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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 30, 2020 11:55:29 GMT
I've had the cancellation email for one date so far. At least I get the option of paying for a more expensive ticket.
Still, I will rebook for the replacement cast, who I would have paid to see anyway. I imagine the concert will run for months with the new cast.
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Post by fiyero on Nov 30, 2020 11:58:31 GMT
I’ve had an email for my January visit but not my December one (both cheap seats in the upper circle).
The release of house seats for £165 isn’t an option for me!
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Post by critchyboy on Nov 30, 2020 12:00:02 GMT
I've had the cancellation of my Upper Circle tickets just now.... awaiting options, but think I'll be getting mu money back, no way I can afford anything else at the moment...
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 30, 2020 12:18:14 GMT
Has he truly just cancelled all the cheaper tickets in the upper circle? What a dick move.
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Post by fiyero on Nov 30, 2020 12:34:07 GMT
From a business point of view cancelling the cheap seats makes most sense. I just hope they decide soon so I can book something else. If I lose panto too for the same reason I’ll be destroyed though. Panto has fallen. I haven’t had an email about my les mis booking for the matinee - 19/12 though (only 23/01) |
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Post by clair on Nov 30, 2020 12:43:07 GMT
Has he truly just cancelled all the cheaper tickets in the upper circle? What a dick move. Same at the Palladium - so all those who have less money lose out, theatre elitist - never! That's tongue in cheek though as if doing that means it's the only way things can affordably go ahead it's better than all those involved losing work |
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Post by saral on Nov 30, 2020 12:43:14 GMT
Has he truly just cancelled all the cheaper tickets in the upper circle? What a dick move. I'm assuming it is the whole of the UC cancelled, otherwise that wouldn't get rid of enough seats |
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Post by fiyero on Nov 30, 2020 12:52:04 GMT
Has he truly just cancelled all the cheaper tickets in the upper circle? What a dick move. I'm assuming it is the whole of the UC cancelled, otherwise that wouldn't get rid of enough seats Which shows how silly the rules are. Looks like that is what they have done at the palladium too which does have a separate entrance for the upper circle. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 30, 2020 12:54:25 GMT
I notice that three of my four bookings have disappeared from my list of bookings in the DMT members area. No emails, but presumably withdrawn as they were only £45 seats (the only one surviving is a £65 seat).
I was booked for first night on Saturday and really looking forward to it.
Lost my booking to see MB's cover as well.
It does make early booking and DMT+ membership pointless if you're going to be the first people cancelled.
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Post by zak97 on Nov 30, 2020 13:34:48 GMT
Beyond getting the numbers down, this really still is a money over safety response in my mind. From a H&S view, it would be better to keep the upper circle open and cut seats across all three tiers. This has done nothing to benefit anybody in the dress or stalls it seems (unless they are cutting seats there too, in which case I was not aware of this). Entirely seems like bending the rules for financial purposes to meet the requirements without doing anything meaningful.
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Post by Figaro on Nov 30, 2020 13:49:07 GMT
Is anyone in the Grand/upper and still has their seats? Or do we think it’s closed completely?
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 30, 2020 14:00:25 GMT
Is anyone in the Grand/upper and still has their seats? Or do we think it’s closed completely? It looks like all upper circle bookers got cancelled, in order to be able to distance stalls and dress people. |
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Post by princeton on Nov 30, 2020 14:04:27 GMT
Is anyone in the Grand/upper and still has their seats? Or do we think it’s closed completely? Can't answer that question at the moment - but if, as in the DMT letter, they need to reduce the audience by around 160 members then they wouldn't need to close the entire upper circle as at the moment (according to theatre monkey's seating plan for a socially distanced Sondheim Theatre) holds around 235 people. So to close it entirely would mean 75 fewer seats than they are permitted to have. It also seems odd to take about 'reconfiguring the seating plan' if all they are doing is closing an entire level. And as noted above it's hardly in the spirit of reducing the number for health and safety reasons by shutting off a section. Arguably by closing a level your base capacity reduces by that number of seats though the guidance doesn't include such caveats (details from this government - that would be a first!!) I suspect, as seems to be the case, it's simply the cheaper seats which will be 'removed' - and any new tickets which do go on sale will see a price hike - with almost everything in the Stalls and Dress Circle becoming premium. |
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Post by CG on the loose on Nov 30, 2020 14:07:05 GMT
I requested credit vouchers for my two bookings (on the basis of Tier 3) so that I could re-book for the extension. They came through immediately, with a booking link for the new February dates. Figured it was better to jump now, rather than wait until 16 December when my tier might reduce but the new shows would likely be sold out!
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Post by CG on the loose on Nov 30, 2020 14:08:52 GMT
Is anyone in the Grand/upper and still has their seats? Or do we think it’s closed completely? Can't answer that question at the moment - but if, as in the DMT letter, they need to reduce the audience by around 160 members then they wouldn't need to close the entire upper circle as at the moment (according to theatre monkey's seating plan for a socially distanced Sondheim Theatre) holds around 235 people. So to close it entirely would mean 75 fewer seats than they are permitted to have. It also seems odd to take about 'reconfiguring the seating plan' if all they are doing is closing an entire level. And as noted above it's hardly in the spirit of reducing the number for health and safety reasons by shutting off a section. Arguably by closing a level your base capacity reduces by that number of seats though the guidance doesn't include such caveats (details from this government - that would be a first!!) I suspect, as seems to be the case, it's simply the cheaper seats which will be 'removed' - and any new tickets which do go on sale will see a price hike - with almost everything in the Stalls and Dress Circle becoming premium. At the moment, the new dates seem to be priced the same as the original run, but the premium seats are not yet on sale. |
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Post by ceebee on Nov 30, 2020 14:14:04 GMT
I notice that three of my four bookings have disappeared from my list of bookings in the DMT members area. No emails, but presumably withdrawn as they were only £45 seats (the only one surviving is a £65 seat). I was booked for first night on Saturday and really looking forward to it. Lost my booking to see MB's cover as well. It does make early booking and DMT+ membership pointless if you're going to be the first people cancelled. Me too Dr Tom - exactly the same position for Saturday. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2020 14:18:10 GMT
Has he truly just cancelled all the cheaper tickets in the upper circle? What a dick move. To be fair, this is on the government. The 50% is clearly an arbitrary figure, and if the government hasn't stipulated how it's to be done, of course producers are going to have to remove the cheaper seats. Cameron has said the production will now run at a loss, so I'm not sure what else he could do. |
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Post by saral on Nov 30, 2020 14:20:21 GMT
They can't have closed the GC as tickets are back on sale for odd days, assuming tier 3 returns and a few are in the GC, wouldn't have thought there would have been enough cheaper seats to cancel to get the Nos down?
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Post by theatre241 on Nov 30, 2020 14:20:47 GMT
just checked the seating plan and there are some seats in the upper circle for £67.50 on Friday 11 December and a few other dates
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Post by ceebee on Nov 30, 2020 14:22:18 GMT
It's the £35/£45 seats that are being chopped.
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Post by saral on Nov 30, 2020 14:29:17 GMT
getting rid of £45 or less seats only loses about 107 seats?
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Post by tcodd1 on Nov 30, 2020 14:32:51 GMT
We had £65 upper circle seats which have been cancelled...so it seems it’s pretty much all the upper circle tickets being cut?
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Post by tsxmitw on Nov 30, 2020 14:50:19 GMT
My 4x£65 upper circle seats for Early Dec are still showing - and I haven't had an email (although it may only be a matter of time) - so I'm not sure it's entirety of the upper circle.
Possibly just the singles/cheaper tickets?
Such a shame.
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Post by Mark on Nov 30, 2020 15:04:07 GMT
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Post by ceebee on Nov 30, 2020 15:09:49 GMT
Fair play Mark. It's not very fair, is it?
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