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UK residents aged between 16-25 years old can “unlock” £5 and £10 tickets for shows at the Olivier, Lyttelton and Dorfman theatres. These are often in great seats for top shows. They can book two tickets per production. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/16-25-tickets/
Central Tickets offers a seat filling service to theatres, concerts, sporting events and films. You need to be discreet (don’t tell people on social media or at the event that you are seat filling). It would be great to also buy a programme and / or a drink to support the theatre. https://www.myboxoffice.biz/
The Blue Light Card costs £4.99 for 2-years and provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts. You are still eligible if you have retired. In 2024, it was extended to include teachers. During Covid, there was a group called Blue Light Tickets offering free tickets for NHS workers…
Membership of this website is free for teachers. The definition of teachers is wide and includes all education staff and volunteers. It currently includes many theatre deals, such as: 10% off Cursed Child Tickets 10% off Wicked Tickets It also has links through to major ticket outlets, offering discount codes. https://www.discountsforteachers.co.uk/
SeatPlan collates seat reviews and feedback from theatregoers to help them choose appropriate seats. By adding photos of your seat and ticket stubs you can gain points which can be converted into tickets either via SeatPlan or by standard theatre tokens. https://seatplan.com/
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s far reaching novel is stunningly written and an excellent introduction to the Biafran war for those who know nothing. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/half-of-a-yellow-sun-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/1860453?ean=9780007200283 Disclosure: If you buy books linked to my site, I may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops. (I have deliberately not chosen Amazon!)
I enjoyed my outing to Black Superhero at the Royal Court today and it proved the kind of play that makes one want to talk to those around in the interval – much that resonates and much to chew over. The core group of performing friends in this play (some have made it big, some…
Ain’t Too Proud has everything you want in a jukebox musical (cracking songs, sizzling choreography) but so much more: a profound and moving story tied to American Black music history. The choreography is fantastic. Sergio Trujillo has produced some innovative and empathetic movement all while using Motown classic moves. The story of the Temptations relationship…
Everyone in my book club loved this book as did the many friends I have given it to. It has now been adapted for the stage. It is a delicate exploration of growing up, racial tension and the power of love. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-life-of-bees-sue-monk-kidd/4218048?ean=9781472216212 Disclosure: If you buy books linked to my site, I may earn a…
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is well-known in the US, but deserves to be better known here as well. In a well-told, cumulative story, children begin to learn the impacts of greed. I have read this with primary children all the way to Year Six and all have been horrified at the end. It…
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