members' benefits
BFI
Occasionally able to offer discounts to SDUK members - posted on the Facebook private group.
Orange Tree Theatre
Concession rate tickets for SDUK members
Royal Court Theatre
Concession rate tickets for SDUK members - no code needed, just select relevant ticket online or quote concession type (theatre union) at box office.
Club Membership
The Union Club:
Offer: 25% off full membership and a waived joining fee – also SDUK is your referrer.
(£550 as opposed to £850 (£750 plus £100 joining fee). NB - they also have a separate 'out-of-town' and under 35s rate - contact them to enquire.
How to claim:
You need to write ‘SDUK’ in the ‘proposer’ field. The application form is here.
Old Diorama Arts Centre in central London 
has recently teamed up with SDUK, and we’re excited be a part of your creative community, and hope to welcome as many of you as possible into ours. In recent years we’ve been mostly known as a space for hire, but we’re beginning a journey to make our relationships with the creative sector and community that we support to be more collaborative. We want to be a centre that independent performing arts organisations and freelancers ‘call home’.
Our centre houses nine performing arts studios, two casting rooms and two office spaces, with a workspace-gallery-foyer, and we’ve also recently taken on temporary management of an ex-cafe, now ODAC Triton Street, that we’re turning into a new workspace. Our focus this year, and beyond, is about making these spaces shift from being just spaces for hire, to being home to a community that meets and mingles with each other, that grows together and supports each other.
In the coming months, we’ll be launching new initiatives to widen access to our spaces, to encourage and seed collaborations, free dedicated desk and workspace at ODAC Triton Street (our main ODAC foyer is already free to use), and a year-round residency programme focussing on interdisciplinary practice, at the point where live arts meet other forms.
If you need a space to hire, free dedicated desk and workspace, have projects to develop that need space, or indeed simply want to find out more about what we do, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
SDUK Members are eligible for a 10% discount off our listed studio hire prices - quote the code ‘SDUK@ODAC’ when contacting our Hires team.
Spotlight
Discount for SDUK members to use Spotlight’s Studios in Covent Garden
- 20% discount off your 1st booking, or a 1st booking in 6 months.
- To book go to: https://www.spotlight.com/rooms-and-studios/studios/
- When the team respond simply quote them your Stage Directors UK discount code: SDUK20
Old Diorama Arts Centre in central London has recently teamed up with SDUK, and we’re excited be a part of your creative community, and hope to welcome as many of you as possible into ours. In recent years we’ve been mostly known as a space for hire, but we’re beginning a journey to make our relationships with the creative sector and community that we support to be more collaborative. We want to be a centre that independent performing arts organisations and freelancers ‘call home’.
Our centre houses nine performing arts studios, two casting rooms and two office spaces, with a workspace-gallery-foyer, and we’ve also recently taken on temporary management of an ex-cafe, now ODAC Triton Street, that we’re turning into a new workspace. Our focus this year, and beyond, is about making these spaces shift from being just spaces for hire, to being home to a community that meets and mingles with each other, that grows together and supports each other.
In the coming months, we’ll be launching new initiatives to widen access to our spaces, to encourage and seed collaborations, free dedicated desk and workspace at ODAC Triton Street (our main ODAC foyer is already free to use), and a year-round residency programme focussing on interdisciplinary practice, at the point where live arts meet other forms.
If you need a space to hire, free dedicated desk and workspace, have projects to develop that need space, or indeed simply want to find out more about what we do, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
SDUK Members are eligible for a 10% discount off our listed studio hire prices - quote the code ‘SDUK@ODAC’ when contacting our Hires team.
Massage
£10 (15%) discount at https://www.westnorwoodtherapies.com thanks to Lauren O'Sullivan - mention SDUK and Lauren when booking.
Osteopathy
£10 discount (£50 instead of £60) with https://ronmarxosteopath.co.uk mention SDUK when booking
3 months free access to Spotlight Performer Database
Spotlight is the leading casting platform for actors in the UK with a comprehensive database of stage credits available for you to browse and make lists. Our Search access package for SDUK members will give you 3 months complimentary access to our database and is designed to support your needs when pitching ideas and working alongside Casting Directors who post breakdowns out to performers and agents.
SDUKCOMP3MONTH
This can be redeemed anytime between now and September 1st 2025, and is valid once per user in this timeframe. We are currently developing a new membership group for non-Casting Directors on our site and will update our offer when this launches around Autumn this year. To get search access to Spotlight simply sign up at https://www.spotlight.com/join-us/casting-professionals/ - select the 3 month subscription option and enter this code
This help article explains to Guests how to enter and benefit from the code:
How to register your professional body and see all digs on the site.
Theatre Digs Booker doesn't do discounts, but many hosts only accept bookings from verified theatre professionals with relevant codes.
Their average 'living with host' room was £25 per night last year.
The SDUK member discount code to use is STU16TDB2410