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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 2, 2019 17:33:28 GMT
£125 for one person on stage for one hour?
LOL.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 18:02:28 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.
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Post by bobbybaby on May 2, 2019 18:28:32 GMT
Bet there’ll be an extension !
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Post by crowblack on May 2, 2019 18:42:42 GMT
announcing a hot ticket like this and then putting tickets on sale a couple of hours later is a bit out of order Yes, I'm not a Fleabag fan but for those who are, and have, say, a busy job (not a guinea pig cafe that apparently runs itself) it must be really annoying. Just generally, I wish theatres wouldn't do that 'thing' of announcing something exciting and putting tickets on sale that same day - or at stupid times like 8.30am. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 20:54:56 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. Couldn’t agree more, but I think restating this is a canny move from PWB. I’m going to wait for dayseats/lottery as I read some of the original reviews as part of my Fleabag obsession and it didn’t seem to be overwhelmingly adored. |
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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 Deleted 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 Deleted on May 3, 2019 12:53:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted 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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She could have sold this out ten times over!!!