How to Book Tickets

General Booking for the 2008 Canterbury Festival is now closed. 

By Phone
The Festival Box Office can accept telephone bookings for all coded events except those at the Marlowe Theatre, Gulbenkian Theatre, and Theatre Royal Margate. Tickets for these events should be booked directly with the theatres.

Reservations are provisional until payment is received and are released after 5 working days. Please note that there is a £2 booking fee for telephone bookings but you will not be charged for postage.

Festival Box Office 01227 378188
Marlowe Theatre Box Office 01227 787787
Gulbenkian Theatre Box Office 01227 769075
Theatre Royal Margate 0845 130 1786 or 01227 787787

By Post
Download the booking form above, and send with payment to:
Festival Box Office
Canterbury Information Centre
12/13 Sun Street
The Buttermarket
Canterbury
Kent CT1 2HX

Forms will be processed from 11 August, except those with requests for tickets for events at the Marlowe Theatre. These will be processed from 18 August.

Please note that it may take some weeks to dispatch your tickets. Please note that there is a £2 booking fee for postal bookings but you will not be charged for postage.

Online

Tickets for Festival events (excluding those taking place at the Gulbenkian, Marlowe and Theatre Royal) can be booked securely on this website, when booking opens for the 2009 Festival.

Please note that there is a £2 booking fee per transaction for online bookings but you will not be charged for postage.

Tickets for events at the Gulbenkian Theatre can be booked securely online via their website: www.gulbenkiantheatre.co.uk or click on the Book Now buttons on the individual events pages.

Tickets for events at the Marlowe Theatre can be booked securely online via their website: www.marlowetheatre.com or click on the Book Now buttons on the individual events pages. Please note that you may not book online for events at the Marlowe Theatre until Monday 18 August.