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Post by TallPaul on Sept 3, 2022 15:07:28 GMT
I had a look at Elton John's tour dates. There's a gap between 9 and 16 October. Is that when he's going to fly over from the USA to fine tune anything that needs fine tuning?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 3, 2022 16:22:18 GMT
I had a look at Elton John's tour dates. There's a gap between 9 and 16 October. Is that when he's going to fly over from the USA to fine tune anything that needs fine tuning? Elton doesn’t do fine tuning. He will have spent about 13 minutes writing this and let’s hope it was time well spent |
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 3, 2022 16:25:16 GMT
Its's gonna be a bitch fight on Tuesday, isn't it?
And I'm gonna be in the middle of that.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 3, 2022 16:40:43 GMT
Its's gonna bw a bith fight on Tuesday, isn't it? And I'm gonna be in the middle of that. Can I suggest Chelsea buns as they make less if a mess than cream buns. |
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Post by Mark on Sept 3, 2022 16:47:21 GMT
Its's gonna be a bitch fight on Tuesday, isn't it? And I'm gonna be in the middle of that. You and me both! I had restricted view seats for Spring Awakening both times and they were fine, honestly don’t think they’re that bad so I’ll take whatever I can get. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 3, 2022 17:17:34 GMT
I had a look at Elton John's tour dates. There's a gap between 9 and 16 October. Is that when he's going to fly over from the USA to fine tune anything that needs fine tuning? I try to be positive but that tour schedule is rather worrying. Also, not respectful to the theatre and creative process. |
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Post by austink on Sept 3, 2022 17:34:59 GMT
Well it depends on how much they have already locked. I am happier than James Graham is there on the book which is a larger moving matter and Tom Deering is more than capable to be making the changes to the music as required. He can be on zoom. Agree better in the room but the broader team is as important. I had a look at Elton John's tour dates. There's a gap between 9 and 16 October. Is that when he's going to fly over from the USA to fine tune anything that needs fine tuning? I try to be positive but that tour schedule is rather worrying. Also, not respectful to the theatre and creative process. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 3, 2022 18:54:23 GMT
I’ve been told he’s been joining in via Zoom. And that he’s been fairly active and involved over the course of the past few years. I don’t know what “hands on” means but it sounds like he’s been more involved than he allegedly was on Prada. However, if this turns out to be the James Graham and Jake Shears show (with a lil bit Elton) that would be fine by me.
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Post by austink on Sept 3, 2022 19:15:33 GMT
And a Bunny Christie set. I had somehow overlooked that. I’ve been told he’s been joining in via Zoom. And that he’s been fairly active and involved over the course of the past few years. I don’t know what “hands on” means but it sounds like he’s been more involved than he allegedly was on Prada. However, if this turns out to be the James Graham and Jake Shears show (with a lil bit Elton) that would be fine by me. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 3, 2022 19:29:02 GMT
After reading all these posts, I bit the bullet and bought a 70 pound membership so that I could get early booking. The excitement for the show will be through the roof and because I didn’t want to chance public booking I just got a membership and was able to get the seats that I wanted for the date that I wanted. But word to the wise, there’s very little left for a lot of the dates. So if there is interest, I’d recommend booking ASAP. Of course they’re holding back House Seats and other seats, but the theater is very small. 🤣 I bet people taking out memberships went through the roof in advance of these shows. Not really. I’ve never been to the Almeida. No idea how many seats it has. Sorry if that’s hilarious but how about we don’t make assumptions? |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 3, 2022 20:10:40 GMT
I’m sure everyone who jumps on the site Tuesday will end up with tickets, one way or another.
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Post by showtoones on Sept 3, 2022 21:28:24 GMT
I’m sure everyone who jumps on the site Tuesday will end up with tickets, one way or another. That could be but it may not be for your first choice date. There were 900 people in front of me when I booked. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 3, 2022 23:07:22 GMT
Maybe. It’s been my experience over many years of hot-ticket show threads on the board that everyone who really desperately wants tickets usually does get them. It’s pretty rare for the folks here to actually miss out in the end
Takes a bit of patience, sometimes - checking back for returns, late ticket releases, people with spare tickets to sell, etc.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 4, 2022 19:15:48 GMT
Director Rupert Goold had a small piece in The Guardian about Tammy Faye. He said "The world of televangelism, in particular the Bakkers’ show, was “a theatrical world” which lent itself to a musical comedy, he added. But there was a serious side, too."
Musical Comedy? oh.
Not really what I was expecting. Fingers crossed it more of the serious side. We'll find out in 5.5 weeks.
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Post by Jon on Sept 4, 2022 20:15:08 GMT
Director Rupert Goold had a small piece in The Guardian about Tammy Faye. He said "The world of televangelism, in particular the Bakkers’ show, was “a theatrical world” which lent itself to a musical comedy, he added. But there was a serious side, too." Musical Comedy? oh. Not really what I was expecting. Fingers crossed it more of the serious side. We'll find out in 5.5 weeks. TBF Tammy Faye was larger than life, it's not exactly Les Miserables. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 4, 2022 22:22:47 GMT
I’m sure everyone who jumps on the site Tuesday will end up with tickets, one way or another. Erm… |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 5, 2022 7:13:40 GMT
I’m sure everyone who jumps on the site Tuesday will end up with tickets, one way or another. Erm… Don’t be mean - if you have useful info to share, share it. Some of us are holding our nerve against shelling out an additional £70 for a membership. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 5, 2022 8:05:27 GMT
Don’t be mean - if you have useful info to share, share it. Some of us are holding our nerve against shelling out an additional £70 for a membership. I’m not being mean. I’m being realistic. It’s mostly sold out already and it’s a tiny theatre. There won’t be tickets for everyone who logs on to get them. BUT Tickets do appear on the website every now and again. I kept checking and managed to get tickets to Macbeth which was an instant sell out. |
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Post by showtoones on Sept 5, 2022 8:08:24 GMT
Don’t be mean - if you have useful info to share, share it. Some of us are holding our nerve against shelling out an additional £70 for a membership. I’m not being mean. I’m being realistic. It’s mostly sold out already and it’s a tiny theatre. There won’t be tickets for everyone who logs on to get them. BUT Tickets do appear on the website every now and again. I kept checking and managed to get tickets to Macbeth which was an instant sell out. Also some people don’t have the luxury of multiple dates. Even with a membership, if you see two shows at the almeida, it would be cheaper than two west end shows in many cases. |
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Post by mrnutz on Sept 5, 2022 8:27:27 GMT
I bought membership at the weekend to get tickets for this - availability is extremely limited for the majority of the run. And even more so for Streetcar.
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Post by Jon on Sept 5, 2022 10:41:42 GMT
Wonder what theatre they're aiming for if this does have a future life? I assume somewhere like the Phoenix or Lyric rather than say the Duke of York's or the Pinter.
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 5, 2022 10:54:05 GMT
I refuse to pay £70 for membership in order just to purchase 1 ticket.
If I am unsuccessful I will put out a please to anyone who may have a spare ticket.
Other than that once the run has started I will have to queue for a return. I did it for American Psycho
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Sept 5, 2022 12:01:52 GMT
Don’t be mean - if you have useful info to share, share it. Some of us are holding our nerve against shelling out an additional £70 for a membership. I’m not being mean. I’m being realistic. It’s mostly sold out already and it’s a tiny theatre. There won’t be tickets for everyone who logs on to get them. BUT Tickets do appear on the website every now and again. I kept checking and managed to get tickets to Macbeth which was an instant sell out. I don’t understand this post. Yes, there are performances with low availability (especially earlier in the run), and the stalls are pretty well sold. But t’s not remotely sold out. There are performances where the circle has barely been touched |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 5, 2022 13:56:46 GMT
I succumbed to a membership - was getting too stressed by the doomsaying!
And from what I can see right now if you are content to be in the circle or the back of the stalls a bit later you’ve got plenty of dates available, particularly later on in the run.
If you wanted central top-price stalls then there’s a few scattered singles still available.
This is of course assuming that tickets in the stalls were not held back for public sale.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Sept 5, 2022 14:05:25 GMT
I caved and bought a membership in the end. :0 I bought R/V seats. Price point wise - £10 for TF and £15 for Streetcar! Never had any issue with them before in the stalls.
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