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Post by zahidf on Sept 5, 2017 9:50:37 GMT
12 Mar 2017 - 21 Apr 2018, the Chichester Theatre production, starring Sharon Clarke
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Post by Baemax on Sept 5, 2017 9:56:07 GMT
March 2018, I presume. I get that you just copied and pasted from the Hampstead themselves, but that's a clumsy error they've made that I know I personally would hate for people to think was mine.
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Post by emicardiff on Sept 5, 2017 10:02:14 GMT
Oh Tony Kushner, you are spoiling me this year (well and next). Also thank you Hampstead for being margainally easier than the schelp to Chichester.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 5, 2017 10:18:27 GMT
Booking info -
Priority Booking for Friends and Patrons is now open. Public Booking opens Tuesday 12 September at 10.30am. Priority booking for The Downstairs Club will open at 11am on Thursday 7 September.
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Post by tmesis on Sept 5, 2017 11:30:56 GMT
Great news.
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Post by MoreLife on Sept 5, 2017 12:07:55 GMT
Oh Tony Kushner, you are spoiling me this year (well and next). Also thank you Hampstead for being margainally easier than the schelp to Chichester. And... having faced the schlep to Chichester earlier this year I can guarantee it would be well worth your travelling to Swiss Cottage for this one!
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Post by ali973 on Sept 5, 2017 14:10:26 GMT
Really looking forward to it and I'm glad it transferred to London, be it not the West End.
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Post by Baemax on Sept 5, 2017 14:23:38 GMT
I wonder if they'll reblock the show, or reconfigure the auditorium. Any Hampstead friends or patrons able to shed any light on that?
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Post by zahidf on Sept 5, 2017 14:35:29 GMT
Have they increased prices for it as well I wonder...
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Post by Baemax on Sept 5, 2017 14:39:14 GMT
I paid £40 for Caroline in Chichester, and the maximum price at the Hampstead appears to be £37.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Sept 5, 2017 15:30:38 GMT
This is really fantastic news! Chichester is not the easiest of places for me, so a transfer to London is perfect. CAROLINE is something that I am desperate to see.
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 5, 2017 15:52:42 GMT
I wonder if they'll reblock the show, or reconfigure the auditorium. Any Hampstead friends or patrons able to shed any light on that? The Hampstead theatre is very adaptable black box theatre and can be reconfigured per production. I guess at this venue it cannot be nominated for an Olivier? I didn't love this at Chichester, but will be more open minded again.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 5, 2017 16:58:30 GMT
So glad I didn't make the trip to Chi now!
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 12, 2017 9:41:18 GMT
Public booking now open. Top price £37, cheapest seats £25. Only change to normal pricing is that normally Saturday matinees are cheaper, and they aren't for this one. Still are for the other show which opened today. Cheaper seats are the back row of the circle (fewer than normal, I guess the sound desk will be up there) and the edge of the stalls - they're reconfigured to match the Minerva layout. Not sure if the edge seats would be restricted view? Edited to add - Saturday matinees are now cheaper as usual - top price £30, cheapest £18. Must have been a glitch earlier. Also - if the options you get when creating a new account reflect the demographic of the audience, not surprised they lost some arts council funding
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Post by sf on Sept 12, 2017 12:25:10 GMT
Got a ticket the moment they went on sale. I missed it at Chichester; I wasn't going to miss it a second time.
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 12, 2017 12:30:55 GMT
I just booked a matinee A row centre for £22, being a (very) senior citizen! Had the usual problem when booking online at a theatre where I have not been for a couple of years. Firstly it said it did not recognise me so I tried to register again as a new person and it said I was already on their system. It then sent me an email to change my password, which I did – to exactly what it was when they said they did not recognise me and – hey presto – "Yes Mr Loco that's all fine and please proceed to Payment". Anyway, I got the seat I wanted at a price much lower than I was expecting to pay so bravo Hampstead Theatre.
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Post by sf on Sept 12, 2017 13:06:16 GMT
Also - if the options you get when creating a new account reflect the demographic of the audience, not surprised they lost some arts council funding That's special, but not as special as the options offered on the Globe's booking page:
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Post by showgirl on Sept 12, 2017 14:09:40 GMT
I had the resetting password issue for the play also booking; glad I didn't want to see this again as a slow process overall.
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 13, 2017 0:15:19 GMT
I had the resetting password issue for the play also booking; glad I didn't want to see this again as a slow process overall. Yes, and while I was doing battle with the website trying to persuade it to recognise me, it kept telling me that I had just a few minutes left to complete my booking or presumably it would cancel my selected seat and I would have to start the whole process over again. Why do some theatre booking websites have this threat about completing bookings within quite a short time? I do really want enough time to read the website carefully, not to mention reading the full Terms and Conditions for which I have to tick a box. Perhaps the theatremonkey can explain.
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Post by tmesis on Sept 13, 2017 9:54:54 GMT
Yep, me too on password-reset!
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Post by emicardiff on Sept 13, 2017 12:29:14 GMT
Well Caroline you're causing me a headache logistically. I have 2 Saturdays in London during the run, one of which is scuppered by The Inheritance being an all day affair and being Easter Saturday so no Good Friday performance to tag on. The other is seeing Hamilton (which I could live without TBH) with a non-theatre person who would object to being dragged to Caroline/outside the West End after.
Added to this that some Angels are in America at this time and a currently up in the air New York trip....Caroline is not proving easy to pin down.
This has been zero contribution to the thread other than a moan.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 13, 2017 14:43:31 GMT
There is a performance of this on Good Friday!
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Post by kathryn on Sept 13, 2017 14:54:04 GMT
I booked for April 7th matinee, £18 at the back.
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Post by emicardiff on Sept 13, 2017 15:07:17 GMT
There is a performance of this on Good Friday! Oh so there is I was clearly being a bit blind! Shall go for that then as I at least know I won't be New York bound then.
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 13, 2017 16:08:58 GMT
To allow everyone a fair shot at buying. People do hold multiple tickets on various dates, and one person could be preventing 10 more from buying. I only realised yesterday that I had to re-register with Hampstead too. Luckily, I'd logged in 15 minutes before booking opened, and JUST had enough time. My own fault. With "important" bookings I normally do check I'm registered etc the day before, so it's smooth on the day. Thanks Theatremonkey for that explanation. I remember you giving that advice about checking registration the day before booking opens for important events like Hamilton but I wasn't expecting Caroline to be at that level of importance and I only decided to get a ticket after hearing that the booking was already open. So I accept the principle but I think in the case of Hampstead, the time allotted is not enough to make a single booking comfortably. I also now recall that I looked at several different matinee dates before deciding when to book although I had not reserved seats on any of them. OK, So I now know why they do it and in future I may have to be get a move on if I see the clock ticking – 'time's winged chariot' and all that!
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Post by AddisonMizner on Sept 16, 2017 13:02:00 GMT
Are there any obstructions in this theatre? Is the back of the stalls really far back? If you are sat at the sides, will you just see backs?
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Post by AddisonMizner on Sept 16, 2017 14:09:47 GMT
I've just bit the bullet, and booked for this. I'm really excited! 2018 is turning out to be the year of Jeanine Tesori, having already booked FUN HOME at the Young Vic as well. All I need now is for a production of VIOLET to materialise.
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Post by Baemax on Sept 16, 2017 18:25:48 GMT
Are there any obstructions in this theatre? Is the back of the stalls really far back? If you are sat at the sides, will you just see backs? Personally I think it's a nice theatre. Good rake, decently comfortable seats, not too huge. Expect a drop in quality if you're taking cheaper seats (there are some at the sides where you ordinarily have to lean and still lose part of the stage, but those should be much better with a thrust configuration), but visibility should be fine in most of the auditorium.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 16, 2017 19:15:19 GMT
Yes, small theatre. Even the back of the circle is fairly close to the stage. Only issues are that the back of the stalls has high seats with a foot rest, and leg room in the circle is restricted. My usual preference is the back row of circle seats with a gap next to them as there's a pillar in front of the "missing" seat (if you see what I mean!) as you can stretch your legs to the side and they are cheap. But changed layout for this show means these don't exist. So aisle seats on the back row probably best
But also since matinees are cheaper, top price matinee tix are £5 more than bottom price evening tix!
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 16, 2017 19:35:01 GMT
This show has been on my radar for ages and the theatre us about a 20 min walk from where I live.
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