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Post by bee on Mar 4, 2017 8:53:00 GMT
Reading this thread, and thinking about the huge pile of programmes in my spare room, with another box full of them in the garage, it occurs to me that in this day of age some means could be contrived of buying programmes in electronic form. A print-at-home programmes to go with your print-at-home ticket say?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 9:04:57 GMT
Some theatres do this - the National and RSC have apps you can buy and download digital programmes to, and the Royal Opera House sells digital programmes which are actually links to "enhanced" web content (extra articles and video) which aren't otherwise available.
Some of them (eg the Royal Opera) give access to the digital programme for free when they are doing a cinema screening.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 4, 2017 9:05:27 GMT
Reading this thread, and thinking about the huge pile of programmes in my spare room, with another box full of them in the garage, it occurs to me that in this day of age some means could be contrived of buying programmes in electronic form. A print-at-home programmes to go with your print-at-home ticket say? No no no no no no no! Got to be the real thing, even if it is full of cruddy shiny adverts! I'm still searching for the perfect folders to store my collection in that don't look like horrible office filing cabinets. Anybody? |
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 4, 2017 9:23:15 GMT
^ Thanks Tracey Emin  I have a need to have them in order - I keep having to fight the resident spiders in the cupboard where they currently reside in toppling stacks and I can never find the one I want. Someone help! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 9:42:29 GMT
Reading this thread, and thinking about the huge pile of programmes in my spare room, with another box full of them in the garage, it occurs to me that in this day of age some means could be contrived of buying programmes in electronic form. A print-at-home programmes to go with your print-at-home ticket say?  Even the notion!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 10:42:41 GMT
Tibidabo I followed the advice of some on the previous board, as I was having the same dilemma. I was recommended to use the comic book boxes here: www.amazon.co.uk/d/2uj/BCW-1-SFC-15-Comic-Stor-Folio-German-Version/B002AT8QKU as they are the perfect size for standard programmes (although Delfont Macintosh insist on printing square ones, these don't fit. Most ATG ones, do however). They hold roughly 8-9 each with a window on the front to slide in an extra one. Edit: I might add though, that recently I discovered it was cheaper to buy them in bulk from a seller on eBay, rather than Amazon. My larger programmes and photo brochures are stored in plastic lidded IKEA boxes, all kept neatly at the top of my wardrobe. Who needs clothes when you have theatre?
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Post by Polly1 on Mar 4, 2017 12:16:05 GMT
My ever-expanding programme collection is causing Mr. Polly, who maintains my database, some bookshelf anxiety. Until it takes up as much space as his aircraft books however, I shall claim Right on my side.
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Post by Michael on Mar 4, 2017 12:39:22 GMT
I avoid print-at-home tickets like the plague, and I will do the same with print-at-home programmes if they ever became a thing.
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Post by ctas on Mar 4, 2017 18:48:01 GMT
American in Paris programmes are the £8 sort. Ouch ouch ouch.
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Post by ctas on Mar 4, 2017 20:59:41 GMT
I have a collection to maintain so put up the cash but ouchhh
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 5, 2017 1:20:13 GMT
£5 seems the norm now and the quality still seems to diminish.
However I wonder how many crates I could free up if there was no advertising in there, happy days.😇😇😇
Saying that looking at my old programmes - on the bottom right hand corner of the cover is there is £ symbol with a 1 next to it. So nothing changes you handed over a note in those days and get no change, same as today.
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Post by schuttep on Mar 8, 2017 10:31:52 GMT
Tom89 - thanks for the link to the comic book boxes. I'll certainly have a look into them.
Muji also do a mix of sizes of binders and boxes at competitive prices.
Disclaimer: other outlets are available.
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Post by loureviews on Mar 8, 2017 16:20:32 GMT
Mine are in the bedding box (1985-2007), in boxes in the wardrobe (2008-2013) and more recently, in what should be the storage shelves for shoes in the wardrobe. Approx 6 months worth are piled up downstairs though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 16:23:19 GMT
^If they are as well done as "The Bodyguard" one was, worth it. If not, not. I agree, I think the recent Bodyguard programmes were beautifully designed! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 16:38:55 GMT
Tom89 - thanks for the link to the comic book boxes. I'll certainly have a look into them. Muji also do a mix of sizes of binders and boxes at competitive prices. Disclaimer: other outlets are available. Youre welcome, I wouldn't use anything else now - and all thanks to the lovely folk on here. I'm more than happy to "pay it forward". |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 14, 2018 23:07:52 GMT
Saw 2 shows today and bought a programme in good faith for both. 2 things wind me up a million, when it comes to programmes.
First show was Legally Blonde in Brighton, I bought my programme for £4 and also noticed that brochures were available for £6, I declined this, so reading my £4 programme I noticed there was no song list, why? Because the producers want you to buy both at £10, which I think is outrageous.
Secondly I saw An Ideal Husband in London, so reading the programme all that was entered for Edward Fox is that ‘he is an actor with a very long career’. for this I get charged £5 and get 9 pages of adverts, this comes across as slight obnoxious. I think it is bad enough when I read the cast bio and it only includes highlights. I like to see what I have seen then in before.
A programme for me, should contain; The full biography of the cast members career and if it is a musical it should also contain a song list and what characters sing what.
In the end I know Legally Blonde inside out, so didn’t a song list - but also don’t like being manipulated. I know I don’t have to buy one, but I am a sucker for a souvenir.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 6:18:38 GMT
Wicked London is £8 and is nothing but glossy adverts and pictures.
DMT theatres are £4 each but have that really annoying square shape to them which is annoying because it doesn’t match the other ones.
I’m pretty sure all RUG theatres are £6 for a programme/brochure hybrid.
Wicked UK tour is £6 for the picture book brochure and £4 for a rather boring, uninformative Playbill type of programme.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 6:26:28 GMT
Saw 2 shows today and bought a programme in good faith for both. 2 things wind me up a million, when it comes to programmes. First show was Legally Blonde in Brighton, I bought my programme for £4 and also noticed that brochures were available for £6, I declined this, so reading my £4 programme I noticed there was no song list, why? Because the producers want you to buy both at £10, which I think is outrageous. I bought both recently and was disappointed to see how identical the content of the two items were. I expect when buying both the programme and the brochure to be purchasing two distinctly different pieces. |
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Post by duncan on Jun 15, 2018 7:24:17 GMT
Even worse in a programme is when the show changes in a theatre but the surrounding articles in the programme don't.
Have to admit, I used to buy a programme for everything I saw - you try taking that Chitty brochure back on the Tube!!! - but over the past couple of years if I've been able to find the relevant actor and production information online then I've sidestepped the programme.
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 15, 2018 16:43:45 GMT
First show was Legally Blonde in Brighton, I bought my programme for £4 and also noticed that brochures were available for £6, I declined this, so reading my £4 programme I noticed there was no song list, why? Because the producers want you to buy both at £10, which I think is outrageous. Strangely, when I saw on LB on Monday, I just decided I'd had enough of forking out for programmes & didn't buy one. They're just too expensive & there's so little content in some of them. £4 for a load of people thanking their Gran isn't really much cop. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 16:59:09 GMT
Even worse in a programme is when the show changes in a theatre but the surrounding articles in the programme don't.
Oh! Sheffield Theatres programmes have had an advert running for YEARS in every single programme. It never changes and it's creepy as hell. My friend and I always laugh when we see it there yet again. It's for a private school and has the most awkward photo of what is meant to be a brother and sister that I have ever seen.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2018 12:13:10 GMT
I used to buy programmes for everything I saw, but I never buy a programme now. The reasons being that
1. They seem so expensive.
2. In the case of a musical you may not see the cast that is listed in the programme anyway. There were 3 understudies on with my recent trip to see Dreamgirls for example. There did not seem to be any slips in the programme advising of this. You can take a pic of the cast board for free.
3. If you wish to know about the cast bios you can always look up the shows website to read online for free.
4. They are a blatant way of trying to maximise revenue from the audience. By the time you have bought a programme, a pre-show drink, interval drink/ice cream to say nothing of a key ring, mug or tee-shirt you can have doubled the ticket price!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jun 17, 2018 12:47:40 GMT
Agree with wickedgrin especially point 4. Rarely/never spend any money in the Theatre itself, as you say a programme, pre show drink and interval ice cream all add up. With the advice on finding the best value tickets using this site and the above savings, able to stretch my budget to 3-4 additional Theatre visits a month. Currently averaging 4 Theatre visits a week storing the Programmes would also become an issue, my iCal Calendar and Twitter musings post show are all keepsakes I have, used to keep my tickets but nowadays only my Shakespeare ones. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 21:46:59 GMT
The title of this thread comes true when you get a paper cut on the Wicked souvenir brochure while trying to stop pages getting stuck together.
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Post by crowblack on Jun 21, 2018 21:59:14 GMT
I really like the ones from the Bridge - lots of stuff worth reading on the way home and a nice handy size, not too big, not too small. The Liverpool Everyman has tabloid newspaper/old style NME format programmes that are £1.
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