Theatre for a Fiver Codes

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Theatre For a Fiver Discount Codes

Get £5 tickets on the productions below with your membership.

When tickets are sold directly through the National Theatre of Scotland website, login and your discount will be applied at checkout.

When tickets are sold via a venue's box office, you can use the codes below at checkout.

Please note we have limited availability for Theatre for a Fiver tickets, so book now to guarantee your place.

The Trick Is to Keep Breathing

'Remembering and forgetting are the same bloody thing. He is not alive anymore. That's all there is to know.'

Joy Stone is reeling. Blindsided by the deaths of her mother and lover, nothing makes sense anymore, and everything begins to unravel. Joy takes us inside her mind as she fights to stay away from the edge with wit, grit and ever-present gallows humour that revels in the absurdity of it all.  

Adapted from Janice Galloway’s 1989 novel, The Trick Is to Keep Breathing is a brave and powerful work, now widely regarded as a Scottish contemporary classic.  

Two out of focus blurry women look to the sides whilst a blurry woman looks straight to camera. Red lighting.
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | 12 - 15 May 2027

Use code NTSFRIEND for £5 tickets, applicable to standard shows for band D seats.

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Citizens Theatre, Glasgow | 19 - 29 May 2027

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre | 2 - 5 Jun 2026

Use code TFAF for £5 tickets, applicable to band D seats.

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The Young Team

‘You’re loyal Azzy Williams. You’re loyal to your mates. That’s good. You’ll no be runnin aboot wae that lot forever but, surely?'

Welcome to Scotland in 2005.

For Azzy, born and bred in North Lanarkshire, the Young Team Posse (YTP) seems to promise everything he could possibly want: excitement, community, freedom. It’s where boys become men, and he’s hungry to grow up.

Soon he’s rising up the ranks, showing the world what he’s made of. It’s fast, furious – and dangerous. Is the Young Team where Azzy belongs, or just where he’s ended up? Either way, the YTP is for life. Getting in is easy, not so finding a way back out…

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Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | 7 - 27 Aug 2027

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Citizens Theatre, Glasgow | 30 Sept - 9 Oct 2027

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She's Behind You

'You don’t just see Panto. Panto sees you.'

Johnny McKnight has spent a lifetime in the pantosphere. Now, after playing eighteen dames and writing more than thirty pantomimes, he invites you to join him on a transformative journey, taking a sneak peek behind the curtain - beyond the makeup, sequins and padding - to get to the heart of panto.

Johnny is dressed as a pantomime dame, stands on a stage.
Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling | 8 - 11 Sept 2027

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Ayr Gaiety

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Eden Court, Inverness | 17 - 18 Sept 2027

Use code Behind4£5, maximum of two tickets per customer.

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Lyric Theatre, Belfast | 22 - 25 Sept 2027

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Dundee Rep Theatre | 1 - 2 Oct 2027

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Tron Theatre, Glasgow |5 - 9 Oct 2027

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Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | 12 - 16 Oct 2027

Theatre for a Fiver is not available at this venue. Traverse £1 Tickets scheme is available, please click the link below to find out more.

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Northern Stage, Newcastle | 19 Oct 2027

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His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen | 22 - 23 Oct 2027

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