Office: 01334 475 000

Northern Ireland

Belfast, Grand Opera House

Box Office: 028 9024 1919

Additional information

For further information about audio description in theatres, please contact the Media and Culture Officer on 020 7391 2150 or at audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

If you are a venue that provides audio described performances and you are not listed here then please contact the Theatre Management Association who provide us with our listings.

RNIB receives these listings from a third party and will accept no responsibility for incorrect information. Please check all details with the venue.

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Updated: 4 September 2008

Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 04/09/2008 18:39