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Post by cavocado on May 16, 2023 8:21:05 GMT
I was around 300 in the queue and it was completely sold out by the time I got in at 9.08. I went through every date. Really hope it transfers or adds some extra dates.
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Post by alessia on May 16, 2023 8:29:36 GMT
Not much left for the public sale! I managed to get a couple of balcony seats for a Wednesday in Feb. Row B. Haven't sat up there before - how is it? You will be fine. I usually go for C the cheapest row and it is still decent (gone are the days when I could afford row A lol). The Donmar is so small, that even the restricted view is quite good
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Post by Steve on May 16, 2023 8:32:08 GMT
There was almost nothing for the General Public, with nearly all tickets sold to members. This is completely understandable and justifiable, as the obligation to make tickets available to the General Public expired when our short-sighted Government recently cut the Donmar's funding to zero.
To survive and thrive, the Donmar needs to make membership attractive, so when hot tickets come along, it won't be easy to get them if you're not a member, unfortunately.
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Post by zahidf on May 16, 2023 8:42:39 GMT
seems all sold out now.
Standing is midday on the day of the performance
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Post by cavocado on May 16, 2023 8:42:45 GMT
My lovely friend just texted to say she's got tickets and will I go with her. I'm so excited to see this, even more for Cush Jumbo than David Tennant. I agree this kind of show makes membership very attractive - very good for the Donmar as a thriving venue, after a few not-so-successful productions.
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Post by foxa on May 16, 2023 8:43:12 GMT
I was on at 9 started at 1300 but numbers went down fairly quickly - however missed out. Shows would indicate limited availability but nothing there - as said above by cavocado went through every date. Alas. But got two tix for Clyde's.
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 8:52:15 GMT
There was almost nothing for the General Public, with nearly all tickets sold to members. This is completely understandable and justifiable, as the obligation to make tickets available to the General Public expired when our short-sighted Government recently cut the Donmar's funding to zero.
To survive and thrive, the Donmar needs to make membership attractive, so when hot tickets come along, it won't be easy to get them if you're not a member, unfortunately. Blaming "the government" for you failing to get a ticket is a bit extreme. It was EXACTLY like this during the Sam Mendes/Michael Grandage hot ticket years when "the government" was funding them and all public booking tickets were gone inside 10 minutes (if you could even get into the system - their queueing system now is better). I wasn't that interested in this production (I don't rate the director) but I had a look at 09:30 and I could have got a £48 ticket but the date wasn't 100% convenient so I let it go. There were also under 30s seats available in the stalls at £10 each for a few dates which doesn't support your conclusion that they're simply trying to maximise income.
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Post by foxa on May 16, 2023 8:55:42 GMT
For what it's worth, for two dates in early February there are two pairs of circle seats for Under 30s only available as of a minute ago.
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Post by mistressjojo on May 16, 2023 8:56:10 GMT
Now officially sold out
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Post by catcat100 on May 16, 2023 8:58:51 GMT
Got lucky today, 450 in queue at 9. Got through quite quickly and first date I landed on, early in run, a lovely £25 row C circle still available which I snapped up.
Did have to go back into queue to book for Clyde's but didn't take too long once all hamlet tickets had gone.
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 8:59:56 GMT
One thing I object to is that they had a four ticket per person limit, and that was across the run - that is too high given they knew this would sell out. Two per person for a single date should have been the limit. In fact I think for members booking it *was* two per person ?
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Post by mistressjojo on May 16, 2023 9:01:29 GMT
One thing I object to is that they had a four ticket per person limit - that is too high given they knew this would sell out. Two per person should have been the limit. In fact I think for members booking it *was* two per person ? 2 ticket limit for Friends during the Priority Booking period, 4 tickets for the whole production. Not that there's any left to book. :/
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Post by wannabedirector on May 16, 2023 9:11:55 GMT
Got lucky today, 450 in queue at 9. Got through quite quickly and first date I landed on, early in run, a lovely £25 row C circle still available which I snapped up. Did have to go back into queue to book for Clyde's but didn't take too long once all hamlet tickets had gone. I had a very similar situation - under 200 in the queue so managed to get Macbeth tickets but rushed through payment forgetting about Clyde’s, so had to rejoin the queue to book that!
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Post by Latecomer on May 16, 2023 9:19:19 GMT
Not much left for the public sale! I managed to get a couple of balcony seats for a Wednesday in Feb. Row B. Haven't sat up there before - how is it? Row B fine, sat there for Othello, back in the day and Private Lives a couple of weeks ago. Very close to the stage. You sometimes miss a bit or have to lean to see things directly below you, but they are great seats.
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Post by foxa on May 16, 2023 10:28:36 GMT
Row B in the circle is fine - I've sat there lots.
Re Macbeth tix:
'Tickets for MACBETH are now sold out, we're sorry for any disappointment caused
Join our mailing list for alerts for future ticket releases. If you're already on our mailing list, you'll be the first to hear. £15 standing tickets will be released on the day of the performance Donmar Daily tix will be available 7 days before performances'
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on May 16, 2023 10:45:04 GMT
was also 300th-ish in the queue - was initially hunting for stalls but all gone. desperately grabbed circle seats before they all sold out
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Post by profquatermass on May 16, 2023 11:08:10 GMT
was also 300th-ish in the queue - was initially hunting for stalls but all gone. desperately grabbed circle seats before they all sold out The circle is fine. You're still only about 12 feet from the action
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Post by wiggymess on May 16, 2023 11:56:45 GMT
Never been to the Donmar - could I please ask those in the know, what are seats A9 + A10 like up in the circle, in terms of comfort and view? Is it benches up there, or the high fold down seats?
thanks!
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Post by theatrefan62 on May 16, 2023 12:26:49 GMT
There was almost nothing for the General Public, with nearly all tickets sold to members. This is completely understandable and justifiable, as the obligation to make tickets available to the General Public expired when our short-sighted Government recently cut the Donmar's funding to zero.
To survive and thrive, the Donmar needs to make membership attractive, so when hot tickets come along, it won't be easy to get them if you're not a member, unfortunately. Sorry but 🤣 Blaming the government for you not being able to get a ticket is a new one even for this board. This is more the case of Donmar finally having something that the masses want to see. It hasn't been a hot ticket venue for a long time. Tickets selling out to members used to happen more regularly years ago, regardless of who was in downing Street at the time. Its why I had membership for several years as it was the best way to get tickets for anything.
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 13:19:00 GMT
Never been to the Donmar - could I please ask those in the know, what are seats A9 + A10 like up in the circle, in terms of comfort and view? Is it benches up there, or the high fold down seats? thanks! View is fine but I don't much like them, the back of the seat is uncomfortably upright and legroom is limited. But for a 2hr play like Macbeth they are fine. At least you don't have the standing people directly behind you, those seats are worse.
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Post by Steve on May 16, 2023 13:40:08 GMT
Blaming "the government" for you failing to get a ticket is a bit extreme. It was EXACTLY like this during the Sam Mendes/Michael Grandage hot ticket years when "the government" was funding them and all public booking tickets were gone inside 10 minutes (if you could even get into the system - their queueing system now is better). . . There were also under 30s seats available in the stalls at £10 each for a few dates which doesn't support your conclusion that they're simply trying to maximise income. Sorry but 🤣 Blaming the government for you not being able to get a ticket is a new one even for this board. This is more the case of Donmar finally having something that the masses want to see. I did in fact get tickets for myself (Row B of the Circle, same as Mr Nutz), as I had number 10 in the queue. I was able to browse all the dates from the first moment of the Public sale and notice the paucity of tickets available in this sale round, and compare to previous sales by the Donmar, when they did get public funding.
For example, the Public allocation for Hiddleston Coriolanus tickets, McGregor/Ejiofor Othello tickets, Redmayne Richard II tickets and Jacobi Lear tickets were all vastly more plentiful than what was on offer this morning.
That said, now that I know that there are "Daily Donmar" tickets, I can't definitively draw the conclusion I did previously, as, for all I know, that allocation may be large.
That said, if the Donmar chooses to sell some of those tickets at £300 each, that would be their right, now that they have no mandated obligation to be seen to cater to the public, other than for PR reasons.
My moan was not for myself, but for my fellow board members, who would have normally got them with queue numbers in the hundreds.
Big picture, though, Jan is right: David Tennant in the tiny Donmar always meant that tickets would be like hens' teeth, it's just the Public allocation would have taken a few more minutes to sell out, with a few more of us non-members being able to get them in this round.
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Post by Jon on May 16, 2023 13:52:10 GMT
I don't have any issue with the Donmar maximising income, they no longer have ACE funding so they can charge and allocate however they like.
Also, why it is so taboo for theatres to want to maximise their income?
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Post by andbingowashisname on May 16, 2023 13:55:22 GMT
That said, if the Donmar chooses to sell some of those tickets at £300 each, that would be their right, now that they have no mandated obligation to be seen to cater to the public, other than for PR reasons. Big picture; I'd be completely flabbergasted to see the Donmar do anything along these lines - or even contemplate it - as it would be a chronic case of shooting themselves in the foot for future ACE funding decisions. There are opportunities to cash in, but this will not be one of them. If the production is good, and Tennant is happy to proceed, then I'd be confident that this production will be coming to a West End playhouse soon enough.
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Post by profquatermass on May 16, 2023 14:03:07 GMT
Re the Hiddleston Othello - at that point they'd stopped selling the ordinary £40 membership (now £70 I think) and if you weren't already a member, the only one available was, I think, the fancy £200 one. Which I assume not many of Hiddlestone's fan base were going to buy. Though some must - when I saw it there were only about 5 men in the stalls!
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 14:17:04 GMT
That said, now that I know that there are "Daily Donmar" tickets, I can't definitively draw the conclusion I did previously, as, for all I know, that allocation may be large.
Another reason you can't draw that conclusion is that the Donmar are also hinting they may "release" more tickets later (in addition to Daily Donmar) which is a modern marketing affectation they didn't follow for some of the other productions you mention. ACE funding was only 7% of the Donmar's total income, I doubt that has meant their ticket allocation strategy has changed at all.
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 15:02:28 GMT
Big picture; I'd be completely flabbergasted to see the Donmar do anything along these lines - or even contemplate it - as it would be a chronic case of shooting themselves in the foot for future ACE funding decisions. I doubt they'll ever reapply for ACE funding. The cost implication of receiving ACE funding, in terms of meeting and reporting on all their requirements with associated staff costs, offsets a lot of the benefits at their low level of funding (7% of total income).
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Post by solotheatregoer on May 16, 2023 16:33:40 GMT
Am I the only one who is not a David Tennant fan? I've never really enjoyed his performances and I'm looking forward to Ralph Fiennes's version much more.
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Post by jm25 on May 16, 2023 16:43:58 GMT
Got the on sale time wrong this morning so the queue was several thousand long by the time I joined in. Sounds like it would have been a bit of a long shot anyway. I’m going to be cautiously (and perhaps naively!) optimistic, though, and hope something turns up at some point!
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Post by lichtie on May 16, 2023 16:55:10 GMT
It was several thousand long if you joined at 09:01 as it happens!
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Post by Jan on May 16, 2023 17:09:47 GMT
Am I the only one who is not a David Tennant fan? I've never really enjoyed his performances and I'm looking forward to Ralph Fiennes's version much more. I haven't seen Tennant much but I thought he was poor as Richard II, getting laughs where there shouldn't have been any. However I'm also not much of a fan of old Rigsby either. However, Simon Godwin is by far a better Shakespeare director than Max Webster so I agree that is likely to be the better version and I will make more of an effort to get tickets.
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