The Drifters Girl - Newcastle TR / Garrick / U.K. Tour

I did think it was very ambitious to run this for so long without Beverley. A really lovely show though. Curious what will be in the Garrick next - certainly not my favourite theatre.

I'm in a small minority in this but I do so object to being told I MUST display my ticket on a mobile phone . I've just been advised of this by NIMAX re a booking for The Drifters Girl later this week with a warning that "Printed tickets will not be accepted".

Now I know from past experience that there is absolutely no problem going to the box office and getting a printed ticket but an occasional theatregoer would not necessarily know that. I've tried to print it at home in several ways without success and the email doesn't even mention box office collection as an alternative.

I know society is heading towards expecting everyone to do almost everything on their phones these days but it shouldn't be mandatory . My strong views come from an incident I witnessed about three years ago when travelling late evening from Norwich to London by coach. An intended passenger could not access his ticket on his phone for some reason. The driver said he could not travel without it and refused to let him board. He pleaded with the driver but to no avail. The doors were closed and as the coach departed the man was on the ground in floods of tears. It was a most distressing incident to witness and made me determined never to rely on a phone for anything again.

I agree. I do use my phone for everything but stress out about running out of battery (and you know the battery goes down even faster when you’re thinking about the battery because your brain is actually using that battery to worry about the battery 🔋 🪫 ) so now if I’m out for any amount of time I have to take a bloody power bank which as well as then requiring me to take a bag of some sort ALSO has a battery… 🤪

Maybe get a new phone?

You kidding? It’s only 2.5 years old. I only just finished paying for the bloody thing! 

Yes, QR codes are handy but a back up must always be in place. This year's fringe was all QR code based (you had one QR code per booking so if you booked your day in one go you only had to worry about one code). This could be displayed on paper or phone, but since many fringe venues are subterranean, relying on phone signals did cause issues. Every venue could look up your booking based on your last name etc, but this took time. Saw an event in a 600-capacity venue which had about 8 minutes to get everyone in and finding someone's booking manually took about 30 seconds. Not a great deal of time but with only two people checking tickets you only had to have a few bookings that needed to be hunted down manually and you'd have audience members getting in after the start of the show.

Tour listings starting to appear, currently showing for the Leicester Curve, 31st October to 4th November 2023.

I was at the final performance last night. The room was electric! Phenomenal performances with extra touches, plus a closing night speech which welcomed all the covers and crew on stage to sing the finale.

It would not surprise me one bit.

Just bumping this thread as I’m wondering if anyone knows when casting might be announced for the tour?

It’s at the Mayflower in Southampton (the first stop of the tour I believe) and they’re promoting it heavily, but using photos of the West End cast with no confirmation of who’s appearing on the tour (I know it doesn’t matter to a lot of people, but I’d rather know before I book!)

Another bump in case anyone has casting news I’ve missed. Less than 6 weeks to go until the first show!

I’m going to the first night. I’ll report back if nobody knows before then 😂