Free Theatre Initiative

Oakengates Theatre @ The Place is delighted to announce that it has been accepted as part of a national scheme to offer free tickets to under 26 year olds, meaning that thousands of young people in the region will be able to attend theatre for free from February 2009.

The scheme is supported by £2.5 million additional funding to the Arts Council's core grant from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Oakengates Theatre @ The Place is one of 99 venues up and down the country selected to take part in the two year project - allowing almost 3,500 free tickets to be on offer to young people in the borough across a range of shows during the project.

With hundreds of tickets issued so far, here's what one of our patrons said after they visited -

"I like the A Night Less Ordinary scheme, because it means I can come and see shows that I wouldn't normally see (usually because I can't afford the ticket price). Recently, I saw Oddsocks perform Romeo & Juliet at Oakengates Theatre. I wouldn't normally go and see a show like this, but I decided to because it was on the initiative. I had a great night out, and I really enjoyed the performance!"

For more information, go to the official website www.anightlessordinary.org.uk

Below is a list of shows that are afiliated with the Free Theatre Initiative:

2010

Girls Night

7.30pm

Joe Power

7.30pm

An Evening of Burlesque

8pm

23rd Oct 2010

Raymond Froggatt

7.30pm

28th Oct 2010

Tony Benn

7.30pm

3rd Nov 2010

Katy Setterfield

7.30pm

19th Nov 2010

Upbeat Beatles

8pm

18th Dec 2010

Panto

5pm

20th Dec 2010

Panto

6pm 

31st Dec 2010

 Panto

3pm 

2nd Jan 2011

 Panto

 5pm