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Post by crowblack on Feb 8, 2018 21:29:12 GMT
Thanks, I did in the end - I looked at other dates and A2, A10, and some seats in row K are what seem to be on offer in the stalls at the (slightly!) lower price. I booked for what looks like the night before press night.
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Post by Rory on Feb 8, 2018 21:59:25 GMT
I was offered A2 also and took it. It was £75 so I hope it's decent. I still can't work out if this is being presented in the round or not. Presume it is if they're removing the last 10 rows in the stalls.
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Post by Marwood on Feb 8, 2018 22:53:56 GMT
It also A2 that I got earlier, looks like this is going to be the official Theatre Board stalls seat for this run...
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Post by daniel on Feb 9, 2018 7:09:57 GMT
I'm also in A2. Though for me it's the Upper Circle at £25 as opposed to the stalls at £75.
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Post by Ade on Feb 9, 2018 7:11:55 GMT
I see Select Your Own Seat is turned on on ATG now. Wow there really isn’t a lot left. I’m quite surprised unless they have held a lot back.
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Post by loureviews on Feb 9, 2018 10:11:50 GMT
I'm in the Royal Circle. Wouldn't miss this one for the world.
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Post by Rory on Feb 9, 2018 12:05:03 GMT
What is the purpose of removing the back rows?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 9, 2018 12:29:35 GMT
I see as well he is only doing six performances a week, which i guess is fair enough. Saw this in Chichester and thought it was v good but cant justify another trip down south with other stuff around.
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Post by crowblack on Feb 9, 2018 14:09:30 GMT
Will they be turning the front stalls seats sideways, then? (Looks a bit like OV's Christmas Carol)
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Post by Rory on Feb 9, 2018 14:22:05 GMT
Thanks @theatremonkey. Good call. Good to see the integrity of the production taking precedence over commercial returns. It looks as if they might have some sort of platform / performance area in the stalls if the centre aisle has been added and middle rows have been removed.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 9, 2018 17:19:14 GMT
So glad I saw this at the intimate Minerva Theatre at Chichester last year for only £48! The prices for this are unbelievable - £100 £125 even £145 for Premium super seats! Still it has to be the last major stage role for McKellen and he is absolutely riveting!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 9, 2018 17:45:05 GMT
I'm glad I saw him for 5£ from the front row of the Minerva
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 9, 2018 18:31:41 GMT
So glad I saw this at the intimate Minerva Theatre at Chichester last year for only £48! The prices for this are unbelievable - £100 £125 even £145 for Premium super seats! Still it has to be the last major stage role for McKellen and he is absolutely riveting! Snaptastic!
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Post by popcultureboy on Feb 10, 2018 8:45:36 GMT
So glad I saw this at the intimate Minerva Theatre at Chichester last year for only £48! The prices for this are unbelievable - £100 £125 even £145 for Premium super seats! Still it has to be the last major stage role for McKellen and he is absolutely riveting! There are some seats cheaper than £100 though I imagine they've mostly been snapped up. Still, if we're talking expensive, I would rather pay £100 for over 3 hours of Ian McKellen performing Lear than say £69.75 for 90 minutes of Jonathan Pryce sleepwalking through yet another Florian Zeller play.....
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Post by loureviews on Feb 10, 2018 10:13:07 GMT
You can have both ...
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Post by kathryn on Feb 12, 2018 20:37:56 GMT
Damn, I was travelling when tickets went on sale and completely missed it! There isn’t much left, and they look pricey.
Do we know if there will be day seats? I prefer day seats to a TodayTix lotto but a lot of shows seem to be doing the latter now.
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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 12, 2018 21:56:01 GMT
As far as I'm aware, the only day seats are for the under-25s (in line with Chichester's 16-25 scheme) ... but I stand to be corrected. Monkey?
I was also told (indirectly - from the Box Office via a friend) that they expect some additional seats to be released on the edges when the sightlines are known.
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Post by Marwood on Feb 12, 2018 22:29:50 GMT
Saw Ian McKellen at the Q&A for A Touch Of Love last night at the BFI, when King Lear was mentioned, he said '100 performances' to which someone shouted out 'theres not many tickets left!' and Ian replied 'no!' in a not exactly jolly fashion, I got the impression that maybe he wasn't that keen to do as many as 100 performances of this...
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Post by kathryn on Feb 15, 2018 0:34:59 GMT
Bit the bullet and bought an extortionately-priced seat in the front row of the upper circle. If day seats are a possibility I may end up returning or reselling it. I just don’t want to miss this one!
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Post by popcultureboy on Feb 15, 2018 8:13:57 GMT
Bit the bullet and bought an extortionately-priced seat in the front row of the upper circle. If day seats are a possibility I may end up returning or reselling it. I just don’t want to miss this one! The front row of the upper is £57.50 for Lear. For Mary Stuart it's £55. It's hardly been jacked up in price like the other areas of the house. For the Branagh season at the Garrick the front of the upper was Band A, £65. And the view from the front of the upper in the Dukes is FAR superior to that.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 15, 2018 9:20:47 GMT
I paid £15 to sit in the Upper Circle for the Garrick season, so for me the best part of £60 is extortionate. Normally when I pay that much I’m in the rear stalls or Circle. My own fault for being away when the priority booking period opened and missing getting the pick of the cheaper seats.
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Post by johnnyutah on Feb 16, 2018 21:04:18 GMT
A batch of more reasonably priced tickets, £30, 45 and 69, has just been released across the run via Love Theatre.
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Post by tmessenger91 on Feb 17, 2018 0:49:37 GMT
A batch of more reasonably priced tickets, £30, 45 and 69, has just been released across the run via Love Theatre. Thanks for the heads up! I've just impulse-purchased a £30.00 ticket via Love Theatre. D7 appears to be free for most dates in August at this price which looks to be a good balance between Upper Circle sightlines and affordability.
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Post by popcultureboy on Feb 17, 2018 9:41:30 GMT
I paid £15 to sit in the Upper Circle for the Garrick season, so for me the best part of £60 is extortionate. Normally when I pay that much I’m in the rear stalls or Circle. My own fault for being away when the priority booking period opened and missing getting the pick of the cheaper seats. There were some £15 seats in the Upper, yes, but my point was the front clear view rows for the Branagh season were £65, which is more than what Lear is charging. Also, being front upper circle in a clear view seat is, I have always thought, a FAR superior experience to being at the back of the stalls in pretty much every venue I've ever been in.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 2:49:10 GMT
Is the website ever working for getting tickets?
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 15:47:54 GMT
Finally able to access website.
I'm getting into town a couple of days before this ends and there are not a lot of options still available. I'm presently trying to decide between Stalls B2 on Friday Nov 2nd or Royal Circle D5 on closing performance. I love the idea of being at the final performance but it looks like I would be able to see better in B2. I hate being so undecided. By the time I make up my mind they may both be gone !!!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 17:13:59 GMT
B it is. Thank you. I was about ready to flip a coin to decide.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 19, 2018 12:27:56 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 19, 2018 13:07:54 GMT
Pleased to see James Corrigan joining the cast
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 13:19:35 GMT
It's a shame Dervla Kirwan and Jonathan Bailey aren't transferring, they were great in Chichester. Well there's a ticket I don't need anymore.
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