What's On Jan 14 - Jan 15

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For useful links to other providers of audio description around the country visit the Audio Description Links page. And to find out about what is on offer at Museums, Galleries, and Heritage Sites where we have worked in partnership to provide greater access for blind and partially sighted people do visit the Museums, Galleries and Heritage Sites page.

the Lion King
Date: Tue 3rd Sep 2013 Time: 7.30pm

Ingeniously adapted from Disney’s classic film, this spectacular production explodes with glorious colours and stunning effects, all set to the enchanting rhythms of Africa.

  • Ticket Price: £32.50
  • Touch Tour Time: 6pm
  • Ticket Office Number: 0844 338 5000
PETER GRIMES
Date: Sat 23rd Nov 2013 Time: 7pm

Set in a small fishing community on the English coast, this astounding opera is an utterly absorbing, emotionally compelling experience, not to be missed. Britten's atmospheric music takes powerful inspiration from the sea, vividly portraying the human drama unfolding around the outsider Peter Grimes.

  • Ticket Price: £24.50 (reduced from £49), companion at same price
  • Touch Tour Time: 5.45pm
  • Ticket Office Number: 0115 989 5555
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Date: Sat 4th Jan 2014 Time: 2.30pm

Damsels in distress, heroes to the rescue, everyone’s favourite Dame and the rest of the Mercury gang, are at the ready to bring you music and laughter in one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.

  • Ticket Price: £8.50 (reduced from £22)
  • Touch Tour Time: 1pm
  • Ticket Office Number: 01206 573948
the Lion King
Date: Tue 14th Jan 2014 Time: 7.30pm

Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains and to the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney’s multi-award winning musical ‘The Lion King’ will redefine your expectations of theatre.

  • Ticket Price: £32.50
  • Touch Tour Time: TBC
  • Ticket Office Number: 0844 871 3006
Grandage
Date: Sat 18th Jan 2014 Time: 2.30pm

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;"

Can the King of England hold his nerve to embrace his duty, command his men and lead his country to victory in France? Shakespeare’s great play of nationhood investigates the bloody horrors of war and the turbulence of a land in crisis.

Jude Law and Michael Grandage continue their collaboration that began with Hamlet in 2009. Law also appeared in the Donmar’s award-winning production Anna Christie, as part of Grandage's final season as Artistic Director.

  • Ticket Price: £27.50 (reduced from £57.50)
  • Touch Tour Time: TBC
  • Ticket Office Number: 0844 482 5165