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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 12:41:35 GMT
My guess is their website is crashing. When you call the number you get various degrees of "sorry but we're having lots of problems, call back in a couple of hours" type messages.
I'm not bothering chasing it. I was only going for a cheap ticket so no real loss.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 11, 2016 12:42:27 GMT
My guess is their website is crashing. When you call the number you get various degrees of "sorry but we're having lots of problems, call back in a couple of hours" type messages. I'm not bothering chasing it. I was only going for a cheap ticket so no real loss. Thanks! At least it's not just me... my concern re the cheap tickets though is that they will all sell out!
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Post by Snciole on Mar 11, 2016 12:45:02 GMT
Anyone who has "booked" online; Payments not going through but they do if you ring the box office with your reference as they have been reserved! My credit card has three separate pending £50 so hoping only one does go through!
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Post by Squire Sullen on Mar 11, 2016 12:45:58 GMT
Booked.
Only took half an hour. repeated error messages like the one posted above, making a new account and a fair bit of foul language on my part - but have one of the £10 side seats so relieved, although considering heading to The Understudy for a drink to calm my nerves..
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Post by RedRose on Mar 11, 2016 12:54:28 GMT
Anyone who has "booked" online; Payments not going through but they do if you ring the box office with your reference as they have been reserved! My credit card has three separate pending £50 so hoping only one does go through! Do we know how long they are reserved? Looks like it's the same bug they had when David Tennant Much Ado went on sale. I looked back in evening and a lot of good seats were back then.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 11, 2016 12:59:37 GMT
Phew, all sorted now, thanks Snicole!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 13:03:05 GMT
Delfont Mackintosh always have this issue when something popular goes on sale. If they've given you a reference number then your seat is reserved, but you will need to call them to get the payment part sorted. Try later this afternoon when the first flush of booking dies down.
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Post by David J on Mar 11, 2016 13:04:48 GMT
I've gone ahead and booked a matinee ticket in Brighton on the 27th August
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Post by Snciole on Mar 11, 2016 13:14:19 GMT
I couldn't find any £10-20 seats, were they only available on weekdays? I was limited in booking Saturdays then I panicked and ended up with front row balcony.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 13:15:24 GMT
I got a £10 nest seat for a Saturday matinee. Were you looking at matinee or evening?
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Post by Snciole on Mar 11, 2016 13:16:59 GMT
I was looking at evening! I sound like I am moaning, still happy with my seats as I haven't paid much more than I would have done and the view/leg room should be fine but I was right on it at 12pm and everything!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 13:42:18 GMT
The Wyndham's is a great theatre for visibility, I've never had a problem even from the very back. And hey, we wouldn't be proper theatre fans if we didn't have a good moan on the day tickets go on sale for something.
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 11, 2016 13:43:12 GMT
Well I was a tad disappointed as I had £10 balcony nest seats for Press Night in my basket, put my card details in and then they just vanished!
However, not complaining (too much) as I managed to (eventually) get a £10 balcony nest seat for the Wednesday evening before PN - thank you theatremonkey for the heads up on those!!! - and £10 for 2 acting giants in a play I've been interested in seeing is pretty wonderful VFM.
Took me 45 to book, though. Was online & searching at 12pm and had the same online payment problems as others have had which was highly frustrating. Called the number on the screen and they gave me another number which rang out then hung up after a few minutes. Delfont Mackintosh also starting automatically hanging up on me during the automated call, too. Thought there's no chance I'll get them back now, but I sent them a tweet and - as if by magic - someone picked up on the alternative number, cancelled one of the dates I was looking at and booked me in over the phone.
So a happy ending for me, fortunately, but DM really need to sort their system out when they know they'll have a popular show on their hands!
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Post by Marwood on Mar 11, 2016 13:57:03 GMT
Tried about 3 or 4 times, each time put the bank details in only for the basket to then empty itself - all the decent seats on the dates I was looking at have now gone - sod this, I'll see if I can ticket for Brighton when they go on general sale on Monday.
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Post by Snciole on Mar 11, 2016 14:08:16 GMT
You might be aware but I found a general landline number for Wyndhams (Delfont Mackintosh?) which is 02078127498, which gets you through to the 0844 number via a dodgy method (I suspect).
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Post by Marwood on Mar 11, 2016 14:15:58 GMT
Thanks, Snciole - I haven't made a note of any reference numbers, I'm a bit dubious about keeping on with bookings and then suddenly getting half a dozen confirmation emails (and a massive bill). I'd like to see this but I don't want to pay £95 or be sat right in the back of the balcony (or standing either) - I'll look at ATG's site on Monday (although if I go to Brighton, it's the August bank holiday weekend so hotel prices will be at a premium)
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Post by Squire Sullen on Mar 11, 2016 14:44:08 GMT
Thanks, Snciole - I haven't made a note of any reference numbers, I'm a bit dubious about keeping on with bookings and then suddenly getting half a dozen confirmation emails (and a massive bill). I'd like to see this but I don't want to pay £95 or be sat right in the back of the balcony (or standing either) - I'll look at ATG's site on Monday (although if I go to Brighton, it's the August bank holiday weekend so hotel prices will be at a premium) Just had a look at the Saturday matinee in Brighton for you, hasn't sold much to ATG priority members because of the high prices I assume. Nearly all stalls £60, except for front row, back rows and sides at £50 and £45 behind the pillars. Same story in the circle, upper circle pretty much all £50, gallery all £35 and £25. I'm sure it will sell better nearer the time, and it'll be nice to have the Theatre Royal full for a change, but silly prices for a regional venue.
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Post by Marzipan on Mar 11, 2016 14:46:20 GMT
I've booked a nest for the end of October, which I reckon is pretty bargainous at £10.
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 11, 2016 15:07:20 GMT
I too have swiped a nest seat for We'd 12th Oct matinee! Website worked fine....
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Post by loureviews on Mar 11, 2016 18:11:14 GMT
I've gone for a £65 stalls in September...
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Post by CG on the loose on Mar 12, 2016 10:38:07 GMT
Was in a meeting in Madrid all day and knew nothing of this until I got to the airport in the evening and caught up on my emails - popped on to DMT website and booked a Wyndhams Stalls ticket no problem. Sounds like, for once, being behind the curve helped!
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 12, 2016 11:07:30 GMT
I saw this (with McKellen/Stewart) when it was staged in New York. I was about to say "recently" but it will be 2 or 3 years ago, so it's taken a while to transfer.
I wouldn't rush to see it a second time, but it was well-staged and performed and thought provoking. Definitely worth seeing once and I can understand why people would go back for a second viewing.
There's a lot of reasonably priced tickets there as well (if they've not sold out yet), which are worth grabbing.
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Post by canadianturtle on Mar 12, 2016 12:21:28 GMT
I've booked a nest for the end of October, which I reckon is pretty bargainous at £10. I booked a nest too thanks to the tips on TheatreMonkey and for press night too! Annoyingly I was trying to book 3 tickets (to go with friends) and only one booking ended up going through with all the payment shambles. I tried calling a few times to get the other tickets but was hung up on after a few minutes each time. Poor form, but luckily my friend was able to go to the box office later in the day to get the other two tickets. The one good thing I'll say about the Delfont site is that there was no additional booking fee, which is a rarity for online theatre purchases these days!
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Post by Marwood on Mar 14, 2016 10:25:26 GMT
Got second row stalls for the Friday at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, £65 (the seats behind were five pound cheaper but this includes a variety box (Chocolates?), a drink and an 'ATG gift') Anyone have any idea what the gift is - a beermat,an ATG pen or the like?
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Post by maggiem on Mar 14, 2016 12:25:32 GMT
I only saw this earlier this morning (quiet at work... ahem)! I booked for 24th November evening at Wyndhams, as it will be part of my London trip to see the Harry Potter plays.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 14, 2016 22:07:29 GMT
It will just be a whole load of hammy acting.
What are these 'nests' people speak of?
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Post by Marwood on Mar 14, 2016 22:18:58 GMT
They're double seats at the end of each side of the front row of the balcony, not particularly comfortable (not much leg room) but you've got them to yourself, you can sort of stretch out at an angle if you so feel like it(I had one for American Buffalo, a bargain compared to the prices they were charging for the stalls seats but you are very high up so what you gain in money you lose in sight line)
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 14, 2016 22:25:59 GMT
Oh right!
You couldn't pay me to watch this.. But I was intrigued by these nests!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 8:21:55 GMT
They're double seats at the end of each side of the front row of the balcony, not particularly comfortable (not much leg room) but you've got them to yourself, you can sort of stretch out at an angle if you so feel like it(I had one for American Buffalo, a bargain compared to the prices they were charging for the stalls seats but you are very high up so what you gain in money you lose in sight line) "Very high up" at the Wyndham's isn't very high at all though, and I've never had any visibility issues from a nest. For a tenner, unbeatable. I pay twice the price regularly and am yet to be dissatisfied.
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Post by Marzipan on Mar 15, 2016 17:00:09 GMT
What I like about the nests (for my knowledge of which I am indebted to the monkey) is that you can shift about in them a bit without bothering anyone - I am an inveterate wriggler. Also. there's a handy ledge sort of behind/to one side of you, where you can put a drink so it's nearby but not in the way. They are at rather an odd angle, but since I spend most of my time at home sat cross-legged sideways on the sofa that doesn't bother me! Visibility-wise I'd say they're pretty good - high(ish), yes, but it's a clear view.
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