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New online interactive performances of Flute Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Flute Theatre will follow its successful lockdown version of Pericles with a new online series of interactive performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream tailor-made for autistic individuals and their families. Running from 12 October until 12 December 2020 the performances will last up to an hour and will be adapted to suit the individual needs […]

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The Lion King hosts third autism-friendly performance

Following the success of dedicated autism-friendly performances in 2013 and 2014, a third dedicated performance of Disney’s The Lion King has been announced for Sunday 30 August 2015 at 1:30pm. Tickets are now on sale. The Lion King staged the West End’s first-ever dedicated autism-friendly performance in April 2013. Working closely with the National Autistic Society, the UK’s […]

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The Lion King – the autism-friendly way

An autism-friendly matinee performance of The Lion King took place at the Lyceum Theatre, London on Sunday 4 May, 2014. I saw my first West End musical when I was ten years old (Oklahoma! at the Palace Theatre), and I am fortunate enough to have seen many, many more since. So why, on the morning […]

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The Lion King – second autism-friendly performance

Following the success of The Lion King’s first dedicated autism-friendly performance in April last year, Disney’s The Lion King is set to present a second such performance on Sunday 4 May 2014 at 1:30pm. Working closely with the National Autistic Society, the UK’s leading charity for people with autism and their families, and following a successful […]

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