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Post by steve10086 on Sept 6, 2021 17:08:10 GMT
I am quite annoyed!! After reading the above post I thought I’d go on and see if there was any £40 seats left. There was! checked the Saturday evening to see the same seats for £20!!! Amazing I thought! Added 4 to my basket, clicks checkout, enters card details and when I click to buy the page give me an error message. I then went on my phone, tickets still there, still £20, go to checkout and when they are in the basket they’re £49.50!!! Goes back to my computer refreshes page, goes into Saturday date. Still £20! Then when in my basket they’re £49.50. so I messaged LW theatres on Twitter and emailed, it’s been over an hour now and the tickets are still there but £49.50 to start with now. Obviously there was an error somewhere but if this happened once I’d understand but this was over 3/4 attempts over the course of 15/20 minutes. Who knows how long they were up before this! I haven’t got word back from LW theatres and I can’t seem to find a phone number anywhere. Just annoying! I’m in no rush to see it, as it’ll be running a while but them £20 tickets were Too good not to miss. Interested in what they’ll have to say back to me, it’s a tricky situation I know but the fault is theirs   I’ve had the same thing with LWT for Cinderella tickets. One price on the seating plan, another price once in your basket. |
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Post by marob on Sept 6, 2021 17:11:16 GMT
I am quite annoyed!! After reading the above post I thought I’d go on and see if there was any £40 seats left. There was! checked the Saturday evening to see the same seats for £20!!! Amazing I thought! Added 4 to my basket, clicks checkout, enters card details and when I click to buy the page give me an error message. I then went on my phone, tickets still there, still £20, go to checkout and when they are in the basket they’re £49.50!!! Goes back to my computer refreshes page, goes into Saturday date. Still £20! Then when in my basket they’re £49.50. so I messaged LW theatres on Twitter and emailed, it’s been over an hour now and the tickets are still there but £49.50 to start with now. Obviously there was an error somewhere but if this happened once I’d understand but this was over 3/4 attempts over the course of 15/20 minutes. Who knows how long they were up before this! I haven’t got word back from LW theatres and I can’t seem to find a phone number anywhere. Just annoying! I’m in no rush to see it, as it’ll be running a while but them £20 tickets were Too good not to miss. Interested in what they’ll have to say back to me, it’s a tricky situation I know but the fault is theirs I’ve had the same thing with LWT for Cinderella tickets. One price on the seating plan, another price once in your basket. I had it as well last week booking for Joseph at the Palladium. |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 6, 2021 17:15:46 GMT
I've noticed they are now selling stalls slip seats at £49.50.
When I was there for first preview there were no seats there, they were using the space to store the booster seats so they must have added them now.
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Post by danb on Sept 6, 2021 18:26:00 GMT
It says something weird like ‘suspended’ when you click on them as if they’re going to be hanging wicker chairs off of the 70’s.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 7, 2021 16:57:24 GMT
London Tonight @ 6pm backstage at Frozen the musical apparently.
Also on The One Show at 7pm.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Sept 7, 2021 18:18:33 GMT
London Tonight @ 6pm backstage at Frozen the musical apparently. Also on The One Show at 7pm. Caught the segment on the One Show and very cute! Catching this in two weeks - not into Disney but so excited for the set design/special effects/costumes. |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 7, 2021 18:20:34 GMT
London Tonight @ 6pm backstage at Frozen the musical apparently. Also on The One Show at 7pm. The One Show segment was interesting as it featured a family with 2 children who went to see the show. Turns out this was the same family I mentioned in my review. I thought they were models as they were being filmed, which I thought was for publicity footage but turns out it was for the BBC. They obviously picked a family with photogenic parents and children. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2021 6:14:07 GMT
Opening Night today
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Post by frankubelik on Sept 8, 2021 7:33:47 GMT
This is pretty bad. The most engaging thing onstage was the reindeer! From the second row, I struggled to hear anything for the first twenty minutes so started from a bad place. The ladies acting is fine but vocally they never thrill which would be the only redeeming feature from this poor production in which the narrative is confused. The "Hygge" comes from nowhere and is frankly embarrassing and the actor manipulating Olaf was better than the puppet itself whilst "Kristoff" seemed ill at ease, was vocally poor and his excessive sweating a real distraction. The theatre has been superbly renovated and deserves a better show than this.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 8, 2021 17:56:37 GMT
This is pretty bad. The most engaging thing onstage was the reindeer! From the second row, I struggled to hear anything for the first twenty minutes so started from a bad place. The ladies acting is fine but vocally they never thrill which would be the only redeeming feature from this poor production in which the narrative is confused. The "Hygge" comes from nowhere and is frankly embarrassing and the actor manipulating Olaf was better than the puppet itself whilst "Kristoff" seemed ill at ease, was vocally poor and his excessive sweating a real distraction. The theatre has been superbly renovated and deserves a better show than this. Well that last comment is true. I suspect this won’t last that long here. It’s a shame that something like Moulin Rouge wasn’t reopening this glorious theatre. |
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Post by shady23 on Sept 8, 2021 19:46:19 GMT
These comments seem to be at odds of everyone there at opening night (but no wonder they're having a great time. Most of them will not have paid to be there!)
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Post by alece10 on Sept 8, 2021 20:07:29 GMT
Quite a few of us have paid full price during previews and had a great time too.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 8, 2021 20:25:57 GMT
These comments seem to be at odds of everyone there at opening night (but no wonder they're having a great time. Most of them will not have paid to be there!) Opening nights are the least reliable gauge of opinion. Everyone is so pleased with themselves for being there 😂 |
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Post by stuartmcd on Sept 8, 2021 20:34:29 GMT
Quite a few of us have paid full price during previews and had a great time too. Yeah the general opinion on this forum so far has been very positive. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 8, 2021 20:37:22 GMT
Quite a few of us have paid full price during previews and had a great time too. Yeah the general opinion on this forum so far has been very positive. I’m very intrigued to see the reviews. I enjoyed it- mainly for Samantha Barks and the joy of being back in that theatre again, but it’s not a good musical, terribly directed and rubbish new songs. I sense that this actually needs raves if it’s to stand a chance of filling that theatre for a decent run. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2021 20:50:19 GMT
Yeah the general opinion on this forum so far has been very positive. I’m very intrigued to see the reviews. I enjoyed it- mainly for Samantha Barks and the joy of being back in that theatre again, but it’s not a good musical, terribly directed and rubbish new songs. I sense that this actually needs raves if it’s to stand a chance of filling that theatre for a decent run. I disagree. I think this will sell regardless of reviews. The Frozen franchise has been more popular here in Europe than the US. I can see this running for 3-5 years. I think that's quite a long time compared with alot of the shows in the West End. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 8, 2021 21:15:06 GMT
I’m very intrigued to see the reviews. I enjoyed it- mainly for Samantha Barks and the joy of being back in that theatre again, but it’s not a good musical, terribly directed and rubbish new songs. I sense that this actually needs raves if it’s to stand a chance of filling that theatre for a decent run. I disagree. I think this will sell regardless of reviews. The Frozen franchise has been more popular here in Europe than the US. I can see this running for 3-5 years. I think that's quite a long time compared with alot of the shows in the West End. Let’s see… |
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Post by Jon on Sept 8, 2021 21:18:23 GMT
3-5 years would be a surprise considering it only ran for two years on Broadway, granted Covid ended its run prematurely but I suspect it wouldn't have run much longer even without the pandemic.
My hunch is 18 months to 2 years tops for the West End production.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2021 3:39:10 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Sept 9, 2021 6:19:13 GMT
I am torn. I loved the film when it came out but now I would be quite happy to never hear Let It Go ever again so really not sure whether to book or not.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 9, 2021 7:08:24 GMT
This is not about Frozen, but is it me or the Guardian is giving loads of 5 stars review lately?
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Post by enh2 on Sept 9, 2021 8:05:26 GMT
This is not about Frozen, but is it me or the Guardian is giving loads of 5 stars review lately? I thought the exact same when I saw this review - they gave five stars to Cinderella the other week! |
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Post by jaqs on Sept 9, 2021 8:22:12 GMT
Had lunch in Covent Garden Sunday and from the number of kids dressed as Elsa heading to see Frozen, I imagine it’ll run a good long time.
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Post by chadexx on Sept 9, 2021 8:23:12 GMT
come back Michael Billington Please !!!!!
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Post by stuartmcd on Sept 9, 2021 9:41:57 GMT
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