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Post by partytentdown on Jul 30, 2024 12:50:27 GMT
I'm hearing rumours of a new show opening in central London later this year. Anyone else know more?
Surprising as I remember they declared their last one was going to be the last after they got a lot of flack for using volunteer performers.
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 30, 2024 13:51:59 GMT
Nov - Jan, apparently.
Tickets by lottery this time.
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Post by khiar on Aug 1, 2024 9:29:56 GMT
Nov - Jan, apparently. Tickets by lottery this time. That soon, wow! I missed the previous one but people have been urging me to beg, borrow, or steal to see it. I have complicated feelings about the volunteer setup... |
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Post by partytentdown on Aug 1, 2024 13:17:31 GMT
Last time it was VERY hard to get tickets. There were essentially only a few hundred available for the entire run, and a good chunk seemed to be given away to celebs and in a charity auction. I remember huge amounts of frustration on social media from people in the virtual queue for hours not being told it had sold out in seconds. So...gird your loins!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 1, 2024 16:57:45 GMT
I was at a bit of a loss in 2014 so volunteered a number of nights in various roles ... (there's a signed non disclosure thing somewhere) ... free dinner and a bit of a laugh. Don't know anything about controversy with the volunteer thing. I've seen an email about something new but I'm not in London anymore.
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Post by techboy on Aug 1, 2024 18:41:39 GMT
As long as it’s sold as an amateur production I have no problem with the cast being unpaid volunteers. The question is, are the producers, director, tech team etc also unpaid?
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Post by danb on Aug 1, 2024 19:20:33 GMT
Did ‘spectators’ have to sign an NDA or can someone give me even the vaguest idea of what this experience entailed? I have been trying to find out for nearly ten years…
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 2, 2024 10:49:50 GMT
I was at a bit of a loss in *2014* so volunteered a number of nights in various roles ... (there's a signed non disclosure thing somewhere) ... free dinner and a bit of a laugh. Don't know anything about controversy with the volunteer thing. I've seen an email about something new but I'm not in London anymore. Had a look back, it was 2016. Yes, attendees had to sign a thing agreeing to keeping the details confidential. Otherwise what is the point, where's the surprise. Elements could be ripped off and used elsewhere. |
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Post by n1david on Aug 2, 2024 12:11:14 GMT
Did ‘spectators’ have to sign an NDA or can someone give me even the vaguest idea of what this experience entailed? I have been trying to find out for nearly ten years… I have done the experience twice, and I won't give any specifics, but essentially you are put in a series of different scenarios, where you are usually the lead character, and you have to respond to the situation around you. Some people will thrive on this, some people will loathe it. I'm in the former category, but I did learn some things about myself when put in an unfamiliar situation - sometimes I reacted in an unusual way and in a couple of situations I responded in a way that on reflection I perhaps wasn't very proud of, but there is a certain sense of this being an adult playground and perhaps giving you an opportunity to react safely in a way that you could not do if the scenario was real. I am sorry if I am being excessively oblique, but I do think it's one of those situations where you are best going in with very little awareness of what's coming up (although the twice I did it were entirely different, so a new show will probably provide an entirely new set of experiences.) If a new show comes up I will certainly have a go at getting to do it again, it is a truly unique experience - oddly enough, Viola's Room by Punchdrunk is the most similar experience I can think of, although there is no jeopardy or improvisation in that - but the core experience of walking between rooms and experiences is superficially similar. With regard to volunteering, after I did the first show I went back and volunteered for a couple of nights, because I wanted to see how things worked behind the scenes, and I got to sit in one scene and see a whole evening's worth of participants come through and react in very different ways. It was fascinating, but the experience needs tens of volunteers every night so my minor contribution was nothing to what is actually needed every night. |
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Post by mrnutz on Aug 2, 2024 15:46:26 GMT
I have managed to see two iterations of YMBBT - both incredible, though IMO the impact was lessened the second time around even though the experience was entirely different.
I would certainly try for a third!
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Post by partytentdown on Aug 16, 2024 15:35:07 GMT
Opening in the building opposite Foyles near the top of Charing Cross Road (used to have a Made furniture shop on the ground floor).
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Post by parsley1 on Aug 16, 2024 21:39:29 GMT
I have done twice also
It’s probably the best theatrical/ performance
Thing I have ever experienced
Pushes you as a person and performer as well
It’s a must once in your life
I remember Barbican used to mange ticketing
In the olden days
£25 and no issues getting one
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Post by parsley1 on Aug 16, 2024 21:39:44 GMT
Opening in the building opposite Foyles near the top of Charing Cross Road (used to have a Made furniture shop on the ground floor). It was here last time I think |
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Post by n1david on Aug 16, 2024 21:41:37 GMT
Opening in the building opposite Foyles near the top of Charing Cross Road (used to have a Made furniture shop on the ground floor). It was here last time I think Close - it was in the old Foyles building (now demolished). According to this report, it's across the road this time. |
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Post by partytentdown on Aug 16, 2024 22:21:03 GMT
Yes, almost exactly opposite the old site.
Announcement coming early next week.
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Post by n1david on Aug 16, 2024 22:26:57 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Aug 21, 2024 8:34:40 GMT
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Post by n1david on Sept 3, 2024 9:53:06 GMT
The ballot is now open. When I submitted it took me back to the ballot form without any notification that I'd submitted, I assume this is normal, no email acknowledgement of submission etc? Don't want to fill out the form again and get rejected for multiple entries...
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Post by happysooz2 on Sept 3, 2024 10:50:40 GMT
Came here to post exact same question. I fear I have accidentally submitted it twice, or not at all.
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Post by Steve on Sept 3, 2024 10:55:14 GMT
I think we haven't submitted anything at all.
Either there is a correct answer to the final question that will allow us to submit, and I don't know it, OR there are bugs in the submission form that send you back to the beginning instead of allowing submission.
I don't believe we have submitted anything yet lol.
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Post by mkb on Sept 3, 2024 11:00:46 GMT
Ditto. If anyone has a "correct" answer to the final question, which in my case asked for my favourite late-Friday-afternoon drink, do please share.
I formatted my phone number for receiving SMS in the standard +44nnnnnnnnnn format, so I hope that's correct too. It didn't give an error message.
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Post by mrnutz on Sept 3, 2024 11:03:03 GMT
They said on Insta that they are having capacity issues with the form and to try later (they say it makes no difference when you enter within the two-week period).
Apparently, if it's gone through you'll receive a confirmation message. When it loops back to the start of the form, it hasn't been submitted.
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 3, 2024 11:24:03 GMT
It's very frustrating especially with all the warnings that multiple entries will be invalidated. I've clicked through about ten times and no confirmation message.
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Post by mkb on Sept 3, 2024 14:30:30 GMT
I finally got the confirmation screen by pressing ENTER rather than clicking the Submit button on the final screen.
When I repeated the entry for my partner, the email link was now directing to a Google document with all questions on a single screen instead of the question-by-question website pages.
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 3, 2024 14:44:20 GMT
Yes they seem to have moved to a Google form which works...
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