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Of all the many, many London West End ticket sales, none is as big as London Theatre Week. Or as long: a novice might think it might last a solitary week, but that’s absolutely not the case: there are two of them annually (one in March, one in August), they’re each two weeks long, and they almost invariably extend by a week or two.
But you don’t care about that! You care about reduced price theatre tickets! And that is where London Theatre Week definitely does live up to the promise of its name.
Here’s the basics. It is now London Theatre Week. It will be London Theatre Week until Sunday August 31. Probably a couple of weeks more if we’re honest, but that’s TBA. During London Theatre Week please go here (note, Time Out is a partner) to book your theatre tickets, as for over 80 of London’s biggest shows there will be a substantial discount.
Score some discounts for well established West End smashes like The Lion King, Wicked, Stranger Things, Book of Mormon, Mamma Mia!, Matilda, MJ The Musical, Hamilton or My Neighbour Totoro, with tickets starting at £19.
Some of the summer’s biggest short run shows are participating too if you get in quick: see Secret Cinema’s Grease for just £25 a pop, immersive dinosaur show Prehistoric Planet at the Lightroom for £15, and the Open Air Theatre’s revival of classic musical romance Brigadoon for £15.
Or get smart and book ahead for the most exciting shows of the autumn season – get a discount on the hits of the future that’ll hopefully sell out when the reviews roll in: great offers include £13 tickets to Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith, £32 to the National Theatre’s Hamlet and Bacchae, and £15 for the Young Vic’s hotly tipped Orton revival Entertaining Mr Sloane.
In short: it’s a the best time of the year there is to buy theatre tickets. At least until the next London Theatre Week.
London Theatre Week is currently running from now until August 31. Book discounted tickets here.
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