Company

Box office day seats sold are all available from the front row back, in order, so no "anything a little further back?"

Just had an email from delfont mackintosh and there is 10% off seats in January. doesn't seem to exclude weekends

Today must have been a slow day on TodayTix, they had Pinter tix at 2.30.

Something I forgot to mention but I think Company might be one of the first West End shows to have product placement as the character have Starbucks cups in a few scenes. Had I not noticed Starbucks is a partner on the show in the programme, I would have been none the wiser.

Well the gods have been kind to me today.
It's a rather significant birthday for me today and all my friends seem to be busy so I was going to be "Billy no mates" but thanks to Today Tix managed to secure a rush ticket for tonight.
So Bobbi and I can celebrate together.

Happy Birthday. Have a great day but do watch out for giant balloons!

Happy Bidet.

Hope you enjoy Patti and Jonny B. Well, before incontinence sets in anyway.

Just managed to confirm that I'll be making a trip to London in January and can't wait to catch this - any chance you could share the discount code? I'm a Delfont Mackintosh member but somehow never received that email, which is frustrating!!

Mel was off tonight. Only just realised it would have been for Children in Need.

The theatre was also raising money for it and it was nice of the cast to give Mel's understudy (unfortunately I didn't note her name) an extra round of applause. She was very good.

The box at the rear of the Dress Circle does provide a good and unrestricted view but as theatremonkey advised the legroom is tight. I'm usually not fussy but I was uncomfortable by the end. Perhaps £30-40 would be a more reasonable price.

Also, it felt a little quiet from there. I also felt this in the stalls previously and it made me wonder if the mics could be a little louder? I understand sound design to the extent of knowing that the cast should project and the mics only assist but each time I have wanted a bit more! Maybe a creative decision as I doubt it's something that Elliot would overlook.

Still love this production though and get something different from it everytime. Good ol' Sondheim.

Well I shared my birthday with Bobbie last night, although I have a few years on her.
Sat in Row P stalls, 2 rows in front of last time and great view, could even see a bit of the orchestra.
Couldn't see any major changes from when I saw it in previews.
As mentioned above understudy was on for Mel who was doing Children in Need and she was very good. But it did highlight to me what a great comedy part Mel plays in this even though I am not generally a fan of hers.
Jonathan Bailey and Patti raised the roof as expected.
Seeing it the 2nd time made me realise how complex and brilliant the choreography is, especially in Tick, Tock and Side by Side. Also cramming themselves into those tiny rooms and not bumping into each other.

Couple of interesting conversations I overheard in the interval.
Woman in front of me who was something to do with the production was talking to a couple of friends also in the business said that it was "rather clunky" tonight. I didn't notice but I guess she would know. There was a slight but noticeable set malfunction during "Not getting married" but I didn't notice anything else.
Also heard a man say to his wife "I don't understand why people are laughing at everything". I think this has been mentioned before by a couple of other people on the thread but I have to slightly agree with him. Some people were laughing at lines in some of the songs that were clearly not laugh out loud lines and wondered what that was all about.

Anyway icing on the birthday cake was at the end they were collecting for Children in Need and I got Mr Bailey on my staircase, so I mumbled something rather embarrassing about it being a wonderful show and threw more money than I should have in the bucket before scuttling off. He was very gracious, bless him, smiled and said thank you very much.

Fab review. Seeing it this week and that has really geared me up for it!