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Post by talkingheads on Jun 19, 2021 15:51:36 GMT
The prices are ludicrous. Is he with the E Street Band or on his own? I'd pay that much to see him with Max Weinberg et Al, but on his own?
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Post by viserys on Jun 19, 2021 16:16:29 GMT
It's also been on Netflix since. While it's not the same as seeing him live, I'm sure it was enough to satify many people's curiosity, especially considering the prices.
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Post by Mark on Jun 19, 2021 18:07:08 GMT
140k going to the British Grand Prix, the day “before” the new freedom day. Yet another exemption for a mass event. If the new proposed end date doesn’t happen then I do wonder why we are even bothering.
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 19, 2021 18:14:49 GMT
140k going to the British Grand Prix, the day “before” the new freedom day. Yet another exemption for a mass event. If the new proposed end date doesn’t happen then I do wonder why we are even bothering. I wish people would stop calling it freedom day. A gradual easing of restrictions should never have been advertised as a single date.
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Post by poster J on Jun 19, 2021 18:16:32 GMT
140k going to the British Grand Prix, the day “before” the new freedom day. Yet another exemption for a mass event. If the new proposed end date doesn’t happen then I do wonder why we are even bothering. Well it is outside so slightly different to a theatre...
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Post by Mark on Jun 19, 2021 18:29:24 GMT
140k going to the British Grand Prix, the day “before” the new freedom day. Yet another exemption for a mass event. If the new proposed end date doesn’t happen then I do wonder why we are even bothering. Well it is outside so slightly different to a theatre... Still 140,000 people at a mass event! Why is the Open Air not allowed to open at full capacity?
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jun 19, 2021 18:49:22 GMT
Well it is outside so slightly different to a theatre... Still 140,000 people at a mass event! Why is the Open Air not allowed to open at full capacity? ... because the UK Gov don't give a sh*t about the arts and cultural sector, do they?!? It's different for sports! I'm seeing Carousel and the appeal is that it's OUTSIDE, even though I will be fully vaccinated by then...Doesn't make sense why they can't open full capacity - as always, it is double standards though! COME ON OLIVER - SORT YOUR ATTITUDE OUT.
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Post by theatreian on Jun 19, 2021 21:39:21 GMT
140k going to the British Grand Prix, the day “before” the new freedom day. This is one of the official trial events. The British Grand Prix was cleared to have a 140,000 capacity crowd, and the Open Championship to be three-quarters full, after being added to the Government’s list of pilot events for the return of spectators. Telegraph Sport can reveal Silverstone will join the Wimbledon singles finals in being allowed to sell out for the entire weekend of July 16-18 before the new planned end to the UK’s coronavirus restrictions of July 19. The Open at Royal St George’s on July 15-18 has also been permitted to have 32,000 spectators in line with what organisers had been hoping for before ‘freedom day’ was postponed from June 21. A statement from the Open organisers the R&A read: "We can now confirm that we will be able to welcome up to 32,000 fans on each championship day of the 149th Open at Royal St George's and that this will include those existing ticketholders and hospitality guests who have already purchased tickets." The Government announced earlier this week that the Wimbledon singles finals would become the first major outdoor events since the coronavirus began to have capacity crowds. It also confirmed the Championships would begin at 50 per cent capacity and that the climax of football’s European Championship would also witness a half-full Wembley. But with grandstands able to hold 70,000 spectators and another 70,000 also able to attend, Silverstone will have the biggest crowd in the UK since the first national lockdown in March last year. As a 550-acre outdoor site, the track is the largest major sporting venue in the country, with its seats spread around a 3.6-mile track. The vast majority of the spectators who usually attend a Grand Prix weekend also travel to the circuit by car. That would avoid the prospect of thousands of spectators being crammed in together on public transport – something seen as far more likely to spread Covid-19 than a relaxation of social distancing in an outdoor grandstand. Silverstone has been selling tickets on the basis of being at capacity and Telegraph Sport has been told it is close to a sell-out. Having lost millions of pounds last year by staging back-to-back grands prix behind closed doors, it is desperate to avoid another major shortfall by being forced to cap attendance next month. Rugby league’s Challenge Cup final on July 17 and an England cricket international were also close to being added to the Government’s list of crowd pilots, which would allow them to exceed the current cap of 10,000 spectators at major outdoor events.
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Post by lynette on Jun 19, 2021 22:23:43 GMT
I know sport is important and i love watching elite events on telly but this is ridiculous. The lobbying for sport must be tremendous and that for theatre and the arts is obviously not. 140, 000 is a hell of a trial. Consider the numbers if there are outbreaks in only say 20 groups, the spread will be huge. Frankly, I am unimpressed but if we all have to lockdown from mid summer, we shall at least know why. I’m sorry LW pulled out and I understand why but in the light of this, he would have been fully entitled to open with full capacity.
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Post by zahidf on Jun 19, 2021 22:29:02 GMT
From the sounds of it we should be reopening from Monday
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 20, 2021 7:29:08 GMT
Why would it just be down to him to "mention" that when these meeting also include the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and no doubt reps from the NHS? I thought they were there to present and discuss the data with the PM.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jun 20, 2021 7:42:28 GMT
All part of the process to vilify Hancock who will become the fall guy for the Government response.
Johnson will be exonerated as he relied on his Minister for appropriate guidance, Hancock will be removed for Cabinet, time will pass, he will become a director at Conservative supporting companies and disappear from frontline Politics a wealthier man.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 20, 2021 9:01:57 GMT
Still 140,000 people at a mass event! Why is the Open Air not allowed to open at full capacity? ... because the UK Gov don't give a sh*t about the arts and cultural sector, do they?!? It's different for sports! I'm seeing Carousel and the appeal is that it's OUTSIDE, even though I will be fully vaccinated by then...Doesn't make sense why they can't open full capacity - as always, it is double standards though! COME ON OLIVER - SORT YOUR ATTITUDE OUT. Interesting debate about this on on todays Broadcasting House, Radio 4 & BBC Sounds. Its the first half hour of the show
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Post by Mark on Jun 20, 2021 9:29:18 GMT
... because the UK Gov don't give a sh*t about the arts and cultural sector, do they?!? It's different for sports! I'm seeing Carousel and the appeal is that it's OUTSIDE, even though I will be fully vaccinated by then...Doesn't make sense why they can't open full capacity - as always, it is double standards though! COME ON OLIVER - SORT YOUR ATTITUDE OUT. Interesting debate about this on on todays Broadcasting House, Radio 4 & BBC Sounds. Its the first half hour of the show Just having a listen. Seems the data doesn't match the governments narrative. Data was meant to be published in May from the pilot events, why haven't they been?
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jun 20, 2021 12:10:04 GMT
Interesting debate about this on on todays Broadcasting House, Radio 4 & BBC Sounds. Its the first half hour of the show Just having a listen. Seems the data doesn't match the governments narrative. Data was meant to be published in May from the pilot events, why haven't they been? because our gov are corrupt.
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Post by Jon on Jun 20, 2021 18:48:41 GMT
I'm interested to see how the Download festival pilot has fared, that is the first big festival to have happened in over a year.
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Post by zahidf on Jun 23, 2021 7:30:51 GMT
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Post by jojo on Jun 23, 2021 12:41:28 GMT
I'm not commenting on whether or not restrictions should be less/more or different, but it is driving me mad that people advocating for the lifting of restrictions on the news keep claiming that theatre needs to open - giving the impression that nothing is open. I hope this isn't impacting on ticket sales of those events that are running.
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Post by Mark on Jun 23, 2021 12:46:27 GMT
I'm not commenting on whether or not restrictions should be less/more or different, but it is driving me mad that people advocating for the lifting of restrictions on the news keep claiming that theatre needs to open - giving the impression that nothing is open. I hope this isn't impacting on ticket sales of those events that are running. Just from my own experiences the past few weeks, everything I have seen has seemed pretty packed given the circumstances. Very few empty at Hairspray last night, and certainly when I've seen Six, Jamie, Mousetrap, Les Mis and Cruise they were all busy as well.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 23, 2021 13:44:35 GMT
Kids week is back...except it's for the whole of August!
Two tickets for the price of one, with additional children at half price.
Most of the big shows, except Cinderella, Joseph and Phantom I think. Tickets on sale from 10am on 30 June.
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Post by Jon on Jun 23, 2021 14:48:05 GMT
Kids week is back...except it's for the whole of August! Two tickets for the price of one, with additional children at half price. Most of the big shows, except Cinderella, Joseph and Phantom I think. Tickets on sale from 10am on 30 June. I don't think Kids Week has been a week in quite some time, it's usually two weeks.
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Post by marob on Jun 23, 2021 16:41:41 GMT
I’m going to London at the end of August. Was hoping to save some money for once by holding off booking until dynamic pricing kicks in. Damn. 🤬
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Post by Mark on Jun 26, 2021 13:58:05 GMT
Springsteen on Broadway reopening tonight - Full capacity, masks optional, fully vaccinated audience. Genuinely didn't think Broadway would hit that milestone before the West End.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 6, 2021 10:00:43 GMT
Part of the deal with the Culture Recovery Fund must have been for recipients to thank the Government again on the first anniversary of its launch. I've been inundated!
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Post by Mark on Jul 17, 2021 1:51:05 GMT
Looks like ATG are the first major theatre company to implement the covid status certification as a condition of entry.
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 17, 2021 7:20:28 GMT
Looks like ATG are the first major theatre company to implement the covid status certification as a condition of entry. Interesting, where did you read that?
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Post by Penny on Jul 17, 2021 7:30:19 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Jul 17, 2021 7:41:48 GMT
Ah right. Fair enough, good on them, I'll feel safer going to ATG venues.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 17, 2021 7:59:23 GMT
I got that e mail yesterday about an upcoming show but sorry to say I didn't click on the link to read the new terms and conditions so thanks for pointing it out. I will have a read now.
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Post by poster J on Jul 17, 2021 9:45:03 GMT
Yes the email wasn't very clear, I just assumed it was new refund/exchange conditions until someone else told me.
You either prove you have been double vaccinated for at least two weeks or that you've taken a lateral flow test in the 48 hours before the show and tested negative. I'll have to do a test for my next visit but hopefully after that will just be vaccination pass.
Very sensible and every other theatre operator should follow suit, well done ATG.
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