Kids Week 2019 Begins in London theatres
- Tickets still available to a variety of West End shows
- Go behind the curtain with exclusive activities and workshops
- Tips on how to make a day of it in London with the family
From today, thousands of children and families will be experiencing the magic of live theatre for free, as the 22nd annual Kids Week kicks off in London’s West End and beyond.
With 45 top London shows participating in Kids Week this year, over 153,000 tickets have been purchased through the scheme since going on sale in June. There are still tickets available for many West End favourites and family-friendly shows like The Worst Witch, Zog, Monstersaurus!, Brainiac Live, Dinosaur World Live, Aliens Love Underpants and Horrible Histories: Brainy Britain – Part Four.
Booking is also still open for some of the exclusive, free Kids Week activities taking audiences behind the scenes, whether it’s a choreography workshop at Come From Away or Thriller Live, a backstage tour at Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, an Equus cast Q&A, a chance to learn the Waitress finale song, an improv class at Barber Shop Chronicles or insights from the Wicked technical team.
Kids Week offers a free ticket to every child aged 16 or under accompanied by a full paying adult. Half-price tickets can also be purchased for two additional children in the same group. There are no booking, postage or transaction fees.
Theatre Tokens, the only nationwide theatre gift card and voucher scheme for the UK theatre industry, can now be redeemed online to purchase Kids Week tickets.
Kids Week is one of the biggest, longest-running audience development initiatives in the world, engaging around 1.6 million children and families since it began in 1998.
For more information on tickets, activities and offers, visit officiallondontheatre.com/kids-week
Full list of shows still available to book through Kids Week:
9 To 5 The Musical
Aliens Love Underpants
Barber Shop Chronicles
Brainiac Live
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Come From Away
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
Dinosaur World Live
Equus
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Falcon’s Malteser
Fiddler On The Roof
The Girl On The Train
The Gruffalo Live On Stage
Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain – Part Four
The Illusionists
Little Baby Bum Live
Monstersaurus!
The Mousetrap
Mr Gum And The Dancing Bear
The Night Of The Iguana
Gloria Estefan’s On Your Feet!
Peter Pan
The Play That Goes Wrong
Thriller Live
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Waitress
Where Is Peter Rabbit?
Wicked
Witness For The Prosecution
The Woman In Black
The Worst Witch
Zog
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How to make a day of it in the West End with Kids Week
The TKTS Theatre Mural
Visit the Theatre Mural at the TKTS ticket booth in Leicester Square, spot your favourite theatre characters and win a prize.
This large-scale artwork, on display until 30 August, contains many of the West End’s historic theatres and other famous sights, with characters from current and forthcoming West End shows hidden amongst the crowds. An online interactive version of the mural allows theatre fans to click on the hidden characters and enter into a prize draw for £500 of Theatre Tokens until 31 August.
Theatreland Tour with Ian McKellen
Explore London’s historic theatre district with renowned actor Ian McKellen, in a free audio walking tour available on VoiceMap.
The free audio walking tour, created by Official London Theatre, sees Sir Ian guide listeners around London’s famous West End, telling fascinating stories about theatres and performers past and present, and anecdotes from his own career.
The tour can be accessed for free by downloading VoiceMap on a phone, signing up via email or Facebook, then searching ‘Official London Theatre’. It starts and ends at the TKTS ticket booth in Leicester Square.
Kids Week restaurant offers
Families can take advantage of ‘Kids Go Free’ deals at many of our partner restaurants in central London, with deals at Boulevard Brasserie, Caffe Concerto, Gillray’s Steakhouse & Bar, Maxwell’s, Old Compton Brasserie, Palm Court Brasserie and Sticky Fingers.
Full details of Kids Week dining offers are available on the website.
officiallondontheatre.com/kids-week
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