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Post by crowblack on May 2, 2019 21:11:35 GMT
I read some of the original reviews I wonder if it has done an 'Alf Garnett' regarding the fandom? Reading Lyn Gardner's original 2013 review, she describes a show about a woman who comes across as a victim of porn culture. On TV, with all the trappings of her wealthy background visible and a stellar cast like a Hugh Grant romcom, it instead seems to be being consumed as aspirational, with the clothes she wears and drinks she drinks flying off the shelves. The Londonist tweet today was particularly striking : "tickets hotter than a priest commanding you to kneel." It's become a sort of Richard Curtis' 50 Shades or something, with a dash of Nigella's winks to camera.
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Post by Rory on May 2, 2019 21:21:16 GMT
Bet there’ll be an extension ! It could only extend for a maximum of one week as The Man in the White Suit begins on 25th September.
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Post by Rory on May 2, 2019 21:23:43 GMT
Have to say announcing a hot ticket like this and then putting tickets on sale a couple of hours later is a bit out of order - doesn't give people the chance to make sure they are around to book tickets, agree dates with people, etc. Very strongly agree with this, especially when it's a short run and a hot ticket. You could be completely tied up in work for the whole day and boom, like someone above, you've missed the whole shebang. Poor form.
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Post by shady23 on May 2, 2019 21:33:29 GMT
Every single ticket, including premiums, sold out.
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Post by Rory on May 2, 2019 21:37:45 GMT
Every single ticket, including premiums, sold out. Really is unbelievable - it's gone like the Maggie Smith at the Bridge. PWB is a class act though.
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Post by Mark on May 2, 2019 21:53:48 GMT
30 standing tickets for every performance for £10.... Think I might try that considering its a short one.
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Post by Backdrifter on May 2, 2019 22:06:24 GMT
Any method of selling hot tickets is going to work for some and not others. Giving a week's notice of the onsale time will still result in some people losing out because that time doesn't work for them. This sale clearly worked for enough people to sell it out.
Row A being off sale as mentioned above possibly suggests dayseats. If so, that queue will be interesting.
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Post by princeton on May 2, 2019 22:21:44 GMT
I wonder how many of those who've paid silly money actually know what they've booked for. I bet there's a fair few who think they are seeing TV's Fleabag on stage - and will be expecting a full cast (complete with Olivia Coleman and Andrew Scott) and a two act play with set and costumes. Ah well - I'm sure they'll enjoy their £2 a minute monologue - and the chair and rug are lovely - and they match her jumper. In all fairness great writing and acting really is difficult to put a price on (I mean it's still cheaper than Man of La Mancha) - and this is writing and acting of the highest standard.
It looks as though in addition to the standing which has already been mentioned - 33 Front row and box seats will be on sale for £20 via lottery at the theatre daily.
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Post by zahidf on May 2, 2019 22:52:49 GMT
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Post by asfound on May 3, 2019 7:37:47 GMT
With friends scrabbling to get balcony seats or maxing out their student overdrafts I sure do feel smug about being in the second row for this at Soho Theatre for less than £15. I even had a spare ticket nobody wanted. Hindsight eh.
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Post by partytentdown on May 3, 2019 8:16:51 GMT
I wonder how many of those who've paid silly money actually know what they've booked for. I bet there's a fair few who think they are seeing TV's Fleabag on stage - and will be expecting a full cast (complete with Olivia Coleman and Andrew Scott) and a two act play with set and costumes. Ah well - I'm sure they'll enjoy their £2 a minute monologue - and the chair and rug are lovely - and they match her jumper. In all fairness great writing and acting really is difficult to put a price on (I mean it's still cheaper than Man of La Mancha) - and this is writing and acting of the highest standard. It looks as though in addition to the standing which has already been mentioned - 33 Front row and box seats will be on sale for £20 via lottery at the theatre daily. There aren't even any side-glances in it!
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Post by Backdrifter on May 3, 2019 8:34:04 GMT
With friends scrabbling to get balcony seats or maxing out their student overdrafts I sure do feel smug about being in the second row for this at Soho Theatre for less than £15. I even had a spare ticket nobody wanted. Hindsight eh. Smugger still will be those who crowded into a small room in Underbelly to see its run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe where if I'm right in thinking it got quite mixed reviews. I recall some comments along the lines of "she's very good but gets quite tiresome". I wasn't one of the Underbelly-goers although I was at that Fringe, obviously the synopsis in the programme didn't grab my interest. I did catch it at the Soho and enjoyed it very much. I wonder how many of those who've paid silly money actually know what they've booked for. I bet there's a fair few who think they are seeing TV's Fleabag on stage - and will be expecting a full cast (complete with Olivia Coleman and Andrew Scott) and a two act play with set and costumes. Good point, yes there will likely be a good few I reckon. Possibly having even seen the monologue references but tuned them out. What are the odds on there being outraged complaints during the run?
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Post by Xanderl on May 3, 2019 8:39:53 GMT
Smugger still will be those who crowded into a small room in Underbelly to see its run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe where if I'm right in thinking it got quite mixed reviews. I recall some comments along the lines of "she's very good but gets quite tiresome". I wasn't one of the Underbelly-goers although I was at that Fringe, obviously the synopsis in the programme didn't grab my interest. I did catch it at the Soho and enjoyed it very much. Someone on another forum mentioned having seen it in Edinburgh, and a member of the audience stormed out halfway through shouting "Pretentious rubbish!!"
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Post by joem on May 3, 2019 9:20:19 GMT
Why such a short run? She could have sold this out ten times over!!!
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Post by partytentdown on May 3, 2019 12:46:30 GMT
Wasn't there a recent UK tour but with a different actor? I remember the tickets for that being mega cheap.
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Post by Xanderl on May 3, 2019 12:53:01 GMT
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Post by Baemax on May 3, 2019 14:11:36 GMT
Maddie Rice, who also played the waitress in the first episode of the second series of the TV show.
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Post by talkingheads on May 3, 2019 16:33:30 GMT
Maddie Rice, who also played the waitress in the first episode of the second series of the TV show. And who incidentally recently wrote and performed her own monologue Pickle Jar which I enjoyed immensely and would see again in an instant if she revived it.
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Post by wickedgrin on May 3, 2019 17:45:51 GMT
According to the Delfont Macktintosh website now completely sold out!
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Post by bobbybaby on May 3, 2019 18:37:44 GMT
Bet there’ll be an extension ! It could only extend for a maximum of one week as The Man in the White Suit begins on 25th September. Good point. Well made. Sorry I didn’t look, and I’m planning to see The Man in the White Suit. 🙄
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Post by floorshow on May 7, 2019 11:16:14 GMT
Just picked up a couple of non-premium Stalls tickets for Sat 24th, some availability on other days but most look crazy expensive - I saw one pair for 175ea.... Look like they put odds and ends on sale between 10 and midday. Anyway, 10 brownie points for me
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Post by TallPaul on May 7, 2019 13:26:23 GMT
Honestly, it could go on for hours like that... I don't think anything this hypothetical BB has ever done has gone on for hours...unless it involved food. 😉
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 18, 2019 9:28:08 GMT
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 18, 2019 9:28:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 16:37:04 GMT
Hopefully a more accessible venue to Manchester CC will be announced. Currently the Stockport or Altrincham showings are a bit out the way for me.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jul 19, 2019 18:53:15 GMT
Hopefully a more accessible venue to Manchester CC will be announced. Currently the Stockport or Altrincham showings are a bit out the way for me. Booking now open to HOME members. Be quick as not many seats left.
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Post by lightinthedarkness on Aug 22, 2019 6:59:55 GMT
Saw this last night - absolutely incredible stuff! Only a shame its so short. PWB is just amazing, how she can do that herself for an hour is amazing, she had the audience in stitches. She was also so kind and lovely at stage door.
Standing tickets were worth it for anyone wondering, I missed out on the stalls ones and was up in the balcony and they were fine! They are numbered weirdly though, from the side in so those later got the middle where I got the side. I just risked it and went for the middle anyway and no one moved me!
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Post by jamb0r on Aug 22, 2019 7:18:52 GMT
Standing tickets were worth it for anyone wondering, I missed out on the stalls ones and was up in the balcony and they were fine! They are numbered weirdly though, from the side in so those later got the middle where I got the side. I just risked it and went for the middle anyway and no one moved me! Do you have any advice on what time someone would need to join the queue in order to have a chance at getting a standing ticket?
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Post by lightinthedarkness on Aug 22, 2019 7:47:55 GMT
Standing tickets were worth it for anyone wondering, I missed out on the stalls ones and was up in the balcony and they were fine! They are numbered weirdly though, from the side in so those later got the middle where I got the side. I just risked it and went for the middle anyway and no one moved me! Do you have any advice on what time someone would need to join the queue in order to have a chance at getting a standing ticket? I got there at 7:10 and was 15 (of 33) in the queue. A lot of people came between then and 8 but the queue wasn't full until 8:30! The guy on the door seems to think it'll get worse, especially at weekends so aiming for around 7 should be fine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 8:15:21 GMT
I agree, I arrived on the first day at 9:00, and missed out on the tickets by about six people. When I tried again yesterday I arrived around half seven and was number 18, and got allocated a ticket standing in the balcony. There were roughly twenty of us there, so I assume the stalls had the remaining 13.
The show itself is incredible, with Phoebe having us eating out of her hands throughout. The running time meant that standing was actually no problem at all, if anyone is wondering. For £10 it was an absolute bargain, but is said upthread, I would anticipate queues to start earlier and fill quicker throughout the run. Day one the queue began at 5:00, yesterday it began at 3:30.
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