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Post by fossil on Jun 30, 2017 16:35:48 GMT
Just noticed you can book Friday Rush tickets for this on the NT web site - row A stalls.
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Post by fossil on Jun 29, 2017 16:08:53 GMT
Apart from the pause that was not too stressful except for having to re-login again. I was 1000 in the queue and 200 when it paused after 20 minutes. On resuming, the queue seemed to go down at a slower pace so I presume they decreased the number allowed in at any one time. When I reached head of the queue, the Network dates page showed 'on sale to members' even though I had previously logged in. I logged in a again thinking I would have to go to the back of the queue again but it let me buy my tickets straight away. There was good availability for the date I wanted and I got good central row B tickets. Also managed to get a good members free Theatre Quiz ticket - I found you have to allow the system to select the free tickets as they don't show on the seating plan as such, but it gave me the centre of row D. Seems I got that wrong and you can select £0 tickets after all. Just select any seat from the plan, then click on Show Concessions.
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Post by fossil on Jun 29, 2017 9:08:59 GMT
Apart from the pause that was not too stressful except for having to re-login again. I was 1000 in the queue and 200 when it paused after 20 minutes. On resuming, the queue seemed to go down at a slower pace so I presume they decreased the number allowed in at any one time. When I reached head of the queue, the Network dates page showed 'on sale to members' even though I had previously logged in. I logged in a again thinking I would have to go to the back of the queue again but it let me buy my tickets straight away. There was good availability for the date I wanted and I got good central row B tickets. Also managed to get a good members free Theatre Quiz ticket - I found you have to allow the system to select the free tickets as they don't show on the seating plan as such, but it gave me the centre of row D.
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Post by fossil on Jun 15, 2017 19:25:41 GMT
I am not sure if I want to watch some of the audience eating and drinking for three hours.... www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/network-on-stage-seating"A very limited number of tickets will be available for this unique, immersive experience, which will include a three-course meal and drinks on stage as Network unfolds. These special tickets will be available through a ballot in September, priced at £75 and £95 (£35 Entry Pass for under-25 year olds). More details to be announced – sign-up below and be amongst the first to hear about the ballot (please note that this sign-up form does not enter you into the ballot):"
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Post by fossil on Jun 3, 2017 10:07:42 GMT
If it is of any help, there are still circle seats available for all August performances for American Express card holders. They do a fee free 'Amex Platinum Cashback Everyday' card. Amex cards get you bookshop discounts and free NT theatre tours as well.
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Post by fossil on Jun 1, 2017 15:40:35 GMT
I sat in the centre of the second row and remember initially thinking that a click track was being used. I think the problem I had was that the tap sound is being over amplified. I see the foot tap, but I hear quite a loud tap sound, so the visual information does not match the aural information, so to me it just did not seem right. It is all a matter of perception so I suspect will be noticeable to some people more than others.
Which reminds me. A little while ago I was lucky enough to get tickets for a BBC recording of 'Friday Night Is Music Night remembers George Gershwin'. In the middle of one of the numbers there was tap dancing - but no dancers. Two of the percussionists were using foot shaped blocks to 'tap' onto vertical boards. Quite effective and (to me) a more realistic sound than 42nd Street manages.
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Post by fossil on May 22, 2017 16:51:30 GMT
I have just received the latest NT members magazine. It mentions some Follies statistics: 37 actors, 21 musicians and 93 performances. Presumably this means there will be another 41 performances in the next booking period.
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Post by fossil on May 5, 2017 22:25:19 GMT
For those who missed out on good and/or affordable tickets, the season leaflet does mention for Follies that "Additional performances to be announced"
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Post by fossil on Apr 27, 2017 13:42:31 GMT
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Post by fossil on Apr 27, 2017 13:24:34 GMT
Painless booking when the general booking opened at 8.00am. Same queuing system as NT. 25 or so in the queue which went down in a few minutes. If you are after cheaper seats, pricing and configuration varies with each play. I booked third row gallery 1 for Julius Caesar at £35. For the other productions these are £25 but flagged as ‘high seats’ but were not flagged as such for JC. Front row stalls for Nightfall is £40 and only £25 for Marx. All have £15 seats in the back row of gallery 3, there are only three rows on the galleries. Correction - 3rd row gallery 1 now showing as 'high seats'. I was sure they were not flagged as such at 8.00 this morning. Quite a differential in pricing across three rows for gallery 1. Front £90, 2nd row £65 and 3rd row £35.
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Post by fossil on Apr 27, 2017 7:40:12 GMT
Painless booking when the general booking opened at 8.00am. Same queuing system as NT. 25 or so in the queue which went down in a few minutes. If you are after cheaper seats, pricing and configuration varies with each play. I booked third row gallery 1 for Julius Caesar at £35. For the other productions these are £25 but flagged as ‘high seats’ but were not flagged as such for JC. Front row stalls for Nightfall is £40 and only £25 for Marx. All have £15 seats in the back row of gallery 3, there are only three rows on the galleries.
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Post by fossil on Apr 24, 2017 8:48:40 GMT
When the site came back up my basket was empty. Went back to the same date for Follies and found I could select the same seats again. I see they have added a new element of tension on the individual seat selection page by showing you seats available but having a queue on the page itself. This happened for both Follies and Oslo.
Still I did get to book good £15 front seats for both shows.
Reference earlier posts about tickets held back for the later advance booking date. During an previous (calmer) priority booking, after selecting the tickets I wanted, I looked at various date for several productions and could see each date had the same pattern of availability with a good number of seats not showing as available. This would seem to confirm that advance members are given a fair crack at obtaining good seats.
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Post by fossil on Apr 24, 2017 8:04:04 GMT
Got my basket back. Tickets still there. Clicked on checkout and it is hanging again. Twitter feed says they are working on the problems and will update as soon as they can.
Why do I feel so stressed? It is only a few theatre tickets!
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Post by fossil on Apr 24, 2017 7:42:10 GMT
Got my tickets in the basket. Was feeling very pleased. Then the site crashed....
The queue went down very quickly. Possibly let too many people in?
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Post by fossil on Apr 24, 2017 7:39:21 GMT
Got my tickets in the basket but the site has crashed.....
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Post by fossil on Apr 21, 2017 16:29:15 GMT
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Post by fossil on Apr 12, 2017 18:59:16 GMT
"....and you have only to stand up yourself to re-establish the view, resent it though you may"
But I am only 5'2" tall so often standing up does not usually re-establish my view. I expect any youngsters have the same problem.
You see the way it works is that the differential in height of taller and shorter people is less when they are sitting down and the kind people who design the theatres usually put a rake in the auditorium. The combination of these two factors means that shorter people can usually see reasonably well when all are seated (unless it is a really tall wide person in front!). People who stand wreck this whole scheme. I am not going to throw around words like 'selfish' as I have no knowledge of whether the standing advocates are indeed selfish, or ignorant, or both, or neither. I am sure people are drawing there own conclusions based on their individual points of view (or blocked view).
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Post by fossil on Apr 11, 2017 18:13:46 GMT
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Post by fossil on Mar 27, 2017 16:58:04 GMT
For those asking about the view from side seats I have found the Seatplan web site useful for checking out seating at various theatres. For the Theatre Royal go to seatplan.com/london/42nd-street/ but note that the seat reviews do refer to a previous show.
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Post by fossil on Mar 26, 2017 15:51:25 GMT
The above comments convinced me to book. Just picked up one of the last two centre row A £15 tickets left. The one next to it, A8 for the 5th April 7.30, is still left if anyone wants to grab it.
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Post by fossil on Feb 25, 2017 11:30:22 GMT
Despite waiting the best part of two hours in the queue I was surprised to be able to book very good seats for Lear, Fiddler, Quiz and Forty Years. All very painless once into the booking phase. Not at all like the recent stressful members booking for the RSC when you get concerned that the tickets may time out and be released due to the cumulative time waiting for the web site to respond at every stage of the booking.
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Post by fossil on Feb 25, 2017 9:35:07 GMT
3604 in the queue...!!
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Post by fossil on Jan 23, 2017 12:08:47 GMT
Queue is going down slowly. I was 1055 and am now 959 after seven minutes. Just tried another browser but this gets "Sorry, our virtual waiting room is full"
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Post by fossil on Dec 5, 2016 14:35:29 GMT
There is no need to go with the on-line seating allocation. If you phone the box office (020 7287 2875) you can choose your seat. On-line offered me A6 but I prefer the second row so phoned up and got B6.
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Post by fossil on Nov 25, 2016 20:19:31 GMT
For those who want to go but would rather not see Katherine Jenkins, ENO website says KJ is not scheduled to appear on Tuesday 18 April.
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Post by fossil on Nov 25, 2016 17:03:38 GMT
No trouble booking a £10 row C seat during members booking yesterday and currently still quite a few of these left. Anyone wanting to book a midweek matinee 20% over 60s discount be aware that the discount is not available on the RSC web site for the Thursday matinees but is available for the one Tuesday matinee on the 15th August and for all Monday and Tuesday evening performances. I queried this with the RSC box office as it contradicts what it says on the Barbican web site but was told "Unfortunately we do not offer an Over 60’s discount on a Thursday Matinee at the Barbican Theatre in London." I am not bothered about this with my £10 ticket but it seems a bit mean of the RSC penalising pensioners who may buy a £57.50 ticket. Especially when they do not post information of their differing Stratford/London discounting policies anywhere - a fact I have pointed out to them.
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Post by fossil on Oct 11, 2016 15:02:35 GMT
I have not tried for over a year or so and it may have changed but the two ticket limit did not seem to apply to Travelex productions. I was able to buy three tickets on a few occasions.
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Post by fossil on Jun 9, 2016 8:27:57 GMT
Like Vdcni I was able to book a couple of minutes early but can see the web site is now unresponsive.
I also noticed the payments page has at least two problems. I won't say how as one of the bugs is a bit of a security issue and have reported this to them.
I think the NT needs to give their IT people a good kicking. This is all indicative of a very poor testing regime.
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Post by fossil on May 22, 2016 12:18:25 GMT
Personally I have stopped joining in with standing ovations. On the last occasion I found I was applauding the backs of the people in front of me. But then I am only 5'2".
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Post by fossil on May 22, 2016 11:48:31 GMT
When applause becomes merely convention it loses its meaning. One should clap when it is deserved and not clap if completely undeserved. If a performer sings a powerful song but does not get the expected applause then they need be professional and examine the cause as to why they did not 'connect' with that audience at that time as the audience may be giving useful feedback. Maybe the song delivery not so good on that occasion. Maybe it was not the singer's fault and the sound system was poor or the balance all wrong - could the audience actually hear the singer properly? And so on.
Speaking of convention, I went to a Willard White concert at the Inner Temple. It was a posh do and it seems that at these one does not applaud each number - after each song there was just silence.
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