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Post by shady23 on Feb 25, 2018 17:43:13 GMT
The Lowry is a bit of a faff - I haven't worked out the logistics of that yet (I don't have a car) Get an Eccles or Media City UK bound Metrolink tram and get off at Media City. The Lowry is a couple of minutes walk away.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 25, 2018 17:53:20 GMT
I'm from Wiltshire (no I'm not surprised you don't know where that is - nobody ever does! 😂) around twenty minutes from Bath and under an hours drive to Bristol. London is a 2.5 hour coach or an hour and 15 on the train. The last National Express coach is 11pm, train is 11:30 or Megabus is at midnight so I can get home easily after an evening performance. Luckily because of the times I work I can travel to London and see a show on any evening I feel like (admittedly I don't tend to do many spontaneous trips, unless there's an understudy on, but that's more to keep costs down), it just means going into work on very little sleep - I start at 6am. Southampton is only around an hour and a half's drive so I'm finding myself seeing tours at the Mayflower more and more frequently.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 25, 2018 18:06:13 GMT
I am in South East London, in the middle of Dartford, Orchard; Bromley, Churchill and Greenwich Theatre. Charing Cross in the West End is 40 minutes by train. If I want to see anything in the North, it takes over an hour to got a train to a London Terminus Station.
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Post by crowblack on Feb 25, 2018 18:07:19 GMT
Thanks! I haven't been on the Metrolink yet, but I think there's a stop opposite Deansgate so I'll try that.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 25, 2018 18:09:41 GMT
Manchester, on that street where everyone’s started parking for The Palace - thanks for that 😐. So just a minutes walk to all manchester venues. short tram ride to The Lowry or Hope Mill. From Sheffield originally and my mum is still there so I sometimes fit a Crucible trip in with visits home. London 2 hrs by train, but no late train back on a Saturday night so I tend to book weekends and fit in 3 shows three or four times a year. Isn’t a great thing about Manchester, that it has small but active theatre scene, but also it is only an hour (similar time for me to get up to London) by train to Liverpool, Sheffield and Leeds, so makes it doable for an evening out, without the need to book a hotel?
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Post by jampot on Feb 25, 2018 18:16:58 GMT
I'm from Wiltshire (no I'm not surprised you don't know where that is - nobody ever does! 😂) around twenty minutes from Bath and under an hours drive to Bristol. London is a 2.5 hour coach or an hour and 15 on the train. The last National Express coach is 11pm, train is 11:30 or Megabus is at midnight so I can get home easily after an evening performance. Luckily because of the times I work I can travel to London and see a show on any evening I feel like (admittedly I don't tend to do many spontaneous trips, unless there's an understudy on, but that's more to keep costs down), it just means going into work on very little sleep - I start at 6am. Southampton is only around an hour and a half's drive so I'm finding myself seeing tours at the Mayflower more and more frequently. Salisbury,Wilts here. Do about 2-3 shows a month mainly London, Southampton and Bath.... V occasionally Salisbury!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 18:34:49 GMT
haha I've always thought it looked like a Council Leisure Centre! (theatre Clwyd has a similar look about it too) I used to go to Theatr Clwyd a lot in the 80s (I grew up in Snowdonia) but I can't for the life of me remember what it looked like outside. It must be 25 years or more since I've been.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 25, 2018 19:59:27 GMT
Northamptonshire here - I split my theatreing between Northampton, Leicester, Milton Keynes and London which is only an hour away on the train 😁
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Post by hulmeman on Feb 25, 2018 20:36:43 GMT
Manchester here, so a lot of local theatre to go at!
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Post by tysilio2 on Feb 25, 2018 21:05:51 GMT
Llangollen in North East Wales. Theatre Clwyd is a 30 minute drive with it's novel program, Venue Cymru in Llandudno just over an hour, that gets many tour shows. Liverpool Empire is a bit over an hour with good train links, Manchester an hour and 20 but with less good train links. London is a 2 hour train journey from Chester and I caught a Phantom matinee last year and was home for 10pm ish. Its far easier to get there than to my own capital city of Cardiff which is a 3+ hour drive on single carriageway roads!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 21:56:25 GMT
Im originally from South East London, place called Welling, not far from Phantom. Since 2002 in the Midlands south of Birmingham. So RSC is marvellously handy. Use the Chiltern line to come to London, luckily my folks still live in Bromley so stay with them. New St Station is my gateway to Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield Chichester and others. Book in advance and its good value.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 21:59:00 GMT
Im originally from South East London, place called Welling, not far from Phantom. Since 2002 in the Midlands south of Birmingham. So RSC is marvellously handy. Use the Chiltern line to come to London, luckily my folks still live in Bromley so stay with them. New St Station is my gateway to Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield Chichester and others. Book in advance and its good value. So were you there when Kate Bush lived there?!
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Post by theatreian on Feb 25, 2018 22:12:00 GMT
South Birmingham here. From Liverpool originally and have moved around a lot. My time in Leeds was god theatre wise. Plenty to choose from.
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Post by Marwood on Feb 25, 2018 22:32:48 GMT
Croydon(unfortunately) -I can be in central London in about half an hour or so by train from work, 50 minutes from home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 23:20:19 GMT
I'm from Spain. I used to fly to London a couple of times per year, but I broke my personal record last year with 5 trips.
Oh, the things I do for theatre.
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Post by mistressjojo on Feb 25, 2018 23:38:33 GMT
Sydney, Australia. Most of my theatre going is local (Sydney Theatre Co) with the occasional trip interstate to Melbourne if there's something special only playing there. I try & get to the UK once a year for my theatre fix. Next trip is in May with tickets for both RSC & NT Macbeth , Hamilton & the Globe. I also flew to NYC once to see David Tennant in Richard II. But probably wouldn't usually go to NYC just for theatre as I find it much more expensive (And the audiences noisier!)
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 26, 2018 6:57:14 GMT
Im originally from South East London, place called Welling, not far from Phantom. Since 2002 in the Midlands south of Birmingham. So RSC is marvellously handy. Use the Chiltern line to come to London, luckily my folks still live in Bromley so stay with them. New St Station is my gateway to Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield Chichester and others. Book in advance and its good value. So were you there when Kate Bush lived there?! Oh yes! She is a couple of years older than me but she went to the girls grammar that merged with the boys grammar i was at. Hilarious to browse her book to find reference to the fantastically named park "fanny on the hill"😂
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 26, 2018 7:11:51 GMT
From the Wirral, which is the other side of the Mersey to Liverpool. I tend to see a fair bit at the Empire, but not much at the others, as they tend to have more plays, when musicals are my preference.
My sister lives in London, so I go down whenever I have holiday time to see her, we see a couple of shows together, and I see some more on my own too. I'd say I manage to get down to London about 5-6 times a year.
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Post by michalnowicki on Feb 26, 2018 11:35:46 GMT
Originally from Poland, but moved to Edinburgh in 2012. I'm trying to go to London 3-4 times in a year, usually for 3 days and see as much as I can. Prefer taking the train from flying as it gets me from city centre to city centre, without having to travel to and from the airports. As for the local theatre I mostly see things in Edinburgh Playhouse, but I'm thinking about exploring other theatres a bit more (Festival Theatre, King's Theatre, Lyceum and Traverse).
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Post by ali973 on Feb 26, 2018 11:49:29 GMT
Bahrain. Travel to London 4-5 times a year and Broadway (and other major US cities) once or twice a year for an overdose of theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 13:53:39 GMT
Bahrain. Travel to London 4-5 times a year and Broadway (and other major US cities) once or twice a year for an overdose of theatre. Oh how exciting! I don't know why but I had you down as American. You're all sassy like an American.
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Post by littlesally on Feb 26, 2018 14:00:47 GMT
North London about 30m Tube from West End.
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Post by Stephen on Feb 26, 2018 14:22:41 GMT
From Scotland but live in Lewisham (South East London)
Very handy for theatre. 20 minute train to the West End or 10 minutes to the Southbank/London Bridge areas. Handy for the Bridge Theatre!
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Post by Mr Crummles on Feb 26, 2018 15:18:24 GMT
I live in Dublin. I'm originally from Rio. As a theatre fan, I was incredibly lucky when, almost 20 years ago, I was offered two jobs that would relocate me to a city either close to New York or London. Without hesitation, I picked the latter. I moved to Dublin before my new employer could say "It's a deal!". Dublin has a nice theatre scene and I really like The Gate's new Artistic Director, Selina Cartmell. I travel to London whenever possible, usually at least once a month, when I try to squeeze in as many shows as possible. Sometimes I take a few days off for a theatrethon in London. Having to make wise choices with such limited access to the West End, I rely mostly on this wonderful board to decide what I’m going to see. So, I am much very indebted to all of you.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 26, 2018 15:39:19 GMT
Something I've wondered - what is the geographical spread of TheatreBoard members? How many of us are travelling distances to see most shows? We live in Wells, in Somerset, which mean that are our "local" theatres are in Bristol and Bath (still up to an hour's drive away), then we regularly travel to Stratford or Chichester (over two hours away), and we try to make trips to London include a Saturday Matinee, and Evening show, plus maybe an exhibition on Sunday morning with a Travelodge in between. Thankfully we have the time and ability to do this - are there many others coming from the regions, or is the board primarily London-centric? I live in NYC but am originally from California. I work in midtown, so if I'm seeing a show after work I amuse myself for an hour or so and head to the theatre, though generally I'm too tired to see something that late if I have to get up the next morning. (I've been to London four times. It's amazing to me now that it takes just about as long to get there as it does to see my family.)
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Post by musicallady on Feb 26, 2018 15:47:37 GMT
In the nort east of the UK between Sunderland and Newcastle.
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Post by RedRose on Feb 26, 2018 15:48:34 GMT
I am from Germany, based in Frankfurt. I regularly go to Frankfurt Opera and several local theatres. I have travelled to Hamburg, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm to see shows, mostly plays. I travel to the UK at least 6 times a year to see shows, mostly plays again, but I watch musicals, ballet and opera as well. In addition to London, I have been to the following English towns and cities to follow my passion for theatre: Chichester, Stratford upon Avon, Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool and Richmond.
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Post by Mark on Feb 26, 2018 17:29:38 GMT
I live in Sunderland but work out of London so down quite a lot, and what better way to fill in my free evenings than a trip into town to see a show!
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 26, 2018 20:21:16 GMT
Thanks! I haven't been on the Metrolink yet, but I think there's a stop opposite Deansgate so I'll try that. Metrolink a superb transport system and excellently managed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 20:53:45 GMT
Birmingham, England.
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