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Post by showgirl on Jun 28, 2017 4:43:51 GMT
I don't think the game is worth the candle, thank you, peggs. It's very frustrating, but both my laptop and netbook run Windows 10 so if neither Chrome nor Edge worked on the former, I doubt switching to the latter will make any difference; my mobile also uses Chrome as does my now very-rarely used tablet. Think I'll have to await returns or Friday Rush. Plus we don't know yet whether Mosquitoes is worth seeing...!
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 28, 2017 8:02:23 GMT
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Post by crowblack on Jun 28, 2017 8:26:24 GMT
Plus we don't know yet whether Mosquitoes is worth seeing...! Given some of the flack Rufus Norris has had recently over Salome and Common (though Twitter on the latter is kinder than the critics) I think he'll make damn sure it is! |
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Post by showgirl on Jun 28, 2017 8:55:56 GMT
No, my issue is that whenever and however I try, I only ever get "Sold out" for the whole run, so I can't even try to book. Refreshing makes no difference either - grr! |
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Post by michalnowicki on Jun 28, 2017 9:23:20 GMT
No, my issue is that whenever and however I try, I only ever get "Sold out" for the whole run, so I can't even try to book. Refreshing makes no difference either - grr! Another thing to try is to access Incognito Mode in Chrome (click on the three dots on the right hand side, and select "New incognito window". This way you'll make sure that nothing is cached in your browser's memory. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 9:23:53 GMT
Have you cleared out your cookies in your browser settings?
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Post by crowblack on Jun 28, 2017 9:54:14 GMT
Try ringing the box office? I did when I was having trouble getting through the online checkout a few weeks ago - they were very helpful.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 28, 2017 10:57:44 GMT
No, my issue is that whenever and however I try, I only ever get "Sold out" for the whole run, so I can't even try to book. Refreshing makes no difference either - grr! Yes, when you visit the page it says they're all sold out, so you then enter the code on the left, BEFORE you've clicked through to any specific dates... |
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Post by jamb0r on Jun 28, 2017 14:49:15 GMT
For anyone that is frequently checking for returned tickets like I was, I'll share how I just managed to snap one up incase it helps anyone else! I saw someone mention a Firefox addon a few pages ago, but I don't use firefox so used this method. I used the website Changemon which will automatically check a webpage for you in regular intervals to see if anything changes - so you can ask it to check the NT website to see when the button to book tickets gets activated next to any dates. On the Changemon website, when setting up a trigger put www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/mosquitoes-whats-on-listing in the URL box, then the next box select 'when a word or phrase is added' and type 'Book Now' in the box. Then tell it to check every hour and put your email address in - this means it checks every hour to see if the 'Book Now' button is activated on the page and tickets are able to be booked 😀 I just received an email notification saying the page had been updated and picked up a ticket for late August. A couple of times I got notified by email and the ticket had already gone by the time I got to the page - if this happens you need to make sure you reactivate the trigger as it switches itself off every time it sends a notification - I only had to wait a few days before I got a ticket. Good luck! (I don't have any affiliation with the changemon website) |
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Post by showgirl on Jun 28, 2017 16:56:56 GMT
Thank you for explaining, wiggymess - and for the code itself. I wish I had known sooner how to make it work but I had no idea that entering the code first would reveal tickets for an apparently sold-out show. To think of all that time I wasted and all the stress it caused me! Luckily for me there still were some tix and I thought it worth paying the extra £10 to be sure of a decent seat and avoid the Friday Rush lottery, which I'm not usually free even to enter. The info re the Changemon website is also really interesting, jamb0r, though I'm not sure how easy I'd find it in practice as I'm not very technical. And yes, thank you, @baemax, I tried clearing my cookies and everything else a fairly inexpert IT user could think of but of course the answer lay elsewhere. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 28, 2017 18:58:10 GMT
Thank you for explaining, wiggymess - and for the code itself. I wish I had known sooner how to make it work but I had no idea that entering the code first would reveal tickets for an apparently sold-out show. To think of all that time I wasted and all the stress it caused me! Luckily for me there still were some tix and I thought it worth paying the extra £10 to be sure of a decent seat and avoid the Friday Rush lottery, which I'm not usually free even to enter. The info re the Changemon website is also really interesting, jamb0r , though I'm not sure how easy I'd find it in practice as I'm not very technical. And yes, thank you, @baemax , I tried clearing my cookies and everything else a fairly inexpert IT user could think of but of course the answer lay elsewhere. Sorry Showgirl, I spent a while staring at the webpage wondering where to put the code so should have tumbled to the fact that you could have been thrown by that too, glad you got one in the end, I too figured it might be safer than risking the rush. |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 28, 2017 19:09:19 GMT
Btw it looks like the seating plan is now slightly different from the one currently on Theatremonkey's website (more seats)
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 28, 2017 22:37:42 GMT
Thank you for explaining, wiggymess - and for the code itself. I wish I had known sooner how to make it work but I had no idea that entering the code first would reveal tickets for an apparently sold-out show. To think of all that time I wasted and all the stress it caused me! Luckily for me there still were some tix and I thought it worth paying the extra £10 to be sure of a decent seat and avoid the Friday Rush lottery, which I'm not usually free even to enter. The info re the Changemon website is also really interesting, jamb0r, though I'm not sure how easy I'd find it in practice as I'm not very technical. And yes, thank you, @baemax, I tried clearing my cookies and everything else a fairly inexpert IT user could think of but of course the answer lay elsewhere. More than welcome. These things can be stressful sometimes! Glad u got there in the end.  Received the code on email because I hadn't booked for the nt in a while. Interesting ... |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 29, 2017 8:37:58 GMT
Received the code on email because I hadn't booked for the nt in a while. Thanks for putting it up! I had a single ticket already but some friends who also missed out in May managed to book on the same night as me with it (and more cheaply, darn!). Would these otherwise be the tickets held back for 'Friday Rush' maybe? Odd that they don't make them available earlier if there are so many - the Friday Rush and day seat thing is great if you live within cheap travelling distance of central London but absolutely useless if you don't - and this is the 'National' theatre so as a policy it does in effect discriminate against those outside London. It would cost me around £150 on the train if I managed to bag a Friday Rush ticket, whereas it's around £33 return if I book weeks in advance (or £6 long advance on the National Express overnight bus, which is an 'interesting' experience but only 10 mins walk from the Royal Court). |
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Post by peggs on Jun 29, 2017 11:30:43 GMT
I assumed maybe the front row would be Friday rush since there now seems to be an extra row.
So that's where the code came from wiggymess, interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 9:01:37 GMT
They don't give anything away about the play but some nice images from rehearsals for you of future Dame Olivia Colman and the cast of 'Mosquitoes' plus Norris at the Nash and Lucy Kirkwood. Mosquitoes Rehearsal |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 10:54:03 GMT
I've just looked on the website and have seen they have updated the production photo in exactly the same style as the other except Olivia Williams and Olivia Coleman are on the cover. Just thought that was interesting and can't wait to see the play in a few weeks!! ![]() ![]()
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 10:57:00 GMT
I've just looked on the website and have seen they have updated the production photo in exactly the same style as the other except Olivia Williams and Olivia Coleman are on the cover. Just thought that was interesting and can't wait to see the play in a few weeks!! ![]() I thought that was jolly clever too. And here it is . .  |
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Post by floorshow on Jul 10, 2017 21:14:53 GMT
Good returns for this keep popping up, annoyingly they are always nights we can't do  |
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Post by chameleon on Jul 17, 2017 17:53:03 GMT
A few seats available for this week..
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Post by jgblunners on Jul 17, 2017 22:01:50 GMT
The NT must've sneakily released more Entry Pass tickets without telling anyone - looks like there's now availability for pretty much every show except previews! I'm very happy as I really wanted to see this but missed the first EP ticket release. Very excited to be seeing my first show in the Dorfman!
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 18, 2017 12:41:09 GMT
The NT must've sneakily released more Entry Pass tickets without telling anyone - looks like there's now availability for pretty much every show except previews! I'm very happy as I really wanted to see this but missed the first EP ticket release. Very excited to be seeing my first show in the Dorfman! Thank you so much, you have literally made my day. I only have 10 months left of entry pass and I was gutted to have missed this first time around! Can't wait to see Olivia Coleman on stage. |
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Post by crowblack on Jul 18, 2017 13:13:59 GMT
Oops, not a post! I was just testing a tiny old iphone. |
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Post by showgirl on Jul 19, 2017 4:40:30 GMT
NT now giving the running time as 2 hours 50 - and I booked an evening performance - aargh! But no chance of switching to a matinee as it's sold out and it was hard enough to get that ticket.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 7:34:46 GMT
Oh damn, I booked a 2:30pm matinee and a 5:15pm tour for the same day, that's a nuisance.
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