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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 13:15:46 GMT
Must be a lunchtime rush, currently 9057 people in the queue.
What happens if you went to the website wanting to book for something else?
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Post by stevemar on Nov 22, 2018 13:22:01 GMT
Once you are in, and logged in, it's just two clicks on "Enter the ballot here" on the right hand side. Finally, the paused queue moved after 40 minutes (and I was only 89th in the queue).
Happysooz - the queue is for the whole website, so there is not a separate entrance for other shows, unfortunately.
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Post by greenswan on Nov 22, 2018 14:22:09 GMT
Looks like it’s moving better now - I was at 3600 when I entered the queue but got through after 15 minutes just now.
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 22, 2018 15:00:46 GMT
Just entered the ballot with no queue
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Post by showgirl on Nov 22, 2018 15:34:40 GMT
Crumbs, what a ghastly palaver - sounds like every experience of the day booking for a new season opens - and all for a single play & with no guarantee of being allowed to book! I deleted the email on sight but good luck to those entering.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 15:39:33 GMT
It wasn't really a palaver though to be fair. Log in, go in queue, click, click and it was done.
Now I just need to show Rufus those incriminating photos I have to ensure that my name gets picked out and it's a job well done.
Yeah, you know what photos I'm talking about Rufus.
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Post by Marwood on Nov 22, 2018 16:45:42 GMT
It makes me despair for the future of this country - it clearly stated the ballot would be open for a week and what happens? Thousand upon thousands of people pile in at 12 making everything jar to a halt (while I wanted to enter the ballot, I had gone onto the NT site to book for The Tell-Tale Heart over the Christmas period), as if it was some sort of first come, first served free for all.
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Post by zahidf on Nov 22, 2018 17:01:15 GMT
It makes me despair for the future of this country - it clearly stated the ballot would be open for a week and what happens? Thousand upon thousands of people pile in at 12 making everything jar to a halt (while I wanted to enter the ballot, I had gone onto the NT site to book for The Tell-Tale Heart over the Christmas period), as if it was some sort of first come, first served free for all.
Ha! Just wanted to be first in. All sorted now, don't have to faff or forget
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Post by lynette on Nov 22, 2018 18:28:27 GMT
This is running for a relatively short time in a small theatre. Talk about creating a market?
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Post by zahidf on Nov 22, 2018 18:52:17 GMT
This is running for a relatively short time in a small theatre. Talk about creating a market? I assume blanchett has a limited window for it |
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Post by Snciole on Nov 22, 2018 19:00:27 GMT
I am SCREAMING at this response. No explanation, just usual cold as ice response from the NT |
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Post by Snciole on Nov 22, 2018 19:01:20 GMT
So the ballot is just an opportunity to queue for tickets? I am reading it wrong?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 19:25:53 GMT
Actually they are quite correct If there are (for example) 10 000 tickets They have to decide how many people they are going to draw in the ballot Not everyone who is successful will be able to attend on all dates of the run Added to this the ballot booking is in stage so So it’s quite feasible when you come to book Some or all of the dates you wanted will be sold out In this case they cannot therefore guarantee you will get tickets for sure Relevant members have a booking period ahead of the draw closing Again 2 tickets max per member Depending on how many tickets they book I assume all the rest will go into the ballot |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 22, 2018 19:29:24 GMT
The more I look into it, the more ridiculous the whole rigmarole appears.
A case where there will be many disappointed people, an excellent way to alienate the people you are trying to attract.
Not sure what the driving force for this is, a vanity project at the centre of subsidised sector? to please who? definitely not the people who they primarily depend on.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 22, 2018 20:30:35 GMT
The more I look into it, the more ridiculous the whole rigmarole appears. A case where there will be many disappointed people, an excellent way to alienate the people you are trying to attract. Not sure what the driving force for this is, a vanity project at the centre of subsidised sector? to please who? definitely not the people who they primarily depend on. To be fair, they can’t win. If they sold tickets I’m the ‘norma’ way, everyone would moan that members bought all the tickets , but members would be in their rights to book them all up as it is the main perk of buying a membership- early ticket access. I just think they were foolish to not put this in the Lyttleton. It’s not like they haven’t made a trademark of putting shows that are too smal for that stage I’m there regardless. |
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Post by zahidf on Nov 22, 2018 20:48:11 GMT
I'm fine with a ballot. If I get a tic, I get one. If I don't, then I don't. It's luck and randomness, but that's fine for what it is. If it went on general sale, would be the same, just more frustrating!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 20:54:38 GMT
The more I look into it, the more ridiculous the whole rigmarole appears. A case where there will be many disappointed people, an excellent way to alienate the people you are trying to attract. Not sure what the driving force for this is, a vanity project at the centre of subsidised sector? to please who? definitely not the people who they primarily depend on. If people REALLY want to attend Then can “put their money where their mouth is Same as all else in life Higher level membership of any theatre Doesn’t cost millions Many shows are subsidised by donations and sponsors Allowing the general public to be able to see them They wouldn’t exist in the first place These are the people they don’t want to alienate In addition they are keeping ticket prices normal UNLIKE Hamilton |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 22, 2018 21:30:47 GMT
And it would appear in this case, having a membership ain’t gonna help you that much either!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 22:18:36 GMT
And it would appear in this case, having a membership ain’t gonna help you that much either! Yes they have excluded the vast majority of members from booking directly But you get to be in the ballot more than once |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 22:31:13 GMT
It appears that the level of membership that would get you access is £1500 (£1000 for those 45 and under). I’d be surprised if many of us could afford that sort of money.
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Post by Steve on Nov 22, 2018 22:55:29 GMT
At least this won't be as hard to see as the Hiddleston Hamlet. Despite being Shakespeare's most popular title, that played in a theatre with a third of the seats of this, and that had no returns (leaving the seats empty instead) and no day seats. By contrast, this is a title that is as unsexy as you could imagine, with triple the seats, returns, and day seats for the hardy and determined. And if the reviews are awful, or, more likely, if the reviews are good, but the word of mouth is awful (highly likely if this is the rarefied piece of Brechtian anti-entertainment it sounds like), there will be a LOT of returns, as the National has a generous returns policy, and people around the country may prefer to return their tickets than cough up for hotels and travel. So at least the outlook for tickets to this show isn't as awful as the Hiddleston thing. I missed out on that, so I like to assume the Andrew Scott Hamlet was much better, to comfort myself.  |
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Post by crowblack on Nov 22, 2018 23:04:29 GMT
Cate Blanchett now lives near London according to Wikipedia, so maybe she'll do more theatre here.
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Post by n1david on Nov 22, 2018 23:11:06 GMT
I am SCREAMING at this response. No explanation, just usual cold as ice response from the NT Be fair - the answer was shortened. On the actual page there is an explanation (and it was like that when I checked earlier) |
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Post by mistressjojo on Nov 23, 2018 0:49:55 GMT
Cate Blanchett now lives near London according to Wikipedia, so maybe she'll do more theatre here. I wouldn't count on it. When she lived in Sydney ( and was the AD for the Sydney Theatre Company) I think she appeared in a whole 3 plays. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 23, 2018 9:27:36 GMT
So at least the outlook for tickets to this show isn't as awful as the Hiddleston thing. I missed out on that, so I like to assume the Andrew Scott Hamlet was much better, to comfort myself. It was definitely artistically a much more interesting production, with a lot more depth. And I saw that as someone who wasn't entirely sold on it. Branagh's production was far more classically text-focused. Hiddleston speaks Shakespearean verse beautifully, is excellent at expressing pain and grief, and gives great fight scenes, but with only a 3-week run inevitably he didn't get as much beneath the surface of the part as Andrew Scott did. Hope that comforts! (Personally I did enjoy Hiddleston more - but then, I'm a fangirl, so of course I did!) Another Hiddleston fan has gone to great lengths to recreate the play - from memory!- almost scene-by-scene in Lego. She's done up to A5S1 so far: www.futurerulerofmidgard.com/legohamlet/lego-hamlet-act-1-scene-1/ I know it sounds insane (ok, it probably is insane) but it's a pretty good recreation of the staging, at least. And rather funny. |
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