Mind's Eye
Professional Description Service
AUDIO DESCRIBED EVENTS - SPRING 08
1988- 2008 - 20 years of audio describing theatre!
March
5 Joseph Liverpool Empire 7.30pm
6 A trip to Scarborough Arts Theatre, Cambridge 7.30pm
8 Tosca Royal Albert Hall 2.30pm
13 Descriptive Tour Gallery Oldham 10.30am
13 High School Musical Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 7.30pm
14 Blonde Bombshells of 1943 Venue Cymru 7.30pm
15 Children's Hour Royal Exchange Theatre 4pm
16 Described tour The Lowry 1.30pm
19 Road Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
22 Three Sisters on Hope Street Hampstead Theatre (VocalEyes) 3.00pm
26 Saturday Night, Sunday MorningOldham Coliseum Theatre 7.30pm
29 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 2.30pm
30 Described tour Imperial War Museum North 3.00pm
31 Our Country's Good Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 7.30pm
April
1 The Recruiting Officer Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 7.30pm
3 South Pacific Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 7.30pm
12 Descriptive tours & handling Chester Zoo All day
13 Descriptive tours & handling Chester Zoo All day
17 Descriptive Tour Manchester Art Gallery 10.30am
20 Descriptive Tour The Lowry 1.30pm
22 One Step Forward Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool tbc
23 Spring and Port Wine Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
24 Endgame Liverpool Playhouse 7.30pm
26 High School Musical Bradford Alhambra 2.30pm
30 Joseph Palace, Manchester 2.30pm
30 An Inspector Calls Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
May
3 Equus Alhambra, Bradford 2.30pm
7 Secrets Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 7pm
0 Theatre Alibi Lowry 7.30pm
10 Aspects of Love Arts Theatre, Cambridge 2.30pm
10 The Glass Menagerie Royal Exchange 4pm
14 Shout! Alhambra, Bradford 7.30pm
17 Les Miserables West End, London, (VocalEyes) 2.30pm
20 Blood Brothers Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 7.30pm
21 Meet the Mukherjees Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
June
4 Evita Liverpool Empire 7.30pm
5 South Pacific Alhambra, Bradford 7.30pm
5 Dick Barton Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
7 The Revenger's Tragedy Royal Exchange 4pm
7 Sweeney Todd Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn tbc
8 Descriptive Tour Imperial War Museum, North 3pm
14 South Pacific Theatre Royal, Norwich 2.30pm
14 If I Were You Library Theatre, Manchester 3pm
18 If I Were You Library Theatre, Manchester 7.30pm
25 Once Upon a Time in Wigan Octagon Theatre, Bolton 7.30pm
28 The Wedding Singer St George's Hall, Bradford 2.30pm
29 Descriptive Tour The Lowry 1.30pm
July
2 Perfect Pitch Oldham Coliseum 7.30pm
3 Ten Tiny Toes Liverpool tbc 7.30pm
5 Dr Dolittle Alhambra Bradford 2.30pm
17 Descriptive tour Gallery Oldham 10.30am
17 Adelphi Musical Liverpool tbc 7.30pm
19 Hay Fever Royal Exchange 4pm
August
1 Fiddler on the Roof Alhambra, Bradford 7.30pm
16 Flashdance Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 2.30pm
27 The Importance of Being Earnest Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
30 The Witches of Eastwick Theatre Royal, Norwich 2.30pm
31 Descriptive Tour Imperial War Museum, North 3pm
September
6 Descriptive tours & handling Chester Zoo All day
7 Descriptive tours & handling Chester Zoo All day
10 High School Musical Liverpool Empire 7pm
20 Blood Brothers Alhambra, Bradford 2.30pm
23 West Side Story Milton Keynes Theatre 7.30pm
25 Cabaret Liverpool Empire 7.30pm
27 The Witches of Eastwick Alhambra, Bradford 2.30pm
October
1 The Lady in the Van Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
2 Descriptive Tour Gallery Oldham 10.30am
15 Arsenic and Old Lace Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2pm
16 The Witches of Eastwick Opera House, Manchester 7.30pm
November
1 Buddy St George's Hall, Bradford 5.30pm
20 Her Benny Liverpool Empire 7.30pm
27 The Witches of Eastwick Liverpool Empire 7.30pm
Most theatre performances will include a touch-tour about an hour before the performance. Customers should check with the Box Office or Mind's Eye for details.
Please book for described performances or tours in advance.
Audio brochures available for most theatres including the Octagon, the Lowry, the Royal Exchange, the Library and the Unity in Liverpool.
New Audio Guide for Manchester Museum now available
More dates being added all the time (including pantos for 08/09)!!!
Useful telephone numbers:
Mind's Eye: 01204 522481/07889 232438
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: 0161 833 9833
Oldham Coliseum Theatre: 0161 624 1731
Milton Keynes Theatre: 0870 060 6652
Theatre by the Lake: 017687 74411
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse: 0151 709 4776
Wolverhampton Grand: 01902 429212
Bolton Octagon Theatre: 01204 522481
Liverpool Empire: 0151 708 3222
Vocaleyes 020 7375 1043
Palace Theatre, Manchester: 0161 245 6605
Liverpool Empire Theatre: 0151 708 3222
Library Theatre, Manchester 0161 236 7110
Imperial War Museum, North 0161 836 4000
Gallery Oldham: 0161 770 4653
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 01274 433626
Walsall Art Gallery 01922 654 400
Regent Theatre Stoke 0870 060 6649
Brindley Arts Centre 0151 907 8360
North West Disability Arts Forum 0151 707 1733
National Film Theatre
Anne Hornsby, Mind's Eye, 139 Bromwich Street, Bolton BL2 1LJ
E: anne.hornsby@btinternet.com 01204 522481 07889 232438
