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Post by showgirl on Sept 21, 2016 14:24:19 GMT
Just booked Hedder. Interestingly, got straight into the site. WARNING: Something odd in the credit card payments. Nabbed a £15 stalls seat, and got through to "processing card" with the bank symbol on the screen... Then it came up with "technical difficulties" (Sheridan Smith works at the National's computer desk, who knew?). Then, when I hit the back button, it told me my basket was empty and try booking again. Obviously, the £15 seat had gone, so I was just looking at another performance WHEN (lucky I had my Inbox open) an email arrived, confirming my original ticket. Be aware, is all I'm saying. Exactly the same thing happened to me and I did try again and ended up with 2 adjacent tickets. But I had tweeted them about the issues and they will be able to see that I used 2 different cards because the website suggested trying another, so they had better give me a full refund!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Sept 21, 2016 15:39:06 GMT
Putting in a certain voucher code emptied my basked, so I didn't get the ticket for HG I wanted One just can't get decent staff nowadays. I suppose I shall just have to do the booking myself.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 15:49:21 GMT
Got through and got my tickets fairly easily today. In fact, I may now throw Rufus another £1.73 to go towards the revolve fund.
Watch and learn Almeida!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 7:53:06 GMT
Well that was relatively painless... got through quite quickly on my phone, couldn't choose a seat and kept getting allocated nosebleed seats or middle of the front row (cricked neck, no thanks). Waited with bated breath for my PC to trickle through the queue... grabbed a £15 seat for The Red Barn. Success!
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 29, 2016 8:06:18 GMT
Yes, pretty painless. Got a £15 front row seat for Hedda Gabler, nothing cheap for dates I can do for Red Barn so will hang on for Friday Rush
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 8:12:38 GMT
I got what I wanted with a minimum of fuss, but I really can't stand the way they display the seating plan and yet still you have to click on it to load it again before you can select your seat, it's a ridiculous piece of design that just adds stress when you really could do without it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 8:18:30 GMT
I got what I wanted with a minimum of fuss, but I really can't stand the way they display the seating plan and yet still you have to click on it to load it again before you can select your seat, it's a ridiculous piece of design that just adds stress when you really could do without it. I really don't know why they did that. Good web design calls for as few clicks as possible. Why add a completely pointless step to the booking process?! On the plus side, I noticed they're letting you move more easily between dates within the booking system. So that's a win.
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Post by Marwood on Sept 29, 2016 8:45:50 GMT
Managed to get a front row seat for Hedda Gabler without having to do too much searching - going by some of the previous posts, I was expecting nothing to be left, so I'm extremely pleased with this.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 29, 2016 8:49:13 GMT
Well that was relatively painless... got through quite quickly on my phone, couldn't choose a seat and kept getting allocated nosebleed seats or middle of the front row (cricked neck, no thanks). Waited with bated breath for my PC to trickle through the queue... grabbed a £15 seat for The Red Barn. Success! Congrats! The stage is not always high in Lyttelton though.. For Deep Blue Sea it was even taken further from the front row so a perfect view..
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Post by Stasia on Sept 29, 2016 9:04:40 GMT
UPD ticket's gone I grabbed a £15 seat for Red Barn and lived a happy life for about 10 minutes. After that I realised that I've doublebooked myself I don't want to loose 2 pounds on returning the ticket, maybe someone here is interested in buying it from me? Giving it for face value, obviously The Red Barn Thursday 12 January 2017 2:15pm Lyttelton Stalls D:4 Full Price = GBP 15.00
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Post by peggs on Oct 5, 2016 19:10:43 GMT
Some £15 seats for Red barn for the next week or two seem to have appeared.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 6, 2016 11:05:20 GMT
Any word on The Red Barn's running time? No mention on the NT website yet, I'm going to the Saturday matinee performance the weekend after next, then going to a London Film Festival screening in the evening, so was wondering how much time I'll have in between.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 11:59:04 GMT
It's a Robert Icke show, so I'd err on the side of having a bag full of snacks rather than planning time for a leisurely dinner if I were you.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 6, 2016 12:03:42 GMT
Cheers, the film I'm going to see (Dog Eat Dog) doesn't start until quarter past nine so I should still have loads of time, but didn't want to book a table anywhere until I had some some idea of when I'd be out of the NT.
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Post by zahidf on Oct 6, 2016 12:20:53 GMT
I've been informed that the running time for Red Barn is around 1 hour 45 mins all the way through
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Post by zahidf on Oct 6, 2016 12:21:17 GMT
Also, Angels in American will have it's own, separate booking period to the rest of the season
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 6, 2016 12:25:25 GMT
As may Follies?
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Post by Marwood on Oct 6, 2016 13:27:50 GMT
I've been informed that the running time for Red Barn is around 1 hour 45 mins all the way through Thanks.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 6, 2016 19:38:22 GMT
I've been informed that the running time for Red Barn is around 1 hour 45 mins all the way through Damn! I booked a matinee in case this was long, but that's relatively short. Too late now, however, to get a £15 ticket for an evening performance.
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Post by RedRose on Oct 6, 2016 23:37:04 GMT
It was two hours tonight. And I loved it!
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Post by Marwood on Oct 8, 2016 0:22:14 GMT
Was in the NT tonight - advertised as one hour fifty minutes, no interval.
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Post by DuchessConstance on Oct 10, 2016 19:03:48 GMT
2017 season being announced tomorrow. Yael Farber is doing Salome.
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 10, 2016 20:07:23 GMT
Its on in the Swan as well! Just wish the two biggest theatre companies in the country would talk to each other re programming😮😮
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 10, 2016 21:14:58 GMT
2017 season being announced tomorrow. Awkward for the NT - Rufie will find it hard to avoid answering Ian McKellen's comment at yesterday's UK Theatre Awards that a so-called National Theatre should perform throughout the nation.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 10, 2016 21:46:13 GMT
1) We're Here Because We're Here was the first time that the NT ever behaved as a national theatre, and was an excellent project.
2) NT Live doesn't count as performing throughout the nation.
3) Commercial UK tours of hit NT shows which charge high prices so as to make profits to subsidise NT South Bank doesn't count.
4) Co-productions with regional companies so as to reduce the cost of NT South Bank productions doesn't count.
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Post by theatreliker on Oct 10, 2016 21:50:25 GMT
I think they'll discuss more about Follies, Mosquitoes and Twelfth Night.
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 11, 2016 5:53:01 GMT
Indeed, with the the advent of the national theatres in wales and scotland, the "national theatre of great britain" is pretty much no more. They could do more touring but it was ever thus...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 13:42:06 GMT
Sophie Thompson has broken her wrist and won't be in PP anymore Gutted Someone from Wonder.land wil hook it in her place
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 13:45:51 GMT
Anna Francolini, if anyone was wondering more specifically. I'm actually *more* excited now, I'm not sure how much I enjoy Sophie Thompson's performances at the best of times, but Anna Francolini has never left me down yet.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 21, 2016 14:16:06 GMT
I'm now interested in seeing it. I've never enjoyed ST's performance on stage, although I wish her a speedy recovery
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