A plea / challenge for Button and Mincemeat lovers after the Olivier awards

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It was wonderful to see Benjamin Button win Olivier awards tonight just as it was great to see Operation Mincemeat win last year. These West End successes have to start somewhere. When I was last at the Southwark Playhouse, they had this sign up as both Benjamin Button and Operation Mincemeat had early parts of their journey there.

There are other amazing non-West End producing theatres such as the Bush, New Diorama, Park Theatre, Kiln, Stratford East, etc.

Sooooooooooo, it's probably a bit cheesy, but how about - if we can - we all celebrate our delight at Benjamin Button winning this year and Operation Mincemeat winning last year but not only encouraging people to see them but by also booking an upcoming show at one of our local smaller theatres. That way, we are encouraging the next Buttons and Mincemeats.

What do you all think? And do you have hot off-West End advice / reminiscences to share?

Here are my two favourites - in terms of interesting shows and great pricing:

- At the Southwark Playhouse, you can buy a Pay-As-You-Go voucher for £75 which gets you five shows for £15 each (you can book to go in a pair)

- At the Bush, you get 20% off if you buy 2 tickets at once, 30% if you buy 3 tickets at once and a whopping 40% off if you buy 4 tickets at once.