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The National Theatre is offering free theatre tickets to 15-25 year olds as part of A Night Less Ordinary.

In order to access the free tickets, 15-25 yr olds must register as Entry Pass members. Entry Pass is free to join, and once registered, the first ticket to the NT is FREE; each subsequent ticket will cost just £5.

Find out more about A Night Less Ordinary...

Join now to claim your FREE ticket and be eligblefor £5 tickets for future performances.

Download the Entry Pass Membership Application Form

If you have already registered and have received your membership card, you currently book for the all the shows listed below. Click on the shows below for more details and for how to book.


Interested in writing theatre reviews email entrypass@nationaltheatre.org.uk for the chance join professional critics and have your reviews posted online. 


What's On?

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Get involved with the NT this summer

Playwrighting masterclass, taster workshops and an Entry Pass Summer School.

Helen Mirren in Phedre. Photo by Charlotte MacMillan

Phedre

by Jean Racine
in a version by Ted Hughes

The Observer. Photo by Jon Jones/Sygma/Corbis

The Observer

a new play by Matt Charman

All's Well That Ends Well. Photo by Simon Marsden

All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

England People Very Nice

England People Very Nice

A new play by Richard Bean

Death and the King's Horsemen

Death and the King's Horseman

by Wole Soyinka

Time and the Conways

Time and the Conways

by J B Priestley

Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

by Peter Flannery
from the screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov

Dido, Queen of Carthage

Dido, Queen of Carthage

by Christopher Marlowe
Mrs Affleck

Mrs Affleck

a new play by Samuel Adamson
from Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf

The Pitmen Painters

The Pitmen Painters

by Lee Hall (the writer of Billy Elliot)
inspired by a book by William Feaver

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Discover: New Connections

A season of specially commissioned plays to be staged by young people nationwide.

discover: online tour

discover: Online

Visit our brand new website - nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover - and take an interactive tour of the National Theatre.

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Entry Pass – what and why?
Entry Pass exists to encourage the next generation of audience members to get involved in the National Theatre's programme, and to take advantage of all the extra resources that the NT has to offer.

How to claim your FREE ticket
As a new Entry Pass member your first ticket is free (for performances Mon-Thu). Once you have submitted your application form and received your Membership Card, you should call the Box Office on 020 7452 3000 to claim your free ticket. All subsequent £5 tickets can be purchased online using the login details sent with your Membership Card. All existing Entry Pass members can also claim one free ticket, and can do so by calling the Box Office from Monday 23 February. 

A Night Less Ordinary is an Arts Council England scheme, in association with Metro, which will provide 618,000 free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 in more than 200 venues across England. For more information visit anightlessordinary.org.uk.

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Entry Pass is generously supported by The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, The Welton Foundation and The Golsoncott Foundation.