Cheap Theatre Tickets
Posted by AyJay | Under cheap theatre tickets
First the bad news. It’s a long standing piece of British mythology that there’s a plentiful supply of cheap theatre tickets available for any top London show if you just know where to look and are willing to see a show on the same day as you buy the cheap tickets. This myth has generated a whole series of discount ticket shops around Leicester Square but I’m afraid all they are mostly selling is in fact tickets for the cheap seats.
The good news is that half price tickets for the best seats do become available for certain shows on a same day basis, but there is a fair bit of effort involved in queuing up at the only official half price ticket booth or else at the theatres them on the morning of the show. See the Offical TKTS website for the limited list of today’s cheap theatre tickets
Another way to get cheap theatre tickets is to buy them as part of package especially when there are special offers on such as during February to March and in July and August. At these times you may be able to get a free West End restaurant meal or even a free London hotel deal included in the overall price, which if you factor in to the overall expenses can make for some extremely cheap theatre tickets indeed.
It’s always worth checking the online prices for special dates as well, for example if a new show is out then you can usually pick up cheap tickets for good seats during the early period of the run, such as in the week or two running up to the official opening night. You then get to tell all your friends what you thought of the musical before even the major critics reviews are printed!