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A black and white photograph with flares from the Sun. A group of young adults, three women and two men – are all stood together (but spread apart) in a field. They all wear casual clothes and look in our direction.

Outlier

Bristol Old Vic, BristolTuesday 22 June 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 5:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre
A young, middle eastern boy seen from his torso upwards is standing on the left. He is looking to the right of centre, holding his backpack over one shoulder. In the background of the shot, to the right, is a mining tower, lit up from the top. In front of it, towards the bottom of the image is the title, Repeat Signal, in gold slightly broken text.

Repeat Signal: online stream

Repeat Signal: online streamThursday 24 June 2021, 7:30 pm – Sunday 27 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online Theatre
A black and white photograph with flares from the Sun. A group of young adults, three women and two men – are all stood together (but spread apart) in a field. They all wear casual clothes and look in our direction.

Outlier – livestream

Bristol Old Vic, BristolFriday 25 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

Everything I Own

Hull Truck Theatre, HullSaturday 26 June 2021, 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy
A promotional image for Swan Lake. Dancers Hannah Bateman and Javier Torres are shown from the shoulder upwards. Hannah looks to the right, and behind her Javier looks off to the left. She is wearing a feathered headdress, his dark wavy hair glints in the bright light flaring behind them as ice hangs in the air.

Northern Ballet: Swan Lake

Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, LeedsSaturday 26 June 2021, 2:30 pm
Audio-described performance Ballet and dance
Image description: Publicity image for Blindness. A banner with black background and text on the left side that reads “The Donmar Warehouse Production of Blindness. A socially distance sound installation. With voice of Juliet Stevenson. Based on the novel by Jose Saramago. Adapted by Simon Stephens. Directed by Walter Meierjohann”. To the right of the text, there’s an image of the installation. People wearing masks are sat on their own or in pairs in a dark room with dim green light. The light comes from fluorescent tubes that interlink vertically and horizontally creating a geometrical structure in the ceiling.

Blindness

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, EdinburghTuesday 29 June 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 3 July 2021, 8:30 pm
Audio-described performance
A very colourful picture of three women has been cross-cut with a black and white picture of them - creating a vibrant and active image. The colourful sections show the two women either side from the chest up wearing clothes splattered in bright pastel colours and looking across the image. The woman in the middle is seen from the neck up and looks straight out at us wearing a gold headdress with red hearts, gold eye shadow with bright red lips. Behind her are brightly coloured feathers.

J’ouvert

Harold Pinter Theatre, LondonFriday 2 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
Actors Nickcolia King-N’da, Natalie Simpson and Toyin Omari-Kinch dressed in costume and looking towards the viewer in a room with burnt orange walls and a picture of a cricketer bowling hanging behind them.

The Death of a Black Man

Hampstead Theatre, LondonSaturday 3 July 2021, 2:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre
A pair of cream battered canvas shoes float a few centimetres above a worn teal carpet.

After Life

Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, LondonSaturday 3 July 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
Image description: Publicity image for Blindness. A banner with black background and text on the left side that reads “The Donmar Warehouse Production of Blindness. A socially distance sound installation. With voice of Juliet Stevenson. Based on the novel by Jose Saramago. Adapted by Simon Stephens. Directed by Walter Meierjohann”. To the right of the text, there’s an image of the installation. People wearing masks are sat on their own or in pairs in a dark room with dim green light. The light comes from fluorescent tubes that interlink vertically and horizontally creating a geometrical structure in the ceiling.

Blindness

Eden Court Theatre Inverness, InvernessTuesday 6 July 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 10 July 2021, 8:30 pm
Audio-described performance
A man holding onto a helium balloon floats into the sky. He is wearing a red top to match the balloon and is holding a walking stick.

Under Milk Wood

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, LondonThursday 8 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Hull & High Water

Hull Truck Theatre, HullSaturday 10 July 2021, 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy
The back of a red sofa with a mum, dad and two kids facing away from us and up at an old style cinema listing sign that reads “Mischief Movie Night In” with another sign sellotaped to the bottom saying “We’re live on stage, you’re live from” The words “your sofa” are crossed out and the word “anywhere” scribbled in. To the left of the sofa is a cocktail and a fallen bag of popcorn spilling on the floor. To the right is an open takeaway pizza box.

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)Sunday 11 July 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Recorded virtual tour at 7:30PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
Image description: Publicity image for Blindness. A banner with black background and text on the left side that reads “The Donmar Warehouse Production of Blindness. A socially distance sound installation. With voice of Juliet Stevenson. Based on the novel by Jose Saramago. Adapted by Simon Stephens. Directed by Walter Meierjohann”. To the right of the text, there’s an image of the installation. People wearing masks are sat on their own or in pairs in a dark room with dim green light. The light comes from fluorescent tubes that interlink vertically and horizontally creating a geometrical structure in the ceiling.

Blindness

Lighthouse, PooleTuesday 13 July 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 17 July 2021, 1:00 pm
Audio-described performance
A prison cell. A man on his knees facing away from us with his arms handcuffed behind his back. Light comes through the barred window above him casting images of a graph on the floor around him. Text: Kiln Theatre and Dasha Theatricals Present The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar, Directed by Indu Rubasingham. The words “Invisible Hand” are created in block capitals by strips cut from 100 dollar bills.

The Invisible Hand

Kiln Theatre, LondonThursday 15 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 6PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
Big and small white balloons float towards the spectator, on a black background speckled with stars

Constellations

Vaudeville Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour Time TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre
A Promotional image for As You Like It. A black and white photograph taken from backstage, in the centre the double doors are open towards us, beyond which the Globe stage and auditorium are light by sunlight. The text “As You Like It” is superimposed in the door opening, the bottom half of which is over a superimposed red oblong, on the bottom of which in black text it also says “Globe On Tour”

As You Like It

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12noon)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Shakespeare Touch tour
A man holding onto a helium balloon floats into the sky. He is wearing a red top to match the balloon and is holding a walking stick.

Under Milk Wood

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
In block capitals: “Romeo & Juliet” Romeo is typed in a dark matt black, & Juliet in a dark red. The words have areas of white indicating that like a pair of jeans they are faded/worn. “By Williams Shakespeare” appears directly below “Romeo” in the same blue but a smaller font and not withered by age.

Romeo and Juliet

Open Air Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Touch tour
A drawing with clean lines and block colours. A green semi-circle rises up from the bottom of the image to indicate a hill top. Two darker splodges of green indicate the roots of a tree sprouting from near its peak. The tree’s foilage creates a heart shape and is made up of areas of three different shades of green with some small black and red fruit dotted around. Directly behind the tree is a setting sun in orange and the sky is a uniform yellow.

L’amico Fritz

Opera Holland Park, LondonSunday 18 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour N/A)
Audio-described performance Opera
A pair of cream battered canvas shoes float a few centimetres above a worn teal carpet.

After Life

Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, LondonWednesday 21 July 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour
Big and small white balloons float towards the spectator, on a black background speckled with stars

Constellations

Vaudeville Theatre, LondonSaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour Time TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre
Promotional image for The Tempest. pillars, the heavens directly above the stage and seating gallery off to one side. IN the centre, jutting out from behind the pillar is a red oblong with black text: “The Tempest Globe On Tour” The word tempest is split by a wiggly line as if from a map.

The Tempest

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonSaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12 noon)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Shakespeare Touch tour
A bright purple background. A cluster of cartoon-style leaves in the centre. An engagement ring, romantic fairy lights and a spray of beautiful flowers are nestled between the leaves. Text pops from the middle. It reads: As You Like It.

As You Like It

The Watermill Theatre, NewburySaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12:30 PM)
Audio-described performance Outdoor Theatre Touch tour
The back of a red sofa with a mum, dad and two kids facing away from us and up at an old style cinema listing sign that reads “Mischief Movie Night In” with another sign sellotaped to the bottom saying “We’re live on stage, you’re live from” The words “your sofa” are crossed out and the word “anywhere” scribbled in. To the left of the sofa is a cocktail and a fallen bag of popcorn spilling on the floor. To the right is an open takeaway pizza box.

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)Saturday 24 July 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Recorded virtual tour at 7:30PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

The Cunning Little Vixen

Opera Holland Park, LondonSunday 25 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour N/A)
Audio-described performance Opera
The head and shoulders of Anna Corrin, to the left, and in the centre slightly behind her – Nabhaan Rizwan. Both wear black, so Anna’ shoulder less top and Rizwan’s t-shirt merge into the image’s black background.  Anna stares intently to her left, Rizwan focusses his attention above us. Both have a rainbow projected diagonally across their face.  Text on the far left: Reemergence Season 2021. To the right their names appear in white above the title: Anna X and below this: Written by Joseph Charlton, Directed by Daniel Raggett. Harold Pinter Theatre.

Anna X

Harold Pinter Theatre, LondonSaturday 31 July 2021, 3:00 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

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Outdoor

Romeo and Juliet

Open Air Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Touch tour

As You Like It

The Watermill Theatre, NewburySaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12:30 PM)
Audio-described performance Outdoor Theatre Touch tour

Royal Shakespeare Company – The Comedy of Errors

The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonSaturday 7 August 2021, 1:00 pm (Touch tour 12:00)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Shakespeare Touch tour

Mamma Mia!

Harewood House, LeedsThursday 26 August 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Touch tour

Just So

The Watermill Theatre, NewburySaturday 4 September 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12:30 PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Theatre Touch tour

Carousel

Open Air Theatre, LondonSaturday 4 September 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Touch tour

Royal Shakespeare Company – The Comedy of Errors

The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonFriday 10 September 2021, 6:30 pm (Touch tour 5:30PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Shakespeare Touch tour

Royal Shakespeare Company – The Comedy of Errors

The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonSaturday 23 October 2021, 1:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company – The Comedy of Errors

The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonSaturday 30 October 2021, 1:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company – The Comedy of Errors

The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonSaturday 6 November 2021, 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Shakespeare

Museums, galleries and heritage venues

Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a Saint – Audio Described Talk (online)

British Museum, LondonWednesday 23 June 2021, 2:00 pm
Museums, galleries and heritage venues Online (Zoom) Talk or discussion

Art Through Words: Jan van Kessel the Elder – Insects with Creeping Thistle and Borage (online)

National Gallery, LondonThursday 24 June 2021, 10:30 am
Museums, galleries and heritage venues Online (Zoom) Talk or discussion

Picture Description Talk: Unearthed (online)

Dulwich Picture Gallery, LondonThursday 5 August 2021, 11:00 am
Museums, galleries and heritage venues Online (Zoom) Talk or discussion

Online

Repeat Signal: online stream

Repeat Signal: online streamThursday 24 June 2021, 7:30 pm – Sunday 27 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online Theatre

Outlier – livestream

Bristol Old Vic, BristolFriday 25 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

Northern Ballet – Expressions: audio-described dance films and Q & A session

Northern Ballet - Expressions: audio-described dance films and Q & A sessionThursday 8 July 2021, 7:00 pm
Audio-described film Ballet and dance Online Talk or discussion

OT On Screen: Last Easter – livestream

Orange Tree Theatre, RichmondFriday 23 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

OT On Screen: Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act

Orange Tree Theatre, RichmondFriday 24 September 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour TBC)
Audio-described performance Online

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Livestream

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonSaturday 25 September 2021, 7:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online Shakespeare Touch tour

OT On Screen: Rice – livestream

Orange Tree Theatre, RichmondFriday 5 November 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

OT On Screen: While the Sun Shines – livestream

Orange Tree Theatre, RichmondFriday 7 January 2022, 7:30 pm (Touch tour TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

Audio-described performance

Outlier

Bristol Old Vic, BristolTuesday 22 June 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 5:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre

Repeat Signal: online stream

Repeat Signal: online streamThursday 24 June 2021, 7:30 pm – Sunday 27 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online Theatre

Outlier – livestream

Bristol Old Vic, BristolFriday 25 June 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

Everything I Own

Hull Truck Theatre, HullSaturday 26 June 2021, 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy

Northern Ballet: Swan Lake

Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, LeedsSaturday 26 June 2021, 2:30 pm
Audio-described performance Ballet and dance

Blindness

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, EdinburghTuesday 29 June 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 3 July 2021, 8:30 pm
Audio-described performance

J’ouvert

Harold Pinter Theatre, LondonFriday 2 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Breakin’ Convention Presents: Compagnie Niya: Gueules Noire

Sadler's Wells, LondonFriday 2 July 2021, 8:00 pm
Audio-described performance Ballet and dance

The Death of a Black Man

Hampstead Theatre, LondonSaturday 3 July 2021, 2:30 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre

After Life

Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, LondonSaturday 3 July 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Blindness

Eden Court Theatre Inverness, InvernessTuesday 6 July 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 10 July 2021, 8:30 pm
Audio-described performance

Under Milk Wood

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, LondonThursday 8 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Hull & High Water

Hull Truck Theatre, HullSaturday 10 July 2021, 2:00 pm
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)Sunday 11 July 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Recorded virtual tour at 7:30PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Blindness

Lighthouse, PooleTuesday 13 July 2021, 1:00 pm – Saturday 17 July 2021, 1:00 pm
Audio-described performance

The Invisible Hand

Kiln Theatre, LondonThursday 15 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 6PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

Constellations

Vaudeville Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour Time TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre

Under Milk Wood

Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

As You Like It

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12noon)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Shakespeare Touch tour

Romeo and Juliet

Open Air Theatre, LondonSaturday 17 July 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Outdoor Touch tour

L’amico Fritz

Opera Holland Park, LondonSunday 18 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour N/A)
Audio-described performance Opera

After Life

Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, LondonWednesday 21 July 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30pm)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

OT On Screen: Last Easter – livestream

Orange Tree Theatre, RichmondFriday 23 July 2021, 7:30 pm (Touch tour TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Online

Constellations

Vaudeville Theatre, LondonSaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour Time TBC)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Theatre

As You Like It

The Watermill Theatre, NewburySaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12:30 PM)
Audio-described performance Outdoor Theatre Touch tour

The Tempest

Shakespeare's Globe, LondonSaturday 24 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12 noon)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Shakespeare Touch tour

National Youth Dance Company / Alesandra Seutin: Speak Volumes

Sadler's Wells, LondonSaturday 24 July 2021, 7:30 pm
Audio-described performance Ballet and dance

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)

Mischief Movie Night In (livestream)Saturday 24 July 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Recorded virtual tour at 7:30PM)
Audio-described performance Drama and comedy Touch tour

The Cunning Little Vixen

Opera Holland Park, LondonSunday 25 July 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour N/A)
Audio-described performance Opera

Musical

Mamma Mia!

Harewood House, LeedsThursday 26 August 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Touch tour

Just So

The Watermill Theatre, NewburySaturday 4 September 2021, 2:00 pm (Touch tour 12:30 PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Theatre Touch tour

Carousel

Open Air Theatre, LondonSaturday 4 September 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour Tbc)
Audio-described performance Musical Outdoor Touch tour

The Lion King

Lyceum Theatre, LondonSunday 19 September 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Touch tour

Six: The Musical

Curve Theatre, LeicesterWednesday 29 September 2021, 8:00 pm (Touch tour 5:30PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Theatre Touch tour

Hairspray: The Musical

Curve Theatre, LeicesterSaturday 9 October 2021, 2:15 pm (Touch tour 12:45PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Theatre Touch tour

Pretty Woman: The Musical

Savoy Theatre, LondonSunday 21 November 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour tbc)
Audio-described performance Musical Theatre Touch tour

Wicked

Apollo Victoria, LondonSaturday 18 December 2021, 2:30 pm (Touch tour 12:30PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Touch tour

The Lion King

Lyceum Theatre, LondonTuesday 8 March 2022, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 5:30PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Touch tour

Wicked

Apollo Victoria, LondonWednesday 13 April 2022, 7:30 pm (Touch tour 5:30PM)
Audio-described performance Musical Touch tour
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