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Post by Being Alive on May 30, 2023 13:54:00 GMT
Have they announced any of the other casting yet or is it being sold purely on Branagh's participation ? I refer you to my theory this is a one man Lear... |
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Post by theatrelover97 on May 30, 2023 14:07:13 GMT
I got my tickets for this.
Wouldn't they have announced if it's a one man version. It would be a unqiue and fascinating production and a major selling point.
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Post by Jan on May 30, 2023 14:47:41 GMT
I got my tickets for this. Wouldn't they have announced if it's a one man version. It would be a unqiue and fascinating production and a major selling point. There was a one-man King Lear only a couple of years ago. There have been at least two high-profile one-man Macbeths and Eddie Izzard is threatening us with a one-person Hamlet. Only Othello to go. |
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Post by Being Alive on May 30, 2023 16:03:15 GMT
Re the ticket price comment further up this thread - I think it's worth bearing in mind (as a wider point) that west end casts and crew just secured a 16.5% pay rise and that money is going to have to come from somewhere, and I can assure you the only place it will come from is the ticket prices
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Post by theatrelover97 on May 30, 2023 16:10:41 GMT
Re the ticket price comment further up this thread - I think it's worth bearing in mind (as a wider point) that west end casts and crew just secured a 16.5% pay rise and that money is going to have to come from somewhere, and I can assure you the only place it will come from is the ticket prices They might soon be getting very large pay cuts if the amount of productions start being reduced. |
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Post by Being Alive on May 30, 2023 16:26:05 GMT
Just worth highlighting. That money is only going to come from one place: the ticket buying public.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2023 19:30:11 GMT
If the cheapest stalls seats are £85ish, how expensive are the other stalls seats please? And are prices essentially comparable in dress circle?
(Someone else is booking for me tomorrow as I’m in work calls all day, and unless I give Very Strict Instructions, I’ll end up with nothing at all!)
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Post by ceebee on May 30, 2023 20:01:27 GMT
If the cheapest stalls seats are £85ish, how expensive are the other stalls seats please? And are prices essentially comparable in dress circle? (Someone else is booking for me tomorrow as I’m in work calls all day, and unless I give Very Strict Instructions, I’ll end up with nothing at all!) £175 for "premium" seats, £150, £125 for best stalls/dress front. However, if you know the Wyndhams, the price difference between stalls row D and E is not an extra £40 per ticket. My advice is to aim for the £85 bracket if this is affordable to you. I appreciate that prices are high these days for most shows so apologise if I'm generalising a little about pricing - as we know, times are tight for many. |
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Post by Jon on May 30, 2023 21:57:58 GMT
Re the ticket price comment further up this thread - I think it's worth bearing in mind (as a wider point) that west end casts and crew just secured a 16.5% pay rise and that money is going to have to come from somewhere, and I can assure you the only place it will come from is the ticket prices They might soon be getting very large pay cuts if the amount of productions start being reduced. We're not going to see dark theatres. It's hard enough for producers to secure these venues. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2023 22:09:55 GMT
Thanks ceebee! Yes, I reckon an £85 seat will do fine - though I could probably stretch to £125 if the (slightly) cheaper ones have gone on the dates I can do. (I rarely go to the theatre now, so the money saved helps a bit with the post-Covid increase in prices for things I really want to see.)
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Post by ceebee on May 31, 2023 4:38:05 GMT
Thanks ceebee! Yes, I reckon an £85 seat will do fine - though I could probably stretch to £125 if the (slightly) cheaper ones have gone on the dates I can do. (I rarely go to the theatre now, so the money saved helps a bit with the post-Covid increase in prices for things I really want to see.) New tickets are being released for each phase of sales to try and ensure a fair distribution (i.e. unlike the Donmar Macbeth which sold put to members in 15 mins, tickets are being held back for members, priority and general sale.) Hope you get the ticket you want! |
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Post by theatremiss on May 31, 2023 11:25:24 GMT
Well that was painless
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Post by richardh on May 31, 2023 11:28:13 GMT
Still waiting for an email here. Absolutely no sign of one at present.
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Post by james123 on May 31, 2023 11:29:35 GMT
Signed up for priority booking to book at noon today. Anyone know how we book? Not clear on the website. Thanks.
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Post by lichtie on May 31, 2023 11:36:36 GMT
Signed up for priority booking to book at noon today. Anyone know how we book? Not clear on the website. Thanks. You get sent a separate email (which should have arrived before midday but inevitably some will be later).
Got held in the queue for a while, but easy to get the cheap seats when I got through.
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Post by cavocado on May 31, 2023 11:57:22 GMT
Hope all the emails have now arrived. I got mine at noon, had a half hour queue but easily got the ticket I wanted. There seemed to be plenty of availability and prices I think slightly higher than Long Day's Journey into Night, £5 higher for my ticket.
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Post by catcat100 on May 31, 2023 12:05:00 GMT
Got my email at 12.40, shortish queue, cheap seat booked and then a very slow responding website, but all dons by 1.00 so not terrible.
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Post by marob on May 31, 2023 12:12:02 GMT
Shouldn’t really use phones in work, but as I was finishing at half past I nipped off to one of the few areas with a signal and clicked on the link, just to get a place in the queue. Was expecting 12000 or for it to sell out, but was number 1030. By I got back online there were only about 70 people in front and was booked within a couple of minutes.
Booking was a bit slow but otherwise very impressed with how smoothly it all went.
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Post by anthony on May 31, 2023 12:16:38 GMT
Got my tickets. That was stressful. I used my phone and the website constantly bugged out and didn't display properly on Safari. Utter mess. Then there was constant loading - it took nearly 5 minutes for the card payment to go through (it was stuck on "0% Do not refresh this page")
Very stressful!
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Post by richardh on May 31, 2023 13:03:14 GMT
Got my email at 12.40 as well. At that point I was 478 in the queue and told queue would take about 40 minutes. Actually moved quite quickly and got to the front in about 25 minutes, but having been told it was my turn and that I would now be redirected to the booking pages - I wasn't and was just told my session had been timed out. So had to start all over again at the back of the queue where I was 1600 +. Another 35 minutes wait but finally got in and booked.
At least the queue is moving quicker than predicted and as of 20 minutes ago there did seem to be reasonable availability, albeit maybe not at the lower prices.
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Post by sam22 on May 31, 2023 15:25:39 GMT
I just tried and was 6000 something in the queue but it put me through straight away, so if anyone is struggling, might be worth starting again
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Post by sam22 on May 31, 2023 15:27:44 GMT
The play will run for two hours with no interval. I know I can go way more than two hours without needing to use the bathroom, but why is it whenever it's a show with no interval I panic and think I need to go within minutes 🤣 |
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Post by lynette on May 31, 2023 16:06:36 GMT
It was. Just booked. Having gone thru all the dates looking for end of row in stalls I switched to circle and lo and behold, end of row. I didn’t have any waiting. Maybe I’m going to a different Lear in a parallel world. O no, ridiculous price so must be this world. A two hour Lear should be fun. Will they just talk fast or severely edit? |
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Post by ceebee on May 31, 2023 22:43:21 GMT
It was. Just booked. Having gone thru all the dates looking for end of row in stalls I switched to circle and lo and behold, end of row. I didn’t have any waiting. Maybe I’m going to a different Lear in a parallel world. O no, ridiculous price so must be this world. A two hour Lear should be fun. Will they just talk fast or severely edit? Gloucester's eyes will be prepped. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2023 23:07:05 GMT
Like others, a little bit of a panic when noon came and went with no email. But success in the end!
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