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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 25, 2021 11:30:48 GMT
Yes there are more expensive ones but every show now has a large amount of premium seats at well over £100. So not really sure what the fuss is about as there seems to be prices to suit all pockets Yes, there are £20 tickets and £50 tickets available for Cock. Everyone knows the cheaper you pay the more compromised the seat. But why would anyone willingly pay £50 when you aren’t actually guaranteed an unobstructed view or decent legroom? Why would anyone pay £20 for that? Or even a tenner? It’s the absolute definition of “not fit for purpose” and I can only think of the theatre industry that has the bare faced gall to charge people for seats that you can’t sit in, and which don’t give you a proper view of the very thing that your paying to see. It’s beyond ridiculous when you actually think about it, and yet people do it because they’re prepared to suffer it to see the show at an “affordable” price (not that £50 is that affordable). I’d rather never go to the theatre again than play that game. |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 25, 2021 12:17:49 GMT
At the Wolverhampton Grand, where School of Rock has been this week, they have 'listening only' seats. No word of a lie. And they want an extra £4 off you in booking fees. And you have to buy two of the damned things so as not to leave a single seat.
They're a bargain £19.50 each; the restricted view seats are £32.50, plus booking fee.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 25, 2021 12:37:03 GMT
At the Wolverhampton Grand, where School of Rock has been this week, they have 'listening only' seats. No word of a lie. And they want an extra £4 off you in booking fees. And you have to buy two of the damned things so as not to leave a single seat. They're a bargain £19.50 each; the restricted view seats are £32.50, plus booking fee. That’ll be a case of “the market decides” presumably. Well THIS market would tell them to Stick It To The Man, or somewhere else where the sun don’t shine ☀️ 😌 |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 25, 2021 12:39:58 GMT
I have been informed that both of the first two weekends matinee performances have been cancelled and so I have been moved to the evening performance on the day I booked, and also moved forward to a superior seat to the one I booked (green on Theatremonkey), so maybe the people putting this on aren’t exactly the money grabbing bunch of Dr Evils that are bringing about the death of theatre that you are making them out to be?
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Post by marob on Sept 25, 2021 15:11:07 GMT
I’ve said it before, and will no doubt say it again, but I wish the industry would move past the idea of endlessly refurbishing old West End theatres and start developing more modern spaces. Even the higher priced stalls seats have pretty poor views in a lot of these venues, but prices still continue to skyrocket.
When I saw Frozen I read ALW’s three page introduction in the programme, where one of the many things he praises about the Drury Lane refurb is the sight-lines. My view for the first part was ok, but then the two men in front swapped seats when they returned from the interval. With the slightly taller one directly in front of me I then spent the rest of the show peering round his head. I’d booked what should have been a really good front stalls seat, and I’m 6’1”, so it really shouldn’t have been an issue.
It certainly wasn’t an issue at the Barbican for Anything Goes, where the seat was in pretty much the same position in relation to the stage and the view was exceptional. (And it was cheaper.)
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Post by mrnutz on Sept 25, 2021 16:21:14 GMT
Put me in the outrageously priced camp for this one. Yes, seats may be available for £20 but if you can't see anything from them then what's the point?  |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 25, 2021 20:54:19 GMT
I have been informed that both of the first two weekends matinee performances have been cancelled and so I have been moved to the evening performance on the day I booked, and also moved forward to a superior seat to the one I booked (green on Theatremonkey), so maybe the people putting this on aren’t exactly the money grabbing bunch of Dr Evils that are bringing about the death of theatre that you are making them out to be? It went on sale yesterday. Clearly they cocked up and are owning the mistake. That has nothing to do with their pricing point. It was ‘only’ a £20 ticket, they could have told me it was being cancelled outright and to look again for a ticket but they went out of their way to offer me a superior seat: such a gesture is all too rare these days in the entertainment business and I appreciate that they have done this. Yes the theatre and concert industry is veering towards the ridiculously expensive but people have to just cope with that. |
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Post by scarpia on Sept 26, 2021 12:11:44 GMT
I thought Parliament were supposed to be doing some kind of enquiry into rising theatre costs? What happened to that?
Inflation only can't account for the fact that the price of top-price seats in the early 2000s now give you only the worst of the restricted view seats in many West End houses.
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Post by noboiscout on Sept 26, 2021 13:22:46 GMT
I thought Parliament were supposed to be doing some kind of enquiry into rising theatre costs? What happened to that? Inflation only can't account for the fact that the price of top-price seats in the early 2000s now give you only the worst of the restricted view seats in many West End houses. I saw Shining City at Stratford Theatre Royal yesterday for £10 (standard price - row B). Not West End I know, but what a bargain. Tickets for The Music Man on Broadway are priced up to $699 plus booking fees. Cheapest ticket I could book for a play on Broadway for trip after Christmas (Chicken and Biscuits), £57. I agree West End prices have gone up considerably in the past 2-3 years, without any explanation. West End theatres seem to be pricing high and then reducing prices if sales aren't going to plan. But I still believe that they are good value compared to New York. Got 2 front row Upper Circle tickets for The Lion King at the Lyceum last week for £35 each, thanks to dynamic pricing. |
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Post by eua78 on Sept 26, 2021 13:53:27 GMT
I thought Parliament were supposed to be doing some kind of enquiry into rising theatre costs? What happened to that? Inflation only can't account for the fact that the price of top-price seats in the early 2000s now give you only the worst of the restricted view seats in many West End houses. I saw Shining City at Stratford Theatre Royal yesterday for £10 (standard price - row B). Not West End I know, but what a bargain. Tickets for The Music Man on Broadway are priced up to $699 plus booking fees. Cheapest ticket I could book for a play on Broadway for trip after Christmas (Chicken and Biscuits), £57. I agree West End prices have gone up considerably in the past 2-3 years, without any explanation. West End theatres seem to be pricing high and then reducing prices if sales aren't going to plan. But I still believe that they are good value compared to New York. Got 2 front row Upper Circle tickets for The Lion King at the Lyceum last week for £35 each, thanks to dynamic pricing. Yep, I think it all depends on when and where you look. I got 2 Lion tickets in the Royal circle for sub £30 each a few weeks back, in comparison looking in a few weeks time they are well over £90. In comparison to Broadway, west end still costs considerably less. |
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Post by Jon on Sept 26, 2021 17:58:13 GMT
I’ve said it before, and will no doubt say it again, but I wish the industry would move past the idea of endlessly refurbishing old West End theatres and start developing more modern spaces. Even the higher priced stalls seats have pretty poor views in a lot of these venues, but prices still continue to skyrocket. These old theatres are part of our heritage, do you rather they be demolished and potentially not replaced? There are new builds coming like the new Nimax Theatre and Trafalgar's Olympia Theatre but the theatre industry realistically cannot replace the existing theatres, refurbishing is the best they can do. |
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Post by marob on Sept 26, 2021 20:35:42 GMT
I’ve said it before, and will no doubt say it again, but I wish the industry would move past the idea of endlessly refurbishing old West End theatres and start developing more modern spaces. Even the higher priced stalls seats have pretty poor views in a lot of these venues, but prices still continue to skyrocket. These old theatres are part of our heritage, do you rather they be demolished and potentially not replaced? There are new builds coming like the new Nimax Theatre and Trafalgar's Olympia Theatre but the theatre industry realistically cannot replace the existing theatres, refurbishing is the best they can do. I would rather they not try to charge me a three figure sum to look at the back of someone’s head. Yes, they have history, and some of them may be quite pleasing aesthetically, but ultimately I’m there to see a show, not some plasterwork cherubs or chandeliers or whatever. I’m not saying they should be demolished as such, but they are there to serve a function, one which IMO they are not delivering to the standard they could and should be, especially when the prices continue to rise. It always puzzles me when I read on here someone saying they’d sat behind a pillar that blocked most of the stage, or been sat twisted around to lean over a balcony, and then act like they’ve had a great bargain rather than been ripped off. |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 27, 2021 8:22:58 GMT
This is probably the time to remind ourselves that if everything had gone to plan, Camden hadn't dragged its heels, and the Victoria Palace hadn't gone horribly over budget, the Ambassadors would no longer exist in its current form.
I'm sure modern structural engineering could remove many pillars, or at least make them considerably slimmer. And if it's the plasterwork and gilding we're all so attached to, both are relatively easy to replicate.
London's theatres are only going to get older and more anachronistic, so something has to happen, otherwise they'll become a national embarrassment.
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Post by Rory on Sept 27, 2021 12:03:30 GMT
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 27, 2021 17:06:19 GMT
Seems the West End is well and truly moving to the elite market - higher tax bracket earners - and it couldn't give a sh1t!
I'm sad that the time has come when I can no longer justify the price of a lot of theatre.
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Post by Jon on Sept 27, 2021 19:56:32 GMT
This is probably the time to remind ourselves that if everything had gone to plan, Camden hadn't dragged its heels, and the Victoria Palace hadn't gone horribly over budget, the Ambassadors would no longer exist in its current form. I'm sure modern structural engineering could remove many pillars, or at least make them considerably slimmer. And if it's the plasterwork and gilding we're all so attached to, both are relatively easy to replicate. London's theatres are only going to get older and more anachronistic, so something has to happen, otherwise they'll become a national embarrassment. You forget these buildings are Grade I or Grade II listed. If removing the pillars was even a possibility it would have been done a long time ago. |
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Post by marob on Jan 4, 2022 21:29:40 GMT
Bit confused. I booked a ticket for this and yet I’ve just noticed it’s not listed in my ATG account...🤔
Would someone be so kind as to check if their order for this is in their account please?
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Post by david on Jan 4, 2022 21:33:28 GMT
Bit confused. I booked a ticket for this and yet I’ve just noticed it’s not listed in my ATG account...🤔 Would someone be so kind as to check if their order for this is in their account please? - I've just checked my account and my ticket is showing up in my purchase history. |
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Post by marob on Jan 4, 2022 21:41:04 GMT
Bit confused. I booked a ticket for this and yet I’ve just noticed it’s not listed in my ATG account...🤔 Would someone be so kind as to check if their order for this is in their account please? - I've just checked my account and my ticket is showing up in my purchase history. Thank you! Will have to ring them to see what’s going on. |
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Post by shambles on Jan 5, 2022 22:13:27 GMT
What are the chances of this being filmed? Would like to see it, but not sure it's worth paying these prices for a show I've seen in another guise.
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Post by Mark on Feb 5, 2022 0:48:41 GMT
Seems to have been a very small number of additional £20 tickets put on sale if anyone was unable to purchase in the first wave. I was able to get one in row Q stalls (can't complain for £20 really).
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Post by NorthernAlien on Feb 6, 2022 19:12:46 GMT
I wouldn't overestimate the appeal of Bridgerton. Did it really appeal to anyone above woke Gen Z'ers? I hated it with a passion - and before you jump me, no, not for the colourblind casting, but for the rubbish trite predictable Mills & Boon plot. The only one of that lot who I could see shift tickets on stage would be Regé-Jean Page who also had the good sense to jump ship after the first season. But if we go with the premise that the show has plenty of fans who'd want to shell out to see Jonathan Bailey, then this adds even more to justifying the price. I wouldn't underestimate the appeal of Bridgerton - Series One was watched by 82 million viewers, and has only recently been outdone on Netflix, by 'Squid Game'. By the time Cock debuts, season 2 will have 'dropped' on Netflix (March 25th), and the new season is the one where Jonny's character is the male lead. The fans on Social Media have been in a frenzy since the show got renewed. There is a lot of interest in seeing him in Cock - it is, as has been stated in the thread, about 'seeing someone off the telly in real-life'. And Jonny already has a following from MT and his previous work. And please don't dismiss fans of romance as 'woke Gen Z'ers' - romance is the most popular selling genre in publishing, and is keeping the rest of that ship afloat. Readers are all ages - from late teens to their 90's. And the 'trite predictable Mills and Boon plot' *is the entire point of the genre* - the romance is the focus, and a Happy Ever After, or Happy For Now *has* to happen, or it isn't a romance. As ever, not every piece of media is for everyone, and it's much nicer to just hit the 'off' button on the remote control than to go onto social media and sh*t on something that a lot of people enjoy. And as a final note, R-JP did himself no favours amongst the Bridgerton fandom with the comments he made when it was revealed he wasn't returning for S2, so he'd actually probably be less of a drawer, depending on exactly what it was he was to appear in... |
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Post by Rory on Feb 7, 2022 22:26:37 GMT
Is there going to be half decent artwork for this or what? Missed a trick not getting it done for the Graham Norton show. They're charging enough for the tickets, you'd think they could afford a good poster.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 8, 2022 6:22:52 GMT
Is there going to be half decent artwork for this or what? Missed a trick not getting it done for the Graham Norton show. They're charging enough for the tickets, you'd think they could afford a good poster.  |
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Post by Rory on Feb 8, 2022 9:24:22 GMT
Yes, but is that the final artwork? If so, it's not very exciting, is it?
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