Friday Rush

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General Friday Rush information

Between 12.30pm and 1pm on Fridays, the link to book Friday Rush tickets will appear on this page: ‘Book Tickets for Friday Rush’. Click on the link to join the queue for tickets, and a random queue number will be assigned to everyone trying to book.

If the random queue number you are assigned at 1pm in the next Friday Rush is above 100, it will take longer to reach the front of the queue and there will be less chance of you being successful this week.

Friday Rush tickets are are non-transferable. For detailed ticket information, you can read our Friday Rush Terms & Conditions.

The next Friday Rush

At 1pm on Friday 23 August, we will release £10 Friday Rush tickets for performances of The Grapes of Wrath and The Hot Wing King at the National Theatre between Monday 26 August and Saturday 31 August.

As well as £10 Friday Rush tickets, some standard full price tickets may also be available.

Friday Rush tickets will available for the following week’s performances of these shows:

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Grapes of Wrath

In the Lyttelton Theatre

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Hot Wing King

In the Dorfman Theatre