Romeo & Juliet - Duke of York's Theatre

[kate8]

Feb 15, 2024 1:31:03 GMT 141920grm said:

Feb 14, 2024 12:54:43 GMT blaxx said:

90% of people who bought tickets would have zero interest to sit through a Jamie Lloyd without Tom Holland lol

that makes me the 10% who wouldn't have bothered joining this Tom Holland circus if it wasn't for Jamie Lloyd

Don’t forget the 0.001% like me: never heard of Tom Holland, find JL a bit hit and miss, just don’t want to miss a Shakespeare in the West End.

[wilbertbear4]

Have heard that it’s already made £4million. Happy Thursday all.

[parsley1]

Maybe I should post this on the general forum

But I raised this issue of priority booking with ATG and here is their response

“On shows where priority booking is made available by the production companies behind the shows, we will have ringfenced seats available for booking by ATG+ members only.

However if you feel as though this is not beneficial to you as a member and you do not wish to renew, let us know before your next renewl and we'll cancel the membership”

I then asked why the one or two hour priority window (used to be longer sometimes) for ATG+ Members has been removed

“ I am sorry but this is out of ATG's control and is at the producers discretion, we do not have a say in this. If you can let us know which shows you are unhappy with that this has happened and we can give you producers contact information direct so you can raise your complaint to them? “

The take home message for us is instead of complaining about ATG

Hit the producers in the pocket instead of being sheep and all waiting in line and booking

As the producers only care about one thing

Sometimes however they get a massive turd in their face

As in the case of Lyonesse

And despite grabbing and running off with our money

To have that sort of car crash on a disaster scale on your CV as an actor or producer or anything tbh

Just isn’t worth any amount of money

[punxsutawney]

Feb 15, 2024 10:20:00 GMT parsley1 said:

Maybe I should post this on the general forum

But I raised this issue of priority booking with ATG and here is their response

“On shows where priority booking is made available by the production companies behind the shows, we will have ringfenced seats available for booking by ATG+ members only.

However if you feel as though this is not beneficial to you as a member and you do not wish to renew, let us know before your next renewl and we'll cancel the membership”

I then asked why the one or two hour priority window (used to be longer sometimes) for ATG+ Members has been removed

“ I am sorry but this is out of ATG's control and is at the producers discretion, we do not have a say in this. If you can let us know which shows you are unhappy with that this has happened and we can give you producers contact information direct so you can raise your complaint to them? “

The take home message for us is instead of complaining about ATG

Hit the producers in the pocket instead of being sheep and all waiting in line and booking

As the producers only care about one thing

Sometimes however they get a massive turd in their face

As in the case of Lyonesse

And despite grabbing and running off with our money

To have that sort of car crash on a disaster scale on your CV as an actor or producer or anything tbh

Just isn’t worth any amount of money

Think this is a cop out answer anyway - maybe it does come from the producers, but where is the communication from ATG on what the people who pay the extra for ATG+ will actually be getting for their money. If there's no pre-sale benefit for subscribers, this should be communicated beforehand!

[Rory]

I'm on holiday at the minute but when I get back I'm going to put in a written complaint to ATG. Probably won't do anything but it will make me feel better.

[A.Ham]

Out of interest, after the difficulties some of us on here who are ATG+ members had this week in getting R&J tickets, I had a look at the ATG website and the page listing the benefits of their Theatrecard. It currently says this…

Be the first. As an ATG+ member, you’ll hear about the hottest shows first. And thanks to priority booking and ringfenced seats, you’ll get first pick of tickets, meaning you will never miss out on the shows you really want to see.

Whilst I’m sure this wouldn’t be legally binding in guaranteeing me tickets, it’s certainly a little disingenuous vs. the reality Theatrecard holders faced when trying to book their R&J tickets…

[Jon]

A strongly worded letter is not going to hurt ATG and nor would people boycotting their venues. In London, you probably would but much harder to do in other places like Manchester or Liverpool where you end up missing the big tour.

[happysooz2]

Remind me, what’s the ATG policy on returns? Parsley mentioned Lyonesse. Did it get cheaper to return them?

[eatbigsea]

There wouldn’t be any harm in making a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority: www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html At the very least, it might make them change the “you will never miss out” wording.

[Wilf]

There are two other statements that could also be challenged as well as the ‘never miss out’,
‘be the first….. you’ll hear about the hottest shows first’ Not if you never get emails despite them confirming you are opted in.
‘You’ll get first pick of tickets’ also not true if producers presale and show presale get access before ATG members.

[Seriously]

Do we really think Tom's teenage fans are going to sit through this quietly, respectful of other patrons?

Or are they just going to scream every time he says anything?

God help us if there's a shirtless scene.

I imagine there'll be shouts of "Don't do it Tom" in the final scene.

[ilovewemusicals]

I remember when Tennant was watching Tate in a play after their first run in Doctor Who, and Who fans heard he was going and bought tickets. And then sang the Doctor Who theme tune etc… during the show. So goodness knows, we may get people singing “Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can.”
Also, god help the people policing the stage door.

[aspieandy]

I remember when the lad from Harry Potter was Clov in Beckett's Endgame at the Old Vic. Fan wise, by the end, the bloke at the window wasn't the only one contemplating suicide.

[A.Ham]

Feb 24, 2024 15:59:55 GMT ilovewemusicals said:

I remember when Tennant was watching Tate in a play after their first run in Doctor Who, and Who fans heard he was going and bought tickets. And then sang the Doctor Who theme tune etc… during the show. So goodness knows, we may get people singing “Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can.”
Also, god help the people policing the stage door.

Stage door will be bedlam. Especially as there’s little pavement / off-road space outside the DOY. The crowd for Sheridan Smith after Shirley Valentine was big and blocked half the road - for Tom it’ll be bigger I’m sure!

[bigredapple]

I reckon it's possible they won't do stage door at all, or will do it once and then realise it's too much chaos

Didn't NS very rarely do it in Sunset?

[christya]

For his - and everyone else's - safety, I genuinely hope that Tom doesn't do stage door for this. I suspect he'll try in the beginning though.

[nash16]

Feb 25, 2024 23:09:58 GMT christya said:

For his - and everyone else's - safety, I genuinely hope that Tom doesn't do stage door for this. I suspect he'll try in the beginning though.

The producers will want him to do stage door for at least the first few previews. Then it will stop.

I don’t think the audiences for this will be disrespectful at all. I’ve found younger audiences attending star-led shows to be almost silent with respect. Until the curtain call.

Contrast that with the middle-aged nightmares at Plaza Suite and the way they’ve been behaving.

[curiouskc]

Apologies if this has been asked or discussed already, but is there likely to be an NT Live of this? Shakespeare plays with big star names usually end up getting streamed and I'm sure it would sell out cinemas too.

[Being Alive]

Considering video is likely to be part of this, filming is always tricky for a cinema release.

That said, there are holds in the NT Live calendar for cinemas that would date wise line up, so it's certainly possible.

[Always@thetheatre]

Has anyone heard any rumours of when the Key Worker tickets will go on sale? 🤔

[theoracle]

Amy Adams came out every night during Glass Menagerie so possible he’ll come out. It’s a small theatre and if properly managed, it could be a nice thing for some fans to meet Tom after a show if he’s up for it. DOY capacity is around 600 and I imagine only a fraction will stick around for it

[oxfordsimon]

They could do with announcing more casting on this.

Given how absent Romeo is through the middle of the play, it would be interesting to see more details

[theoracle]

I'm assuming Tom will be the main name and everyone else will be emerging actors / grads. Maybe 2 veteran stage actors as Lord and Lady Capulet but not anyone who would be a household name as such. Keen to see who will be playing Mercutio

[nottobe]

I think we'll probably get some quite a few JL alumni in the supporting roles. I could see actors like Michelle Austin, Tom Eden, John Simms, Daniel Monks working well.

[Marwood]

Can’t believe they have not announced who is playing Juliet: in these days off equality and inclusion I thought that would have been one of the first announcements; I gave up on booking this when I saw the humongous online queue for tickets but surely someone might be keener to see who Juliet will be rather?