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Post by samjane92 on Mar 29, 2024 19:09:48 GMT
Managed the same just now, the box did reduce to £69.50 but as I was almost at the theatre I’m glad I took the risk! Excited for this. I hope you enjoy the show. Who is on today? Thank you. Donal and Madeline it seems!
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Post by samjane92 on Mar 29, 2024 13:20:19 GMT
Has anyone managed to get cheaper on the day tickets in person here? I’d enter the lottery but hoping to go to a matinee so wouldn’t be able to claim even if I was lucky enough to win and haven’t been successful in the past. Cheapest current seat is £89.50 😭 Yes, the do tend to reduce on the day - I got a row N of the stalls for £55 two weeks ago Managed the same just now, the box did reduce to £69.50 but as I was almost at the theatre I’m glad I took the risk! Excited for this.
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Post by samjane92 on Mar 28, 2024 11:28:08 GMT
Thank you, it was tomorrow night I was hoping to bag a ticket for. Nimax has one box ticket for £69.50 available today?
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Post by samjane92 on Mar 28, 2024 10:50:28 GMT
Has anyone managed to get cheaper on the day tickets in person here? I’d enter the lottery but hoping to go to a matinee so wouldn’t be able to claim even if I was lucky enough to win and haven’t been successful in the past. Cheapest current seat is £89.50 😭
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Post by samjane92 on Mar 6, 2024 23:02:32 GMT
Not good 🙈 Sheridan, Hadley, Nicola, Amy and the main love interest as good as they could be with poor songs, and a very dull story line. 2 hours 45 felt like 5. Few interval escapees and lots of moaning in interval. Orchestra looked bored out of their minds in second half. Video effects pretty cool but nothing new
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Post by samjane92 on Nov 9, 2018 7:40:42 GMT
What is going on with this casting?! It starts a week later than come from away yet they announced a month ago. Really hope Olly Thompsett gets the doctor. Maybe Lauren Samuels/ Sophie Isaacs for Dawn as Sophie Linder Lee won't be available and Louise Dearman or Rebecca Trehearn for Jenna. Also wondering if it will be Old Joe or Old Josie as Broadway has recently announced.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 6, 2018 13:43:40 GMT
I absolutely loved this overall. One of the first shows I saw as a child and seen the film a million times so was nervous about a younger dentist (compared to Alistair McGowan and Steve Martin) and human plant!
I agree the set probably wasn't ideal, and the ensemble could have done far more without the skyscrapers taking up so much room. The shop worked well but the plant could have been more impressive. Especially given the green setting. The finale was bonkers and good fun but I remember being far more impressed at the menier production ending with Sheridan Smith.
Loved the three 'greek chorus' style girls, particularly Christina Modestou. Cracking voices. Marc Antolin and Jemima Rooper stole the show for me. Lovely voices, great chemistry and really well acted. Matt Willis was far better than his west end live clips, quite a different take but very funny, especially in the meek shall inherit. Mr Mushnik did a good job. Vicky Vox also had a a great voice and was very funny as the plant. I would say this version has a bit more adult humour than others if you were thinking of taking children.
I do think the show stop threw off the performance somewhat in the way it was dealt with. While the actual stop was short it took a while for the show to be stopped in the first place which didn't help the situation. The lady seemed to be OK thankfully but I am sure she would have preferred to have been dealt with in privacy as they usually deal with people fainting in the sun rather than the situation that occurred. I also wish they had re-started from the earlier than it did as everyone around the situation missed more than they re-did.
Will be going back for sure but will invest in a much closer seat, couldn't really comment on the quality of the costumes etc from Row O, had the biggest smile on my face all the way home.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 18, 2018 11:21:36 GMT
2 £20.25 tickets just posted in the noticeboard section if anyone is looking to fill a matinee slot this saturday!
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Post by samjane92 on Feb 23, 2018 14:30:52 GMT
I was hoping Ashley Day, but obviously he’s just gone into 42nd Street. Stuart doesn’t seem like an obvious choice to me, but happy to be proved wrong. Now that Emma Williams is not available, what do people think of Katie Brayben as Sally? Yes to Katie Brayben! She did a wonderful version of the title song with John Dagleish at the Oliviers concert in 2015.
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Post by samjane92 on Oct 17, 2017 12:49:29 GMT
No deals. I was in H1 for £49.50 when I went. I'd sit the other end of the row, but it isn't terrible - big pillar in front, but luckily nothing much happens behind it. You just lose a sense of overall staging sometimes, I think. I got to the theatre at 17:10 on Saturday and asked what was the cheapest/ did they have any day seats left for the evening for a single seat. I was offered £25 for the back row of upper, I ummed a bit, then was offered back of stalls so ummed some more. She then offered me H1 in stalls for the same price so I took it. By the time I arrived there was a house full sign. Agree with Monkeys opinion of the seat, not sure I would have been happy at full price. In terms of the show I thought it was fine, brilliant cast for sure but unmemorable songs. My biggest problem was the people around me were laughing at the jokes before the punchline had been delivered, having only seen the film many years ago I didn't remember them so was usually an anticlimax once I got the joke. The horses were indeed fantastic.
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Post by samjane92 on Sept 19, 2017 16:11:22 GMT
Would it really be that much? I was lucky this time as I was making a day trip but had I spent the £40 on a big fish ticket like I was going to do I would have lost that, or still gone and found another show for the evening, an outlay I haven't planned for. I then would have had to pay to do the same another weekend for the new Hamilton date. Travelling from outside of London means I need to make the most out of travel costs. If I am staying down I always book non refundable rooms to save money so would lose this had I been as organised as I usually am. As a guide that's a £33 train, booked as two singles as that's cheapest so £10 per ticket held as an admin fee if I try and exchange them. I pay for DMT+ and ATG so would get free exchanges but have had many circumstances before where shows wont refund because you can't make it regardless of if they had sold out or not. Many attractions are far cheaper to purchase if you pick a specific date and are then non exchangeable, or pay more for a flexible ticket if you have the hindsight of a show being cancelled. So around £100 had I booked the room, train and at least one show/ sightseeing activity. All would have been planned purely to see Hamilton with it being booked so far in advance. It might not seem alot to most people but for me that's not money I have to waste. Those who had booked to fly will have had significantly higher costs.
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Post by samjane92 on Sept 19, 2017 15:32:16 GMT
I do feel that those affected are meant to feel grateful that this is being done for them, like it is somehow their own fault. This exactly! The cost of travel, sightseeing if not local, other shows if a matinee/ evening is available, hotels etc. I dread to think how much this change has cost people. It is also mad that if I hadn't read this board I would still be worrying about which date I had been given. If the seats have been reassigned the least they could do is tell us as soon as this is the case rather than having to go digging into the ticket master account on a computer because the relevant page doesn't show up on my iPhone.
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Post by samjane92 on Sept 19, 2017 12:33:22 GMT
My receipt has literally been updated today, despite having booked with my DMT+ membership before most. What a long 11 day wait that was. I got first choice date and time but have been moved from stalls P5-8 to Royal J34-37, so a downgrade for two of the seats it seems. Although the same price band a very different view. Shame considering the inconvenience of having to move travel plans but at least we are still seeing it I suppose.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 31, 2017 15:46:11 GMT
It is so frustrating that the only communication from them is to email then they don't reply. It's been a week that I have been waiting now.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 25, 2017 14:06:38 GMT
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 24, 2017 14:45:19 GMT
A friend was only offered 3 months so even that is inconsistent! A few rumblings on twitter beginning. There is really not enough content to begin with, nor do they regularly add new titles to warrant a £7.99 a month fee. I pay less than that for Netflix.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 24, 2017 13:53:31 GMT
I have been a long time user of Digital theatre having purchased several productions in the past. Unbelievably they have just said that you can no longer watch what you've paid for and have to pay £7.99 per month if you want to subscribe to their service and access all of their productions....but they will give 6 months free as they are so generous to existing customers. So disappointed! iPhone app doesn't work anymore either.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 18, 2017 10:39:22 GMT
I am booked! Anyone else coming?
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 12, 2017 13:10:30 GMT
Marisha on for both shows but seems to be a full cast otherwise. On the upside I got A1 in the Stalls for £23 on today tix at 10:30 today. Earlier it had offered me row R so glad I waited.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 11, 2017 9:54:32 GMT
I suspect this: www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-beard-brings-in-a-new-bronze-age-with-ebay-a3608636.html. Here is the relevant part: 'Tony’s Dreamgirl is not who he tweets she is IT WAS quite the song and dance at the Dreamgirls press night last night as stars of TV and radio watched a new Effie White take to the Savoy Theatre stage. Trevor Nelson and Penny Smith were in fine spirits, as were Tony Blackburn, Martine McCutcheon and Claire Sweeney, watching Marisha Wallace make her West End debut as Effie, though it seems the BBC Radio 2 DJ was unaware of the cast change. “If you want to see a cast bubbling with talent @dreamgirlsldn is the show,” Tony tweeted. “Great songs and the voice of Amber Riley who is just brilliant.” Erm...' Amazingly the tweet is still up!
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 9, 2017 13:40:38 GMT
I try to keep my theatre ticket purchases to less than £30 so I can see as much as I can, my sisters definitely won't pay more than that so will be taking the same approach as you I think. I do want to see Sophie Linder Lee back on stage again and Jamie Muscato too. Bring back the £5 front row seats! Or at least the £15 row C I paid for Miss Atomic Bomb/ £22 for the back row of The Wild Party.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 9, 2017 12:50:27 GMT
Prices seem to have gone up. 39.50 for cheapest seats for the variety of dates I can do. Strange color system too doesn't seem to correlate to what is actually left (lots in most cases). No wonder so many seats available. Shame as I was quite keen to see this but based on the mixed reviews think I will have to leave it unless offers appear.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 2, 2017 20:20:32 GMT
Ditto on the buying tickets for a plus-one. I've done it before with either theatreboard friends or like minded twitter friends. I figure if it all goes wrong I can usually find another plus one or do a return! Can you do a return for 'half' a booking? If you bought 2 tickets, and can only use one? The wording on Ticketmaster isn't specific, but it seems to refer to the booking, as a whole, rather than the individual tickets, that could be returned. Yes you can, I did so for two friends who couldn't make the dates I panic bought. Bought 4 returned two.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 19, 2017 16:58:59 GMT
A quick search for Amber Riley in my emails brings up 7 ticketmaster mailings, all based on seeing 'Glee star Amber Riley' in Dreamgirls. So I do think in this case it is marketed on her name. As Funny Girl was. A search for Robert Fairchild for example doesnt show anything so An American in Paris is quite different in my opinion. However if marketing has been sent out with their names on then the same applies.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 18, 2017 12:41:09 GMT
The NT must've sneakily released more Entry Pass tickets without telling anyone - looks like there's now availability for pretty much every show except previews! I'm very happy as I really wanted to see this but missed the first EP ticket release. Very excited to be seeing my first show in the Dorfman! Thank you so much, you have literally made my day. I only have 10 months left of entry pass and I was gutted to have missed this first time around! Can't wait to see Olivia Coleman on stage.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 12, 2017 9:40:04 GMT
Please can we have Katie Brayben and John Dagleish as the leads if it is Me and My Girl?! They sang the title song wonderfully at the Oliviers in concert last year.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 10, 2017 9:20:24 GMT
I think it is great tradition provided someone who had never seen the show and was doing so for the first time would be oblivious. I remember hearing that at Sheridans last legally blonde instead of the playboy bunny outfit she wore a rabbit onesie. I would have loved to see Alex Gaumonds reaction.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 6, 2017 21:02:10 GMT
Rebecca Lock seems to have been involved tonight according to her twitter, I wonder in what capacity.
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Post by samjane92 on Jun 30, 2017 7:53:39 GMT
I love cruises, and musicals so this is my idea of heaven! Shame the single supplement is so high, if it was in school holidays I would be there with my family for sure but not sure I can justify paying twice the price. I honestly don't know anyone personally who has been on a cruise and not enjoyed it. I would say not to knock it until you try it! Of course if you go for the cheapest brands that will attract a certain level of clientele however I have never seen any bad behavior on my 10+ cruises and 6 months of working onboard (6 years ago). 5* Hotel, wake up somewhere different every day, cinemas, spas, a casino, fantastic cocktails, amazing food, great singers (mostly) and a large scale theatre production every night. I also love the glamour of properly dressing up most evenings.
It is actually becoming more popular for MT performers to do stints onboard. Cunard for sure have increased the number of 'stars' in their insights program with Ruthie Henshall, Maria Friedman, Alfie Boe, Samantha Barks, Willemijn Verkaik all featuring on their schedule for next year. Sisco (Scott Garnham and Simon Schofield's venture) have a number of acts, the barricade boys being the most well known who are popping up more and more among the lines too. I would certainly be more inclined to book a particular voyage knowing that there was a well known MT performer scheduled.
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Post by samjane92 on Apr 20, 2017 12:50:19 GMT
Looks like Anna Jane Casey taking over as Mrs Wilkinson based on her latest instagram post!
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