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Post by jamb0r on May 13, 2019 11:31:01 GMT
I was lucky and got number 292 and was through by about 12:25. Loads of availability left.
Got a £90 premium seat in row K for the final preview for £10 - very happy here!
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Post by kathryn on May 13, 2019 11:32:45 GMT
I'm still 2608, after half an hour of queuing!
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Post by jamb0r on May 13, 2019 11:35:38 GMT
I'm still 2608, after half an hour of queuing! They updated the Queue It system and your queue number doesn't change anymore. If you look at the white text above the purple line it now says this: Please note: your queue number will remain the same but the pink bar will continue to move. |
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Post by kathryn on May 13, 2019 11:36:41 GMT
Well, that makes more sense. Though I’m sure they will still be sold out by the time I get through.
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Post by fossil on May 13, 2019 12:21:25 GMT
990 in the queue and an hours wait. Managed to get the last unrestricted view stalls seat (L31) left. All else that was left were a few restricted stalls, quite a few restricted circle and a few unrestricted view circle seats. I did not check the upper circle, my last visit to that level put me off ever sitting there again. Mind you, that was in 1970! (Coriolanus with Anthony Hopkins)
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Post by kathryn on May 13, 2019 12:27:40 GMT
I don't know why I'm even still trying, honestly.
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Post by kathryn on May 13, 2019 12:57:13 GMT
Well, I'm honestly staggered. Not only did I manage to get 2 tickets on Friday night, they were Q16 and Q17 in the stalls!
There were a whole bunch of about 8 in that row - I can only assume the result of dropped baskets being released at the very moment I got through. They're gone now.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 14:24:20 GMT
The 'Fleabag' effect . . .
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 17:10:15 GMT
Even more pleased that I booked this using that ‘From the Box Office’ special offer now. I had a mini heart attack that I had missed out.
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Post by missthelma on May 13, 2019 18:20:25 GMT
Am also confused by this thread today. Did booking for this only open today? After the new season booking the other day/last week? Just panic checked and I did book a very cheap ticket in the stalls a month ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 18:25:00 GMT
Am also confused by this thread today. Did booking for this only open today? After the new season booking the other day/last week? Just panic checked and I did book a very cheap ticket in the stalls a month ago. It was the PWC preview tickets that booking opened for today - they put half the house on sale for £10 for the first five previews, a few weeks before the first performance. You can sign up here - www.oldvictheatre.com/your-visit/booking-tickets/pwc - to get notified of when PWC booking opens for each show. |
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Post by missthelma on May 13, 2019 18:30:25 GMT
Okay, thanks for that, just for Present Laughter? They seemed to be selling the PWC tickets last week for the new season but clearly not, might explain why I can never find the tickets, I just assumed they were all gone each time!! Live and learn, live and learn.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 18:53:11 GMT
Yes, they release these tickets separately for each show, later than general booking.
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Post by londonpostie on May 13, 2019 19:34:24 GMT
I'm confused and back again with the PwC offer. However, if I've got this right the PwC's for Local Hero go on sale tomorrow #testevent
Mood: furtive.
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Post by kathryn on May 13, 2019 20:25:10 GMT
Local Hero doesn’t open until next June year, so PWC tickets won’t be on sale until a few weeks before that.
Think of them as a month in advance cheap tickets - there will only ever be one production selling PWC tickets at a time because the OV only does one production at a time.
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Post by londonpostie on May 13, 2019 21:20:43 GMT
2020!!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 8:04:06 GMT
They say "PwC previews" on the first few performances of every production on the website so that you can see which they will be, and they do put those performances on sale generally, but only the full price normal tickets go on sale, and the £10 PwC tickets are held off until shortly before opening.
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Post by 1234akimbo on Jun 14, 2019 15:36:06 GMT
Hope to get into see this just for the fun of seeing Sophie Thompson again playing secretary Monica I assume?
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Post by MrBunbury on Jun 18, 2019 8:24:25 GMT
I saw it last night. I think it is very good and Andrew Scott, Sophie Thompson and Indira Varma are excellent. It was my first time seeing the play and the friend I went with told me that there is a relevant change in this version. I am just not sure about the housekeeper...
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Post by fossil on Jun 18, 2019 9:23:40 GMT
Last night finished at 10.15pm and not a moment too soon for me. If you like farce then this is for you and I have to admit that most of the audience did seem to thoroughly enjoy the performance so it is a matter of taste. The somewhat frenetic style of acting put me in mind of the Brian Rix farces of a long time ago. One aspect of the play puzzled me as I did not think it would have been permissible in Noel Coward's day until the couple next to me explained that in the original one of the characters was played by a woman, not a man.
I found some of the dialogue inaudible from my seat, L31, although the view was excellent as they have taken out the first five or so rows.
When I commented to my neighbour that for a tenner you cannot really complain if the show is not really to your liking it turned out those to my right had £10 PwC tickets but the chap to my left had paid £40 for a TodayTix ticket. I thought originally PwC tickets were entire alternate rows so presumably this has changed.
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Post by chrissie on Jun 18, 2019 15:34:07 GMT
I saw this last night too and thought it was wonderful. Although it could be considered a “farce”, I regarded it as a sophisticated farce, nothing like a Brian Rix farce. Andrew Scott was amazing, he seemed to be on stage all the time. The rest of the cast was strong too. It was a full house with a very engaged audience. I highly recommend this.
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Post by lynette on Jun 18, 2019 16:37:50 GMT
Excited about this, hoping it is ‘updated’ well. This play has a couple of the most memorable lines I’ve carried thru life....
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 18, 2019 20:49:29 GMT
Andrew Scott enjoys a gay ‘fumble’ in this and I for one cannot wait..
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Post by daniella on Jun 20, 2019 9:33:08 GMT
Has anyone got the £25 TodayTix Rush tickets for this? Are they good seats or just dotted anywhere in the theatre?
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Post by lynette on Jun 21, 2019 16:17:59 GMT
A real winner. Nothing beats an actor playing an actor does it? What immense skill AS gives us showing a man ‘acting’ and not acting and almost acting. Quite brilliant. All good, very funny. And a bit sad.....
Loved the set, Lovely soft furnishings.
The Old Vic v sensible to keep the place going despite the big refurb. Toilets ok. Let’s hope they put enough in the new foyer areas.
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