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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 22, 2024 14:23:51 GMT
That article confirmed what I've thought for a while now: Arifa Akbar doesn't like going to the theatre very much Not to mention a serious lack of awareness Seriously 🙄 |
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Post by lynette on Jan 22, 2024 17:23:16 GMT
I think that the short AYLI is really for tourists and day trippers and/or toes in the water/ let’s get the kids interested people. They are going to do two a day so plenty of flexibility for fish and chips before or after.
When i was a kid the bus to Brum used to wait for us to come walking down from the theatre whatever the finish time. The driver would be looking our way watching us stroll, laughing down the road and left when we got aboard.
The best thing the RSC could do would be to get a train service from Stratford to London on a regular basis. Game changer.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 24, 2024 9:22:27 GMT
I'm sure more people are put off by the added expenses of going to London for theatre than the other way around!
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Post by aspieandy on Jan 24, 2024 9:50:06 GMT
Fwiw, the biggest issue - absent a train service - isn't so much the fact or price of a hotel; it's going to work in the morning.
For most people most of the time, waking up in Warwickshire isn't ideal. Being able to go to work facilitates their theatre habit.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 24, 2024 10:12:26 GMT
Fwiw, the biggest issue - absent a train service - isn't so much the fact or price of a hotel; it's going to work in the morning. For most people most of the time, waking up in Warwickshire isn't ideal. Being able to go to work facilitates their theatre habit. Those of us who have to travel as a matter of course arrange it for the weekends, or scheduled days off so that waking up in a different city isn’t an issue. It does require planning, committing to the plan and booking ahead but thousands do it. |
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Post by aspieandy on Jan 24, 2024 13:32:11 GMT
Exactly. If people in a market with 16.5 million theatre visits "have" to take time off work to see your productions, you're not doing yourself any favours: cutting your nose, etc.
I think there's an analogy with live-to-tv Premier League football matches and travelling away fans, but that is generally understood and accommodated now (I believe).
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2024 8:25:05 GMT
Well they don't have to. Again most people will visit London for theatre on a weekend when they are off or on their days off so it's the same in this case. I don't see a different between the challenges of this and the challenges of people visiting London for Theatre.
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