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Post by peggs on Jul 25, 2017 13:41:34 GMT
If you have your spreadsheet and the usual seating plan, you can figure it out from that, can't you Peggs? I think the answer is yes I ought to be able to (have actually panicked bought now so will see) but the part of my brain that should be able to perform that function seems to have gone on holiday and the rest of it appears lazy. It probably the same part of my brain that failed to understand my ten year old nieces' algebra the other day and there's people suggesting I must be clever to go to the theatre
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 27, 2017 9:15:25 GMT
That was nice and painless - particularly remembering how it used to be before they upgraded the booking system.
Surprisingly Summer and Smoke seems to be the one that's selling fastest unless they've not released a lot of the seats yet.
Got £20 partially restricted seats for all three, I'm expecting the usual decent amount of legroom you'd expect from the Almeida. The recently installed new seats should be perfectly comfortable.
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Post by MrBunbury on Jul 27, 2017 9:17:08 GMT
So smooth and simple! I still have nightmares about booking Mary Stuart and Hamlet last year so it seems surreal to get the tickets so easily.
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Post by Shoes on Jul 27, 2017 9:24:05 GMT
Whoops forgot to log onto the site at 10am. Currently in the queue for Twilight Zone.
EDIT: well that was pretty easy. Got 3 stalls tickets during previews.
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Post by publius on Jul 27, 2017 9:51:20 GMT
After Mr Burns I have no interest in The Twilight Zone but managed, without any queue, to get the seats I was after and on the nights I wanted for the other two...
Happy days!
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Post by tmesis on Jul 27, 2017 10:04:09 GMT
The recently installed new seats should be perfectly comfortable. They really are, and it is lovely not to have to "share" any more with the seat-hogs who think a double bench is 90% theirs... Yes I also hated the 'love-seats.' Booking really painless today, sad that is worthy of comment.
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2017 10:55:11 GMT
Still not that much leg room. But the end seats are staggered a bit so if you have a ..ahem..knee problem, go for an end.
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 27, 2017 10:55:23 GMT
If there are any other cheapskates here like me, what are the stalls £10 tickets behind the pillar like compared with getting the same price tickets on the sides of the circle? I can't quite tell if these will be unobtrusive or those pillars that seem to take up all of the view.
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2017 10:58:41 GMT
If there are any other cheapskates here like me, what are the stalls £10 tickets behind the pillar like compared with getting the same price tickets on the sides of the circle? I can't quite tell if these will be unobtrusive or those pillars that seem to take up all of the view. Assess your neck muscles.
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 27, 2017 11:02:02 GMT
If there are any other cheapskates here like me, what are the stalls £10 tickets behind the pillar like compared with getting the same price tickets on the sides of the circle? I can't quite tell if these will be unobtrusive or those pillars that seem to take up all of the view. I tend to go for the £20 seats but I think generally the stalls is preferable - very limited legroom in the circle and the side view restricts quite a lot of the stage. The pillars are slim and easy to see round. Certainly the £20 seat I had in the circle for Hamlet was a lot worse than a £20 seat in the stalls.
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Post by publius on Jul 27, 2017 11:10:10 GMT
If there are any other cheapskates here like me, what are the stalls £10 tickets behind the pillar like compared with getting the same price tickets on the sides of the circle? I can't quite tell if these will be unobtrusive or those pillars that seem to take up all of the view. Always go for the ones behind the pillar... There are some decent ones in the Stalls whereas in the slips you will miss a bit here and there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 11:13:57 GMT
If there are any other cheapskates here like me, what are the stalls £10 tickets behind the pillar like compared with getting the same price tickets on the sides of the circle? I can't quite tell if these will be unobtrusive or those pillars that seem to take up all of the view. Depends on the row. Row F is negligible, as the pillars are narrow and obstruct very little (or, if you're lucky, nothing at all!), though the further back you go, the more pillars you'll have in your eyeline. That said, I'm trusting the Monkey and have taken an end of row L for Albion because he promises they're good. Rule of thumb, always take a cheap seat in the central block over a cheap seat at the sides. (Also I've never sat in the circle at the Almeida so can't comment on what they're like with any sort of authority. If I hadn't been on the tour once, I don't think I'd even have been up there.)
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 27, 2017 11:14:12 GMT
Thanks for the responses Some websites can be abrasive when it comes to new members asking mundane or obvious questions, so it's nice that here is much more accepting/inclusive. Certainly didn't expect so many answers so quickly. Thanks
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Post by David J on Jul 27, 2017 11:29:01 GMT
Warning!
I managed to get cheap tickets for all three shows, but when I logged in they had disappeared.
Best to login before selecting tickets
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Post by publius on Jul 27, 2017 12:01:56 GMT
I don't mind row B side circle, as it's raised and you have drop space for your legs. Anything that's the cheapest seat up there is a "no" for the reasons xanderl outlines. I'd always go for £10 cheapest centre block stalls, too, given the choice. My regular seats at the Almedia!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 27, 2017 12:33:39 GMT
I don't mind row B side circle, as it's raised and you have drop space for your legs. Anything that's the cheapest seat up there is a "no" for the reasons xanderl outlines. I'd always go for £10 cheapest centre block stalls, too, given the choice. You mean like a gallows? Is that how Jeremy Corbyn imposes party discipline. "If you don't start toeing the party line, we're going for a night out at the Almeida, and only one of us will be going home afterwards."
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 27, 2017 12:37:06 GMT
Booked to see Summer and Smoke, centre of row B in the Circle. Hopefully not too cramped! Somehow it's only my second show at the Almeida, my only previous visit was for Before The Party in 2013.
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Post by peggs on Jul 27, 2017 12:38:19 GMT
Thanks for the responses Some websites can be abrasive when it comes to new members asking mundane or obvious questions, so it's nice that here is much more accepting/inclusive. Certainly didn't expect so many answers so quickly. Thanks Apart from all the theatre chat I think one of this board's best points is that the 'obvious' questions are answered as if they are being asked for the first time and members are quick to share their experience and expertise, I know I have asked many a mundane question and received lots of helpful advice.
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Post by peggs on Jul 27, 2017 12:47:38 GMT
When I was there last I sat next to a man who told me he always books the same seat as it had an extra bit of space for him to put his large (he clearly had ignored the bag size requests) rucksack in and I thought I really should update the monkey.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 13:45:29 GMT
Thanks for the responses Some websites can be abrasive when it comes to new members asking mundane or obvious questions, so it's nice that here is much more accepting/inclusive. Certainly didn't expect so many answers so quickly. Thanks Apart from all the theatre chat I think one of this board's best points is that the 'obvious' questions are answered as if they are being asked for the first time and members are quick to share their experience and expertise, I know I have asked many a mundane question and received lots of helpful advice. I don't know about everyone else, but I just like showing off how much I know about the inside of theatres. I don't have a lot else going for me, might as well brag where I can.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 13:56:00 GMT
Apart from all the theatre chat I think one of this board's best points is that the 'obvious' questions are answered as if they are being asked for the first time and members are quick to share their experience and expertise, I know I have asked many a mundane question and received lots of helpful advice. I don't know about everyone else, but I just like showing off how much I know about the inside of theatres. I don't have a lot else going for me, might as well brag where I can. Agreed. It's a niche market and it's so rare one gets the chance to show it off
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 27, 2017 13:59:12 GMT
If only there was an online forum for theatre geeks!!!
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 27, 2017 14:12:13 GMT
I've not booked for Albion, I'm too daunted by all the pillars and possible bad seats. When I've got more time I'll try and look into it a bit and see...
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 27, 2017 14:43:16 GMT
^ Wouldn't leave it too long, wiggymess, could get busy. Anyway, the stalls from G back are un-touched, so should be fine. So the K19/K28 type £10s are worth a go?
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Post by RedRose on Jul 27, 2017 14:58:32 GMT
^ Wouldn't leave it too long, wiggymess, could get busy. Anyway, the stalls from G back are un-touched, so should be fine. So the K19/K28 type £10s are worth a go?
K 19 is K9 usually. I had that seat for Hamlet and it was fine.
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 27, 2017 15:07:09 GMT
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 27, 2017 15:21:39 GMT
Saying it out loud may get any 'theatre-going credibility' karma I've gained to be removed, but I have to confess that it's Twilight Zone that most intrigues me from this line up. I don't know what the playwright is like, but with the right choice of short stories and tone, this sounds like great fun. Like adult panto.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 15:39:19 GMT
A lot of people I know have stated a wariness of that one based on the playwright's previous outing at the Almeida, Mr Burns. I LOVED Mr Burns, but a lot of people found it infuriating. I think it's going to be great though.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 27, 2017 15:55:26 GMT
A perceptive analysis of Richard Jones's oeuvre!
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Post by publius on Jul 27, 2017 16:37:40 GMT
A lot of people I know have stated a wariness of that one based on the playwright's previous outing at the Almeida, Mr Burns. I LOVED Mr Burns, but a lot of people found it infuriating. I think it's going to be great though. Each to their own and all that but it was amongst the worst things I have ever had th misfortune to see!!!
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