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Post by aingidh on Apr 28, 2024 16:42:52 GMT
Emma Rice's 'Wise Children' company is at Battersea Arts Centre with 'Blue Beard' at the moment. No programmes, but a postcard size card placed on every seat with a QR Code to get the online programme. "Our ambition at Wise Children to be a net zero organisation, and so our programme for this show is online only. It's completely free. All we ask in return is that you join or mailing list. we'd love to stay in touch". Turns out you can see all the content even without joining the mailing list. I just wish it was downloadable as a PDF, but it's a website really. I work FOH for one of the theatres this toured to and the lack of "proper" programmes received very negative feedback from audiences, especially given our last season show before that didn't have paper programmes either (freesheets & scripts). I thought it was a nice gesture having the postcards though, for those who wanted a souvenir.
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Post by adamkinsey on Apr 28, 2024 23:29:34 GMT
The last time I bought a programme was Follies at the NT. The last time previous to that was Candide at the NT almost 20 years earlier.
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Post by kallyloo on May 17, 2024 9:16:27 GMT
Personally it depends on the show. I bought a £10 Macbeth programme (Fiennes not Tennant)I barely looked at. Going forward I’m only buying if I intend to grab some autographs afterwards or it’s a favourite play. The National has free, very basic playbills and I’d be happy with those for some plays.
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Post by nash16 on May 17, 2024 9:29:52 GMT
I wonder what the priciest programmes have been?
Apparently Spirited Away programmes are £15, advertised as a “souvenir brochure”, but no keepsake alternative available, unless you photograph the digital cast board for the mems. .
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Post by viserys on May 17, 2024 10:13:34 GMT
Apparently Spirited Away programmes are £15, advertised as a “souvenir brochure”, but no keepsake alternative available, unless you photograph the digital cast board for the mems. . Everything in Japan is exorbitantly expensive, so they are probably importing the price scale. On the other hand, Japanese programmes can be amazing, very large and thick as a small book. So if it's one of those, the price is fair. If it's a typical London programme, it's a rip-off.
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Post by max on May 17, 2024 15:47:06 GMT
The last time I bought a programme was Follies at the NT. The last time previous to that was Candide at the NT almost 20 years earlier. I've got that Candide programme too! Well, scanned to digital now. NT programmes really are worth buying - but I don't think there are many that are. Early in a run it's pretty disappointing when the only pics are (understandably) rehearsal pics. Recently I've started saving some material from show websites - homemade digital programme. It's easy but does involve some faff, so if a digital programme was available I'd probably buy one. At some point they'll need to compute whether lots of people buying a £3 digi programme, is better for them than few buying a paper programme. [But maybe paper programmes sales are at a healthy level - I just don't know]
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Post by anthony40 on May 18, 2024 19:16:34 GMT
See, I wouldn't necessarily disagree with the notion of not buying a programme (personally, I have) however if today was anything to go by, there is clearly still a demand!
Despite two attempts to do so, I couldn't fight my way into the stall with programmes.
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