How much, is too much?

If I live in London I'd certainly go and see a show per week, but since I have to travel too long a distance it's usually a week once in 3-4 months packed with as many as I can fit (usually 10 or so) - basically it results in the same number but a hardcore version
And yes, more I see, on rarer occasion I got out of the theare moved to tears or thinking "that was f*ckingtastic!" but it happends for the understandable reason like all things in life - with more experience comes the lesser chance of being amazed/amused/shocked/astonished/transfixed/etc.

My theatre days are

Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday

Each week
And
Usually evenings

Although recently I have been going to weds matinees

And often end up seeing 2 shows as then go to something in the evening too!

Will occasionally take a whole Saturday if seeing something outside of London or it is 2/3 parter etc

For me, theatre doesn't have to be 'jolly' to be therapeutic... with some exceptions which venture into the realms of the truly disturbing, I find the escape into another world, whether that world is light or dark, to be a positive, re-energising thing. Put simply, theatre gives me real joy and that is reason enough for me to keep going back

I live outside London so I can pop into town after work for a show, but it can be a bit of a slog if the show isn't worth it, so I just go in every Saturday for two shows then come home again. (I say "just", I often go in midweek too, and I visit my local when something good is on, so I think it averages out to 3 times a week.)

I would go lots more than I do if I could afford it and could afford the energy to stay out late multiple nights per week. I feel as though I go a lot, as I've really upped my theatre visits over the last couple of years (I made a new friend who also likes theatre). I go on average about once a month, although sometimes that's three times in a fortnight and then not again for another 6 weeks.

I just can't afford to go more often - not just tickets but also trains/petrol and car parking and whatever else. Plus I have a really busy job and get very tired. Plus where I live there aren't huge numbers of theatres locally.

My theatre days usually have the word "day" in them.

I go around 100 times a year, and - like the original poster - my partner is asking to slow down.

I retired early a couple of years ago so I expected to slow down but didn't. Weekends we see what we both want to see and mid-week matinees I go alone (my partner still works). We live in London so there's always something to see but we also travel around the country seeing shows elsewhere. Visiting a new place/theatre is fun.

We both can get a bit jaded, though. There have been a few occasions in the past year when we simply didn't feel like attending a show we'd booked for. We don't beat ourselves up about it though, or going to the theatre really would become a chore.

Those of us who don't work in theatre in any way all have our various patterns and habits of what sort of shows we like to see and how often and where and when. But I've always wondered about the theatregoing habits of theatre folk. While they're not resting, they're not free to see anything much, so they must miss loads of shows they'd've really liked to see. And if you're performing or rehearsing or preparing, is it too conflicting and distracting to go see something anyway? On the other hand, at some venues and shows, it often feels like I'm the only audience member who isn't actually in the business.

TheatreMonkey, you know Mallardo can imagine no worse fate than not being alert enough to enjoy Mrs H's ladies! 

But I know what you mean, if I end up with a 3-4 show week and it's not part of a holiday to NY/London, I quickly burn out with real life as well and stop enjoy things. Personally once or twice a week is enough for me (obviously depending on the show, sometimes more than enough!!) 

Has anyone here been to Latitude? And, if so, did you spend the entire weekend watching theatre or did you mix it with music and other festival activities? Festivals (including Edinburgh) do both have Theatremonkey's holiday criteria of being away from work all weekend and with no travel involved, once you're there. Although they can become exhausting with camping, walking, persistent noise and crowds, excessive alcohol, heatstroke, rainstorm drenchings, the confusion of too much choice, bickering companions, the journey to the site, etc., etc. At music festivals, it's no issue to come and go mid-show. But theatre at Latitude might be a bit more intense. I've often attended Beyond the Border Wales International Storytelling Festival, which mixes in music as well as storytelling throughout the weekend, but I've always felt too wary of Latitude to ever give it a chance. Is Latitude too much?

One of the reasons i don't go more than a couple of times a month, if that, cropped up today. I wanted to go this week to see something as i had a week off work, so this morning i decided to make a return visit to see Kinky Boots, went to check the trains first and to get me there and back would cost £167. Now, add on to that the cost of the actual ticket, travel around london, food, drink..maybe a programme and you are looking at £300 just for me to go, on my own, to one show. I can afford it but i can't really justify that to myself.

It's still expensive for me to go to London for theatre at the weekend but a lot less so, so that's when i tend to go. The problem being that i usually work Saturdays and have to book them off if i want to go somewhere and i can't get away with taking more than one a month off really.

So i'm very restricted by circumstances otherwise i'm sure i would go much more often.

Absolutely. I'll do 4 or 5 shows over a long weekend in New York, staying centrally, but only average one a week at home (with more than 1 some weeks and other weeks with none), and try to avoid going 2 nights in a row.

I work in London but live in Essex and have a 90 minute commute each way. Getting off a train at gone midnight and then getting back on it again less than 8 hours later is not something I enjoy doing, but I will for something I really want to see. Can't do it 2 days in a row without feeling awful, though!

I do theatre trips to London and New York regularly so will usually binge watch while I am in town. For London it's usually a long weekend (Friday or Saturday to Monday) and I tend to watch 4-5 shows depending on how many I can fit in time-wise (watching two shows on a Sunday doesn't work often but if it does I usually do it).

In New York I tend to do Broadway for any available matinee slot while my evenings are usually reserved for immersive theatre. I would struggle to watch the same musical or play several times on one trip. Occasionally I will watch the same show twice in a week or so if it is one I really love especially when a show is closing or a cast change is happening. Any more and I would risk overdosing on a show so I try to avoid it. Back in the days I sometimes watched the same show 3-4 times per trip and that really was too much.

However, I don't get bored seeing immersive shows like Sleep No More 6+ times on one trip. On my upcoming trip next month I am seeing 2 Broadway shows and 7 Sleep No More in 5 days.

I couldn't do this at home when I am working and have the usual everyday life commitments but when I am on holiday I enjoy a theatrical binge.