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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 16, 2020 11:58:30 GMT
They never kept seats aside as dayseats/lotto, they just sold whatever they had available so I fully see why they’ve stopped it. The seats are selling at full price, there’s no need for them to discount. If they had specific seats that they kept aside as dayseats but decided to sell them at full price without giving anyone notice there wouldn’t be dayseats available then I could understand people getting annoyed by it more
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 12:29:03 GMT
Agreed. We all love a bargain, but commercial theatre has to make profit and run like a business.
School of Rock’s time had definitely come. It had a good run but demand had really dwindled of late. It’s completely normal for longer runners to get a surge of interest when they announce closing and therefore stop discounting. It doesn’t mean stopping the run was a mistake.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 16, 2020 22:38:16 GMT
Saw this for the final time this afternoon - I am so glad they brought David Fynn back. He is the best Dewey the London production has had IMO, with Stephen Leask a close second. David really was incredibly funny this afternoon, and sang really well - possibly even better than his first run in the show 3 years ago.
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Post by Sam on Feb 17, 2020 15:12:07 GMT
Is there any point asking at the theatre for any last minute discounted tickets? A friend and I were planning on getting last minute tickets Wednesday evening, but if there is no chance we'll look to book ahead on a date with more availability. I was aiming to get to the theatre around 6pm.
There are over 100 tickets left for Wednesday currently...
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 17, 2020 15:35:35 GMT
The remaining tickets for the final show have been released for sale. Mainly premiums but also a fair few £75 behind them as well, all central though
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Post by Sam on Feb 17, 2020 15:43:40 GMT
Is there any point asking at the theatre for any last minute discounted tickets? Keep an eye for "dynamic pricing" online at the website. Beyond that, people on here do try at other shows - asking the very last moment before it starts. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. School of Rock has usually been good for this in the past so we might chance it and if we can't then go out to dinner and book for next week instead. |
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Post by fiyero on Feb 17, 2020 18:49:48 GMT
The remaining tickets for the final show have been released for sale. Mainly premiums but also a fair few £75 behind them as well, all central though I just had a look and saw this. I’m guessing the cheaper ones all went to families of the cast etc... which is fair enough but I can’t justify going for the prices that are left. My last show was nearly perfect though. I hope they do something special for the last one! |
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 17, 2020 19:09:57 GMT
All the kids who’ve been in previous casts have been invited back to perform at the end of the show, no idea what or how they’re planning on doing it though
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Post by Sam on Feb 20, 2020 12:00:38 GMT
Got to the theatre around 6.15 last night, but no luck. Cheapest was £70.
The TKTS booth does have discounted tickets, but by the time we got there all they had left was single seats for £60.
We went out for dinner instead and have booked £35 seats for next week.
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Post by justfran on Feb 27, 2020 10:19:20 GMT
Looks like this is set to tour! A few venues have been announcing it on their social media pages.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 27, 2020 11:23:18 GMT
Full tour dates have now been announced, opens at New Alex in Birmingham in February 2021, ending in Oxford 1st January 2022
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 28, 2020 17:42:36 GMT
TOUR DATES
FURTHER VENUES TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Birmingham Alexandra
13-27 February, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre
2-6 March, 2021
ON SALE 13 MARCH
Glasgow, Kings Theatre
8-13 March, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Edinburgh Playhouse
23-27 March, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
New Wimbledon Theatre
29 March - 3 April, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Ipswich, Regent Theatre
5-10 April, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Cardiff, Millennium Centre
12-17 April, 2021
ON SALE 23 MARCH
Milton Keynes Theatre
19-24 April, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Dublin, Bord Gâis Energy Theatre
26 April - 8 May, 2021
ON SALE MAY
Leeds Grand Theatre
17-22 May, 2021
ON SALE 4 MARCH
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
24-29 May, 2021
ON SALE 6 JULY
Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre
31 May - 12 June, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Bournemouth Pavillion Theatre
14-19 June, 2021
BOOK TICKETS
Manchester, Palace Theatre
21 June - 3 July, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Hull New Theatre
5-10 July, 2021
BOOK TICKETS
Plymouth, Theatre Royal
13-17 July, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Bristol Hippodrome
19-24 July, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre
26-31 July, 2021
ON SALE 9 MARCH
Southampton Mayflower
2-7 August, 2021
ON SALE 3 MARCH
Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
10-14 August, 2021
ON SALE 2 MARCH
Caterbury, Marlowe Theatre
16-21 August, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Norwich, Theatre Royal
23-28 August, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
20-25 September, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Woking, New Victoria Theatre
27 September - 2 October, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Dartford, Orchard Theatre
4-9 October, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavillion
11-16 October, 2021
ON SALE 2 MARCH
Liverpool Empire
18-23 October, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Northampton, Royal & Derngate
1-6 November, 2021
ON SALE 11 MARCH
Llandudno, Venue Cymru
22-27 November, 2021
ON SALE SOON
Sunderland Empire
29 November - 4 December, 2021
ON SALE SOON
New Theatre Oxford
13 December 2021 - 1 January, 2022
ON SALE SOON
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Post by ceebee on Feb 29, 2020 13:54:17 GMT
Superb Friday night with final performances for the group of kids that were on - emotional and off the scale when sat in the front row. Well done to all - what a night!
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Post by tw on Mar 2, 2020 6:53:46 GMT
Enjoyable final show yesterday. All the kids back to sing!
Andrew Lloyd Webber said the show will be returning to the West End following the upcoming tour.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 2, 2020 8:32:19 GMT
Enjoyable final show yesterday. All the kids back to sing! Andrew Lloyd Webber said the show will be returning to the West End following the upcoming tour. He said they hope to return to the west end one day. So might be a decade or so but there is hope! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 8:33:34 GMT
Enjoyable final show yesterday. All the kids back to sing! Andrew Lloyd Webber said the show will be returning to the West End following the upcoming tour. He said they hope to return to the west end one day. So might be a decade or so but there is hope! He said that at the last night of Starlight Express in 2002. Seems to be a line trotted out to a hugely appreciative and enthusiastic last night audience! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 8:46:52 GMT
Be interesting to see how this works for the tour! Surely they will need 3 sets of kids travelling with them as would be impossible to find and rehearse different ones in each City. Which would mean them missing school/somehow being schooled en route.
I did think this would be logisitically very hard to tour so good luck to them making the effort to do so :-)
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Post by Oleanna on Mar 2, 2020 14:04:39 GMT
Be interesting to see how this works for the tour! Surely they will need 3 sets of kids travelling with them as would be impossible to find and rehearse different ones in each City. Which would mean them missing school/somehow being schooled en route. I did think this would be logisitically very hard to tour so good luck to them making the effort to do so :-) That could also explain why it’s only doing 1 week stops? |
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 2, 2020 19:37:37 GMT
Be interesting to see how this works for the tour! Surely they will need 3 sets of kids travelling with them as would be impossible to find and rehearse different ones in each City. Which would mean them missing school/somehow being schooled en route. I did think this would be logisitically very hard to tour so good luck to them making the effort to do so :-) They will most likely have one or two teams only working on a three day on three day off rota A set of child musicians and then use swings for these roles on tour. They won’t cast in each city. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 21:18:38 GMT
I remember when the Nativity tour did the rounds they cast locally for one team but the other team was the touring cast. I think the touring kids did the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, then the local kids did the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. At least that's how they did it in my venue anyway.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 3, 2020 8:00:45 GMT
So bored of these producers trotting out the ‘before returning to the West End’ line.
Not
Going
To
Happen.
New musicals struggle enough to get a west end theatre, let alone shows that have closed after playing to half empty houses.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2020 9:41:33 GMT
So bored of these producers trotting out the ‘before returning to the West End’ line. Not Going To Happen. New musicals struggle enough to get a west end theatre, let alone shows that have closed after playing to half empty houses. Agreed. Never happens! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 3, 2020 16:49:34 GMT
Mary Poppins happened...
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Post by stevej678 on Mar 6, 2020 10:15:57 GMT
Front row of the stalls £13 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. That will do nicely!
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