Cheap and last minute theatre tickets in London
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Away from the West End, London's major theatres offer their own in-house discounts and cheap ticket offers; unlike the West End, all of them offer discounts for those with concessions.
The National Theatre ticket offers
• The heavily-subsidised National Theatre offers an excellent array of offers, and is far cheaper than the West End as a rule.
• The Travelex £12 season puts half of all tickets for many spring and summer shows at just £12.
• Young people aged 16-25 can sign up for the Entry Pass scheme, which allows you the opportunity to purchase £5 tickets from an allocation made available to every single NT show.
• Day tickets are available in person to every show, from 9.30am on day of performance. When they have sold out, £5 Standing Room tickets are released.
• Reduced price Standby and Student Standby tickets are released 90 minutes before every performance.
More major theatre ticket offers
Barbican Centre
The Barbican's programme is exceptionally diverse, as you'd expect from the largest performing arts centre in Europe. In general, though, it's good for challenging European theatre and more experimental British work. Students can claim a 50 per cent discount on Wednesdays.
- Silk St, EC2Y 8DS
Old Vic
Kevin Spacey's Old Vic is a great place to catch high-profile actors – Ian McKellen, Robert Lindsay and Neve Campbell have trod its boards in recent years. Under-25s can claim £12 tickets for every performance thanks to the Aditiya Mittal scheme: call 0844 871 7628 to book.
- 103 The Cut, Waterloo Rd, SE1 8NB
Royal Court Theatre
The UK's flagship theatre for new writing has always placed emphasis on emerging British talent. All tickets to both its two theatres cost just £10 on Mondays, with half only made available to purchase on the day of performance from 9am online or 10am in person. Reduced price tickets are available to students and under-25s for all performances.
- Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS
Shakespeare's Globe
Built nearly 400 years after the original Globe burned to the ground, Shakespeare's Globe has been an unbridled success, underpinned in part by its educational programme and its commitment to faithfully recreating an original 'Shakespeare in performance' experience from April to October. Live the groundling dream: there are 700 standing tickets available for each performance, costing £5 each. Concession available on all seated prices.
- 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9DT
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