Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jun 16, 2017 8:44:06 GMT
Excellent, just booked a £19.50 stalls seats for a preview
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 9:08:32 GMT
Booked for October, which pleasingly puts me in London at the same time as viserys (though she's playing with Potter that particular day!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 9:21:36 GMT
Oooh how exciting. How are they going to blow up the zeppelin on stage though?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 9:51:22 GMT
Same prices across the run. Premiums £85/£95. Rest of stalls £65. Back rows £45. Dress circle mainly £65. Back row of Dress, all fo Upper and all of Balcony £19.50 Not quite. Previews 3rd to 7th October, all end pairs, plus Q and R stalls, all end pairs plus G dress circle are £19.50 as well. For those wondering, dress circle row G is worth grabbing in the main run. 17 and 18 clear in front, wrap legs around posts in 16 and 19, and good legroom under the rail. Not for the very short who will get the rail in view, but good if a bit distant for the rest. Closer than the balcony, for sure, and about equal to the upper circle. What's the aisle situation in G dress circle monkey? Is it at each end or in the middle like rear stalls row R? Can't see any aisle seats in stalls on my day so don't want to buy a wall seat in dress by mistake...
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Post by jampot on Jun 16, 2017 10:30:13 GMT
How is a4 narrow seat...are you boxed in?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 11:04:34 GMT
Cross aisle in front of G, with F in the main block of seats, aisle then G behind in an alcove. No aisles at either end of G, just walls. Instead G 17 and 18 are where you enter, then go either left or right to your seats. That's why there's a bar upright at 16 and 19, as the rail runs across the front of the rest of the row to stop anyone falling into the aisle from the step. That's what I wondered. Thanks monkey, I'll go central if there's any left by lunchtime!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 11:11:37 GMT
I've sat in that little nest before too. It's lovely. Like a mini box-ette and you feel removed from the riff-raff too.
A bit private AND you feel superior and all for the price of a glass of vino at the theatre. It's a win-win situation.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 11:18:36 GMT
I would think twice before sitting in the nest for a long play, but if you value a quick getaway and have been known to be something of a fidget, it's hard to think of any other seat in London theatre that fits your needs better.
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Post by peggs on Jun 16, 2017 11:41:39 GMT
Great so this is a no leaving of single seats website then! Have just seen this and in ahhhh buy, which seats should I get?
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Post by peggs on Jun 16, 2017 11:49:13 GMT
Can't decide whether to gamble on cheap end of row in previews or go grand circle, thoughts anyone? I know without knowing set all bit of a guess.
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Post by peggs on Jun 16, 2017 12:08:29 GMT
Panic over, gambled on stalls and opening another browser got round single seat thing. Thanks for tip off.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 14:34:17 GMT
I presume they will be doing day seats as all the front row seats are not on sale. I also feel Anne Marie duff must have something in her contract that says the poster of her play must me arty and interesting ( oil,common and Heisenberg)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 15:48:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 16:07:58 GMT
I always thought you were a monkey of more principle than that...
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Post by Marwood on Oct 2, 2017 22:36:47 GMT
Booked this to see Cranham more than Duff, got a £19.50 stalls seat for this Saturday, not too much of a struggle at 80 minutes if I don't like it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 22:38:27 GMT
Booked this to see Cranham more than Duff, got a £19.50 stalls seat for this Saturday, not too much of a struggle at 80 minutes if I don't like it. Barely sold any tickets for it Surprising
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Post by Jan on Oct 3, 2017 6:00:14 GMT
Booked this to see Cranham more than Duff, got a £19.50 stalls seat for this Saturday, not too much of a struggle at 80 minutes if I don't like it. Barely sold any tickets for it Surprising New play. No big TV stars. 750 seat West End theatre. Two-hander short play. Commercial production. What's surprising ?
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 3, 2017 6:09:36 GMT
Seeing this later this month mainly for Kenneth Cranham, looking forward to it.
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Post by bordeaux on Oct 3, 2017 7:04:33 GMT
Barely sold any tickets for it Surprising New play. No big TV stars. 750 seat West End theatre. Two-hander short play. Commercial production. What's surprising ? Author few have heard of (most famous for an adaptation of a novel; known for often difficult, oblique plays by theatre congnoscenti). I would have thought this was a Dorfman or Almeida-sized play.
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Post by popcultureboy on Oct 3, 2017 7:15:03 GMT
People still equate quality with quantity when it comes to ticket prices and it's tough to get them to part with £65 for a play that's only 80 minutes long, even if it is a storming great play (which this most definitely is). Factor in to Heisenberg's woes that it has a cast of two and not much set to speak of, there will be a huge element of "what am I paying for, exactly?" that they will need to overcome.
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2017 7:23:27 GMT
The heavy sounding title of the play may put a lot of punters off. I suspect it will get well deserved fab reviews and that sales will significantly increase as a result.
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Post by Jan on Oct 3, 2017 7:37:16 GMT
The heavy sounding title of the play may put a lot of punters off. I suspect it will get well deserved fab reviews and that sales will significantly increase as a result. Probably. I think they have made a mistake on the pricing though, best start with ticket prices medium-low rather than high ones that they then have to discount, that suggests it is failing. I think in a subsidised venue (NT, Almedia, Donmar) with their built-in core audience and established marketing channels this play would have been fine, as a stand-alone commercial production it always looked like a tough sell.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2017 9:38:25 GMT
Honestly I didn't see the fuss about the play at all when I saw it in LA. Though I suppose it may well be better with this cast and director (and no jetlag).
On the face of it I'm not that bothered about seeing it again, though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 15:56:06 GMT
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Post by viserys on Oct 3, 2017 16:21:15 GMT
The heavy sounding title of the play may put a lot of punters off. I suspect it will get well deserved fab reviews and that sales will significantly increase as a result. I hope not many will rock up at the theatre expecting a stage version of Breaking Bad...
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Post by dani on Oct 4, 2017 8:07:47 GMT
This seems like something dreamed up by the theatre cognoscenti Bordeaux mentions, rather than something done with a clear understanding of the commercial outlook. Anne Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham are both great, but clearly don't have FANS in the same way as, for instance, Martin Freeman and Sarah Lancashire (or for that matter Tamsin Greig). I looked at the prices and thought I would spend my money elsewhere.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 5, 2017 22:06:51 GMT
Is this play good? It sounds kind of dry .. though the production shots have got my intrigued. Slightly scared of seeing Granham on stage after his hideously actory performance In The Father
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Post by theatrefan77 on Oct 6, 2017 8:19:26 GMT
I saw this last night. Very well acted and very simple but effective set. The play itself is a bit meh imho. At only 80 minutes it's very easy to watch, some really interesting ideas but overall it comes across as a tad pretentious and self indulgent.
Theatre only about 60% full. Balcony closed and loads of empty seats in all levels. I don't see this lasting very long. It would've probably been better to stage it in a smaller subsidized house like Royal Court or Almeida
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Post by Peroni on Oct 6, 2017 13:07:00 GMT
I saw this last night. Very well acted and very simple but effective set. The play itself is a bit meh imho. At only 80 minutes it's very easy to watch, some really interesting ideas but overall it comes across as a tad pretentious and self indulgent. Theatre only about 60% full. Balcony closed and loads of empty seats in all levels. I don't see this lasting very long. It would've probably been better to stage it in a smaller subsidized house like Royal Court or Almeida I've also attended yesterday and agree with you - great acting but a bad plot. And I was expecting more from the set tbh, we've seen something similar from the same director in The Curious Incident (...) I was fairly disappointed overall, especially because the first half of the show was pretty compelling and fun - but anything happens after that and nothing changes and the play just turns repetitive and predictable...
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Post by barbra99 on Oct 6, 2017 15:18:14 GMT
I also saw this last night and if it had had an interval we would have left. I found the female character so annoying, despite a great performance by Anne Marie Duff. I was less impress with kenneth Cranham who I felt, at times, was struggling with his lines.
Sat end of Row E in re stalls for 19.50, a bargain.
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