ACCESSIBLE TALKS & EVENTS
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JANUARY 2024
Sat 27 January, 4.10pm
The Box Rocket will see visitors travel on an intergalactic adventure in a homemade rocketship, arriving on a peculiar planet where they must complete an important mission.
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Access enhanced performance for d/Deaf families and any visitors who use British Sign Language, part of our programme of monthly signed events.
FEBRUARY 2024
Tue 30 Jan—Sat 3 Feb, 19.45pm. Sat 3rd Feb, 14.30pm
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Post-show talk (BSL-interpreted) Thurs 1 Feb, 19.45pm
A discussion hosted by Joseph Seelig and BSL interpreted by Samuel Rojas.
Witness an animated film come to life as two brilliant visual artists create a transformative love-story live on stage through sketching, painting and film. Â
Imagination knows no bounds in this remarkable love-letter to the creative process. Antechamber is the start of an idea, an animated film, a show and an exhibition all at once. It tells the tale of a hard-working young man who reconnects with his childhood and falls in love after coming across an old photograph.
Friday, 2nd February , 1pm
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Republic of Venice was one of the wealthiest and most culturally diverse city states in Europe.
Its merchant fleet dominated Mediterranean commerce and trade and its influence spread from Northern Europe to the Turkish Ottoman Empire and beyond.
The Republic’s cosmopolitan culture fostered astonishing creative activity. Situated on the water, the city of Venice was an environment of shimmering light and ever-shifting colours. This informed its painters who, with access to the best imported pigments, developed new means of applying colour to render the effects of atmosphere and texture. They further benefitted from a wide variety of patrons, including the government, religious confraternities, and a learned aristocracy.
Join Deaf Lecturer John Wilson for a short tour in British Sign Language exploring the paintings of this remarkable city.
Tue 6—Sat 10 Feb, 19.45pm and Sat 10 at 2.30pm
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Post-show talk- Thu 8 Feb
Hosted by Eva Martinez and BSL-interpreted by Anna Kitson.
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Unravel the mysteries of the human body in this imaginative and poetic journey to our very essence from this renowned Spanish puppet company.
Join us for an anatomy class like no other, where questions about what makes us human come to life. What are we made of? What is a body? Where does it go when we die?
Entrañas (roughly translated to Insides) is a beautiful piece of visual theatre that explores different aspects of the body in a profoundly personal way using handmade objects, images and a moving original soundtrack.
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Performed in Spanish, with English surtitles.
Friday 9th Feb, 19.30pm
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February. Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of glitz, glamour, and pure entertainment as your favourite stars take to the stage to deliver show-stopping performances that will sweep you off your feet.
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BSL Interpreters: Omoyele Davey (Via Performance Interpreting)
Saturday 10 Feb, 12pm
We tell the story of the UK’s first children’s charity and its first public art gallery – the outcome of a centuries-old project designed to care for and educate London’s most vulnerable children.
The Foundling Museum’s mission is to inspire change through the power of the arts. Visit us to uncover the incredible story of Thomas Coram’s hospital for foundlings.
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Uncover the history and collection of the Foundling Museum with Alan Murray, MBE on this British Sign Language tour. The tour will cover the main collection of the Museum, but the ticket also includes entry to our temporary exhibition, The Mother & The Weaver.
Saturday 10th Feb, 14.30pm and 19.30pm
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February. Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of glitz, glamour, and pure entertainment as your favourite stars take to the stage to deliver show-stopping performances that will sweep you off your feet.
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BSL Interpreters: Omoyele Davey (Via Performance Interpreting)
Sunday 11 February, 11am
For visitors who use British Sign Language, these walking tours are led by our specially-trained tour guides and offer a fascinating overview of the Gardens, its history and important scientific work.
These tours are free, and free entry to the Gardens is included. Places are limited so please register in advance to avoid disappointment.
Sunday 11th Feb, 1.30pm and 18.30pm
Step into the dazzling world of dance as the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour sashays its way across the UK in January and February. Get ready for an electrifying spectacle full of glitz, glamour, and pure entertainment as your favourite stars take to the stage to deliver show-stopping performances that will sweep you off your feet.
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BSL Interpreters: Sarah Hides (Via Performance Interpreting)
Tue 13th-Sat 17th 7.45pm, Sat mat 2.30pm
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Post-show talk (BSL-interpreted) Thu 15 Feb
Hosted by Joseph Seelig and BSL-interpreted by Samuel Rojas.
Meet cowboys, pianists, disco-dancers and more in this playful shadow puppetry performance about the universe and everybody in it from an award-winning duo that will fill you with wonder. Â
Shadow puppetry, animation, music and projection combine as one performer manipulates objects live on stage, while another mixes atmospheric sounds and orchestrates live music. Observe the creation of each event, act and gesture on the spot in this dream-like production, which puts its creators' search to make and discover meaning and beauty on show.
Wednesday 14th Feb, 18.30pm
The 1975’s new ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour will see the band arriving in the UK and in 2024. Between the impressive staging, high concept performance art and surprise appearances from friends, the tour has been lauded as a band truly in their prime; a claim backed up by the plethora of five-star reviews from critics. The 1975 ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ will set the bar even higher, featuring newly expanded production.
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BSL Interpreted Event (via Performance Interpreting)
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To book BSL tickets:
SignVideo – http://o2.signvideo.net
Email - access@theo2.co.uk
Typetext - 18001 020 8463 3359.
Call - 020 8463 3359
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Saturday 17th February, 15.00pm
BSL Interpreted Event (Via Performance Interpreting)
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To enquire and book tickets, please contact access@abbavoyage.com
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Blending cutting-edge technology, spectacular lighting, and some of the most beloved songs ever written, ABBA take to the stage in a whole new way. In a stunning, purpose-built arena, one of the most popular groups in history appear as digital avatars in a ‘ground-breaking’ (Metro) concert that really ‘needs to be seen to be believed’ (BBC).
Sunday 18th Feb.
BSL Interpreted Event (Via Performance Interpreting)
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To book BSL tickets:
SignVideo – http://o2.signvideo.net
Email - access@theo2.co.uk
Typetext - 18001 020 8463 3359.
Call - 020 8463 3359
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party brings fans’ favorite Hot Wheels Monster Trucks to life including Mega Wrex™, Tiger Shark™, Demo Derby™, Bone Shaker™, Bigfoot®, Gunkster™, and introducing the brand new HW 5-Alarm™, the firetruck hero of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks! Event performances will also feature a dazzling dance party, spectacular light shows and Hot Wheels toy giveaways. Plus, the fire and frost-breathing, transforming dragon ARCTICGON, and the electrifying high-flyers of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, Freestyle Motocross!
Sunday 25 February, 11am
For visitors who use British Sign Language, these walking tours are led by our specially-trained tour guides and offer a fascinating overview of the Gardens, its history and important scientific work.
These tours are free, and free entry to the Gardens is included. Places are limited so please register in advance to avoid disappointment.
Wednesday 28 February 2024, 2pm
The Hunterian Museum, named after the 18th century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728-1793), reopened on 16 May 2023 following a five-year redevelopment of the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s headquarters at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in central London.
The £4.6 million museum development includes the display of over 2,000 anatomical preparations from Hunter’s original collection, alongside instruments, equipment, models, paintings and archive material, which trace the history of surgery from ancient times to the latest robot-assisted operations. The Museum includes England’s largest public display of human anatomy.
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This tour is led by Alan Murray MBE, a Deaf BSL user.
MARCH 2024
Sat 9th March 11 am
A tour of the Wellington Collection and Apsley House, which is led by Alan Murray, MBE.
Friday 15 March, 18.00pm
The Roman empire spanned more than a million square miles and owed its existence to its military might. By promising citizenship to those without it, the Roman army – the West's first modern, professional fighting force – also became an engine for creating citizens, offering a better life for soldiers who survived their service. Legion explores life in settled Roman military communities from Scotland to the Red Sea, through the people who lived it.
This event is in BSL only, led by Alan Murray, MBE.
Saturday 23 March
Experience Tower Bridge in a whole new way with a special Deaf-led Guided Tour with expert Deaf guide John Wilson.Â
As a Deaf guide, John will share his unique insights, exploring the history of the Bridge and how it operates. All in British Sign Language (BSL).
John will will introduce you to the iconic Towers and to the amazing views from the Walkways. Then, in the Engine Rooms, share his knowledge about the original Victorian engines.Â
The iconic structure that is Tower Bridge will come to life in BSL, with John combining key facts and curious anedoctes.
Sunday 24th March, 19.30pm
A BSL-led cabaret event of music, dance, comedy, poetry, spoken word and more, created and performed by some of the UK’s leading and emerging Deaf and Hard of Hearing talent.
APRIL 2024
Sunday 14th April- 4pm
Hannah Waddingham returns to host the Olivier Awards 2024 with Mastercard.
Join Hannah in celebrating the very best in British theatre in a star-studded evening packed full of dazzling performances from the brightest stars of London’s West End.
Witness the incredible moments when the winners are revealed and in a unique live celebration of the extraordinary talent on the London stage.
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The Olivier Awards will be BSL Interpreted – to book tickets that require BSL interpretation please email ticketing@olivierawards.com with ‘BSL Ticket Purchase’ in the subject line.
MAY 2024
Wednesday 15 May 2pm
The Hunterian Museum, named after the 18th century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728-1793), reopened on 16 May 2023 following a five-year redevelopment of the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s headquarters at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in central London.
The £4.6 million museum development includes the display of over 2,000 anatomical preparations from Hunter’s original collection, alongside instruments, equipment, models, paintings and archive material, which trace the history of surgery from ancient times to the latest robot-assisted operations. The Museum includes England’s largest public display of human anatomy.
This tour is led by Alan Murray MBE, a Deaf BSL user.
Friday 24th May, 18.00pm
The Roman empire spanned more than a million square miles and owed its existence to its military might. By promising citizenship to those without it, the Roman army – the West's first modern, professional fighting force – also became an engine for creating citizens, offering a better life for soldiers who survived their service. Legion explores life in settled Roman military communities from Scotland to the Red Sea, through the people who lived it.
This event is in BSL only, led by Alan Murray.