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Post by TallPaul on May 27, 2020 13:05:20 GMT
CF and MS probably welcome the opportunity to legitimately get out of the house of an evening!
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Post by lynette on May 27, 2020 14:56:58 GMT
Hmmm. I’m thinking chosen cos only two, available and young so less risk, actors but is this the best choice for lockdown? Spose ok.
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Post by talkingheads on May 27, 2020 14:57:54 GMT
Yes. Bit unclear whether they will be performing it live on stage in the empty auditorium? Would seem better to sell more tickets at £10 each, or sell them for "£10 minimum donation" or something. Isn't it a suggested donation anyway with £10 being the minimum? So theoretically everybody could buy £10 tickets. As far as I'm concerned tiered pricing reflects the quality of view from your seat. As that doesn't apply online I see no problem with paying the minimum. |
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Post by duncan on May 27, 2020 15:10:31 GMT
CF and MS probably welcome the opportunity to legitimately get out of the house of an evening! I'm saying nothing  |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 15:21:38 GMT
Isn't it a suggested donation anyway with £10 being the minimum? So theoretically everybody could buy £10 tickets. As far as I'm concerned tiered pricing reflects the quality of view from your seat. As that doesn't apply online I see no problem with paying the minimum. You are correct you can donate more - but my understanding of the ticket price - "Tickets will be priced as they are in our auditorium from £10–£65" is that there will only be as many £10 tickets for sale as there are £10 tickets in the Old Vic normally. However it could be read to mean that you can choose to pay anything from £10 to £65, as you've interpreted it. In a tweet they say "We’re asking people to pay what they normally would for a night out at the theatre - it's our way of replacing box office income now all our usual channels of revenue have been entirely wiped out. Everyone will get the same view regardless of which ticket they buy! Thanks! OV" |
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Post by sweets7 on May 27, 2020 21:05:14 GMT
CF and MS probably welcome the opportunity to legitimately get out of the house of an evening! I'm saying nothing Well quite. There have been rumours. Good for them if they are true. In play news they were supposed to putting the play on on Broadway at the moment so I guess they were/are contracted. They will do it several nights which lends itself to an event. I mean it's a good idea. Every night will be different etc. Could be a bit of the way people getting back into it. I mean they must have recently rehearsed it seeing as they are preparing for broadway so sounds good. |
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Post by ncbears on May 27, 2020 23:20:56 GMT
My question: will this be viewable in the States?
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Post by MrBraithwaite on May 28, 2020 10:59:19 GMT
I long decided the Old Vic makes weird decisions...and this supports my view. To do several performances in an empty house and stream each one to an audience of 1000 people instead of filming one performance and streaming it for two weeks for hundreds of thousands possibly...bonkers on so many levels. A German theatre might find some weird artistic reason for that, but a cash-strapped house like the Old Vic...
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Post by sweets7 on May 28, 2020 18:04:15 GMT
I think it is as good an idea as any. Theatre isn't really supposed to be one filmed performance shown over and over again. And perhaps with reduced houses going forward there may be a need to do this going on for a while. Some can go some can pay to watch online.
It is a very tricky situation.
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Post by wiggymess on May 28, 2020 20:25:29 GMT
Think its a good idea personally, don't understand all the negativity.
The 1k capacity makes sense, pay what you want £10 upwards is clearly more than fair.
Just because all this is going on doesn't mean suddenly everyone is entitled to everything for free.
I'm glad a big theatre is adapting, trying something new and most importantly, making LIVE theatre.
Well done Old Vic!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2020 7:04:13 GMT
The 1k capacity makes sense, pay what you want £10 upwards is clearly more than fair. Yes, it would be if that is what they were doing, but it isn't. "Tickets will be priced as they are in our auditorium from £10–£65" "Tickets range from £10–£65" Assumption is there are only as many £10 seats as there normally are in the Old Vic. Once those are gone you will be paying more, it is not "pay what you want". |
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Post by ceebee on May 29, 2020 7:42:25 GMT
People should put their money where their mouths are. This is so much more than one play or the cost. Its about a theatre surviving. I will buy whatever ticket I can afford and have also signed up as a friend of the theatre. If enough of us do the same, it will be there for us when this all passes. This is about how much you love and care for theatre, rather than a transactional arrangement. Give what you can, even if you get little immediately in return.
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Post by wiggymess on May 29, 2020 9:06:48 GMT
The 1k capacity makes sense, pay what you want £10 upwards is clearly more than fair. Yes, it would be if that is what they were doing, but it isn't. "Tickets will be priced as they are in our auditorium from £10–£65" "Tickets range from £10–£65" Assumption is there are only as many £10 seats as there normally are in the Old Vic. Once those are gone you will be paying more, it is not "pay what you want". Looks like I misunderstood it then. I still don't really see the problem and I don't really like that there is an entitlement these days that people expect their music to be free, they expect shows to be free, feel no shame in watching movies free online. Do you really think many people would give more than £10 if it was pay what you want? I'd suggest the response to this indicates that no, no they wouldn't - so why should they pander to that? Either pay, or don't - watch one of the weekly free shows they are putting online. This is a new, original venture from a theatre which is badly in need of generosity, and they are giving something unique back in return. I just expected a bit more from a clearly theatre-mad forum. |
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Post by clair on May 29, 2020 9:16:24 GMT
I think this is great - it's a proper live performance in the space, keeping it to the number of seats usually available with ticket to match will hopefully make it feel more like a theatre event than all the streaming of pre recorded stuff has. My budget means that Old Vic has always been £10 PWC seats or missing out sadly so this is no different, if I can get a £10 one great, if not tough. Those who would usually pay the top price can continue to support the theatre, get a one off performance as usual and still save on fares, programme costs etc.
Old Vic are putting things online free as well but they need to find some income and have found a new way of doing so, let's not criticise that in the midst of wondering how, when and even if theatres will come back from all of this
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Post by lynette on May 29, 2020 18:02:01 GMT
I think this is great - it's a proper live performance in the space, keeping it to the number of seats usually available with ticket to match will hopefully make it feel more like a theatre event than all the streaming of pre recorded stuff has. My budget means that Old Vic has always been £10 PWC seats or missing out sadly so this is no different, if I can get a £10 one great, if not tough. Those who would usually pay the top price can continue to support the theatre, get a one off performance as usual and still save on fares, programme costs etc. Old Vic are putting things online free as well but they need to find some income and have found a new way of doing so, let's not criticise that in the midst of wondering how, when and even if theatres will come back from all of this If you don’t want prerecorded try the Jermyn St theatre on YouTube. Fluffs and awkward movements but it gets you in quite a different way from the filmed stuff. So far two pieces, one being a Rattigan. |
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Post by fossil on Jun 4, 2020 14:35:53 GMT
Good to see The Old Vic's sponsor is supporting this run. There is a note on the booking info page:
5. PwC £10 Previews
All PwC £10 Previews tickets will be available across all performances and these will be released from the general onsale on Wed 10 Jun at 12 noon and everyone will have the same opportunity to access them.
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Post by sweets7 on Jun 11, 2020 12:18:40 GMT
Got a ticket for the first night. After 3 and a half hours online. I got a 20npoind one which is about all I could afford at the moment. I support what they are doing but it was an absolute episode. I mean it dominated the whole day as afterwards I had two zoom meetings and then dinner. Wouldn't repeat it. But if this goes on theatres will get better and better at managing it.
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Post by peggs on Jun 11, 2020 19:46:00 GMT
That doesn't sound that different to the old days of buying tickets time wise in queue.
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Post by sweets7 on Jun 11, 2020 19:57:32 GMT
That doesn't sound that different to the old days of buying tickets time wise in queue. Well in general it is not something I would ever be able to do. I am ever on computers in the working day. It is just now that I am home. |
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Post by danielwhit on Jun 11, 2020 20:02:24 GMT
I deployed the old trick of having three devices open and hoping one got a shorter queue time. In the end I was in the 500s and waited for 40 minutes. One device was queued into the 3000s.
Nothing they can do really, there's obviously more demand for this production than they'd normally get as there's so little on! I doubt the Old Vic's server is designed to cope with huge loads as they probably never need it!
Looking forward to it.
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Post by peggs on Jun 12, 2020 18:05:48 GMT
That doesn't sound that different to the old days of buying tickets time wise in queue. Well in general it is not something I would ever be able to do. I am ever on computers in the working day. It is just now that I am home. I see, ironically now i'm working from home I could sit in a queue which couldn't do at work at no phone signal and not allowed on internet on work machines. |
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Post by sweets7 on Jun 12, 2020 21:39:41 GMT
Well in general it is not something I would ever be able to do. I am ever on computers in the working day. It is just now that I am home. I see, ironically now i'm working from home I could sit in a queue which couldn't do at work at no phone signal and not allowed on internet on work machines. No I mean that I am only able to be on a computer in a queue now I am at home and not at work so much. I would never be able to at work. The only other time I queued online for tickets was when I was ill and could go on line to get keyworker tickets to Betrayal. But that was hardly a wait. Maybe half an hour. I can never usually get reasonable tickets. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 12, 2020 22:33:48 GMT
No I did understand that. Hope you enjoy Lungs.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 18, 2020 20:15:03 GMT
Worth buying membership - I got on first time, no delays, no problem. 18 months membership @ £65 beats three hours sitting in a virtual queue during general release.
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