Free Kids London Theatre Tickets with Kids Week
June 8th, 2026We’re always searching for Theatre Deals & Promotional Offers so this Kids Week promotion is of interest to us. Running each summer, Kids Week, (which is actually now much longer than this), offers FREE theatre tickets for children age 17 years & under to top London shows. This is a great way to enjoy some savings on a trip to the theatre this summer for those that can plan ahead.
Booking opens on 9 June 2026 where you can pick up a free child ticket for a range of London shows running during the summer. You also have the option of adding a further two children to your booking that can visit for half price. Participating shows have now been announced & includes shows such as Disney’s The Lion King, The Devil Wears Prada The Musical, The Gruffalo, Mama Mia & Les Misérables. You do need to move quickly with this deal as demand is high each year, (more details below).
Matilda The Musical
Kids Week; FREE Child Theatre Tickets
Here’s a chance to pick up discounted theatre tickets tickets to top London theatres when a child is accompanied by a full paying adult, (children must be 17 years or under). Kids Week is all about introducing young people to London theatre so there’s a great range of shows available to choose from that includes The Paddington Bear Experience, The Tiger Who Came To Tea & Matilda The Musical.
To take account of differing ticketing systems, the way this deal works is that when you buy your theatre tickets, seats will appear at their half price cost on the seating plan. This works out the same a 1 full price adult ticket and 1 free child ticket. The great news is that a further 2 children per booking can secure half price entry plus there are NO booking or postal fees in place either. Simply look through the choice of participating theatre productions when booking opens on 9 June 2026 at 10am. Theatre tickets are available for participating shows on selected performances running between 20 July & 31 August 2026.
On the day online booking opens, there will be a digital waiting room from 8am. At 10am, those already in the waiting room will be randomly assigned a place in the queue. For those visiting the site after 10am, they will join the queue in order.
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Disney’s The Lion King
What London Shows Are Available Under Kids Week?
Many of the most popular London Shows participate in Kids Week each year. The 2026 participating productions have now been announced, & includes plenty of musicals, shows & performances to choose from including;
- Six
- The Play That Goes Wrong
- The Mousetrap
- Les Misérables
- Matilda The Musical
- Cabaret
- Wicked
- Oliver!
Kids Week; Tips & Tricks
1. Kids Week offers any child 17 and under a chance to go FREE to any participating show when accompanied by an adult paying full price.
2. Please note that you are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets, (but no more than 5 adults in your party), to ensure an equal distribution of tickets are available so worth checking if this is still the case this year.
3. Kids Week is a very popular promotion that runs each summer & includes a full range of top London shows. There are a limited number of Kids Week tickets for each performance & of course demand is high.
Kids Week; Tips & Tricks
4. Join the digital waiting room from 8am on 9 June to give yourself the best possible chance of bagging free tickets in this promotion. 5. It pays to be as flexible as you can so have both a range of dates & shows in mind. This will give you the best possible chance of securing a booking.
6. Be persistent; always worth checking back if you are not successful the first time as they do receive additional ticket allocations for certain London shows, (but unfortunately not all shows).
7. As Kids Week take place on selected performances running between 20 July & 31 August 2026, it is expected that shows will play to full capacity.
8. Not many people realise that you can use theatre tokens to purchase tickets purchased online.
Is Kids Week A Good Deal?
It is certainly a popular deal & tickets do go quickly for certain shows. The great advantage with Kids Weeks is that it does include popular London Shows that you wouldn’t necessarily find any type of concessionary rate so a discounted seat is pretty good going.
More information available at Kids Week; Discounted Theatre Ticket Promotion.
