The little-known secret that could help you bag free theatre tickets
If you aren’t already using the TodayTix app, you need to download it immediately. On here you’ll find cheap prices on tickets and be in with a chance of scoring lottery or rush seats daily.
The rush tickets are released at 10am each day and cost £25 each. You can buy one or two if you manage to get hold of some, and these will be for matinee or evening performances. The best part is, the cheap tickets are often for really great seats, that could have cost around £70+ a pop if you’d paid full price.
Currently the app offers rush tickets for shows such as Mean Girls, Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Heathers, Tina, Fawlty Towers, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Starlight Express, and Guys & Dolls, plus many more.
The lottery is even more exclusive with draws for tickets to some of the biggest shows right now. Hamilton has £10 lottery tickets available for performances, while Harry Potter fans can enter the Friday Forty for a chance to win £40 tickets to see The Cursed Child. There are also draws for Wicked, and MJ The Musical.
Other tips for nabbing cheap tickets include heading over to a box office on the day of a show to see if there are any unsold, returned or last-minute seats available as these could end up being cheaper.
It’s also worth keeping London Theatre Week in your diary, as there will be a number of great deals running during this time, with discounts on various shows.
And if you’re still struggling, it’s worth looking at theatres outside of London, as a number of big, hit West End shows end up touring the country after they close in the capital. Hamilton, & Juliet, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Hairspray, Kinky Boots, are either currently on tour, or about to embark on one.