We’re proud to offer a range of ticket prices for our productions, making great theatre affordable for everyone.  Our shows are even more accessible at Pay What You Can performances.

Everyone is welcome to attend our Pay What You Can performances and pay… whatever they can. £2, £5, £10 – whatever you can afford to give, that’s what the tickets cost for that performance.

Pay What You Can ticket bookers also receive a free programme (1 programme per booker).

How to Book

Tickets are subject to availability and are limited to two per person (four per person for pantomime). Tickets cannot be exchanged to other performances or refunded.

Pay What You Can tickets are capped at 2 tickets per household (4 tickets per household for pantomime)  in order to give as many families as possible access to our shows. Tickets cannot be purchased on multiple accounts for the same household.

Where there are multiple Pay What You Can performances for one production, PWYC tickets are limited to one performance per customer. Any bookings for multiple performances will be cancelled. We will contact you if we have any queries with your booking, so please ensure your contact details are up to date.

Booking online:  

  • Click the link for the performance you’d like to attend (below).
  • Enter PWYC in the promotion code box (at the bottom of the page, under the seat map and pricing table), you’ll only see the PWYC tickets once you’ve entered it and pressed apply.
  • The PWYC tickets will appear as gold stars on the seating plan
  • Select your seats and click continue
  • Select the price you want to pay and checkout
  • Check your email – you’ll receive a confirmation and your e-ticket

Booking in person:

Tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis (from, 9.30am until 2 hours before) on the day of the performance (dates listed below).

Cash payments are recommended to enable bookers to pay their chosen price anonymously.

Please note, not all performances can be booked in-person. In-person tickets are very limited and subject to availability.

If you have mobility requirements or use a wheelchair, please call Box Office on 0115 941 9419 to book your PWYC tickets (on or after the on-sale date).

Pay What You Can Performances

Access Bookings and Pay What You Can

How to Book

Tickets are subject to availability and are limited to two per person (four per person for pantomime). Tickets cannot be exchanged to other performances or refunded.

Pay What You Can tickets are capped at 2 tickets per household (4 tickets per household for pantomime)  in order to give as many families as possible access to our shows. Tickets cannot be purchased on multiple accounts for the same household.

Where there are multiple Pay What You Can performances for one production, PWYC tickets are limited to one performance per customer. Any bookings for multiple performances will be cancelled. We will contact you if we have any queries with your booking, so please ensure your contact details are up to date.

For Access bookers, you are entitled to your EC allocation alongside your two PWYC tickets. Your Nottingham Playhouse account will need to be registered with your access requirements to gain access to this allocation. To find out more, click here.

Booking online:  

  • Click the link for the accessible performance you’d like to attend.
  • Enter PWYCA in the promotion code box (at the bottom of the page, under the seat map and pricing table), you’ll only see the accessible PWYC tickets once you’ve entered it and pressed apply.
  • The PWYC tickets will appear as gold stars on the seating plan
  • Select your seats and click continue
  • Select the price you want to pay and checkout
  • Check your email – you’ll receive a confirmation and your e-ticket

Booking in person:

Access tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis from 1pm online the week before the first PWYC performance (dates listed below).

If you have mobility requirements or use a wheelchair, please call Box Office on 0115 941 9419 to book your PWYC tickets (on or after the on-sale date).

“I was worried we might feel awkward with people knowing we had used Pay What You Can, but it didn’t feel anything other than normal. ”
Audience Member
“I wouldn’t have been able to bring my children this year, and we would have missed out had it not been for PWYC. They had a great time, thank you!”
Audience Member