Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have released data for ticket sales across their member venues in 2018. The figures reveal a combined audience of over 34 million and ticket revenue of nearly £1.28 billion, from a total of 62,945 performances over the course of the year in the West End and across the UK.
NEWS: London theatre attendances top 15,000,000 for the first time on record
Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has announced that 2017 was a record year for the capital’s theatre industry with attendances topping 15,000,000 for the first time since the organisation began collecting audience data in 1986.
Fact of the Day: London theatre dominance
Fact of the day: London staged 22 per cent of all theatre shows in England in 2014, up from 19 per cent in 2013.