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Post by dippy on May 16, 2017 20:03:19 GMT
Yep, got all my tickets apart from a couple which got lost somewhere or other (very annoying). I have one ticket where the ticketing system broke and they were unable to sell or print tickets. Eventually I was able to buy one but they couldn't print it so they scribbled the Show, Seat and time onto one of the tickets. Of course I'd have preferred a nicely printed official one but it's definitely the odd one out in the collection. I also hate it when they get torn badly so if people in front of me in the queue are having their ticket stubs ripped off I pre-fold the perforated edge so that if they do tear the tickets it won't rip the ticket.
I know it's cheeky but I wished that more tickets had the show's logo or similar on them, some tickets are so much nicer than others. However I will keep them all whatever they look like, it's always fun looking through them, but I do need to do something about storing them better because I know there are a few that are so faded you can hardly read what the show was any more.
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Post by The Matthew on May 16, 2017 20:57:30 GMT
I never use print-at-home tickets, mainly because I have a printer that seems to think "I see you're printing something with a barcode on it. I will blur the image just enough that it fools you into believing it ought to be scannable but nothing will actually be able to read it no matter how many times you try."
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Post by poster J on May 16, 2017 21:28:21 GMT
I try to avoid print at home tickets but occasionally it's unavoidable, so I try to keep the printouts. Otherwise I try to always keep my tickets to any type of theatre or concert.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 22:23:17 GMT
I have kept all of my concert and theatre tickets from the last ten years when I started. They are filed by year, waiting for me to display them in an inspiring way...
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Post by Baemax on May 16, 2017 22:44:32 GMT
I don't *keep* them so much as I just don't throw them out. I used to keep a scrapbook and buy programmes, but now I just have tickets and leaflets strewn everywhere. Yes, my house is a *bit* of a fire hazard, but hey.
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Post by viserys on May 17, 2017 6:14:35 GMT
I print a cast list of every performance I see on an A4 sheet and glue the ticket to it, then put it in a binder along with the programme. Have done this for more than 25 years now, so I have half a wall full of binders separated into London, New York, Germany, Netherlands, etc. London has grown to be the largest section there!
The cast list printing is mostly to remember understudies who I'd otherwise forgot later and are very useful for the many shows that show the cast on a screen rather than hand out printed lists or slips with the understudies.
It all sounds a bit anal now, but since I've done it for so long, I'd feel stupid about giving up on the tradition. I also love going through old programmes from time to time, recall shows I've completely forgotten about or realize I've seen someone "before they were famous".
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Post by Tibidabo on May 17, 2017 6:23:12 GMT
....and the winner is.... I print a cast list of every performance I see on an A4 sheet and glue the ticket to it, then put it in a binder along with the programme. Have done this for more than 25 years now, so I have half a wall full of binders separated into London, New York, Germany, Netherlands, etc. That's some serious dedication viserys.
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Post by viserys on May 17, 2017 6:49:58 GMT
What can I say, I'm German We're nothing if not organized.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 17, 2017 8:36:30 GMT
Scrapbook Pritt-stick No life
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Post by HereForTheatre on May 17, 2017 9:40:01 GMT
I try but i go for the more expensive option of buying programme for every single thing i go to regardless of how many times i go to see it. So the result is binders full of programmed when i could probably have a neat little scrapbook of tickets that cost several hundred pounds less....
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Post by Elisa on May 17, 2017 11:06:33 GMT
I do keep them and I dislike print-at-home tickets because they're not "the real thing": I avoid them at any cost. I also keep programmes and flyers. And cinema tickets and at least a specimen of bus, train, etc. tickets (I was devastated when I found out that in Britain the machine will eat your ticket at the end of the journey), and planes boarding passes. I also tend to keep shop receipts when I travel.
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Post by Lemansky on May 17, 2017 11:47:09 GMT
I keep them and stick them in a scrapbook in date order, with a picture of the production if I can find one. Before that I kept them in a big envelope, so it was a pain to sort them all out, but much easier to keep track of them now I'm on top of it. I also try and avoid print-at-home tickets at any cost.
I do also buy a programme for nearly everything I see. I don't tend to buy programme texts though, unless I really liked the production - I'm much more likely to pick up a cast list in that instance.
There was a time when we had to give our tickets in at work in order to claim the expenses back, so there's a period of a couple of years that I have hardly any tickets for. However, now they just need the booking receipt which is a much better system.
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Post by galinda on May 17, 2017 15:14:49 GMT
Ooh that's cool. How many tickets roughly does that hold? I see it says 52 pages but how many tickets to a page?
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Post by 49thand8th on May 17, 2017 15:16:39 GMT
It's kind of odd/useful because there are two sizes of pockets within the album, so about half the pages hold three and half hold two. The smaller ones can easily hold a telecharge/ticketmaster-sized Broadway or off-Broadway ticket. The larger ones easily hold a West End or (in my experience) Major League Baseball ticket and many larger-sized US museum tickets.
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Post by danb on May 17, 2017 15:21:48 GMT
I used to have them in framed collages in the bathroom, back from the days when you'd get a great colour printed concert ticket, or at least a funky logo stub on an ALW show. Nowadays it's all print at home or drab ticketmaster or see branded tickets. I don't even buy a programme these days...
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 16:13:27 GMT
I have a whole theatre "room" at home
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 17, 2017 16:48:53 GMT
Problem with those purpose made books is that you can only fit tickets in. I sometimes like to pick up the flyers from the the theatre and stickit with me tikit
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 16:52:57 GMT
Oooo some of you have a real process don't ya! I literally just have a drawer.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 17, 2017 19:31:26 GMT
Oooo some of you have a real process don't ya! I literally just have a drawer. I ran out of drawers. Nowadays for theatre programmes I have a floor!
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Post by 49thand8th on May 17, 2017 20:11:36 GMT
Problem with those purpose made books is that you can only fit tickets in. I sometimes like to pick up the flyers from the the theatre and stickit with me tikit Yeah, it can get unwieldy. There's a pocket in the back of the one I have, though.
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Post by shady23 on May 18, 2017 23:00:14 GMT
I can never throw out a theatre/concert or sport stub. They have to go in the ticket box. They're just shoved in any old order though.
I will buy every Wicked programme but apart from that I don't buy the big, glossy, expensive programmes. I like the A5 cheap ones and like to get them signed but it has to be on the front not on the inside!
I've also started a bit of a framed poster wall. Got signed posters from Mary Poppins tour, Guys and Dolls tour and the Wicked Tenth Anniversary show up and got a Funny Girl poster signed at stage door tonight. That's going pride of place! 😊
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Post by boybooshka on May 18, 2017 23:41:52 GMT
Scrapbook Pritt-stick No life Same. The benefit of being a couple that watch most things together is that there is usually two tickets, one to go in the scrapbook and one to go in the programme that we always buy. I hate print at home tickets with a passion!
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Post by Kim_Bahorel on May 19, 2017 11:35:45 GMT
I keep all mine some are signed. I remember when I saw Urinetown and instead of taking the rip off stub bit the usher tore 2cms through the middle of it. I wasn't pleased. I have tickets from when I used to go to cinema when I was younger most of which have faded sadly. (I really dont go to the cinema much any more) I also have all my tickets from going to see bands.
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Post by musicalfloozie on May 19, 2017 17:38:18 GMT
I really wish I had but I ended up collecting programmes and didn't think about tickets. Seems to late to start now.
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Post by talkstageytome on May 20, 2017 13:55:31 GMT
I paperclip mine inside my programmes
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Post by theatremadness on May 20, 2017 14:19:22 GMT
Always keep all my theatre tickets, I've definitely got around 13 years worth! I keep them now, especially as you can claim half the ticket price back on your tax return as a self-employed actor as it's "work related"!
I've probably got around 10 years or so worth of programmes, but I've stopped buying them due to price and return visits to shows I already have them for! But I will buy for special theatre occasions I want to remember; Angels In America & Cursed Child coming up, for instance.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 14:04:11 GMT
Had a little sort through mine yesterday. Apparently I went to see They're Playing Our Song at the Chocolate Factory. Who knew?
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Post by callum on Jun 20, 2018 1:15:14 GMT
Just had to move to a new flat which meant emptying ‘programme drawer’ - years of tickets, programmes and wristbands from shows, concerts and Q&As that I’ve loved attending. Started out as a ‘memory box’ but now I think I need to start filing more efficiently everything that I’ve acquired.
What is your advice on how to begin to set up a filing system for all of these mementos I’ve collected? So many memories over the last few years. Perhaps a ringbiding folder with plastic wallets that are labelled and dated? Obviously would prefer to avoid damaging the items with sellotape/glue etc. I would feel very irresponsible not to start archiving my theatregoing. Appreciate all tips you might have!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 5:46:47 GMT
I’m not organised at all. I have a huge stack of programmes on top of my bookshelf and then to the right on the wall, there is a cork board with all my tickets on it. I tend to use different coloured pins which match the tickets (e.g. red for ATG and Really Useful, blue for DMT and Nimax, green for Wicked, yellow for Lion King) And when I eventually run out of space there I’ll just blu tac the tickets onto the side of my wardrobe.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2018 6:47:57 GMT
Merged
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