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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 2:39:13 GMT
Any chance of this extending or will it just run its limited run and end?
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 22, 2016 9:36:47 GMT
From what I gather it's been considered but I expect it may close. At least one of the principles has another job lined up afterwards so if not there'd be a cast change which could be interesting. I do expect it'll close at the end of Jan though.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 9:49:41 GMT
Does Michael C. Hall do Sunday shows? Is the stage high? I'm considering C25 for this Sunday.
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 22, 2016 9:52:23 GMT
Does Michael C. Hall do Sunday shows? Is the stage high? I'm considering C25 for this Sunday. He does all shows barring illness. I sat on the front row and the view was great. You really do want to be as close as possible in this show as the rake isn't steep enough and lots of action happens on the floor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 10:03:28 GMT
Thank you! I booked B20 for Tuesday 29th November. So excited!
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Post by stuart on Nov 22, 2016 12:54:17 GMT
What are the row Z onwards seats like? Are they as far back as the name suggests?
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 22, 2016 14:14:36 GMT
What are the row Z onwards seats like? Are they as far back as the name suggests? This theatre's sightlines are notoriously not that great so I personally wouldn't risk it.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 22, 2016 16:14:16 GMT
Hmm, maybe we won't offer our spare row z ticket around then.
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Post by viserys on Nov 22, 2016 19:40:26 GMT
Out of curiosity - is dynamic pricing hard at work here? I just wanted to check if its selling out now after the CD and the reviews came out and several shows in the next days have "limited availability" with plenty of seats. But most notably rows B and C are priced at only £35, the rows behind at £55. I'd be so annoyed if I had forked out £75 for the first rows months ago and now neighbouring seats are £35.
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Post by charliec on Nov 22, 2016 20:10:08 GMT
I looked on the website earlier for tickets for tonight and all seats had a bookable "dayseat £25" option on there. This was at about 6pm today so they are discounting close to showtime now I think!
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 22, 2016 20:16:51 GMT
Here's the trailer I was talking about.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 20:18:50 GMT
Out of curiosity - is dynamic pricing hard at work here? I just wanted to check if its selling out now after the CD and the reviews came out and several shows in the next days have "limited availability" with plenty of seats. But most notably rows B and C are priced at only £35, the rows behind at £55. I'd be so annoyed if I had forked out £75 for the first rows months ago and now neighbouring seats are £35. Definitely downward dynamic pricing going on. If you look at dates in the next week or so showing "Limited Availability" there's a big block of seats at the side front stalls for £35 but for dates further ahead the same seats are still £75. Note they will exchange tickets for those of "the same or greater value" 48 hours in advance so maybe worth a go if you have a cheap seat at the back! Interesting tip on the day seats too!
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Post by viserys on Nov 22, 2016 20:37:11 GMT
Ah, well, I was one of the lucky ones who got front row seats for £15 when booking opened, so I'll hold on these.
But perhaps good to know for those who only got a seat in Row ZZX or whatever or simply want to revisit.
And generelly I just take an interest in pricing out of the faint and probably pointless hope that producers will twig that they have overstepped a mark with their price hikes and premium seating in the last 1-2 years.
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Post by djp on Nov 23, 2016 4:47:40 GMT
UGH, not a fan. The cast is great and so is the direction, visually it has its moment but what a nonsense. I can't believe the same person who wrote the beautiful book of Once wrote this pretentious horror. It's like a f*cked up version "the little prince", with shallow, trivial dialogues. And they should have cut several songs, they didn't add anything to the story and they all sound the same. The cast was very very good, I'd love to see Michael C. Hall in a good musical. He could be a great Ben in Follies. Its Life On Mars on steroids or some other sort of drug- and half the public didn't understand life On Mars. Driven bonkers by longevity isn't much of a plot. Hall didn't work for me , I kept on thinking he sounded too much like the guy Jodie Foster shoots in Silence of The Lambs. Worth a ticket though for Amy Lennox, who has a decent storyline, and created a new credible character. and Sophia - who both sound every good, and are very watchable. I imagine the stage was warmer or both would have been frozen - the place was at a nice temperature until the air conditioning came on, and started blowing a blizzard down my neck. Seats were a bit odd - they had a floating feel which was quite apt , but I thought the venue was Ok -certainly better facilities than many fringe venues, and less train noise than the Garrick.
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Post by noboiscout on Nov 23, 2016 11:49:36 GMT
Gutted - should have held out. Bought tickets in row G way back at £75 as a Christmas present. Would suck it up and put it down to being to eager to plan ahead if the view was ok. I know the rake was appalling for In the Heights but thought they might have sorted it out for this production with such pricey tickets. It beggars believe that they couldn't install seating with decent sightlines, but I guess you can't pack in as many seats if you build them up, instead of stretch them way out to the back of the building. But then a lot of producers don't really care about the audience - or short a*se guys like me!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 11:54:25 GMT
All seats bookable as £25 day seats online for both today's performances too. Interesting that some performances (eg tomorrow night) are almost sold out (at least, appear so on the website) whereas others have huge numbers of seats left.
Like viserys I grabbed £15 seats when booking opened but great to know this is an option for return visits if I enjoy it.
Surprised this hasn't sold well but presumably a lot of that is down to the pricing. And I think it's a much bigger theatre than the one in New York.
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Post by darren on Nov 23, 2016 12:13:54 GMT
All,
I'm sure there will be no takers but if anyone would like a FREE ticket to the matinee this PM at 3pm let me know - it is on the back row. Basically i booked this a while ago and then day seated so booked a £95 premium seat for £25.
Probably the worse seat in the house but if you want to keep warm let me know!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 17:11:49 GMT
Is there a stage door? Is it possible to meet Michael after the show?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 17:16:38 GMT
Yes - no idea where it is but there are a few references to people meeting Michael C Hall at the stage door on twitter.
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 25, 2016 17:18:43 GMT
Is there a stage door? Is it possible to meet Michael after the show? Stage door is near the birdcage structure thing. Marked with a little laminated sign. But when I stagedoored with my sister a few weeks ago we waited for 20-25mins and no one came out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 17:28:38 GMT
Thanks guys!
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Post by kathryn on Nov 25, 2016 23:22:02 GMT
Well, saw this tonight from row ZL. What a disappointment! We were miles away. The venue is terrible - you can hear every bit of street noise, including loud music from other venues round about and noisy Friday night drinkers. Not to mention the sirens. The seating is terrible - uncomfortable, with bad sight lines. There's far too much ambient light from the stairs, the heaters, the fire exit signs - you never get a true blackout which means the shifting, fidgeting audience and people constantly getting up and going out/coming back in/leaving distract you.
It's utterly impossible to immerse yourself in the production with the ambience.
The production itself is visually interesting but not a lot more - story is just confusing.
Maybe from the front row you can fall into it and let it wash over you? Hard to understand what people like about it otherwise.
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 26, 2016 11:53:17 GMT
Yes, in this particular venue being up front makes ALL the difference. Wonder why they didn't bother building the dress circle rather than extend stall to the point where stage is not visible and street noise muffles the actual music from the show...
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Post by kathryn on Nov 26, 2016 14:19:49 GMT
I wouldn't say it muffled the music - the amplification is good. But then that's also a bit weird, when you're so far away from the stage you can only vaguely see someone's mouth moving, but they sound like they're standing next to you.
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 26, 2016 15:48:30 GMT
Kathryn, well, then glad you heard it at least..
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