Joseph at the Palladium / U.K. Tour

Its complete bull.

60,000 at Wembley Stadium. No Problem.

2300 at London Palladium. Far too risky.

I know the show has been delayed because of cast isolation, but it just blows my mind we cant fully open.

And yes, i did just buy a ticket for that August matinee, in case it is her first performance.

Just had a look at my own booking out of curiosity and that’s vanished from my account. Not booked in til late August… 🤔 Are they reshuffling the whole run?

This isn't true. Premier League attendances alone are greater than theatre visits in the UK per year.

Looking at 2019 numbers Prem was slightly more. Guess it depends which data you look at. Based on last year though the Covid impact definitely has theatres out in front.

I guess sport is considered less risky due to it being outdoors largely. Nightclubs are the most neglected area as they have remained closed throughout whilst theatres have reopened, albeit in limited formats. Hopefully we are on the final stretches of restrictions now, though attendances will take years to recover due to tourism or lack of it in London and other major cities. Working from home will also affect attendance in cities as the whole hospitality/ high street economy is going to need a rethink due to something none of us could have foreseen. Also are we going to see coaches of people going to the theatre on day trips in the near future?
I was in Birmingham one day this week and it was like a ghost town, our 2nd City!
Lets hope for a bumper summer which at least will help some businesses get some much needed money back into their depleted coffers!

same here. Got hotel booked (but can cancel at no charge)and am holding off on train tickets til I know for definite

If you have a LW Theatre account you can log on there and look at your account which will show your bookings.

Nothing yet. We’ve not even been notified that our Thursday opening night performance won’t be happening. Not everyone checks social media and will know.

Yeh had them, Just bog standard generated emails. That everyone got. Nothing of any use which is disgusting. Treating customers like this. Have several bookings with them too. Want a refund for the 1&3rd. Not being fobbed off with a credit note either for these shows. Yeh need to know about the 17th too but as usual I’m Sure I won’t know till days before again… 👎🤬🤬

Oh grow up and stop being so entitled, it isn't easy to rearrange bookings like that at such short notice! Have a bit of compassion for the box office staff who I'm sure are having a pretty miserable time at the minute trying to get it all sorted.

The only thing I'd say about that, is people often have to book trains in advance, hotels, book time off work, arrange babysitters or a multitude of other variables. When the communication is poor, it can add a lot of stress to what should be a fairly straightforward transaction.

I appreciate everyone is doing their best "on the ground" but I'm not sure I'd use the term entitled to expect a certain level of service, when an individual is spending hundreds of pounds on a luxury experience.