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Post by theoracle on Dec 9, 2022 0:43:34 GMT
open.spotify.com/episode/46oJp0llm1qC2mfGa4EVwq?si=z6jfTK3IR_iuCmTrwDaoxQJust finished listening along to this and wow, I'm very much looking forward to seeing this. Kate Duchêne also seemed like a lovely person as well as coming across very eloquent and switched on in this interview. Not really familiar with Lillian Hellman's work apart from The Children's Hour which I've seen the film of so very keen to discover this piece and the Donmar seems like the perfect home for it this winter
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Post by vernongersh on Dec 9, 2022 6:25:14 GMT
I am very much looking forward to seeing this as well.
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Post by drmaplewood on Dec 13, 2022 15:43:21 GMT
Press night, due to be on Thursday, has been postponed due to illness.
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Post by n1david on Dec 13, 2022 16:45:31 GMT
Oh dear. When is press night now? I am supposed to be going on Saturday, hope the company is back to full strength by then.
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Post by alessia on Dec 13, 2022 17:01:03 GMT
Oh dear. When is press night now? I am supposed to be going on Saturday, hope the company is back to full strength by then. So am I, Saturday matinee. Been getting lots of cancellations of late. Streetcar was cancelled twice!! But silver lining, I think for that I got a better seat in January.. |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 13, 2022 17:49:42 GMT
Late morning, I picked up a lovely returned seat for tomorrow - best of the cheap seats! - and an hour later got an email saying sorry but ..
After all the guff under this AD - they couldn't even give away free tickets for Love and Other Acts of Violence - the Donmar could do with a proper belter. This is selling very well - let's hope they don't lose any more dates.
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Post by n1david on Dec 13, 2022 18:25:28 GMT
It might be selling well, but there are 75 unsold seats for this Saturday night - in the 'good old days' you'd never have had a Saturday night of a new production only 70% sold. (Admittedly, most of the tickets sold are the pricey ones, which suggests that the "traditional" Donmar audience might be returning)
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 13, 2022 18:26:40 GMT
edit: writing nonsense about the World Cup - ignore me.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Dec 13, 2022 18:28:42 GMT
World Cup Final, or is that Sunday .. Sunday afternoon. |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 13, 2022 18:30:59 GMT
It might be selling well, but there are 75 unsold seats for this Saturday night - in the 'good old days' you'd never have had a Saturday night of a new production only 70% sold. (Admittedly, most of the tickets sold are the pricey ones, which suggests that the "traditional" Donmar audience might be returning) It is definitely pricey, though making an effort for the under 30s. |
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Post by showgirl on Dec 13, 2022 18:41:33 GMT
I've been quite fed up, searching and searching for an affordable matinee ticket, to find so many £10 seats ring-fenced for under-30s who have shown no interest in buying them for weeks now. Why not release them for general sale or tweak the allocation? It's the same at Chichester in the pricey Minerva: spare seats always left for under 26s, who they don't want them, yet no-one else is allowed to buy them. It's not only young people who may have limited budgets for non-essentials.
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Post by Dave B on Dec 13, 2022 20:08:52 GMT
I've been quite fed up, searching and searching for an affordable matinee ticket, to find so many £10 seats ring-fenced for under-30s who have shown no interest in buying them for weeks now. Why not release them for general sale or tweak the allocation? It's the same at Chichester in the pricey Minerva: spare seats always left for under 26s, who they don't want them, yet no-one else is allowed to buy them. It's not only young people who may have limited budgets for non-essentials. Yup, we are feeling a bit priced out of the Donmar these days. What use to be our normal seats for £10 are available on the days that suit but now restricted for under 30s. The next up ticket price is £41. So what use to be £20 would be £82 for us to go. Nope, nope and nope again. |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 13, 2022 20:28:18 GMT
Fwiw, I was surprised to pick up a £21 adult seat - upstairs, second row side, though right on the better end.
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Post by alessia on Dec 14, 2022 10:42:32 GMT
I've been quite fed up, searching and searching for an affordable matinee ticket, to find so many £10 seats ring-fenced for under-30s who have shown no interest in buying them for weeks now. Why not release them for general sale or tweak the allocation? It's the same at Chichester in the pricey Minerva: spare seats always left for under 26s, who they don't want them, yet no-one else is allowed to buy them. It's not only young people who may have limited budgets for non-essentials. I couldn't agree more... It's a very flawed system-I understand wanting to attract young people but they are not the only ones with limited budgets...also, Donmar have increased their prices for the all the other tickets, so they have only made it much worse for everyone else over 30. |
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Post by showgirl on Dec 14, 2022 11:42:45 GMT
Indeed. The Donmar management seem not to care that they still have good availability at eye-wateringly-high prices (£55 and £60), yet it doesn't seem that long ago that a run would sell out on the strength of the play itself. Perhaps they hope good reviews will result in late sales of the expensive seats but for those unable to afford these, it would only make it all the more galling to miss out. Maybe when they raised the prices they even allowed for selling fewer tickets but for a relatively small venue anyway and with a good sales record hitherto, that seems unlikely. Who knows how their minds work, but I wish I did.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Dec 14, 2022 22:21:18 GMT
The fact that they have increased the prices more than 50% hasn't gone down well.
I've watched virtually every there in the last 5 or 6 years mostly in the £10 seats, and many of my friends too. Since they increased the prices so much I've only booked in advance for The Band's Visit. I saw A Doll's House Part 2 just because it was papered. With the current prices we will only book in advance if it's something we are very interested in.
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Post by Jon on Dec 14, 2022 22:37:12 GMT
People on here do realise that the Donmar needs to make money, offering cheap seats to everyone wouldn't exactly be financially viable.
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Post by showgirl on Dec 15, 2022 3:59:26 GMT
People on here do realise that the Donmar needs to make money, offering cheap seats to everyone wouldn't exactly be financially viable. Of course, Jon ; the point people are making here is not only that long-standing regulars have been priced out - and losing a chunk of the chore audience is bad in itself, both in terms of loyalty and business - but also that at present, the now more expensive tickets are hanging around unsold for weeks. So perhaps something about the price model needs adjusting? |
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Post by NorthernAlien on Dec 15, 2022 10:33:23 GMT
The fact that they have increased the prices more than 50% hasn't gone down well. I've watched virtually every there in the last 5 or 6 years mostly in the £10 seats, and many of my friends too. Since they increased the prices so much I've only booked in advance for The Band's Visit. I saw A Doll's House Part 2 just because it was papered. With the current prices we will only book in advance if it's something we are very interested in. I didn't realise they'd papered A Dolls House Part 2 - but I was very surprised to have picked up a ticket for it on Today Tix, which I wasn't aware of ever having happened before. |
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Post by Mark on Dec 15, 2022 10:34:15 GMT
Well no £20 tickets seemed to appear in the daily release today. Unless they released late or someone snapped them up very fast.
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Post by alessia on Dec 15, 2022 11:03:21 GMT
The fact that they have increased the prices more than 50% hasn't gone down well. I've watched virtually every there in the last 5 or 6 years mostly in the £10 seats, and many of my friends too. Since they increased the prices so much I've only booked in advance for The Band's Visit. I saw A Doll's House Part 2 just because it was papered. With the current prices we will only book in advance if it's something we are very interested in. I didn't realise they'd papered A Dolls House Part 2 - but I was very surprised to have picked up a ticket for it on Today Tix, which I wasn't aware of ever having happened before. What does 'papered' means? |
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Post by Dave B on Dec 15, 2022 11:09:17 GMT
I didn't realise they'd papered A Dolls House Part 2 - but I was very surprised to have picked up a ticket for it on Today Tix, which I wasn't aware of ever having happened before. What does 'papered' means? Seatfilling. Unsold tickets are given free to companies who then charge a small admin fee for the ticket (£3-£7 usually).
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Post by alessia on Dec 15, 2022 11:23:52 GMT
What does 'papered' means? Seatfilling. Unsold tickets are given free to companies who then charge a small admin fee for the ticket (£3-£7 usually).
Thank you! yes now I do remember seeing that show on one of the seat filling apps. I never knew it was called papering! |
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Post by drmaplewood on Dec 15, 2022 11:37:27 GMT
Well no £20 tickets seemed to appear in the daily release today. Unless they released late or someone snapped them up very fast. There is no performance today, it was due to be press night but was cancelled. |
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Post by Mark on Dec 15, 2022 11:52:47 GMT
Well no £20 tickets seemed to appear in the daily release today. Unless they released late or someone snapped them up very fast. There is no performance today, it was due to be press night but was cancelled. Tickets are released for a week in advance. |
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Post by cavocado on Dec 15, 2022 11:55:17 GMT
People on here do realise that the Donmar needs to make money, offering cheap seats to everyone wouldn't exactly be financially viable. Of course, Jon ; the point people are making here is not only that long-standing regulars have been priced out - and losing a chunk of the chore audience is bad in itself, both in terms of loyalty and business - but also that at present, the now more expensive tickets are hanging around unsold for weeks. So perhaps something about the price model needs adjusting? Exactly this. It's not about expecting them to run at a loss, but questioning whether they've got the right pricing if the higher prices lead to more empty/unsold/discounted/papered seats. Maybe they are still taking more money overall and this is the right decision, but it's got to be risky pricing out some regulars, particularly people who have been to see the badly-selling shows as well as the hits. They also lose the word of mouth publicity from those people, and will fall off some people's radar, which could mean other lost ticket sales. |
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Post by drmaplewood on Dec 15, 2022 12:04:49 GMT
There is no performance today, it was due to be press night but was cancelled. Tickets are released for a week in advance. Cheerfully withdrawn! |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 15, 2022 19:52:37 GMT
*cough* *cough*
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Post by NeilVHughes on Dec 15, 2022 20:01:29 GMT
It will be interesting to see whether your cough improves on days without a train strike.
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 15, 2022 20:07:18 GMT
Yay Mick and the RMT! The mystery of absent punters this Saturday night is resolved.
In general though, it's selling better than I would have expected, esp. at these prices.
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