How can I get free/cheap tickets for the National Theatre?

Seaxwyn

Sorry everyone, I know this is probably the wrong board to post this question, please move it Board Guides

Does anyone know any way of getting free or cheap tickets to the National Theatre? I want to take a friend to see Much Ado About Nothing but tickets are £39.50 each, way outside my budget.

Mandoo_2

I don't know if this works at the National, but at other theatres I have gone to the box office at the theatre itself during the day and got refunded/cancelled tickets for shows later that same day.
I normally go to the city for the whole day so it is easy to do it this way, but does not gaurantee tickets. I got Phantom £39 tickets for £18 at Her Majestys Theatre last time I went.

Snaggles

Hiya - what about the Leicester Square half price ticket booth (or 'tkts', as it seems to be called now - I haven't been to fancy London for ages )

There's some info about it here.

Not exactly cheap, but definitely cheap-er.


Edit - scrap that, sorry, I've just looked at their 'what's on today' section, and for Much Ado About Nothing, it says 'Not sold at Tkts, book at theatre'.

Sorry!

DonnaDebtor

Hi, have you tried the methods to get cheap tickets listed on this website in the Shopping and Spending section?

Seaxwyn

Thanks everyone. Donna, no I haven't - thanks for pointing it out, not sure I've ever been in that section, I'll take a look now.