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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

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

Hornchurch, Queen’s Theatre

Absolutely Frank, 14 June, 2.30pm
Box Office: 01708 443333

Kingston, Rose Theatre

Molora, 24 May, 7.30pm
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

Rosmersholm, 28 June, 3pm, Touchtour: 1.30pm
Box Office: 020 7359 4404

London, Apollo Victoria

Wicked, 25 June, 2.30pm
Wicked, 25 June, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7828 7074

London, Barbican

Black Watch, 26 July, 2pm
Box Office: 0845 120 7511

London, Bush Theatre

Tinderbox, 19 May, 8pm
Tinderbox, 21 May, 8pm
2000 Feet Away, 9 July, 8pm
Box Office: 020 7610 4224

London Chicken Shed

Sea Change, 17 July, 7.30pm
Sea Change, 18 July, 7.30pm
Sea Change, 19 July, 3.30pm
Box Office: 020 8292 9222

London, Coliseum

Box Office: 0870 145 7500

London, Comedy Theatre

Dickens Unplugged, 27 August 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6637

London, Donmar Warehouse

The Chalk Garden, 12 July, 2.30pm, Touchtour: 1.30pm
Piaf, 13 September, 2.30pm
Creditors, 25 October, 2.30pm
The Family Reunion, 13 December, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7845 5813

London, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Lord of the Rings, 14 June, 2pm
Box Office: 0844 412 4648

London, Gate Theatre

…sisters, 24 June, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7229 5387

London, Gielgud Theatre

Box Office: 0870 850 9157

London, Globe Theatre

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 31 May, 2pm
King Lear, 19 July, 2pm
The Merry Wives of Windsor, 14 September, 1pm
Box Office: 020 7902 1409

London, Greenwich Theatre

Box Office: 020 8858 7755

London, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Box Office: 020 7494 5400

London, Hampstead Theatre

Fast Labour, 14 June, 3pm, Touchtour: 2pm
On the Rocks, 19 July, 3pm, Touchtour: 2pm
Box Office: 020 7722 9301

London, Lyceum Theatre

Disney's The Lion King, 16 August, 2pm, Touchtour: 12.30pm
Box Office: 020 7845 0999

London, Lyric Hammersmith

Love, 12 June, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 050 0511

London, National Theatre

Never So Good, 23 May, tbc
Never So Good, 24 May, 2.15pm
Harper Regan, 7 June, 2.30pm
Harper Regan, 9 June, 7.30pm
The Pitman Painters, 21 June, 2.30pm
The Year of Magical Thinking, 14 July, 8pm
The Revenger's Tragedy, 18 July, 7.30pm
The Revenger's Tragedy, 19 July, 7.30pm
Afterlife, 1 August, 7.30pm
Afterlife, 2 August, 2.15pm
Never So Good, 12 August, 7.45pm
A Slight Ache, 12 August, 6pm
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

Box Office: 0870 060 6646

London, Noel Coward

Avenue Q, 7 August, 8pm
Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Novello Theatre

Box Office: 0870 950 0940

London, Old Vic

Pygmalion, 5 June, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7922 2922

London, Oval House

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

The Conquest of the South Pole, 23 May, 7.45pm
Rock, 13 June, 7.45pm
Box Office: 020 7582 7680

London, Palace

Box Office: 020 7087 7960

London, Palladium

The Sound of Music, 8 July, 7pm
The Sound of Music, 9 July 2.30pm
Box Office: 0844 412 4648

London, Piccadilly Theatre

Grease, 21 May, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6634

London, Prince of Wales

Mamma Mia!, 2 June, 7.30pm Touch Tour: 5.45pm
Box Office: 0870 850 9171

London, Prince Edward

Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Queens Theatre

Les Misérables, 17 May, 2.30pm, Touch Tour: 1pm
Box Office: 0870 890 1110

London, Roundhouse

Henry VI Part 1, 17 May, 10.30am
Henry VI Part 2, 17 May, 3pm
Henry VI Part 3, 17 May, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 389 1846

London, Royal Albert Hall

Strictly Gershwin, 22 June, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7838 3110

London, Royal Court

Box Office: 020 7565 5000

London, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

The Wizard of Oz, 16 August, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7565 5000

London, Sadlers Wells

Carnival of the Animals/Scribblings, 24 May, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7863 8000

London, Shaftesbury

Box Office: 020 7379 5399

London, Soho Theatre

Piranha Heights, 14 June, 3pm
Box Office: 0870 429 6883

London, Trafalgar Studios

Box Office: 0870 060 6632

London, Theatre Royal Stratford East

Familyman, 16 May, 7.30pm
Box Office: 020 8534 0310

London, Unicorn Theatre for Children

The Flying Machine, 1 June, 2.30pm, Touchtour: 12pm
Box Office: 020 7700 0702

London, Victoria Palace Theatre

Billy Elliot - The Musical, 4 October, 2.30pm
Box Office: 020 7937 7163

London, Wyndham's

Ivanov, 18 October, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0870 850 9174

London, Young Vic

The Good Soul of Szechuan, 21 June, 2.30pm
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
Box Office: 01908 60 60 90

Richmond, Orange Tree Theatre

Box Office 020 8940 3633

Richmond, Richmond Theatre

Box Office: 08710 060 6651

Watford, Watford Palace Theatre

Kafka's Dick, 31 May, 3pm

Box Office: 01923 22 56 71

Windsor, Theatre Royal

Box Office: 01753 85 38 88

Woking, New Victoria Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof, 23 July, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0870 060 6645

East Anglia

Cambridge, Arts Theatre

Treasure Island, 7 June, 2pm (Touch Tour available)
Panto, 6 December, 2.30pm
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

South Pacific, 14 June, 2.30pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 30 August, 5pm
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

Mary Poppins, 26 June, TBC
Mary Poppins, 28 June, TBC
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

A Midsummer Nights Dream, 31 May, 2pm
Dr Doolittle, 11 June, 2pm
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

The Merchant of Venice, 7 June, 1pm
The Merchant of Venice, 18 June, 7.15pm
The Taming of the Shrew, 11 June, 7.15pm
The Taming of the Shrew, 5 July, 1pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 12 July, 1pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 16 July, 7.15pm
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

Fiddler on the Roof, 23 May, 8pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 9 October, 8pm
Evita, 5 November, 8pm
Snow White, 17 December, 10.30am
Box Office: 0870 060 6649

Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre

Blood Brothers, 20 May, 7.30pm
The Naked Truth, 27 June, 8pm
Flashdance, 16 August, 5pm
Fiddler on the Roof, 26 September, 7.30pm
The Jungle Book, 8 November, 2pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 27 November, 7.30pm
Box Office: 01902 42 92 12

North West

Blackpool, Grand Theatre

Box Office: 01253 290190

Bolton, Octagon Theatre

Meet the Mukherjees, 21 May, 7.30pm
Once Upon a Time in Wigan, 25 June, 7.30pm
The Merchant of Venice, 8 October, 7.30pm
The Venetian Twins, 12 November, 7.30pm
Box Office: 01204 52 06 61

Keswick, Theatre by the Lake

The Importance of Being Earnest, 27 August, 2pm
The Lady in the Van, 1 October, 2pm
Arsenic and Old Lace, 15 October, 2pm
Box Office: 01768 77 44 11

Lancaster, Dukes

Box Office: 0845 344 0642

Liverpool, Empire Theatre

Evita, 4 June, 7.30pm
High School Musical, 10 September, 7pm
Her Benny, 20 November, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0870 380 0017

Liverpool, Everyman

Ten Tiny Toes, 3 July, 7.45pm
Box Office: 0151 709 4776

Liverpool, Playhouse

Tartuffe, 28 May, 7.30pm
Adelphi (Musical), 17 July, 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

If I Were You, 14 June, 3pm
If I Were You, 18 June, 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

Box Office: 0870 145 1163

Manchester, Royal Exchange Theatre

The Revenger's Tragedy, 7 June, 4pm
Hay Fever, 19 July, 4pm
Three Sisters, 27 September, 4pm
Antigone, 25 October, 4pm
A Taste of Honey, 22 November, 4pm
Box Office: 0161 833 9833

Oldham, Coliseum Theatre

Dick Barton, 5 June, 7.30pm
Perfect Pitch, 2 July, 7.30pm
Brassed Off, 18 September, 7.30pm
Travels with My Aunt, 22 October, 7.30pm
Box Office: 0161 624 2829

Runcorn, Brindley Arts Centre

Sweeney Todd, 7 June, 2.30pm
Box Office: 0151 907 8360

Salford, The Lowry

Blackbird, 30 May, 8pm, Touchtour: 7pm
The 39 Steps, 6 June, 7.30pm, Touchtour: 6.30pm
A Midsummer Nights Dream, 12 June, 7.15pm
Something Wicked, 10 October, 7.30pm
Something Wicked, 24 October, 7.30pm
Fireflies, 28 November, 8pm
Box Office: 0870 787 5780

North

Bradford, Alhambra Theatre

South Pacific, 5 June, 7.30pm
The Wedding Singer, 28 June, 2.30pm
Dr Dolittle, 5 July, 2.30pm
Fiddler on the Roof, 1 August, 7.30pm
Blood Brothers, 20 September, 2.30pm
The Witches of Eastwick, 27 September, 2.30pm
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

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 24 May, 2pm
Box Office: 0113 213 7700

Leeds, West Yorkshire Playhouse

Box Office: 0113 213 7700

Newcastle, Theatre Royal

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 7 June, 2pm
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

Fiddler on the Roof, 6 July, 7.30pm
Box Office: 01492 87 20 00

Mold, Clwyd Theatr Cymru

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

Evita, 20 June, 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 talkingimages@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: 15 May 2008

Content author: audiodescription@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 15/05/2008 17:39