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Post by TheatreTwittic on Jan 28, 2022 22:58:21 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jan 28, 2022 23:05:18 GMT
The only theatres within the Greater London area within the postcodes I searched are The Orange Tree and The Rose in Kingston. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 29, 2022 4:14:08 GMT
For the North West this offer will be Nora: A Dolls House at the REX Manchester and Kes at the Bolton Octafon
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 29, 2022 16:22:33 GMT
I see the nearest theatre to me is Bury St Edmunds. The irony being that its impossible for me to go to the theatre in Bury St Edmunds because the last train back to Cambridge is before 10pm! I'm also deeply unimpressed that the offer is 2 for 1 as it means single theatregoers like myself are excluded.
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Post by longinthetooth on Jan 29, 2022 17:47:50 GMT
The nearest theatre to me in this scheme is an hour by car, and I don't drive.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 29, 2022 18:04:12 GMT
Nothing in Sheffield or South Yorkshire. I wonder why The Crucible aren’t involved? For these things to work it has to be accessible of course but also has to be productions people want to see and I’m not sure that the offering in Manchester seems very compelling.
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 30, 2022 10:15:18 GMT
This reminds me of a similar half arsed scheme about 10 years ago that offered free tickets to under 25s (I think) but there were barely any available. I worked in a box office at the time so would just give them to people coming in to buy tickets anyway, because nobody else knew about it. It was called something like 'A night less ordinary', does anyone else remember this?
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on Jan 30, 2022 11:34:10 GMT
I do the lottery online and get regular messages from them but nothing about the free panto tickets last month and I only found out about it through this forum. Nobody I've mentioned it to subsequently had heard of that promotion.
All applicants received four tickets whereas I only needed one so fewer people were able to benefit ( I gave two of the spares away on the night to two lovely people queueing for the cheap seats and we had a good chat!)
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Post by Mark on Jan 30, 2022 11:56:53 GMT
It was called something like 'A night less ordinary', does anyone else remember this? I remember it. Got so many free tickets from it, but then it was very much had to be "in the know" to get them, so whilst it helped me get lots of freebies, it didn't necessarily achieve the goal of getting more (and different) young people into the theatre. This new scheme however seems to be a glorified 2 for 1 offer. Have had a look and nothing in the vicinity to me to even really consider seeing. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 30, 2022 14:04:51 GMT
This reminds me of a similar half arsed scheme about 10 years ago that offered free tickets to under 25s (I think) but there were barely any available. I worked in a box office at the time so would just give them to people coming in to buy tickets anyway, because nobody else knew about it. It was called something like ' A night less ordinary', does anyone else remember this? I remember that because I went to a one-off free reading of Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court to promote it and met Russell Tovey at the bar afterwards as he was one of the actors doing the reading |
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 30, 2022 15:10:30 GMT
For my postcode I'm offered St George's Hall in Bradford, 1 hour 10 minutes away, or Leeds Playhouse at 1 hour 60 minutes. That must be why the train feels like it's taking forever!
And if I then click to see what's on offer at the Playhouse, I get "Oops, page not found."
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Post by altamont on Jan 30, 2022 15:25:04 GMT
And if I then click to see what's on offer at the Playhouse, I get "Oops, page not found." Yes, I get the same for Bath Theatre Royal. |
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Post by properjob on Jan 31, 2022 7:16:37 GMT
And if I then click to see what's on offer at the Playhouse, I get "Oops, page not found." Yes, I get the same for Bath Theatre Royal. Same for Nottingham Playhouse and Leicester Curve |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 31, 2022 8:16:24 GMT
For my postcode I'm offered St George's Hall in Bradford, 1 hour 10 minutes away, or Leeds Playhouse at 1 hour 60 minutes. That must be why the train feels like it's taking forever! And if I then click to see what's on offer at the Playhouse, I get "Oops, page not found." At least it’s not 2 hours! |
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Post by Dave B on Feb 1, 2022 9:45:52 GMT
Booking seems to have opened early for some of these. If anyone is interested, it might be worth going to take a look now.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 1, 2022 10:17:05 GMT
Oh and you can ignore the dates the websites might say booking opens, the codes work now. Eg the Orange Tree says booking starts tomorrow at 10am - entering the code now works.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 1, 2022 13:58:47 GMT
Interesting location settings, it seems to think Watford is near Northampton.
And as others have said, not much use to me as a single theatregoer. But if it brings other folks to the theatres then good on it.
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Post by TheatreTwittic on Feb 1, 2022 17:45:00 GMT
It does seem to be that not all the venues are added to the site either. E.g the Alex in Birmingham posted today that they are part of it, yet isn't suggested as a venue on the search.
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Post by amp09 on Feb 1, 2022 18:17:18 GMT
It does seem to be that not all the venues are added to the site either. E.g the Alex in Birmingham posted today that they are part of it, yet isn't suggested as a venue on the search. Must be ATG as Bristol Hippodrome have done the same but can’t find them on the list. |
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Post by properjob on Feb 1, 2022 18:53:39 GMT
Yes, I get the same for Bath Theatre Royal. Same for Nottingham Playhouse and Leicester Curve Now appeared for both Nottingham and Leicester although a slightly unfortunate thing is the thing that comes up first for the Nottingham Playhouse is actually more of a film. |
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Post by TheatreTwittic on Feb 1, 2022 20:34:43 GMT
It does seem to be that not all the venues are added to the site either. E.g the Alex in Birmingham posted today that they are part of it, yet isn't suggested as a venue on the search. Must be ATG as Bristol Hippodrome have done the same but can’t find them on the list. Yup quite a few atg venues, full dates, venues and shows here: www.atgtickets.com/offers/love-your-local-theatre-test/all-shows-test/ |
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Post by properjob on Feb 10, 2022 18:03:12 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Mar 10, 2022 10:10:24 GMT
Extended through April, new shows and maybe new venues.
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