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Post by TallPaul on May 17, 2023 16:33:48 GMT
Sadly they were out of whole-arsed notebooks Please explain, or should I not ask? |
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Post by nottobe on May 17, 2023 20:37:34 GMT
I'm interested in seeing this but the Monday tickets are far too expensive let alone any other days of the week. Is there anywhere to get cheaper tickets or rush available. Have seen there is standing but would rather sit down.
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Post by theatregoer22 on May 17, 2023 21:54:10 GMT
I'm interested in seeing this but the Monday tickets are far too expensive let alone any other days of the week. Is there anywhere to get cheaper tickets or rush available. Have seen there is standing but would rather sit down. They have a fortnightly lottery you can enter here www.operationmincemeat.com/lottery for a pair of tickets for £25. |
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Post by Matt on May 17, 2023 22:03:34 GMT
Sadly they were out of whole-arsed notebooks Please explain, or should I not ask? There’s a joke where someone says “… doing it half assed” and someone responds saying “no, this is whole arsed”, so they’ve just named a bit of merch after the joke. |
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Post by Matt on May 17, 2023 22:06:38 GMT
I'm interested in seeing this but the Monday tickets are far too expensive let alone any other days of the week. Is there anywhere to get cheaper tickets or rush available. Have seen there is standing but would rather sit down. You won’t see many, or any other shows in the west end where the top price ticket is £39.50. I know everyone’s view and affordability with pricing is relative to them but this is incredibly cheap, not far too expensive at all. |
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Post by fiyerorocher on May 17, 2023 22:38:24 GMT
You also won't see many other west end show where the *bottom* price ticket is £40, though. That's the problem. It might, in that respect, be the most expensive show in the west end. I almost never pay more than £25 a ticket, which puts this show out of my price range immediately.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2023 11:48:32 GMT
Quite. I try to pay around £25-30 for West End shows when possible (I do pay more at other venues such as the ROH). I paid the £40 to see Operation Mincemeat a couple of weeks ago but I don't really want to pay that much repeatedly, though I did enjoy the show & want to see it again. As it is I can't fit in any Monday or Tuesday visits for the next few weeks & I'm certainly not prepared to pay £60 or £80 to see it on other days of the week.
A query for those who have won the lottery. It says it's for a pair of tickets but if you win are you allowed to buy only a single ticket? There's no point in me entering if you have to buy 2 tickets when I only want 1. I doubt I'll win anyway, given there's an anagram & I've never been able to do anagrams.
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Post by jr on May 18, 2023 11:52:35 GMT
Quite. I try to pay around £25-30 for West End shows when possible (I do pay more at other venues such as the ROH). I paid the £40 to see Operation Mincemeat a couple of weeks ago but I don't really want to pay that much repeatedly, though I did enjoy the show & want to see it again. As it is I can't fit in any Monday or Tuesday visits for the next few weeks & I'm certainly not prepared to pay £60 or £80 to see it on other days of the week. A query for those who have won the lottery. It says it's for a pair of tickets but if you win are you allowed to buy only a single ticket? There's no point in me entering if you have to buy 2 tickets when I only want 1. I doubt I'll win anyway, given there's an anagram & I've never been able to do anagrams. I won the lottery and was able to book 1 ticket. Unfortunately there was no way to pay with theatre tokens so I ended up not buying it. I called ATG box office, they told me to contact theatre directly, then the theatre directs you to ATG. 😞 |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on May 18, 2023 11:56:41 GMT
Quite. I try to pay around £25-30 for West End shows when possible (I do pay more at other venues such as the ROH). I paid the £40 to see Operation Mincemeat a couple of weeks ago but I don't really want to pay that much repeatedly, though I did enjoy the show & want to see it again. As it is I can't fit in any Monday or Tuesday visits for the next few weeks & I'm certainly not prepared to pay £60 or £80 to see it on other days of the week. A query for those who have won the lottery. It says it's for a pair of tickets but if you win are you allowed to buy only a single ticket? There's no point in me entering if you have to buy 2 tickets when I only want 1. I doubt I'll win anyway, given there's an anagram & I've never been able to do anagrams. I haven't won the lottery so can't speak to that, but just regarding the anagram I believe you only have to do it the once. Once you've signed up you automatically get entered into the next lottery, you don't have to manually enter every time. The answer to the anagram is subterfuge fyi (I assume that's okay to just say outright, right?). |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2023 11:57:04 GMT
Thanks jr . I'd just be paying normally so wouldn't have that issue.
ETA2: I've tried entering but the confirmation email says "You’ll find out if you’re a winner on 2 May by 2pm." which can't be right!
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Post by fiyerorocher on May 18, 2023 12:54:23 GMT
Quite. I try to pay around £25-30 for West End shows when possible (I do pay more at other venues such as the ROH). I paid the £40 to see Operation Mincemeat a couple of weeks ago but I don't really want to pay that much repeatedly, though I did enjoy the show & want to see it again. As it is I can't fit in any Monday or Tuesday visits for the next few weeks & I'm certainly not prepared to pay £60 or £80 to see it on other days of the week. A query for those who have won the lottery. It says it's for a pair of tickets but if you win are you allowed to buy only a single ticket? There's no point in me entering if you have to buy 2 tickets when I only want 1. I doubt I'll win anyway, given there's an anagram & I've never been able to do anagrams. You can buy just one! |
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Post by theatrenerd on May 20, 2023 16:56:18 GMT
Does anyone know if this is likely to tour? It sounds amazing but don't know if I'll get chance to see it in London before the run ends!
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Post by David J on May 20, 2023 22:20:47 GMT
Saw having put off seeing this after so many years and I thought it was 4 star worthy
But to anyone balking at the £80 prices, if you’ve seen shows like the 39 steps or anything by Le Navet Bete recently, I say keep trying the lottery. This is not worth £80
It’s your usual small cast double role-ing, comedic retelling of xxx subject matter. With the usual wall breaking, musical references and using different song styles like rapping to set apart each song
Not that there weren’t some clever bits in this. The tangled phone wire scene was the highlight for me and there the occasional laugh out loud moment. And Jak Malone as Hester singing the love letter song was touching as intended. Got a longer applause than others
But haven’t we moved on from the buck-tooth, hunched, introverted nerd stereotype? I rolled my eyes at that
But generally the cast were great. Including holly sumpton who was on at Montagu
Very good show. But I’m glad I didn’t pay full price to see this
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Post by firefingers on May 20, 2023 23:02:43 GMT
Does anyone know if this is likely to tour? It sounds amazing but don't know if I'll get chance to see it in London before the run ends! I understand a tour is currently being booked. |
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Post by Sam on May 21, 2023 14:33:17 GMT
Was a little bit disheartened to see we were getting an understudy for Monty yesterday, but I needn't have been. Holly was brilliant. Loved this even more than in Hammersmith last year.
New glitzy costumes, and a proper glitzy finale!
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Post by kt12 on May 21, 2023 21:46:00 GMT
Outstays its welcome at 2.5 hours running time. Could easily loose 10 minutes + from each half (Rob Hastie - where are you??)Decent enough. Strained to hear many of the Hamiltonesque rap lyrics. Some very broad over-playing from one or two of the cast. But that said, congrats to them for making it to the West End.
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Post by elainem on May 23, 2023 19:58:30 GMT
I'm selling a ticket for tomorrow night at half price, if anyone's interested (the post is in the notice board section, but maybe not everyone checks it frequently and since the show is tomorrow I thought I should say it here as well... hope it's alright).
Face value is 59.50, selling it at 30. Row D stalls
I loved the show but now I regret buying it because I'm not sure I can afford it, it would be my 4th time 😂 (I saw it twice at the Riverside studios and once a few weeks ago after the transfer)
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Post by antharro on May 24, 2023 5:13:35 GMT
elainem Absolutely interested in this please! How do we make this work? I would DM you but I'm too new to the forum and can't. 
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 24, 2023 5:43:57 GMT
elainem Absolutely interested in this please! How do we make this work? I would DM you but I'm too new to the forum and can't. You should be able to PM the seller now. |
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Post by antharro on May 24, 2023 6:03:30 GMT
BurlyBeaR Yup, that worked nicely. Thank you!
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Post by elainem on May 24, 2023 11:04:08 GMT
I'm selling a ticket for tomorrow night at half price, if anyone's interested (the post is in the notice board section, but maybe not everyone checks it frequently and since the show is tomorrow I thought I should say it here as well... hope it's alright). Face value is 59.50, selling it at 30. Row D stalls I loved the show but now I regret buying it because I'm not sure I can afford it, it would be my 4th time 😂 (I saw it twice at the Riverside studios and once a few weeks ago after the transfer) Ticket sold to the first person who contacted me, I hope they enjoy it as much as I did! Thanks for allowing me to post it here |
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Post by properjob on May 25, 2023 7:00:16 GMT
I saw this on the Tuesday Matinee having last seen it at Southwark Playhouse. It has translated really well with a great set. Interestingly the opening conversation gambit by the person manning one of the merch stands was "How many times have you seen it?" Which confirms it as a cult hit. I just hope it can go mainstream.
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Post by alexander on May 25, 2023 8:34:35 GMT
Question for anyone who’s seen the show since officially opening:
The grid lighting on the back wall, is this still ONLY used in the second half?
I saw the show twice in Previews (now seen it 5 times in total) and found it really strange that it wasn’t used at all in the first half. I get the logic of “saving it” for the element of surprise but that logic doesn’t work for me when you see it used in subtle ways throughout the 2nd half, ultimately it’s a visual language. E.g a simple vertical line to divide the space showing 2 locations on a phone call.
I assumed that since it was in Previews that the first half’s lighting hadn’t been finished?
Can anyone confirm how it’s used now / if it’s used throughout the show now or just the 2nd half?
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Post by Dawnstar on May 26, 2023 13:15:24 GMT
Thanks again to those who gave me advice on the lottery. I've just won it at my first attempt. I was leaving a 10th June Saturday matinee slot vacant in the hope of winning so that's worked out nicely. As the first few rows of the stalls weren't available for lottery tickets, and as I saw how near the circle is at the Fortune, I decided to go for the front row of the circle & see what the show looks like from that angle.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 26, 2023 14:59:04 GMT
So I've now also won but I can only see the expensive seats and no code or anything to enter onto the email - please help me! Am I missing something?
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