Box office software for amateur theatre societies
Online ticketing for amateur theatre and drama societies with no per-ticket platform fees. TheatreHQ box office is part of your whole society platform — not a separate bill and not a separate login.
Everything you need
A complete box office
for your society.
From interactive seating plans to Apple Wallet tickets, TheatreHQ's box office gives amateur theatre groups the same tools professional venues use — without the professional price tag.
- Custom seating plans — audiences pick their exact seat when booking
- Stripe payment processing — secure card payments, paid directly to your account
- Multiple ticket types — adults, concessions, group bookings, early bird offers
- Discount codes — percentage or fixed-amount codes for members, sponsors, or promotions
- QR code tickets — scannable e-tickets delivered by email, no printer needed
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet — tickets saved directly to your audience's phone
- Box office check-in PWA — scan tickets at the door from any phone or tablet
- Live attendance dashboard — see sales and check-ins in real time on show night
- Refund handling — process full or partial refunds directly from the admin panel
- Gift Aid on donations — capture Gift Aid declarations alongside ticket purchases
The bigger picture
Why ticketing alone
isn't enough.
Most amdram groups use a standalone ticketing platform — TicketSource, Eventbrite, TryBooking, or similar. The tickets get sold, but everything else in your drama society stays disconnected.
Your website and your ticketing don't talk
Audiences click "buy tickets" and leave your website entirely. Your branding disappears. You're paying for a website and a ticketing platform — two bills, two logins.
Your member data is scattered
Ticket buyers live in one system, your membership list in another, and your mailing list in a third. Nobody has a complete picture of who's involved with your society.
Committee reports are manual
The treasurer downloads a CSV from the ticketing platform, reformats it in Excel, and emails it to the committee. Every production, the same tedious process.
With TheatreHQ, your box office is connected to your membership, your website, your committee tools, and your production schedule. Data flows between them automatically — no exports, no imports, no spreadsheets.
Comparison
TheatreHQ vs standalone
ticketing platforms.
A side-by-side look at what you get with TheatreHQ compared to using a separate ticketing platform alongside your existing website.
| Standalone ticketing platforms | TheatreHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Society website included | No — you need a separate website | Yes — website and box office in one |
| Per-ticket booking fees | Typically £0.25–£0.75 per ticket | None from TheatreHQ |
| Member database | No | Yes — unified contact records |
| Committee tools | No | Yes — meetings, tasks, finances |
| Audition management | No | Yes |
| Rehearsal scheduling | No | Yes |
| Interactive seating plans | Some platforms, with extra fees | Included on paid plans |
| Payment processing | Stripe/PayPal + platform fee | Stripe only (1.5% + 20p) |
Transparent pricing
No per-ticket fees.
Ever.
TheatreHQ never charges per-ticket booking fees. The only transaction cost is Stripe's standard card processing fee (1.5% + 20p per transaction in the UK), which goes directly to Stripe — not to us.
For a society selling 500 tickets a year at £15 each, that's a significant saving compared to platforms that charge £0.50+ per ticket on top of card processing.
What groups say
"We switched from TicketSource and saved over £300 in the first year. The seating plan tool is brilliant — our audiences love choosing their own seats."
— [TODO: real society name and role]
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