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Post by alece10 on Oct 11, 2024 12:06:11 GMT
If I lived out of London and was rich I'd definately do it. Afternoon tea, pre show cocktail in the bar, show, dinner after and upstairs to my room. Nice breakfast in the morning. Perfect.
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Post by A.Ham on Oct 12, 2024 12:12:08 GMT
It’s a shame they didn’t manage to catch some of the Savoy’s better productions in recent years - Funny Girl, A Little Life and Sunset would’ve elevated that list a bit!
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Post by ladidah on Oct 14, 2024 6:59:53 GMT
A couple at Starlight Express.
'Bloody track everywhere, is it dangerous to step on?'
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Post by limestarburst on Oct 14, 2024 23:23:34 GMT
If I lived out of London and was rich I'd definately do it. Afternoon tea, pre show cocktail in the bar, show, dinner after and upstairs to my room. Nice breakfast in the morning. Perfect. Same. If only because it would mean having a post-show dinner option besides Greggs or Chinatown. With everything shutting at 10 these days I've been wondering what actors do if they want to eat once they finish work. At least there's the new M&S in Shaftesbury Avenue that's open till midnight now. |
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Post by hannechalk on Oct 16, 2024 10:17:48 GMT
Burlesque at Manchester Opera House. Woman behind telling her mates about seeing Pretty Woman on one of ATG’s Ambassador Lounge tickets: “We paid £110 each and I think that was really good value for money.” Same woman after the show: “That’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen. You can tell it was good because it got a standing ovation; most shows don’t get a standing ovation.” I'm wheezing at this. Bless her... I called ATG thieving robbing barstewards for only allowing 'lounge tickets' on the first few rows of the Liverpool Empire when Blood Brothers is on next March. I'm a cardholder as well. |
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Post by marob on Oct 16, 2024 10:42:52 GMT
Burlesque at Manchester Opera House. Woman behind telling her mates about seeing Pretty Woman on one of ATG’s Ambassador Lounge tickets: “We paid £110 each and I think that was really good value for money.” Same woman after the show: “That’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen. You can tell it was good because it got a standing ovation; most shows don’t get a standing ovation.” I'm wheezing at this. Bless her... I called ATG thieving robbing barstewards for only allowing 'lounge tickets' on the first few rows of the Liverpool Empire when Blood Brothers is on next March. I'm a cardholder as well. She was really bragging it up. “We had a programme, and a free drink, and free crisps… And it had its own toilet!” I absolutely hate the fact that they do that at the Empire. I’d always rather sit front row but there’s a few things I haven’t booked now because of that. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 16, 2024 10:49:20 GMT
It’s worrying when people who might not know any better (because they don’t go very often) think these jumped up VIP tickets are a good deal. How much value do they attach to a “nibble box” and a glass of plonk? As for sitting in the Ambassador Lounge.. no ta!
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Post by ceebee on Oct 16, 2024 10:58:20 GMT
I have to say, I booked the last remaining ticket for COme From Away at hte last minute on Saturday in Wimbledon and it was an ATG lounge ticket. I wasn't fussed about the ice cream or the pretzel bites but the prosecco and ambience was nice and I enjoyed not being surrounded by the rest of the audience until the actual show. (There must be some kind of irony in that experience but there we go...) I was glad just to get a ticket, though I have NEVER paid £95 for any performance of Come From Away before.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 16, 2024 12:17:12 GMT
I'm sure it was a mistake but when I booked the first preview for Sunset Blvd it offered me an add on package for £25 for 2 people. We got a programme each, little bottle of prosecco each plus 2 interval ice cream vouchers and 2 tubs of luxury crisps. When I tried to add it to my 2nd visit the offer has gone. Best value offer from ATG ever.
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Post by A.Ham on Oct 16, 2024 12:18:03 GMT
I remember really wanting to be at the (re)opening night of Come From Away post-Covid, and the only good seats at the front were the Ambassador Lounge ones, so I bought it - think it was £100.
I’m sure those who’ve been in the Ambassador Lounge at the Phoenix will agree it’s nothing particularly special, but the Prosecco was nice and it was lovely to chat to a couple of other super fans pre-show, and avoid all the crowds front of house (another theatre with limited FOH space!) so it was probably worth it, on that occasion… but it was very much a treat and balanced out by all the times I got Rush tickets for that show.
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Post by A.Ham on Oct 16, 2024 12:19:26 GMT
I'm sure it was a mistake but when I booked the first preview for Sunset Blvd it offered me an add on package for £25 for 2 people. We got a programme each, little bottle of prosecco each plus 2 interval ice cream vouchers and 2 tubs of luxury crisps. When I tried to add it to my 2nd visit the offer has gone. Best value offer from ATG ever. I also got that, thanks to someone on here posting about it on on sale day! I had two champagne cocktails, some nibbles, a tub of ice cream and my programme, all for £25. ATG have made more than enough out of me in recent years so I didn’t feel guilty in the slightest! |
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Post by richey on Nov 27, 2024 22:50:45 GMT
Not quite at the theatre but just on the tram home and there's three elderly people clutching programmes from Spend Spend Spend at Royal Exchange and discussing it.
One of them has just said "wonder how it would fair in the West End? It's very Northern"
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Post by jake on Nov 28, 2024 10:18:20 GMT
Some years ago I saw Moses und Aron at Covent Garden. Even allowing for Schoenberg's suggestion that the 'Four Naked Virgins' of the cast list only need be as naked as the conventions of the theatre dictate or permit, this quartet in sturdy denims was, shall we say, a tad overdressed for the description. As we filed out afterwards I heard someone behind me say to her companion if that's what they call naked, I'm not surprised they're virgins.
More recently, coming out of The Wild Duck at the Coronet I'm sure I heard someone say but the duck was alright in the end, wasn't it?
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Post by altamont on Nov 29, 2024 20:31:57 GMT
The interval at Dr Strangelove - I’ve just heard someone say “So which one is Steve Coogan playing?”
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