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Here’s a brilliant offer for anyone who loves live performance – two theatre tickets for the price of one.

A new campaign, Love Your Local Theatre, sees the biggest ever 2-for-1 ticket offer to National Lottery players who attend a show during March.

Grand Opera House and York Theatre Royal are two of the 100+ venues taking part.

The campaign is run by leading theatre membership body UK Theatre and made possible by the the National Lottery, which 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.

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The Love Your Local Theatre promotion is available to anyone who possesses a National Lottery ticket.

Players can purchase tickets at available performances taking place during the month of March.

Keep checking the Love Your Local Theatre website regularly for updates as to which shows are available.

Participating theatres include:

  • Grand Opera House York
  • York Theatre Royal
  • Harrogate Theatre
  • Hull New Theatre
  • Hull Truck Theatre
  • Leeds Grand
  • Leeds Playhouse
  • Sheffield Theatres
  • Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough