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Post by lynette on Jun 11, 2022 11:02:52 GMT
Booked. Possibly the entire theatre allowance for ‘23 now spent. Not to mention the teeeeeny little dots you have to tap for the seats. 😳
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jun 20, 2022 9:57:27 GMT
At least one pre-sale for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre is now open. First preview Monday 27 February 2023.
The area which appears closest to the stage is being sold as "Pit Standing, General Admission" @ £42. Is that a first for a traditional musical in London ? I can see the appeal for a musical like Mamma Mia with its danceable score but why would anyone want to stand for two to three hours of Guys and Dolls ? There is seating on all four sides of the stage.
A lot of the seats which I would consider reasonably priced - £18 to £54 during previews - come with a restriction warning - high seat, lean forward or overhang - and decent preview seats are in the £71 to £149 price range though those prices probably includes an agency fee. From official opening it's £24 to £179.
In a previous incarnation Guys and Dolls apparently struggled on tour and was the first show I ever saw as a seat filler. Hopefully this Guys and Dolls will be something special like Cabaret. I've just grabbed the cheapest available seat @ £18 for opening preview night way up in the balcony for now.
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Post by viserys on Jun 20, 2022 10:07:01 GMT
Pricing is pretty eye-watering. I think I'll wait for casting before I decide how much this is worth to me.
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Post by digne on Jun 20, 2022 10:07:33 GMT
It's an immersive production, as their previous immersive productions of Julius Caesar and Midsummer Night's Dream. Personally I can't see why anyone would want to sit in one of those, but fortunately these productions cater to all tastes. We've talked about their immersive productions on the last page; I also recommend checking out the trailers they have on Youtube for their other immersive productions to get an idea of how they look/how the rising platforms in the pit work.
I'm pretty sure I've never paid more than £25 for pit tickets so I'm going to wait - they might do them as rush again, too.
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Post by galinda on Jun 20, 2022 12:42:37 GMT
At least one pre-sale for Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre is now open. First preview Monday 27 February 2023. The area which appears closest to the stage is being sold as "Pit Standing, General Admission" @ £42. Is that a first for a traditional musical in London ? I can see the appeal for a musical like Mamma Mia with its danceable score but why would anyone want to stand for two to three hours of Guys and Dolls ? There is seating on all four sides of the stage. A lot of the seats which I would consider reasonably priced - £18 to £54 during previews - come with a restriction warning - high seat, lean forward or overhang - and decent preview seats are in the £71 to £149 price range though those prices probably includes an agency fee. From official opening it's £24 to £179. In a previous incarnation Guys and Dolls apparently struggled on tour and was the first show I ever saw as a seat filler. Hopefully this Guys and Dolls will be something special like Cabaret. I've just grabbed the cheapest available seat @ £18 for opening preview night way up in the balcony for now. I remember having standing tickets for the Piccadilly production about 15 years ago as that was all I could afford back then. It felt such a long show having to stand! I was glad when it had finished!! I don’t think I appreciated what I good show it was until I saw it from a seat 😂
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Post by inthenose on Jun 20, 2022 13:05:05 GMT
I've seen several Guys and Dolls productions and whilst I find the show enjoyable, to me it's rather like Chicago. I adore the score, but seeing it live leaves me a bit cold coming out of the theatre and I'm not sure why.
From memory I saw it on Broadway (Oliver Platt - ugh!!), 2005 Donmar twice once after transferrinv, original cast then Don Johnson. Also saw the semi-recent West End run with Oliver Tompsett which surprisingly, given its general cheapness, I enjoyed the most.
Won't be going to this, turned off by the "immersive" angle.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2022 13:39:39 GMT
Just strikes me as being very gimmicky. I can see why Julius Caesar would work in this style, I just don’t see why Guys and Dolls is going to benefit from it. And the people choosing to sit in the seats are potentially going to be very distracted by a load of people milling around in their line of sight.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 20, 2022 13:46:56 GMT
Booked orchestra seat for £38. Happy enough with that.
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Post by marob on Jun 20, 2022 14:12:04 GMT
Some of those seat prices on Todaytix are ridiculous, particularly with no cast announcement or anything. I don’t think I’ve been there since A Midsummer Night’s Dream, so correct me if I’m wrong but from what I remember pretty much every show they put on (unless it starred someone like Maggie Smith or Laura Linney) would have to reduce quite heavily and still wouldn’t sell. Has something changed? Or are they just hoping the show will sell itself?
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Post by inthenose on Jun 20, 2022 14:26:58 GMT
I am assuming this won't be getting triple A casting to be fair...
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 20, 2022 22:42:22 GMT
£42 to stand and be herded around like cattle for 3 hours? Nope.
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Post by mattnyc on Jun 21, 2022 1:22:02 GMT
Is there a presale code to purchase tickets now?
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Post by mkb on Jun 21, 2022 9:11:14 GMT
Interestingly, a session I had logged in (at 09:50) would not refresh at 10:00 - it was just stuck on a "loading" page. Even refreshing that wouldn't help. But initiating a new session and logging in again fixed it. Weird.
Also, a bit annoyed that I pay the Bridge for 24-hours advance access to tickets only to learn here that the same seats were publicly available earlier, albeit with a hefty booking fee, via TodayTix. That did have the benefit though that I could hold the seats I wanted in TodayTix until I got into the Bridge website.
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Post by mattnyc on Jun 21, 2022 20:09:26 GMT
I was confused about the TodayTix sale but glad I went on and got tix now. The performances I wanted were already going fast so I only imagine they’ll be sold out almost immediately when they open up the general sale in the morning.
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Post by mrnutz on Jun 22, 2022 9:07:24 GMT
Just picked up a couple of standing tickets for the first Saturday preview.
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Post by Marwood on Jun 23, 2022 22:09:16 GMT
I’d forgotten tickets for this were on sale until I saw something on Instagram about half an hour ago: I got a standing ticket for £35 the first Friday of its run, the seat prices around the sides were off putting. Not sure how I will tolerate the concept of standing throughout this but I really enjoyed the Bridges productions of Julius Caesar and AMND so I’m well up for it (and I’m not yet old and decrepit enough to need to sit down after half an hour)
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 7, 2022 21:29:42 GMT
Casting….
Miss Adelaide….M….
Sky Masterson… J…
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 7, 2022 21:43:32 GMT
Casting…. Miss Adelaide….M…. Sky Masterson… J… Marisha Wallace Jamie Muscato
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 7, 2022 21:45:59 GMT
Casting…. Miss Adelaide….M…. Sky Masterson… J… Marisha Wallace Jamie Muscato One of those is right
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 7, 2022 21:54:16 GMT
Marisha Wallace
Jordan Luke Gage
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 7, 2022 22:10:14 GMT
Get Jamie Parker back again he was bloody delightful
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 7, 2022 22:26:16 GMT
Marisha Wallace Jordan Luke Gage One of those is right 🤣
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 7, 2022 23:01:26 GMT
As fun as Marisha is, I can't see her as Adelaide
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2022 4:58:39 GMT
As fun as Marisha is, I can't see her as Adelaide Well it looks like you are going to have to
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2022 5:16:07 GMT
Jac Yarrow?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 8, 2022 5:48:21 GMT
Jason Manford 😠
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 8, 2022 6:14:47 GMT
Dame Jonny Bailey?
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Post by theatreliker on Jul 8, 2022 12:40:38 GMT
Has James Corden not been suggested yet?
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Post by Jon on Jul 8, 2022 12:46:17 GMT
Has James Corden not been suggested yet? He isn't due to finish The Late Late Show until mid 2023.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 8, 2022 12:58:51 GMT
Corden would never be a Sky. He would make a decent fist of Nicely Nicely.
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