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Post by talkingheads on Jun 4, 2018 13:32:34 GMT
Because I'm not in London all that often, I tend to chance my arm at getting cheap tickets from the booths in Leicester Square. I just wondered if there was a specific one anyone here had used that you found to be particularly good, in terms of value, cheapness of tickets and the where you ended up sitting. I remember I used the TKTS one near the Garrick and got great seats to Apologia last year.
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Post by ellie1981 on Jun 4, 2018 13:40:45 GMT
The official TKTS one in the middle of Leicester Square is the only official one.
The other ones rarely offer a decent discount for tickets at all and their “Tickets from £20” signs just refer to the low tier pricing for Upper Circle seating as sold at face value. I used one of them once and might as well have just gone to the theatre box office as we paid full price.
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 7, 2018 20:52:25 GMT
Just wondering, do the ticket booths cover events in the Royal Albert Hall? If not, is there anywhere that does? Reason I ask, would love to see the Whose Line Is It Anyway next weekend but not willing to pay £65, but would be nice to chance my arm on the day for a cheaper ticket
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Post by partytentdown on Dec 7, 2018 22:27:02 GMT
The safe ones in the Leicester Square area are TKTS, plus those owned by either Leicester Square Box Office, Londontheatrebookings or Encore. Look for the STAR symbol, demand to see your ticket on a seating plan and know the "face value" of the ticket - they are required to tell you all of that. If they cannot, walk away. A few (but not all) are visible at www.theatremonkey.com/Tickettrail.htm. It's hard to keep up to date, though. The ones to really watch out for are the one that is on Leicester Square in the front street corner of gift shop, and the counter on Shaftesbury Avenue near the Apollo Theatre. As a rule, the legitimate booths are better later in the day on a Saturday, when they want to shift tickets the agency has to pay in full for, sold or not. Otherwise, each have their specialties, depending on the relationship they have with particular venues / producers. Encore tend to have a general overview, LSBO I've noticed are good for the bigger musicals, LTB usually have startling deals on only a few shows but can be cheaper than anyone else on those. Varies by day and the time you as, really. Interesting. Theatremonkey - do ticket agents/booths still work this way i.e. buying an allocation of tickets? I assumed they'd all be linked up and selling from the same seating plan now. What happens if swathes of bought tickets go unsold? |
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Post by jojo on Dec 8, 2018 9:42:30 GMT
I would have thought with modern connectivity that most of them could work from the same seating plan for the most part, but I can see that it can make sense to reserve blocks of seats for various sellers to start with. They are bound to want to hold back sections for block bookings to ensure that larger groups can sit together.
I'm a huge fan of being able to see the seating plan and selecting my own seats, and I have to confess in my sadder moments I sometimes enjoy following how tickets are selling, seeing how they vary the banding according to popularity, marvel at how many single seats are left behind, watching as house seats are made available, and getting jealous of those getting a last minute bargain.
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 11, 2018 10:12:07 GMT
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