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Free Theatre Initiative

Volume 493: debated on Monday 8 June 2009

9. To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many tickets have been distributed under his Department's free theatre initiative. (278196)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many tickets have been distributed under his Department's free theatre initiative. (278193)

A Night Less Ordinary, which offers free theatre tickets to young people under 26, was launched by Arts Council England in February.

Data for the first quarter of the scheme are being collated and will be published by mid-July 2009.

Early feedback from participating venues and young theatre goers, alongside the impressive number of website visitors suggests that the scheme has proved immensely popular so far.