ACCESS LONDON THEATRE NO. 36
WINTER 2017-18 BROCHURE
AUDIO-DESCRIBED LISTINGS

Welcome to the Winter 2017-18 edition of Access London Theatre, compiled and published by the Society of London Theatre.

This document contains details of the audio-described performances only. Details of captioned, signed and relaxed performances are available in other formats. This brochure is available in print, on CD or in Braille. To request your choice of format, please call 020 7557 6700 or email enquiries@soltukt.co.uk

Prices are face value. Fees may apply. Tickets are subject to availability. 
All text and listings correct at time of going to print.

Access London Theatre, Society of London Theatre, 020 7557 6700
enquiries@soltukt.co.uk
OfficialLondonTheatre.com/access

How audio description works
Audio Description allows blind or partially sighted audiences to experience theatre; it is a live verbal commentary providing information on the visual elements of a production as it unfolds. It describes action that is essential to the understanding of the story, as well as other visual information such as the style and design, sets, costumes, facial expressions and visual jokes that might otherwise be missed. The description is delivered around the dialogue of a performance and patrons listen to it through a discreet headset.

How to book
You can book by telephone or by email; both options are given within each show listing in the next section. Don’t leave it too late to book as popular shows or theatres with a small number of seats can sell out their allocation for an audio-described performance very quickly. Please do say that you are booking for the audio-described performance so that you qualify for any discounts and are seated in the correct part of the theatre. Some theatres will also send you a recorded introduction with information about both the play and the theatre building. Remember that some telephone booking lines for shows will transfer to a ticket agent so you may have to pay a booking fee over and above the ticket price and call charges may apply.

For audio-described performances, there is often a free touch tour available. If you would like to go on a touch tour, please ask for details when booking.

If you have any further access needs, please give this information when you book your ticket so that you are given the correct seat.

The listings for audio-described shows follow.  Please remember to say when you book that you would like to go to the audio-described show so that you qualify for any discounts.

Sat 2 Dec 2.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 1.15pm
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
0344 482 5137 | access@delmack.co.uk
£31.50* | Length: 2h30, inc. interval
By Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Hal Prince. The Phantom of the Opera continues to captivate audiences, bringing the legendary love story to life on stage.

Fri 8 Dec 7.45pm (by VocalEyes)
MAMMA MIA!
Novello Theatre, Aldwych
0344 482 5137 | access@delmack.co.uk
£25* | Length: 2h35, inc. interval
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!

Sat 9 Dec 2pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 12pm
ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside
020 7401 9919 | access@shakespearesglobe.com
£10-£65 | Length: TBC
Romantics Anonymous is an unusual and tender love story in which the obstacles to happiness are not the usual barriers.

Wed 13 Dec 11am (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 10am
THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD
Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
0330 333 4815 | access@nimaxtheatres.com
£9.50* | Length: 55m, no interval
Join The Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Sat 16 Dec 1.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 11.30am
JULIUS CAESAR
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street
020 7382 7348 | access@barbican.org.uk
£5-£37.50* | Length: 2h55, inc. interval
Angus Jackson directs Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s most epic political tragedy as part of the RSC’s Rome Season.

Sat 16 Dec 2pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 12pm
THE SECRET THEATRE
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside
London Bridge
020 7401 9919 | access@shakespearesglobe.com
£10-£65* | Length: TBC
Espionage, double-crossing and blackmail come to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in this new spy thriller with powerful contemporary echoes.

Sat 16 Dec 11am (in-house)
THE SNOW QUEEN
Polka Theatre, The Broadway
020 8543 4888 | access@polkatheatre.com
£12-£18.50* | Length: 1h45, inc. interval
Two inseparable friends, Kai and Gerda did everything together, but one cold night, Kai falls under the spell of the evil Snow Queen...

Sun 17 Dec 3pm (by James and Lonny Evans for VocalEyes), Touch Tour 2pm
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
Unicorn Theatre, Tooley Street
020 7645 0560 | boxoffice@unicorntheatre.com
£12-£24* | Length: 1h30, inc. interval
The heart-warming story about a very shy toy rabbit who longs for nothing more than to become real returns. For everyone 5+.

Sun 17 Dec 5.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 4pm
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Lyric Hammersmith, King Street
020 8741 6850 | access@lyric.co.uk
£15-£40* | Length: TBC
Plenty of magic beans, a huge loveable cow, an enormous beanstalk, a gigantic giant and a massive adventure. This year's panto looks set to be the biggest ever.

Thu 20 Dec 2.45pm (by VocalEyes)
HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY
Young Vic Theatre, The Cut
020 7922 2922 | welcometeam@youngvic.org
£10-£20* | Length: TBC
★★★★ “Seiriol Davies’s sparkling piece of musical theatre...snappily directed by Alex Swift” - The Times

Sat 23 Dec 2.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 1pm 
GOATS
Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square
020 7565 5000 | boxoffice@royalcourttheatre.com
£15* | Length: TBC
In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.

Fri 29 Dec 7.15pm (in-house), Touch Tour 5.15pm
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street
020 7382 7348 | access@barbican.org.uk
£5-£37.50* | Length: 3h, inc. interval
The RSC’s Rome Season concludes at the Barbican with Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s goriest revenge tragedy.

Fri 5 Jan 7.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 6pm
THE JUNGLE
Young Vic Theatre, The Cut
020 7922 2922 | welcometeam@youngvic.org
£10-£38* | Length: TBC
Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him. Meet the hopeful, resilient residents of “The Jungle”– just across the Channel, right on our doorstep.

Sat 6 Jan 2.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 1pm
PARLIAMENT SQUARE
Bush Theatre, Uxbridge Road
020 8743 5050 | boxoffice@bushtheatre.co.uk
£10-£20* | Length: TBC
Kat gets up one morning, leaves her family behind and travels to London to carry out an act that will change her life and, she hopes, everyone else’s.

Mon 8 Jan 7.15pm (in-house), Touch Tour 5.15pm
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street
020 7382 7348 | access@barbican.org.uk
£27.50-£28.75* | Length: 3h20, inc. interval
Iqbal Khan returns to the RSC to direct Antony & Cleopatra as part of the Rome Season in London.

Tue 9 Jan 7.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 6pm
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
The Old Vic Theatre, The Cut
0844 871 7628† | access@oldvictheatre.com
£21* | Length: TBC
Charles Dickens’ timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

Sat 13 Jan 2pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 12pm
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
0330 333 4410 | CursedChildAccess@nimaxtheatres.com
£35* | Length: Part One: 2h40, inc. interval / Part Two: 2h35, inc. interval
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is a new play by Jack Thorne.

Sat 13 Jan 2.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 1pm
MATTHEW BOURNE’S CINDERELLA
Sadler's Wells Theatre
020 7863 8000 | access@sadlerswells.com
£12-£69* | Length: 2h30, inc. 2 intervals
Matthew Bourne's touching interpretation of the classic tale, set in London during World War 2, performed to Prokofiev’s magnificent score.

Sat 13 Jan 2.30pm (by VocalEyes)
LES MISERABLES
Queen’s Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
0344 482 5137 | access@delmack.co.uk
£35* | Length: 2h30, inc. interval
By Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Herbert Kretzmer, dir. by Trevor Nunn & John Caird. An epic tale of passion and destruction, set against the backdrop of a nation in the grip of revolution.

Sat 13 Jan 2.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 12.45pm
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street
020 7288 4999 | access@almeida.co.uk
£25* | Length: TBC
Adapted by Anne Washburn (Mr Burns) and directed by Olivier Award-winner Richard Jones, this world premiere production of the acclaimed CBS Television Series, The Twilight Zone lands on stage for the first time in its history. Or its present. Or its future. 

Sat 20 Jan 3pm (by Miranda Yates), Touch Tour 1.30pm
CELL MATES
Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue
020 7722 9301 | access@hampsteadtheatre.com
£10-£35* | Length: TBC
Simon Gray’s absorbing and deftly funny play explores how personal freedom is an illusion and even friendship must have carefully circumscribed limits in a world where deception is a reflex response. 

Sat 27 Jan 2.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 1pm
RITA, SUE & BOB TOO
Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square
020 7565 5000 | boxoffice@royalcourttheatre.com
£15* | Length: TBC
Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling they each think they control.

Sat 27 Jan 7.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 6pm
THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE
Lyric Hammersmith, King Street
020 8741 6850 | access@lyric.co.uk
£15-£40* | Length: 2h20, inc. interval
Following a hugely successful 2016 Australian and UK tour, the critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True returns to delight audiences this Autumn.

Sat 3 Feb 2.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 1pm
BELLEVILLE
Donmar Warehouse, Earlham Street
020 3282 3808 | access@donmarwarehouse.com
£20* | Length: TBC
Americans Zack and Abby are bright, young and recently married. He’s a doctor combating infant disease. She’s an actress, also teaching yoga. It’s just before Christmas and they’re living the expat highlife in bohemian Belleville, Paris. It’s all a little too perfect. 

Tue 6 Feb 7.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 6pm
THE BROTHERS SIZE
Young Vic Theatre, The Cut
Waterloo
020 7922 2922 | welcometeam@youngvic.org
£10-£38* | Length: TBC
Ritual and reality intertwine in the sparkling, award-winning debut play by Oscar-winning writer of Moonlight, Tarell Alvin McCraney. The African-American working class meets Yoruba mythology when the Brothers Size reconnect after a spell in prison. Bijan Sheibani directs the long-awaited revival of this deeply moving fable about the rarely spoken bond between brothers.

Wed 7 Feb 1.30pm (in-house), Touch Tour 12pm
THE DIVIDE – PART 1
The Old Vic Theatre, The Cut
0844 871 7628† | access@oldvictheatre.com
£21* | Length: TBC
The Divide, presented in two parts, is a tale that unflinchingly explores a dystopian society of repression, insurrection and forbidden love.

Wed 7 Feb 7.30pm (in-house)
THE DIVIDE – PART 2
The Old Vic Theatre, The Cut
0844 871 7628† | access@oldvictheatre.com
£21* | Length: TBC
The Divide, presented in two parts, is a tale that unflinchingly explores a dystopian society of repression, insurrection and forbidden love.

Tue 20 Feb 7.30pm (by VocalEyes), Touch Tour 6pm
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
0303 333 4809 | access@nimaxtheatres.com
£32.50* | Length: 2h40, inc. interval
Jamie New is a sensation. This new musical hits London with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells and writer Tom MacRae.

Some useful organisations

Official London Theatre
OfficialLondonTheatre.com is the number one site to get tickets, news and exclusive interviews for top London shows. Run by not-for-profit organisation Society of London Theatre, we work directly with theatre owners and producers to give you access to information, features, and offers that you won’t find anywhere else.

Tourism for all UK
For information on accessible accommodation, tourism advice and special offers on hotels visit tourismforall.org.uk, call 0845 124 9971 or email info@tourismforall.org.uk.

Transport for London (TfL)
Visit tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/ to find a wealth of access information from TfL, including accessible travel stories from customers, tips for using public transport, on-board features and details on travel mentors and door-to-door transport services on offer. There are also guides, maps, information for guide dog users and details of stations with step-free access to make your trip to the city as easy as possible.
For more information call 0343 222 1234 or use the textphone number 0800 112 3456. Email tflaccessibility@tfl.gov.uk or ask a question on Twitter using the handle @tflaccess

Theatreland Parking Scheme
Driving to the theatre is an affordable option thanks to the half price Theatreland Parking Scheme offered by Q-Park.
To qualify, simply present your car park ticket for validation when you attend a performance at a participating theatre. Once the ticket is validated, the car park pay machine will automatically charge you half price when paying after the performance. You can park for up to 24 hours and receive a 50% discount on the standard daily rate.
The offer is valid seven days a week at London Q-Park car parks in Trafalgar Square, Chinatown, Soho, Oxford Street, Marble Arch/Park Lane, Pimlico and Burlington. All of these car parks, excluding Oxford Street, have disabled bays.
For more information about the Theatreland Parking Scheme and full terms and conditions visit www.q-park.co.uk/theatreland. You will also find detailed information about disabled parking at individual car parks.

Visit London
visitlondon.com is the official website for visiting London.

VocalEyes
Delivering audio description for blind and partially sighted people, visit vocaleyes.co.uk, call 020 7375 1043 or email enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk for more information.

How to get in touch
If you would like to be added to our database to receive this brochure regularly, please contact us at the Society of London Theatre on 020 7557 6700 or email enquiries@soltukt.co.uk. You can also write to us at Society of London Theatre, 32 Rose Street, London WC2E 9ET. Please specify whether you would like the brochure in print, on CD or in Braille. You can always download your own copy of the brochure or a Venue Access Guide by visiting OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk/access

If you have any feedback on your theatre visit, your booking experience, or even this brochure, please call us on 020 7557 6700 or email access@soltukt.co.uk.