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Post by galinda on Oct 30, 2019 17:35:52 GMT
They do £25 day seats at some performances, they decide on the day. They also dynamic price. So, worth asking and see what they can do - and check the theatre website anyway, too. Thank you! The box office weren’t doing the day seats the day I went and the cheapest they offered me where £90 something - no thanks! Hoping to buy some tickets as a present for Christmas so hoping some offers turn up soon! |
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Post by Rory on Oct 31, 2019 10:36:16 GMT
Extended til 25th April according to the Haymarket's website although, strangely, three Saturdays in March have no performances.
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Post by galinda on Oct 31, 2019 16:07:53 GMT
You have until 9am tomorrow galinda to pick up an offer for November, tixuk.com, but there is nothing past that at the moment. Didn't see this until it was too late but I see that new tickets have been released so I will try and get some cheap tickets in the upper circle for next year.
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Post by duncan on Nov 6, 2019 13:51:21 GMT
Having spent a couple of days in that there London this week the amount of adverts on buses, tube stations, bus shelters and posters for this show was frankly ridiculous!
It seemed to be everywhere.
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Post by ceebee on Nov 6, 2019 19:55:42 GMT
Having spent a couple of days in that there London this week the amount of adverts on buses, tube stations, bus shelters and posters for this show was frankly ridiculous! It seemed to be everywhere. Well worth seeing though! |
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 7, 2019 9:11:16 GMT
Having spent a couple of days in that there London this week the amount of adverts on buses, tube stations, bus shelters and posters for this show was frankly ridiculous! It seemed to be everywhere. Mainly related to the return of Paul Whitehouse to the show. |
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Post by duncan on Nov 7, 2019 15:54:03 GMT
None of the adverts made mention of that though - I've even now heard Whitehouse doing a radio advert (complete with his Grandad voice for the final part) for the show and that alongside bus/tube/etc are all around the 100000 new seats that are available.
To me its more the advertising campaign of a new show rather than a runner.
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Post by anita on Dec 16, 2019 11:13:59 GMT
Cast recording available to preorder on Amazon at £13.99 . Out on 17/1/20.
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Post by galinda on Feb 18, 2020 18:38:32 GMT
I got around to seeing this the other day and after reading all the negative reviews on here I was actually pleasantly surprised with it. Not half as bad as I was expecting. Obviously nothing will beat the tv show but thought this was a fun couple of hours spent in the theatre. The cast were all excellent and it made me very nostalgic of watching the tv show as a kid and has made me want to re watch my box set now!
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Post by ceebee on Feb 18, 2020 22:59:51 GMT
I got around to seeing this the other day and after reading all the negative reviews on here I was actually pleasantly surprised with it. Not half as bad as I was expecting. Obviously nothing will beat the tv show but thought this was a fun couple of hours spent in the theatre. The cast were all excellent and it made me very nostalgic of watching the tv show as a kid and has made me want to re watch my box set now! I went to see this for a second time on Saturday. It was as funny second time round. Paul Whitehouse's comic timing is unbelievable. The star of this for me is the guy who plays several parts (most notably the dating agency clerk). Funny show, though the cast need to freshen things up a bit as they were going through the motions on Saturday. |
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Feb 28, 2020 11:39:03 GMT
Perhaps this has now peaked. I've received an offer of over 50% off many seats in March and April.
£40 for front row stalls is fine by me.Booked.
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Post by theatremadness on Feb 28, 2020 12:11:12 GMT
This is a good deal!! I just had a look and the seats I booked for this via the todaytix London theatre week deal were still £5 cheaper each than with this 50% deal so I would also check out that on todaytix if you wanted a deal for this show (also says something about the extortionate prices for this show in the first place!)
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Feb 28, 2020 15:06:39 GMT
This is a good deal!! I just had a look and the seats I booked for this via the todaytix London theatre week deal were still £5 cheaper each than with this 50% deal so I would also check out that on todaytix if you wanted a deal for this show (also says something about the extortionate prices for this show in the first place!) It has to be a seat at or near the centre of the front row of the stalls for me to make a repeat visit to any show. Don't have a problem with high stages, reduced legroom or conductor in view. I also won't book further back in the stalls than row C for a first visit to a new musical. Todaytix certainly have some good deals, especially the Rush tickets which my son books regularly, but I favour the promotions "powered by ingresso" as they have the full seating plans to choose from. |
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Post by theatremadness on Feb 28, 2020 15:58:21 GMT
This is a good deal!! I just had a look and the seats I booked for this via the todaytix London theatre week deal were still £5 cheaper each than with this 50% deal so I would also check out that on todaytix if you wanted a deal for this show (also says something about the extortionate prices for this show in the first place!) It has to be a seat at or near the centre of the front row of the stalls for me to make a repeat visit to any show. Don't have a problem with high stages, reduced legroom or conductor in view. I also won't book further back in the stalls than row C for a first visit to a new musical. Todaytix certainly have some good deals, especially the Rush tickets which my son books regularly, but I favour the promotions "powered by ingresso" as they have the full seating plans to choose from. Aah yes that's a good point! I needed some aisle seats for this and luckily by pure coincidence todaytix offered some up but I do agree on the whole I prefer to book via a plan, too |
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Post by Rory on Apr 27, 2020 13:26:09 GMT
The Haymarket website says new dates from 18th November to 6th February will be announced soon, so obviously planning to stay closed til then.
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Post by inthenose on May 9, 2021 15:17:23 GMT
Any ticket offers around for this? I'd like to take my Mum to see it, but can't afford paying £180 for two good tickets...
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Post by Mark on May 9, 2021 16:36:54 GMT
Any ticket offers around for this? I'd like to take my Mum to see it, but can't afford paying £180 for two good tickets... I’d hold on for now. It was a regular on TKTS by the time the theatres shut last year. |
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Post by inthenose on Sept 26, 2021 0:45:10 GMT
If anyone is interested, there are finally some offers for this, they are evening performances only Mon-Thurs in October and November. Full details on the TheatreMonkey (thank you Steve) website to book via Ticketmaster with no booking fee. Same offer is on TodayTix, but not sure if there is a booking fee.
In terms of this show, for £35 each how is the centre of the front row stage height wise, if anyone happens to know? It's either that or £35 each for the second row of the dress circle (B26-27) off to the side but these have red value on TM and I am concerned about restricted view.
Thank you!
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Post by mkb on Oct 4, 2021 22:39:42 GMT
In terms of this show, for £35 each how is the centre of the front row stage height wise, if anyone happens to know? It's either that or £35 each for the second row of the dress circle (B26-27) off to the side but these have red value on TM and I am concerned about restricted view. Thank you! Sat front row dead centre tonight. Stage was about 8 inches higher than my eyes. (I'm 5'8".) The scenery is on a revolve, so the rear of each scene only ever goes back as far as the centre of the revolve. You miss the lower two foot at that point. Although there's a little dancing, there's nothing of significance that you miss. I was checking at the end, and row E was the first from which I could see the stage floor unrestricted. The bigger problem was audience behaviour. Several people around me were well oiled and talking regularly and loudly. I think they thought they were watching tv and a running Gogglebox-style commentary was required. I swerved the programme at £10 a pop. That's pure greed. £6 for a tiny 125ml wine too. We popped to the pub opposite the Pinter at the interval, and had a decent 175ml wine for £4.95. No loo queue or crowding either. The cast gave it their all, but the material was pretty weak. There were a few smiles but nothing really very funny. We had understudy Chris Bennett as Del Boy. Aside from looking uncannily like Tommy Robinson, he was excellent, and a far more convincing wide boy than David Jason ever was. It's Oscar Conlon-Morrey who steals the show though playing several comic characters. Three stars (just). Act 1: 19:30-20:41 Act 2: 21:02-22:03 |
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Post by inthenose on Oct 5, 2021 0:15:24 GMT
In terms of this show, for £35 each how is the centre of the front row stage height wise, if anyone happens to know? It's either that or £35 each for the second row of the dress circle (B26-27) off to the side but these have red value on TM and I am concerned about restricted view. Thank you! Sat front row dead centre tonight. Stage was about 8 inches higher than my eyes. (I'm 5'8".) The scenery is on a revolve, so the rear of each scene only ever goes back as far as the centre of the revolve. You miss the lower two foot at that point. Although there's a little dancing, there's nothing of significance that you miss. I was checking at the end, and row E was the first from which I could see the stage floor unrestricted. The bigger problem was audience behaviour. Several people around me were well oiled and talking regularly and loudly. I think they thought they were watching tv and a running Gogglebox-style commentary was required. I swerved the programme at £10 a pop. That's pure greed. £6 for a tiny 125ml wine too. We popped to the pub opposite the Pinter at the interval, and had a decent 175ml wine for £4.95. No loo queue or crowding either. The cast gave it their all, but the material was pretty weak. There were a few smiles but nothing really very funny. We had understudy Chris Bennett as Del Boy. Aside from looking uncannily like Tommy Robinson, he was excellent, and a far more convincing wide boy than David Jason ever was. It's Oscar Conlon-Morrey who steals the show though playing several comic characters. Three stars (just). Act 1: 19:30-20:41 Act 2: 21:02-22:03 Thank you ever so much! |
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Post by ceebee on Nov 12, 2021 23:01:17 GMT
Thanks to the over-friendly chap in J15 tonight who got up five times in the show to go to the loo, get a drink or snort his coke. And thanks also to the same man for his attempts to clap the audience (and the show) into life.
Cheers pal, you made a £25 Today Tix bargain feel like a rip-off.
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Post by mattnyc on Nov 14, 2021 13:04:37 GMT
Ah, it sounds like the audience is picking up right where it left off. Seen it twice pre-shutdown and the last time there was a fistfight in the back of the Circle when one man was so drunk he couldn’t find his seat and started yelling out for someone he knew and when he was told to shut up, he just punched the guy. Then there was the party next to me who alternated getting up and getting drinks for all 8 people in their group for the entire show. Then one girl drank so much she fell asleep and started loudly snoring and when someone tapped her to wake her, her boyfriend (husband?) stood up and threatened to knock him out if he ever touched her again so, another fight.
Good times.
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Post by Rory on Nov 14, 2021 23:37:00 GMT
Ah, it sounds like the audience is picking up right where it left off. Seen it twice pre-shutdown and the last time there was a fistfight in the back of the Circle when one man was so drunk he couldn’t find his seat and started yelling out for someone he knew and when he was told to shut up, he just punched the guy. Then there was the party next to me who alternated getting up and getting drinks for all 8 people in their group for the entire show. Then one girl drank so much she fell asleep and started loudly snoring and when someone tapped her to wake her, her boyfriend (husband?) stood up and threatened to knock him out if he ever touched her again so, another fight. Good times. You never got this carry on at the Haymarket when Duncan C. Weldon put on the likes of Heartbreak House! |
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Post by Mark on Dec 9, 2021 23:04:49 GMT
Finally saw this tonight with a friend of mine who isn’t a theatre buff, but is certainly an Only Fools fan. I’ve never watched the tv series (yea, really) but I must say I did quite enjoy it. I certainly liked it more than Hex last weekend! Some good numbers and instantly likeable characters. Great set and just… easy to watch, and very funny at times.
Keeping with the theme, there was something going on at the area behind the dress circle about 20 mins in. Lots of shouting and obscenities thrown until they (presumable) were removed.
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Post by inthenose on Feb 9, 2022 18:41:46 GMT
Interval of the show now. Some of the worst audience members I have every experienced. Changing seats, on phones and generally being extremely rude. The FOH team don’t bother to intervene at all and ruines the show. Same 4 chords in every song This will be gone in the next few months, won’t survive in the West End. A UK Tour prior to a West End engagement would have suited this type of show much better. Oof. A very busy matinee today in 2022 somewhat dated this comment... |
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