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Post by sirdaniel on Oct 17, 2017 12:22:06 GMT
Over the moon that Craige is doing this
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Post by daniel on Oct 17, 2017 12:59:33 GMT
Over the moon that Craige is doing this Me too. He is a fantastic Trunchbull and will lead the cast magnificently! |
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Post by zak97 on Oct 17, 2017 14:23:43 GMT
I’ll go and see this for Rebecca, definitely. As both Rebecca and Craig are in the cast, I’m guessing they were both happy to stay with the show but the producers may have thought London needed a cast refresh after a few years. Therefore they were offered the tour. Just a thought.
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Post by No. on Oct 17, 2017 16:06:26 GMT
This cast looks incredible, gutted at the prices though! £37 is the cheapest seat in my local, way out of my range at the moment! Is it really expensive anywhere else or is it just my lack of money in the bank making it look worse?
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Post by daniel on Oct 17, 2017 16:25:42 GMT
This cast looks incredible, gutted at the prices though! £37 is the cheapest seat in my local, way out of my range at the moment! Is it really expensive anywhere else or is it just my lack of money in the bank making it look worse? It's generally expensive across the board. I think this is probably the most expensive tour that we've ever seen. Not only are the top prices on a par with London, the lowest priced tickets are a heck of a lot higher, and that's what bugs me. Charge £100 by all means if people will pay it, but with the cheapest seats pushing £40, so many people are alienated. I dread to think how high Lion King will push their prices when they tour again! |
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Post by No. on Oct 17, 2017 16:27:08 GMT
This cast looks incredible, gutted at the prices though! £37 is the cheapest seat in my local, way out of my range at the moment! Is it really expensive anywhere else or is it just my lack of money in the bank making it look worse? It's generally expensive across the board. I think this is probably the most expensive tour that we've ever seen. Not only are the top prices on a par with London, the lowest priced tickets are a heck of a lot higher, and that's what bugs me. Charge £100 by all means if people will pay it, but with the cheapest seats pushing £40, so many people are alienated. I dread to think how high Lion King will push their prices when they tour again! Maybe to do with touring sets of kids? I can imagine that costs quite a bit |
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Post by musicalmarge on Oct 17, 2017 17:39:20 GMT
Very excited for Carly Thoms cast as Ms Honey. She was a superb Maria in the Sound of Music. Great break for her.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 23:49:57 GMT
We’ve booked our tickets for the show in Edinburgh and I must say, the prices of this tour are ridiculous. They are up there with the likes of Wicked or any of the Mackintosh ones (e.g. Les Mis). We paid £85 each and bought 4 tickets. Our poor bank account!
Having a pricing bracket called “Premium” is also quite cheeky. What are you playing at RSC/ATG?
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Post by ensembleswings on Mar 31, 2018 16:39:30 GMT
Sounds like I'm quite lucky, cheapest tickets in my local venue are £15, I've paid £25 as I really don't like the very back row of the upper circle (purely for the fact they are the most uncomfortable seats ever). The cheapest stalls/grand circle tickets are £50 with majority being £60 or £77.50. That's all on weekdays though, it'll be more expensive on weekends but I don't know by how much.
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Post by Mark on Mar 31, 2018 17:39:40 GMT
The restricted view seats I usually pay £15 for in Sunderland (for Beautiful/Blood Brothers recently) are £36.50 for this!
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Post by show69 on Apr 6, 2018 12:13:06 GMT
Is this coming to Aberdeen ?
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 6, 2018 12:37:39 GMT
Is this coming to Aberdeen ? In a word, no. At least not yet. The closest it comes to Aberdeen is Edinburgh Playhouse. |
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Post by show69 on Apr 6, 2018 12:41:48 GMT
Oh, that’s a shame. Least it’s coming to Scotland!
Friend just booked for Manchester, and said it’s sold really well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 16:43:53 GMT
Oh, that’s a shame. Least it’s coming to Scotland! Friend just booked for Manchester, and said it’s sold really well. Friday and Saturday performances have limited availablity but the rest of them are only about half sold, if that. Even the Wednesday matinees, which I would have expected to be full of school etc are only around half sold so far. |
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Post by Scswp on Apr 6, 2018 17:15:42 GMT
Oh, that’s a shame. Least it’s coming to Scotland! Friend just booked for Manchester, and said it’s sold really well. Friday and Saturday performances have limited availablity but the rest of them are only about half sold, if that. Even the Wednesday matinees, which I would have expected to be full of school etc are only around half sold so far. I would guess it’s too expensive for many schools to consider. It’s a pity there are no scheduled ‘school performances’ at a much-reduced cost in order to attract the next generation of theatre-goers. I’m a teacher myself and have recently read ‘Matilda’ with the class. The children, I’m sure, would love to see this on stage, but the price range is well of out of reach for many of our parents. A pity! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 17:25:51 GMT
Friday and Saturday performances have limited availablity but the rest of them are only about half sold, if that. Even the Wednesday matinees, which I would have expected to be full of school etc are only around half sold so far. I would guess it’s too expensive for many schools to consider. It’s a pity there are no scheduled ‘school performances’ at a much-reduced cost in order to attract the next generation of theatre-goers. I’m a teacher myself and have recently read ‘Matilda’ with the class. The children, I’m sure, would love to see this on stage, but the price range is well of out of reach for many of our parents. A pity! It is a massive shame. The pricing is rather prohibitive. |
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Post by daniel on Apr 6, 2018 17:27:32 GMT
Friday and Saturday performances have limited availablity but the rest of them are only about half sold, if that. Even the Wednesday matinees, which I would have expected to be full of school etc are only around half sold so far. I would guess it’s too expensive for many schools to consider. It’s a pity there are no scheduled ‘school performances’ at a much-reduced cost in order to attract the next generation of theatre-goers. I’m a teacher myself and have recently read ‘Matilda’ with the class. The children, I’m sure, would love to see this on stage, but the price range is well of out of reach for many of our parents. A pity! have you enquired with local venues about school tickets? It'll vary by location, but for example Birmingham are doing £25 tickets for schools on Wednesday matinees. |
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 6, 2018 18:49:42 GMT
^ That's a good point. Just looked at Bradford and they're offering tickets to school groups for £18 on Wed matinee, including seats in price band c, which I assume are half decent.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 20:50:01 GMT
^ That's a good point. Just looked at Bradford and they're offering tickets to school groups for £18 on Wed matinee, including seats in price band c, which I assume are half decent. It seems like there's quite a few youth theatre companies and schools going to the show in Edinburgh. I think the tickets have been released ridiculously early as ours arrived today and there's over a year until the show! |
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Post by Rory on Apr 7, 2018 17:46:43 GMT
Have been wanting to see Matilda for years and today was finally the day, in Dublin. It was wonderful. Our only quibble was that it was hard at times to make out the words of the parents and Matilda when they were singing. But what a crowdpleaser!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2018 20:22:07 GMT
Have been wanting to see Matilda for years and today was finally the day, in Dublin. It was wonderful. Our only quibble was that it was hard at times to make out the words of the parents and Matilda when they were singing. But what a crowdpleaser! So they've not fixed the sound for the tour then. Shame. |
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Post by Rory on Apr 7, 2018 21:11:26 GMT
Yeah, it just seemed overamplified and the first song or two were very hard to make out.
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Post by Rory on Apr 7, 2018 21:14:07 GMT
Craig Els was fabulous though. The kids loved / hated him / her! Top notch turn!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 9:30:43 GMT
I'm a bit miffed that Craige is leaving after September as I've heard good things about him as Miss Trunchbull. I'm sure they'll find a worthy successor though.
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Post by sirdaniel on Apr 10, 2018 13:03:35 GMT
I'm a bit miffed that Craige is leaving after September as I've heard good things about him as Miss Trunchbull. I'm sure they'll find a worthy successor though. Whaaaaaaa??? |
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