Andrew Lloyd Webber recently discussed the rising cost of tickets for live entertainment, including in the West End, stating that dynamic pricing is 'racketeering'. Learn more about the theatre icon's thoughts on ticket prices and more.

The composer, whose hit musicals include The Phantom Of The Opera, Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar, also criticised the lack of funding for the arts in the UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber condemns dynamic pricing for tickets as ‘racketeering’ - The practice of increasing or decreasing prices based on demand has been compared to the way airline tickets and hotel rooms are sold.

The composer and theatre impresario Andrew Llyod Webber said he did not believe in "pushing prices up" and described the practice of dynamic pricing as "racketeering".