Theatre Royal Windsor offers a range of audio described (AD) performances throughout the year for visually impaired groups. From classic plays to new writing, our audio description team delivers a high-quality service, narrating what is happening, visually, onstage throughout the performance. The description is relayed through a headset, which can be selected as a ticket option when booking one of our AD performances.
Why not grab a ticket for one of our upcoming shows? To book, please visit our website: https://theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk/ or call our Box Office on 01753 853 888.
• Hay Fever (AD) Thursday 11th July at 2.30pm presented by Sidmouth Rep.
Noël Coward’s gloriously entertaining comedy of bad manners. Novelist David Bliss, and his wife Judith, are hoping for a quiet weekend in the country. When their high-spirited children appear with guests of their own. A houseful of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. With Judith’s new flame and David’s newest literary ‘inspiration’ keeping company, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the ‘quiet weekend’ comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale.
• Perfect Crime (AD) Thursday 18th July at 2.30pm presented by Sidmouth Rep.
This cat-and-mouse thriller is one of off Broadway’s longest-running hits. Margaret Thorne Brent, psychiatrist and author, has returned to America with her husband, also a psychiatrist, and settled in an affluent Connecticut community where at least one bizarre murder has taken place. Inspector James Ascher, the local cop, becomes obsessed with Margaret, her patients and their sitting room, where he believes the solution to the murder lies…
• The Gates of Kiev (AD) Thursday 12th September at 2.30pm
The story of Maria Yudina – protestor, disruptor and dissident – who believed music could change minds and save civilisations. One of the greatest female pianists of the 20th century and graduate of the world-famous St Petersburg Conservatoire. She was fiercely defiant of the repressive regime of Josef Stalin, publicly denouncing him and daring Stalin to execute her – declaring herself a ‘Holy Fool’. The legend is, Stalin and Yudina met…
Starring celebrated Russian pianist Gala Chistiakova and international ballet dancer Xander Parish OBE, and with additional star casting to be announced, don’t miss this superb new production.
• Filumena (AD) Thursday 17th October at 2:30pm
Amidst the heat of a Neapolitan spring, Filumena Marturano (Felicity Kendal) lies on her deathbed, waiting to marry the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. No sooner than they are married, she makes a miraculous recovery, much to the surprise of her new, unwilling husband and his younger lover! Is she a simple woman who simply wants the best for her family, or a fiercely intelligent opportunist determined to claim what is hers?
In a battle of wills between all involved, Filumena mixes charm and optimism with acerbic wit and a moral examination of how where we come from defines who we become.
• Dracula (AD) Thursday 31st October at 2.30pm presented by Black Eyed Theatre
The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and media innovation. But poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown and the shock of the new world, an altogether darker fear is emerging. As a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, lead by Professor Van Helsing, are plunged into an epic struggle for survival.
Adapted by Nick Lane, this brilliant, theatrical treatment of Bram Stoker’s adventure blends Victorian Gothic with the Contemporary, showcasing Blackeyed Theatre’s trademark ensemble performance style and featuring a haunting soundscape, powerful performances and innovative design for an exhilarating theatrical experience.
To discover more about accessibility at Theatre Royal Windsor, including our Access Scheme, please visit: https://theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk/whats-on/accessible-performances/
