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Post by BoOverall on Feb 25, 2018 16:05:11 GMT
Not from from Guildford, so a quick drive into London for my weekly London theatre fix. Though the Yvonne Arnaud theatre in Guildford is terrific, and the New Victoria theatre in Woking are popular haunts of mine!
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Post by glossie on Feb 25, 2018 16:14:03 GMT
Moved from Gloucester, which had good train/coach links to London & Bristol, short drive to Cheltenham, (which got a lot of touring shows) and a reasonable drive to Malvern. Now in lovely Aberystwyth on the coast of Mid Wales....too far to drive anywhere and absolutely rubbish rail service - only one line in and out and 5 hours to London. If only I'd realised before. Theatre-going severely restricted, i.e. non-existent   |
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Post by andromedadench on Feb 25, 2018 16:23:35 GMT
I live some 1700 km to the south-east of central London, so I'd say my local London theatres are the Southwark Playhouse and the Menier, whereas the Almeida and The Hampstead are a bit further away from where I live.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 17:30:37 GMT
I live near Bradford, and my local (big) theatres are the Alhambra and the West Yorkshire Playhouse (25 min train to Leeds). To get to London takes me a reasonable 3 hours in total, costing £32 return on the train (only if booked waaaaaaaay in advance), and nearly 5 hours on the National Express. London is quite a way down, yes, and I am envious of you southern folk  However I have managed to do the day return matinee as Elanor mentioned (I even squeezed in the stage door - not literally) and be back on home soil for 10pm. That's the annoying thing about London trips by train isn't it - you have to plan so far ahead! No last minute bookings for cheap theatre seats! I went to the WYP last night for the first time, although we were in the Courtyard, not the main theatre. It seems like a nice theatre and the staff were nice. Not particularly attractive from the outside though - I thought it looked like Council offices or something. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 17:40:33 GMT
I live near Bradford, and my local (big) theatres are the Alhambra and the West Yorkshire Playhouse (25 min train to Leeds). To get to London takes me a reasonable 3 hours in total, costing £32 return on the train (only if booked waaaaaaaay in advance), and nearly 5 hours on the National Express. London is quite a way down, yes, and I am envious of you southern folk However I have managed to do the day return matinee as Elanor mentioned (I even squeezed in the stage door - not literally) and be back on home soil for 10pm. That's the annoying thing about London trips by train isn't it - you have to plan so far ahead! No last minute bookings for cheap theatre seats! I went to the WYP last night for the first time, although we were in the Courtyard, not the main theatre. It seems like a nice theatre and the staff were nice. Not particularly attractive from the outside though - I thought it looked like Council offices or something. haha I've always thought it looked like a Council Leisure Centre! (theatre Clwyd has a similar look about it too) |
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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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However I have managed to do the day return matinee as Elanor mentioned (I even squeezed in the stage door - not literally) and be back on home soil for 10pm.
