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Post by LaLuPone on May 29, 2018 18:27:55 GMT
I didn’t get a conformation email, but the tickets show up on my history of orders so who knows if I’ll get them or not 😬 I regret buying 8 now, it probably looks to the box office like I’m trying to sell them on for profit but I just saw it as a good opportunity to take lots of friends with theatre tickets being so expensive.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 19:13:06 GMT
To be fair, if I didn't live on the other side of the UK to Cardiff I'd have probably ordered about four free sets of tickets by now!
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Post by bluemoon on May 30, 2018 16:33:24 GMT
Manchester casting announced, Craig Els continues in Manchester very pleased to say (as I have tickets)
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 12, 2018 15:29:01 GMT
This will be going on an International Tour, opening in South Africa in Oct 2018 (Johannesburg) until Jan 2019 (Cape Town), then tours Singapore, Hong Kong, China and others from March 2019 - January 2020. Looks like it's one long contract, dependent on actor interest and availability I guess!
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Post by richey on Jun 16, 2018 13:07:24 GMT
Not sure how well this is selling in Manchester but ATG have just sent me a free promo cd so they're obviously ramping up the publicity
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Post by david on Jun 16, 2018 13:09:28 GMT
Not sure how well this is selling in Manchester but ATG have just sent me a free promo cd so they're obviously ramping up the publicity Got mine today. Not bad for a freebie. |
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Post by show69 on Jun 20, 2018 22:35:25 GMT
This will be going on an International Tour, opening in South Africa in Oct 2018 (Johannesburg) until Jan 2019 (Cape Town), then tours Singapore, Hong Kong, China and others from March 2019 - January 2020. Looks like it's one long contract, dependent on actor interest and availability I guess! Will it be adding further uk venues? Like Aberdeen ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 5:59:06 GMT
This will be going on an International Tour, opening in South Africa in Oct 2018 (Johannesburg) until Jan 2019 (Cape Town), then tours Singapore, Hong Kong, China and others from March 2019 - January 2020. Looks like it's one long contract, dependent on actor interest and availability I guess! Will it be adding further uk venues? Like Aberdeen ? I’d say places like Glasgow, Aberdeen, Bradford, maybe Plymouth, Belfast possibly? |
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Post by show69 on Jun 21, 2018 13:47:55 GMT
Plymouth and Bradford are already on sale!
Aberdeen recently had wicked, so it should/could come up here !
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2018 9:08:05 GMT
Plymouth and Bradford are already on sale! Aberdeen recently had wicked, so it should/could come up here ! Hopefully you get it. Glasgow too. Most touring productions sadly have the attitude that a month long run at the Playhouse or Festival Theatre will be enough to serve Scotland. It mostly does, but then it leaves all the other places like Kings Glasgow to get loads of tribute acts, BK productions and general other crap. |
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 7, 2018 20:47:50 GMT
So I just got 8 tickets for the Cardiff run for £0.00, still in a bit of a daze! I was browsing the Millennium Centre website on my laptop and some tickets at the back of the circle with the value of £52 showed up as free for various concessions (Under 25, students, seniors) so naturally I quickly snapped up some for me and my friends. I’m confused whether this was a glitch on the website or if it’s a scheme to give free tickets for younger people to see Matilda for free. The latter is unlikely so I’m wondering is there anything the ticket office can do if it is the former? Anyone remember this? Looks like the WMC have cancelled my order, has the same happened to everyone else who “bought” some tickets with the glitch? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2018 20:54:24 GMT
They probably realised no money was paid to the theatre, realised their mistake and cancelled any freebies.
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 7, 2018 21:02:22 GMT
The Centre did call me earlier and left a mesage saying it was about Matilda and to call them back but I’ve been busy with my own show rehearsals today so I’ll see what becomes of that tomorrow!
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Post by Jon on Oct 7, 2018 22:41:53 GMT
Anyone clued up on trading law/consumer rights? It's fair enough to cancel them but I always thought there was an acceptable period of time after which companies had to honour it? I think we all knew these weren't supposed to be free but if someone genuinely thought it was a special promo, by this point they could well have booked travel, accommodation etc. I'm surprised it took that long! I remember due to a glitch, I didn't get charged for a Friday Rush ticket at the National but they called me the following Monday to say it hadn't gone through but they would hold the ticket until I could pay for it |
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 8, 2018 16:29:10 GMT
So after chatting to the box-office they offered me the tickets for £5 each as an Under-25s offer, with no obligation to keep them all if I didn’t want to. Very happy with the service and my £5 ticket!
For my chums over on the Wicked thread reading this, the nice lady at the ticket office was called Sarah Louise!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 16:39:39 GMT
Oh god what if it’s her. If she’s moved to Wales and hidden herself in the Matilda fandom to cover her tracks she got another thing coming. 😡
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Post by SageStageMgr on Oct 8, 2018 18:48:44 GMT
It's fair enough to cancel them but I always thought there was an acceptable period of time after which companies had to honour it Basic contract law requires "consideration" - even if only a symbolic penny or a button - as part of the contract. With no money exchanged, the contract potentially can't be held to exist. There's also the rule of "mistake" by which the contract can also be annulled. This. My brother works in law for a bank and he says it’s much like the “I found it at this price on the shelf, you have to honour it” stuff. It’s simply not true. The ideal thing they would do is issue an apology to each customer personally, explain the situation, and take the payment agreed (the ticket price). If they were feeling generous/PR conscious they could offer a free programme voucher with their ticket or waive the booking fee, or both. |
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Post by fiyero on Oct 8, 2018 20:17:03 GMT
It's fair enough to cancel them but I always thought there was an acceptable period of time after which companies had to honour it Basic contract law requires "consideration" - even if only a symbolic penny or a button - as part of the contract. With no money exchanged, the contract potentially can't be held to exist. There's also the rule of "mistake" by which the contract can also be annulled. That's what I was thinking, you have a much stronger argument if you've paid £1 than if you've paid nothing. |
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Post by sf on Oct 23, 2018 16:57:14 GMT
A heads up - prices in the stalls and dress circle for weekday performances for the remainder of the run in Manchester seem to have dropped significantly (not surprising, there are a LOT of unsold seats and they very clearly miscalculated what this market would bear for this particular show). Seats that were £60 are now £38, seats that were £45 are now £27. No idea whether prices in the upper circle have also changed, I don't do the (acrophobia-tastic) upper circle in the Palace.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 17:50:36 GMT
I'd say it's families being priced out by the extortionate pricing, and the Manchester run is very very very long, so it may be hard to sell out the Palace for that long. I'd imagine they'll do the same with Edinburgh as it's a massive theatre, but it isn't there as long and most of the weekend performances have sold out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 18:16:03 GMT
A heads up - prices in the stalls and dress circle for weekday performances for the remainder of the run in Manchester seem to have dropped significantly (not surprising, there are a LOT of unsold seats and they very clearly miscalculated what this market would bear for this particular show). Seats that were £60 are now £38, seats that were £45 are now £27. No idea whether prices in the upper circle have also changed, I don't do the (acrophobia-tastic) upper circle in the Palace. Any examples of dates? All the dates Im checking are still full price. |
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Post by david on Oct 23, 2018 18:25:43 GMT
A heads up - prices in the stalls and dress circle for weekday performances for the remainder of the run in Manchester seem to have dropped significantly (not surprising, there are a LOT of unsold seats and they very clearly miscalculated what this market would bear for this particular show). Seats that were £60 are now £38, seats that were £45 are now £27. No idea whether prices in the upper circle have also changed, I don't do the (acrophobia-tastic) upper circle in the Palace. Any examples of dates? All the dates Im checking are still full price. Just had a quick look now. Mon to thurs most of the remaining weeks are showing up for the cheaper tickets. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 19:04:14 GMT
Any examples of dates? All the dates Im checking are still full price. Just had a quick look now. Mon to thurs most of the remaining weeks are showing up for the cheaper tickets. Weird. I'm looking at Mondays/Tuesdays last few weeks of November and still getting £60/£75 seats in the Stalls. Different browsers. |
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Post by david on Oct 23, 2018 19:15:38 GMT
Just had a quick look now. Mon to thurs most of the remaining weeks are showing up for the cheaper tickets. Weird. I'm looking at Mondays/Tuesdays last few weeks of November and still getting £60/£75 seats in the Stalls. Different browsers. Just logged onto ATG had a look at the last 2 Monday’s of the Nov dates (used my ipad) stalls - rows J to L £50 M to P £45 Q to S to £38 T to W £27 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 19:33:19 GMT
Oh so those are the discounted prices! I think Q > W has been around that price for a while. Thanks for checking though!
Two deaf parents want to see it but knowing (from London) how quiet the show starts they'll struggle with this sat anywhere further back than M.
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