Operation Mincemeat - New Diorama/SWP/Riverside/Fortune

I just received notification that I won the lottery!

Same, won’t be using mine though as already seen it on a previous lottery ticket.
I guess I should remove myself from the lottery.

I've also won today! Some sort of theatreboard special offer or some factor of when we joined the mailing list?

Fortunately for me I was half planning a London theatre trip this weekend anyway. Only the upper circle in the offer on the dates I looked at. However I managed to get an aisle seat which will hopefully provide some relief to my knees.

I also won today aha! Managed to grab a nice dress circle seat.

All seats now £89.50 Wed-Sat from November.

5 out of 8 shows a week. £89.50.

Get. In. The. Bin.

My understanding - I am not a fan or following very closely, so this may be incorrect! - is that starting soon, the Tuesday and Saturday shows (as well as Monday, which already is) will be accessible solely via ballot. Coupled with the above development, and in the absence of a Sunday show, does that mean there will soon be no way at all to purchase a non-balloted ticket for under £89.50? Because that seems ... completely mad.

Edit: nevermind, this does seem to be at least a partial misunderstanding! I still think this pricing strategy is an outrage, and it's long since killed any desire I might have had to see the show.

Am I the only one who watched this show once and was fairly satisfied with my viewing the one time? I can't imagine watching this more than once, even if I loved it and gave it a well-deserved 5*.

Yeah, this move seems really stupid. I wouldn't be surprised if it has killed off interest for many.

I would never wish for a show to fail and close though, that's just mean-spirited.

Avalon saw that people are willing to pay it on Fridays and Saturdays so upped midweek prices as a result.

I wouldn't want the show to close, it's clearly Avalon wanting to increase revenue than the creatives.

'I hope it closes' is probably too strong in hindsight.
It's not SpitLip's fault.

But I hope this does hamper ticket sales, although I won't hold my breath that it'll cause Avalon to change their dreadful ways.

The thought of paying £89.50 for the seat I had in the circle, that provided me with a straight on view of one of the box doors, is absolutely criminal.

The pricing and seating is the only negative of this otherwise wonderful show. I sat on the back row of the dress circle when I went to see it. I'm 5ft nothing and so when a tall person ended up in front of me, my view of the central part of the stage was pretty much blocked. So instead of constantly lurching left and right to see around the huge head, I ended up just standing up and perching on the edge of my seat. They did have booster seats but told me they had run out. A guy sat near to me who was 6ft+ had to do the same thing as there was no room for his legs. We didn't think it would be a problem as there was no row behind us, but we did have theatre staff telling us to sit down, something that the tall guy near me physically couldn't do.

Any chance Mincemeat might go on tour soon? I'd love to see it again but would much prefer to see it somewhere other than the fortune and with a fairer pricing scheme where you have the option for lesser seats to be cheaper seats.    

The pricing strategy is certainly a choice - and it nearly put me off seeing it entirely. If it wasn't for the lottery I don't think I'd be seeing it any time soon - £90 for every seat in the house is ridiculous. I thought Les Mis's current ticket pricing was terrible with the restricted view slip seats being around £70, but paying more than that for even worse seats at the Fortune is a joke.

I hope this fails spectacularly - having every seat as expensive as that for 4 nights a week seems like a poor choice.