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Post by londonpostie on Jun 25, 2019 13:04:34 GMT
How long does it say the wait time is ..
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Post by marob on Jun 25, 2019 13:10:00 GMT
How long does it say the wait time is .. About 20 minutes. Was just concerned because I'm sure the queue number counted down in the past. |
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 25, 2019 13:14:03 GMT
Uhuh.
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Post by foxa on Jun 25, 2019 13:28:01 GMT
The number stayed the same for me, just the estimated time changed.
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Post by princeton on Jun 25, 2019 13:29:02 GMT
After a 75 minute wait I got a restricted view Dress Circle for £40 (B9). I am sure I have paid less for this seat in the past. Can anyone let me know if this should be cheaper and I should contact the box office? D/C B7-9 (my favourites) have been £21 up to and including Present Laughter - rather hefty increase for the new season. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 25, 2019 13:32:58 GMT
A two hour wait but very straightforward once I finally arrived at the front of the queue. (Though I do wish the Old Vic website was more smartphone friendly!)
We are advised that e-tickets will be emailed 7 days before the performance, and no re-selling except through the proper channels, or words to that effect.
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Post by princeton on Jun 25, 2019 13:42:30 GMT
It didn't say that on my confirmation page Who knows what's going on? I think the system is being quite erratic today. I wasn't given any choice other than an e-ticket (maybe I'd set it as a default for earlier bookings). Then there was a reference during the booking process to the e-tickets being sent out automatically seven days before the performance but that information wasn't included in the email confirmation - which does mention post and box office collection! Most curious. Communication from the Old Vic is often a bit of a mess - and their website could do with a good proofreader. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jun 25, 2019 13:48:03 GMT
It didn't say that on my confirmation page Who knows what's going on? I think the system is being quite erratic today. I wasn't given any choice other than an e-ticket (maybe I'd set it as a default for earlier bookings). Then there was a reference during the booking process to the e-tickets being sent out automatically seven days before the performance but that information wasn't included in the email confirmation - which does mention post and box office collection! Most curious. Communication from the Old Vic is often a bit of a mess - and their website could do with a good proofreader. Anytime I've booked through the Old Vic website I've only been given the e-ticket option (and it always annoys me because I like to collect my tickets). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 14:02:29 GMT
After a 75 minute wait I got a restricted view Dress Circle for £40 (B9). I am sure I have paid less for this seat in the past. Can anyone let me know if this should be cheaper and I should contact the box office? I ask because curiously the seat next to B9 is shown in blue and is £65, yet if I look a few seats in to B12 which is also shown in blue this show a price of £90. Rows D and E show in green and are £55 except that the inner row D seats, still in green, show £65. Makes me think there may be something wrong with their web pricing setup. After securing my ticket I had a browse around and there seems to be a lot of availability for the several dates I looked at. They have put the prices up generally (my usual £16 seat is now £20) but also it looks like the staging is going to be more in-the-round than the traditional proscenium, so having the stage nearer the upper levels of the audience will change the sightlines somewhat (my usual £16/20 seat went up to £55 when they first did A Christmas Carol). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 14:05:09 GMT
Can anyone who's managed to book for this clear something up for me please? My estimated waiting time is coming down, but my number in the queue has stayed at 4858 since I joined. Did this happen with you too? Or has something gone wrong? Isn't the queue number supposed to fall as you get nearer to your turn? But yes, that's new, it used to count down, which is probably why they've made a point of tweeting about how the number won't change this time. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 25, 2019 14:22:52 GMT
Thanks for e ticket info. Darn it. So have till November to somehow get onto email on phone. Was banking on printing it before leave current job where have access to printer.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jun 25, 2019 15:33:36 GMT
Bottled it and took the TodayTix early booking offer.
Looks as if would have been OK for the price range and position I was looking for but just didn’t want the hassle of sitting in front of a few computer screens for an hour, reduced hassle just about offset by the additional booking fee.
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 25, 2019 15:36:49 GMT
Interesting observations that Q35 is £1 cheaper than it used to be. Also that by my reckoning, it will be occupied by theatreboard members for almost 25% of the entire run. Don't know what to think about the seat. I sat there for For All My Sons and the pillar was bang in the middle of the stage. |
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Post by rockinrobin on Jun 25, 2019 16:20:44 GMT
Just booked my tickets to one of the November shows. No queue, plenty of cheap seats left. Not bad at all!
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Post by peggs on Jun 25, 2019 17:40:36 GMT
Interesting observations that Q35 is £1 cheaper than it used to be. Also that by my reckoning, it will be occupied by theatreboard members for almost 25% of the entire run. They really ought to name it in our honour. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 25, 2019 20:26:24 GMT
Sat there for Present laughter and it works quite well, it seemed maybe a third across from the right but as monkey says you can move about a bit and happily no one stands directly behind it so to speak on stage. Who knows with a rearranged stage what the view will be like but I bought it without thinking, was so surprised it was there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 22:37:18 GMT
Went for the £20 row E dress circle seat in the end. I’ve sat there a couple of times in the past and don’t remember the pillar being a huge issue, so taking a chance it’ll be the same in the configuration they’re using for this...
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 26, 2019 21:38:54 GMT
In the end I swallowed my pique at being rebuffed by a webserver, and booked a slim pillar. I'm taking an oxyacetylene kit and goggles in case anything else goes wrong with this booking.
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Post by andrew on Jun 27, 2019 8:51:31 GMT
going to risk it for the PwC preview seats... living life on the edge...
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Post by theatrefan77 on Jun 27, 2019 9:39:44 GMT
I decided to go for one of the £20 in Dress Circle row Y. Sat there for The American Clock and A Christmas Carol and the view was good. Since Lungs seems to be staged in a similar way to those I hope the view won't be too restricted
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Post by jess173 on Jul 16, 2019 5:56:30 GMT
I just booked this for the 9th of November. I’ve never been to the Old Vic so I don’t know what to expect but my tickets are marked green on Theatremonkeys site so they should be fine.  Can anybody tell me the running time of this? And does it have an interval? I can’t seem to find anything about that on the website. But maybe I’m just blind... ^^ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 6:09:54 GMT
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Post by jess173 on Jul 16, 2019 6:16:24 GMT
Great, thank you!
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Post by theoracle on Jul 21, 2019 15:37:52 GMT
Hey this will be my first time visiting the Old Vic. Really want to see this and shamelessly going to admit its because of casting. Just wanted to ask whether anyone has sat in stage stalls before for previous productions here at what the view is like? Is there much of a rake at all back here and will the actors be facing you much since the rest of the audience will be on the other side? Thanks.
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Post by theoracle on Jul 22, 2019 21:05:13 GMT
Yes, theoracle , every row is raked, and the view is good. Restricted views mean a rail in view, not much of a worry. The back row does have much less legroom than the others. All productions in that format are designed to be viewed from both sides, so the action plays equally. Thanks. Booked for November 2nd evening  |
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