UK Theatre’s Love Your Local Theatre campaign is the biggest ever 2-for-1 ticket offer for National Lottery players, with over 100 theatres UK-wide.
Today, UK Theatre launched Love Your Local Theatre, a new campaign encouraging the public to support their local theatres as they begin to recover from the impact of Covid. Over 100 theatres UK-wide are involved to offer the biggest ever 2-for-1 ticket offer to National Lottery players who attend a show during the month of March.
The campaign, run by leading theatre membership body UK Theatre and made possible by the support of The National Lottery, is providing up to £2 million to subsidise over 150,000 tickets across the UK. National Lottery players are being offered the chance to buy one ticket and get another free for participating shows as a thank you for the £30 million they raise every week for Good Causes, including support for the performing arts and theatres during the pandemic.
From classic musicals and beloved plays to family shows, comedy, dance and more, Love Your Local Theatre has brought together local theatres from across the UK to give players the chance to experience the magic of live entertainment for less this spring, whilst giving back to their local entertainment communities.
In addition to the strong support from theatres across the UK, Love Your Local Theatre is also being supported by TV presenter, singer and Girls Aloud star, Kimberley Walsh, who has enjoyed performing at theatres and entertainment venues around the UK, many of which have received funding from The National Lottery.
Stephanie Sirr, President of UK Theatre, said: “We are delighted to be working with The National Lottery on Love Your Local Theatre, the first time UK Theatre members across the country have united for a ticket promotion of this scale. We should be hugely proud in this country to have such an extensive, vibrant and diverse range of regional theatres, all of which play a vital role in the theatre landscape of the UK and beyond. After such a turbulent two years, we want to shout about the fact that theatres are open and ready to reward audiences for their patience and loyalty – please visit your local theatre and help them continue to make brilliant creative work!”
Kimberley Walsh, TV presenter, Girls Aloud singer and star of the stage, said: “We are so privileged to have so many incredible theatres and entertainment venues across the UK. I have been lucky enough to perform in many of them. Without our local theatres, the face of UK entertainment would look very different and it’s amazing The National Lottery is providing £2 million to support them. The entertainment industry was particularly impacted by the pandemic, and that’s why the Love Your Local Theatre campaign is so important in supporting their recovery.”
Nigel Railton, CEO of National Lottery operator Camelot, added: “The UK’s entertainment industry is world-class thanks to the huge variety of venues and projects across the four nations. National Lottery players raise £30 million a week to help fund Good Causes, many of which lie in the entertainment industry. The National Lottery is proud to have teamed up with UK Theatre to launch the Love Your Local Theatre campaign, giving local theatres the support they need to get on the road to recovery following the pandemic, whilst saying thank you to National Lottery players who have helped support many theatres during the last two years.”
The Love Your Local Theatre promotion is available to anyone who is a National Lottery player and possesses a National Lottery ticket. From 1 February, players can purchase tickets at available performances taking place during the month of March.
List of participating theatres
Alhambra Theatre
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Beck Theatre
Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Birmingham Rep Theatre
Bristol Hippodrome
Bristol Old Vic
Buxton Opera House
Chichester Festival Theatre
Churchill Theatre Bromley
City Varieties Music Hall
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Crewe Lyceum Theatre
Curve
Darlington Hippodrome
Derby Theatre
Edinburgh Playhouse
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Exeter Northcott Theatre
G Live
Glasgow Kings’ Theatre
Glasgow Theatre Royal
Grand Opera House Belfast
Grand Opera House York
Hall for Cornwall
Harrogate Theatre
Hastings White Rock
Hull New Theatre
Hull Truck Theatre
Kings Hall
Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone
Leeds Grand Theatre
Leeds Playhouse
Lighthouse, Poole
Liverpool Empire
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatre
Malvern Theatres
Manchester Opera House
Manchester Palace Theatre
Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
MAST Mayflower Studios
Mayflower Theatre
Mercury Theatre Colchester
Midlands Arts Centre
Milton Keynes Theatre
New Theatre Cardiff
New Theatre Oxford
New Vic Theatre
New Victoria Theatre Woking
New Wolsey Theatre
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Northern Stage
Norwich Theatre
Nottingham Playhouse
Octagon Theatre Bolton
Oldham Coliseum
Orange Tree Theatre
Oxford Playhouses
Palace Theatre, Westcliff
Princess Theatre Torquay
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Richmond Theatre
Rose Theatre
Royal & Derngate
Royal Exchange Theatre
Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Sheffield Theatres
Sherman Theatre
St George’s Hall
Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Stockton Globe
Stoke Regents Theatre
Storyhouse
Sunderland Empire
Swindon Arts Centre
The Alexandra, Birmingham
The Chipping Norton Theatre
The Marlowe Theatre
The Orchard Theatre
The Watermill Theatre
Theatre By The Lake
Theatre Royal Bath
Theatre Royal Brighton
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Theatre Royal Nottingham
Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Windsor
Torch Theatre
Venue Cymru
Victoria Hall Stoke
Warwick Arts Centre
Watford Palace Theatre (Palace Theatre Watford LTD)
Wiltshire Creative
Worthing Theatres and Museum
Wycombe Swan
Wyvern Theatre
York Theatre Royal
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
For all press enquiries please contact:
● Eva Mason: eva@soltukt.co.uk / 07568109584
Camelot UK Lotteries Limited is the licensed operator of The National Lottery® and is committed to raising money for National Lottery Good Causes designated by Parliament. Camelot is not responsible for distributing or awarding these funds.
The National Lottery generates over £30 million each week for National Lottery-funded projects. In total, over £45 billion has now been raised and more than 660,000 individual grants have been made across the UK – the equivalent of around 235 lottery grants in every UK postcode district. The National Lottery has awarded over £83 billion in prizes to date and created more than 6,300 millionaires or multi-millionaires since its launch in 1994.
For further information on Camelot, The National Lottery and its games, please visit:www.camelotgroup.co.uk and www.national-lottery.co.uk. Players of all National Lottery games must be aged 18 or over.
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