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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 7:41:57 GMT
I'm sure there will be plenty of good seats left. The theatre have been hyping it up to cause panic and try and sell more memberships!
I'm more flexible with dates for Newcastle than I was for Manchester - plus it's playing a longer run - so I'm sure it will be fine. Cheers.
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Post by sophizoey on Jun 21, 2018 8:07:28 GMT
Already on my way into Newcastle to buy tickets at the box office 😴 Purely because both mine and my mam's debit cards are blocked at the same time due to other people's fraud. So cash at the box office it is.
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Post by sophizoey on Jun 21, 2018 9:29:27 GMT
Any idea on price banding for Theatre Royal there are like 30 of us in the queue with no idea. I'm the only person under 50 in it though 😭
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 10:01:57 GMT
Any idea on price banding for Theatre Royal there are like 30 of us in the queue with no idea. I'm the only person under 50 in it though 😭
I don't, I'm afraid. I have the seating plan here, and as Superted said, rows A and B of the stalls are removed for the orchestra pit; rows C to E are classed as restricted view; with F and G classed as "superseats" (premium). But I have no idea about the prices for any of the zones.
I'm in the queue on the website, so I'll let you know more once I get in and see the prices.
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Post by mindy0monster on Jun 21, 2018 10:30:27 GMT
I've just tried to buy for Birmingham, but they're not allowing you to pick seats. I'll take my chances that they'll be back to a seating plan tomorrow, and there'll still be some seats left that I want (and can afford!).
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Post by sophizoey on Jun 21, 2018 10:37:16 GMT
I'm sat in restricted row D for opening night in Newcastle at £23.50. Probably miss all of the performers legs but we couldn't really afford anything more and me and my mam have seen Mis before.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 11:45:56 GMT
I'm sat in restricted row D for opening night in Newcastle at £23.50. Probably miss all of the performers legs but we couldn't really afford anything more and me and my mam have seen Mis before.
That's a fantastic price. I was hoping to get row C or D, but they didn't offer them online (as Superted said above, you must have to specifically request them), so ended up with row E for £39.50 each (a Saturday night). Given that row F behind was £67.50 a ticket, I'm happy with that price.
As I said, I'm not familiar with this theatre, but I love being front row for Les Mis. You feel very part of the action and there's always so much to observe (I dont think you miss much at all). Perhaps for a first time viewer, it's better to sit slightly further back to get an overview of everything going on, but if you've both seen it before, that's a great deal you got.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 11:31:56 GMT
The system sounds similar to when Matilda went on sale in Edinburgh. We had to "queue" and it was madness because all the soccer moms went in and got all the reasonably priced seats, leaving the rest of us with overpriced premiums and seats up in the Balcony.
We also didn't get to pick seats because of how jammed the ATG website was.
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Post by matilda1 on Aug 13, 2018 20:14:24 GMT
Does anybody know when the cast list for the tour will be released?
Would like to this the production , but would like to know who is in it before I commit?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 20:18:56 GMT
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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 14, 2018 21:38:28 GMT
Rehearsals will be starting in under two months, they must have cast in place by now surely.
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Post by indis on Aug 15, 2018 7:56:14 GMT
this starts quite soon, when will they announce the cast? this is ridiculous
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Post by elliott on Aug 15, 2018 8:55:14 GMT
this starts quite soon, when will they announce the cast? this is ridiculous It's not compulsory for them to announce the cast- I guess it's up to them when they feel it best to do so, maybe they are still finalising a few roles. It's great for the cast to be able to tell people they're doing it, but I guess it's up to the producers on when they feel it's the right time. |
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Post by indis on Aug 15, 2018 8:58:08 GMT
maybe but everytime i read "sold out" already on some venues i think, thanks for not telling who will play, if it is
someone interesting to me i don't need tickets anyway - bad for someone who has a plane, hotel and trains to book to book
on short notice in case - they could announce all that they have atm, would be at least something
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Post by elliott on Aug 15, 2018 9:20:17 GMT
Les Mis is not a show that tends to be star driven- they put great musical theatre performers into it and some with profile when needed, but the show isn't driven by star casting per se. Also, outside London, I'm not sure how many people are driven by casting as a reason to buying tickets- musical theatre fans such as us on here are obviously interested and will buy for specific people, but they don't represent the majority of the audience.... supported by the fact that shows are selling out without any cast being announced. Also, again, it may not be that the producers don't want to, there could be loads of reasons why they aren't yet in a position to announce the full company and maybe they feel they don't want to announce anything until they have everyone.
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Post by indis on Aug 15, 2018 9:39:44 GMT
then they could have waited to announce Killian as well
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Post by danb on Aug 15, 2018 10:02:07 GMT
This is all indicative of our changing ‘culture’ if you like; theatre as the next big populist artform (again) and a ‘popstar’ style thirst for every last detail before a note has even been played. Sure, if there’s a big star leading it let us know but I really would like some surprises.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 15, 2018 10:56:21 GMT
Les Mis is not a show that tends to be star driven- they put great musical theatre performers into it and some with profile when needed, but the show isn't driven by star casting per se. Also, outside London, I'm not sure how many people are driven by casting as a reason to buying tickets- musical theatre fans such as us on here are obviously interested and will buy for specific people, but they don't represent the majority of the audience.... supported by the fact that shows are selling out without any cast being announced. Also, again, it may not be that the producers don't want to, there could be loads of reasons why they aren't yet in a position to announce the full company and maybe they feel they don't want to announce anything until they have everyone. This. Your regular punter in Manchester neither knows or cares who is in it. It would have to be an Alfie Boe level of celebrity to even raise an eyebrow. The expectation is that it will be of a high standard but names? Nah. I have a group of 6 coming to the tour, these are people who see WAY more musicals than most. It would be fair to say they are “engaged”. They’ve all paid their £60 ticket money, and not one person has asked who is in it. The Killian announcement is, I think, an example of “feeding the beast”, the beast being the industry and the sort of people who follow WOS press releases and visit us here for news. |
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Post by elliott on Aug 15, 2018 11:04:27 GMT
Les Mis is not a show that tends to be star driven- they put great musical theatre performers into it and some with profile when needed, but the show isn't driven by star casting per se. Also, outside London, I'm not sure how many people are driven by casting as a reason to buying tickets- musical theatre fans such as us on here are obviously interested and will buy for specific people, but they don't represent the majority of the audience.... supported by the fact that shows are selling out without any cast being announced. Also, again, it may not be that the producers don't want to, there could be loads of reasons why they aren't yet in a position to announce the full company and maybe they feel they don't want to announce anything until they have everyone. This. Your regular punter in Manchester neither knows or cares who is in it. It would have to be an Alfie Boe level of celebrity to even raise an eyebrow. The expectation is that it will be of a high standard but names? Nah. I have a group of 6 coming to the tour, these are people who see WAY more musicals than most. It would be fair to say they are “engaged”. They’ve all paid their £60 ticket money, and not one person has asked who is in it. The Killian announcement is, I think, an example of “feeding the beast”, the beast being the industry and the sort of people who follow WOS press releases and visit us here for news. Totally agree- unless you are a big MT fan, Killian's name is not a selling point for Joe Public.... I'm sure this was a nice press story to get the show's profile in the market and attract theatre fans, but I strongly believe that profile casting only works if it is huge names- otherwise, it doesn't transform the Box Office |
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Post by tysilio2 on Aug 15, 2018 11:47:20 GMT
Les Mis is not a show that tends to be star driven- they put great musical theatre performers into it and some with profile when needed, but the show isn't driven by star casting per se. Also, outside London, I'm not sure how many people are driven by casting as a reason to buying tickets- musical theatre fans such as us on here are obviously interested and will buy for specific people, but they don't represent the majority of the audience.... supported by the fact that shows are selling out without any cast being announced. Also, again, it may not be that the producers don't want to, there could be loads of reasons why they aren't yet in a position to announce the full company and maybe they feel they don't want to announce anything until they have everyone. This. Your regular punter in Manchester neither knows or cares who is in it. It would have to be an Alfie Boe level of celebrity to even raise an eyebrow. The expectation is that it will be of a high standard but names? Nah. I have a group of 6 coming to the tour, these are people who see WAY more musicals than most. It would be fair to say they are “engaged”. They’ve all paid their £60 ticket money, and not one person has asked who is in it. The Killian announcement is, I think, an example of “feeding the beast”, the beast being the industry and the sort of people who follow WOS press releases and visit us here for news. Absolutely. My friends will ask 'Have we seen any of these before?' or 'Is the bald bloke we saw in Rent and Miss Saigon in it?' (Ryan O'Gorman is very popular with our group). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 14:51:59 GMT
maybe but everytime i read "sold out" already on some venues i think, thanks for not telling who will play, if it is someone interesting to me i don't need tickets anyway - bad for someone who has a plane, hotel and trains to book to book on short notice in case - they could announce all that they have atm, would be at least something This goes back to the old argument that you are booking to see a show, and not the actor. Yes, people have their favourite performers who they like to see in shows whenever they can, but if a show is sold out by the time the cast are announced, that's just bad luck. Like when you want to see a particular performer, but they have an unexpected day off the day you are in the audience.
Yes, Killian was announced around about the time the first venues went on sale, but he's leading the show, so it made a better press release to announce the actor playing Valjean (even if he's not a "name"). I don't expect the rest of the cast to be announced until rehearsals start and all roles are finalised.
Les Mis sells itself. And I'm sure the producers are more than happy with how this tour has sold already.
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Post by 49thand8th on Aug 15, 2018 14:53:16 GMT
maybe but everytime i read "sold out" already on some venues i think, thanks for not telling who will play, if it is someone interesting to me i don't need tickets anyway - bad for someone who has a plane, hotel and trains to book to book on short notice in case - they could announce all that they have atm, would be at least something As has been the case for years, most people aren't going to see this show because of the people in it. The ones who are aren't the ones who are going to make or break whether this production recoups or not. Think of the people in your life who see maybe 2 or 3 musicals a year. If there were no non-theatre names in them, could they tell you who they even saw, regardless of how much they enjoyed the show? Probably not. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 6:30:28 GMT
This is all indicative of our changing ‘culture’ if you like; theatre as the next big populist artform (again) and a ‘popstar’ style thirst for every last detail before a note has even been played. Sure, if there’s a big star leading it let us know but I really would like some surprises. Absolutely. In addition to the 'popstar' thirst mentioned, partly to blame would be the Wicked-effect. Theres a whole generation of theatre-goers/fans wholly obsessed and consumed with who's playing Elphaba and how they compare to previous cast in the role, driven to theatre to scrutinise 'riffing', etc whilst completely distracted from the experience of theatre as whole. It seems to be spilling over into the fan-bases of other productions. |
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Post by ali973 on Aug 17, 2018 10:27:54 GMT
I can't find the London Les Mis thread, but my spies tell me that both the tour and London Les Mis played Aretha's I Dreamed A Dream instead of the exit music last night.
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Post by Dan213 on Aug 17, 2018 18:07:20 GMT
I can't find the London Les Mis thread, but my spies tell me that both the tour and London Les Mis played Aretha's I Dreamed A Dream instead of the exit music last night. I assume you mean the US tour? The U.K. tour doesn’t start until November |
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