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Post by Jon on Dec 21, 2019 12:19:06 GMT
The Mousetrap’s running costs must be dirt cheap for it to have lasted with half empty houses
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 21, 2019 15:24:42 GMT
The Mousetrap’s running costs must be dirt cheap for it to have lasted with half empty houses To be fair it must be quite cheap go.have the same set for more than 50 years. Still need to see it but still can't get past the prices!
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Post by edi on Dec 21, 2019 16:12:08 GMT
The Mousetrap’s running costs must be dirt cheap for it to have lasted with half empty houses To be fair it must be quite cheap go.have the same set for more than 50 years. Still need to see it but still can't get past the prices! Front row day seats were £19.50 a couple of months ago. Worth that price
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Post by NorthernAlien on Dec 21, 2019 17:19:45 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 16, 2020 23:00:43 GMT
Just think about how serious this really is - The Mousetrap has closed.
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Post by lynette on Mar 16, 2020 23:52:00 GMT
When they reopen, maybe someone else will have done it.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 2, 2020 21:27:56 GMT
Reopening 23rd October with socially distanced audiences!
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Post by JJShaw on Jul 2, 2020 21:36:02 GMT
fantastic news! and hearing it has been having dwindling audience numbers I think will see them sell very well!
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Post by Jon on Jul 2, 2020 21:39:40 GMT
fantastic news! and hearing it has been having dwindling audience numbers I think will see them sell very well! If a pandemic can't kill The Mousetrap, nothing will!! Interesting to hear that audiences had been dwindling, I suppose after 68 years, that was bound to happen.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 2, 2020 21:43:11 GMT
Reopening 23rd October with socially distanced audiences! How wonderful 🙂 I may go and see it just to get Into a theatre again, and also to cross St. Martin’s off my list!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2020 9:45:53 GMT
I mean, it definitely wouldn't be something I'd bother with in normal circumstances (having seen it about 30 years ago and thinking it was tired back then) - but this year? Bring it on!
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 3, 2020 10:39:02 GMT
I have been wanting to see it for ages but the price always put me off. Do you think they might do offers to entice people in?
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Jul 3, 2020 15:34:13 GMT
Was overjoyed when I heard this, FINALLY some good news for the theatre industry.
Was going to see this for the first time in April, until COVID scuppered that plan. Idc if I have to suffocate under a snood for 2 hours, I'm blummin' well going!
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Post by poster J on Jul 3, 2020 18:24:55 GMT
I've been meaning to see this for years, perfect excuse to go now! I might go for re-opening night.
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Jul 4, 2020 16:09:17 GMT
I've seen The Mousetrap a few times, alway on a Friday or Saturday night and it's never been a full house. Somewhere between 40-50% capacity. First time was in Summer 1994. Last time was in Spring 2007.
I think the show will run a profit at 50% capacity. It' probably will make a profit at less.
Has anyone heard about renovations to the theatre or set before reopening? There will have to be some restaging.
I take a photo very year in from of the theatre so some may think I've seen it more than 25 times. I'd go back if I'm in London later this year.
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Post by Jon on Jul 4, 2020 17:24:15 GMT
Looks they've revamping the marketing campaign for The Mousetrap: uk.the-mousetrap.co.uk/It's never going to happen but I think they should do some renovations to the frontage before reopening like replacing the neon signage
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Post by lynette on Jul 6, 2020 19:51:06 GMT
Great stuff. Nobody will mind being socially distanced. I suggest they go the whole hog and ditch the usual seating, bring in tables and waiter service.
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Post by ncbears on Jul 6, 2020 22:39:12 GMT
The unanswered question - has this closure counted enough as a closure to allow the film to finally be made? Wikipedia claims a six month closure would suffice!
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Post by Jon on Jul 6, 2020 22:53:51 GMT
The unanswered question - has this closure counted enough as a closure to allow the film to finally be made? Wikipedia claims a six month closure would suffice! I wouldn't be surprised if there is a loophole where this closure is considered a hiatus rather than a full on closure.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 7, 2020 7:23:36 GMT
Got an email from Love Theatre about The Mousetrap. £75 for the stalls. I'll wait and see how things go but that seems expensive. Then again I will pay it!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jul 7, 2020 8:47:35 GMT
A sense of normality this morning, first ticket booked for what seems a lifetime. Ticket price was not exorbitant and quite good value for what will be a reduced capacity and would advise booking directly as notably cheaper if interested.
The first night had no tickets available and chose the the second night, (Sat 24th) not sure what to expect but nice to have something in the Calendar again and being the third performance the novelty will have hopefully worn off along with some of the rough edges.
A play that was always on my must see list only as it was always on was in no hurry to do so, good to get in early as with the increased exposure keeping the denouement off public media will likely be difficult over the first few weeks as everyone whether there or not will be posting.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 7, 2020 8:58:22 GMT
So how is social distancing going to work? The seats seem to be in twos and three's, so what does a solo theatregoer do?
I do see they have no quibble exchanges up to 24 hours before, that's a brilliant policy and I'm much more inclined to book knowing that.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 7, 2020 9:06:15 GMT
I suggest they go the whole hog and ditch the usual seating, bring in tables and waiter service. And make evening wear compulsory...even at matinees. Standards have fallen far too low over recent years! 🙂
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jul 7, 2020 9:08:35 GMT
I was also unsure about how the social distancing would work as there were no individual seats available on the night I wanted and booked one in a group and did wonder whether it would allow me to do so.
Maybe once sold out they will space people out or will happen naturally once there.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 7, 2020 9:22:50 GMT
I was also unsure about how the social distancing would work as there were no individual seats available on the night I wanted and booked one in a group and did wonder whether it would allow me to do so. Maybe once sold out they will space people out or will happen naturally once there. I'll book the end of a three but I really don't want to be sat right next to people. They'd have done best to make the ends of each row a single seat with a two seat gap then fill the rest with two's and three's.
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Post by lynette on Jul 8, 2020 16:38:38 GMT
I suggest they go the whole hog and ditch the usual seating, bring in tables and waiter service. And make evening wear compulsory...even at matinees. Standards have fallen far too low over recent years! 🙂 You read my mind...
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Post by fiyero on Jul 8, 2020 20:18:12 GMT
I booked for the first Saturday evening (when I should have been at Cinderella). Got an odd one upper circle at the back at the side for bottom price. I assume it is a solo one rather than one left over from a block of 3. Again a show I’ve wanted to see for a while but never felt the need to rush!
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Post by Forrest on Jul 8, 2020 21:26:20 GMT
I'll tell you a dark secret...
In 2012/13, long before I'd caught the theatre bug, I spent a year in London getting my MSc degree. I was on an FCO scholarship (i.e. basically broke), had plenty of other priorities (meaning, I was not that young, but definitely a little stupid, from today's perspective) and - thinking that theatre is ridiculously expensive - I managed to go to an actual venue only once that whole year: I bought my now-ex boyfriend tickets for The Mousetrap, to mark the occasion of his birthday.
I remember liking the show, but perhaps it was the whole event of the ritual of going to the theatre together that added some magic to it. I do not, however, remember who'd done it, so I might eventually go back and see it again if it really reopens soon.
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Post by talkingheads on Sept 6, 2020 9:20:35 GMT
Given this opens in a few weeks, have they published any more COVID guidance? Masks etc?
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Post by fiyero on Sept 7, 2020 13:32:18 GMT
Given this opens in a few weeks, have they published any more COVID guidance? Masks etc? 23/10 is opening isn’t it? That’s still some ways off so I’d imagine not yet as the rules change so often!
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