Royal Court Theatre

Equally renowned for staging innovative new plays and old classics, the Royal Court is among London’s most progressive theatres. Starting with its inaugural piece in 1956, John Osborne’s Look Back In Anger, now considered the starting point of modern British theatre, under its inspirational artistic director Dominic Cooke it has continued to discover major writing talent across the UK. Recent triumphs were a star-studded performance of The Seagull, a sassy new musical about drag queens and a retrospective of plays by American actor and playwright Wallace Shawn. Tickets for concessions are £6 to £10, and £10 for everyone on Monday. At the same time, under 25s can get into selected performances at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs for free. Stand-by tickets are sold an hour before the performance, but normally at full price.