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Post by ronnette on Jul 22, 2020 13:33:04 GMT
Finally in and tickets bought. Sat at 7.30pm for £20 and £20 for the 'In Conversation' afterwards.
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Post by peggs on Jul 22, 2020 14:19:16 GMT
Well all £10 seem to have gone already hoovered up by members higher levels I guess which in fairness is what I would have done if there were any left. £10 tickets available for this today, so they must have released more for public booking. Didn't think of that, oh well missed our there. Interesting though as I was on pretty quick yesterday so wonder if there were any £10 available then.
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Post by foxa on Jul 22, 2020 14:31:10 GMT
I'm still in queue (forgot this was happening and got on late, number 7000 something.) Says 25 more minutes.
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Post by ncbears on Jul 22, 2020 20:50:29 GMT
I got a 20 pound ticket for the Sat matinee - which is breakfast time here in the States. I was #10,000 or something - which seemed fairly high if there were limited seats to 5 performances. I actually missed my first time to select date/time and had to get back in the queue and wait another hour.
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 22, 2020 22:20:18 GMT
I was allocated number 1680 (waiting on website from 9.30am) and after just over 2 hours I managed to book a £20 ticket. I was 1642... otherwise same story.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2020 22:37:37 GMT
No queuing and only £30 and £40 tickets remain.
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Post by crowblack on Jul 23, 2020 9:01:04 GMT
No queuing and only £30 and £40 tickets remain. That does suggest they're doing the sensible/fair thing and not capping numbers (assuming online capacity allows).
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Post by foxa on Jul 23, 2020 14:42:53 GMT
I was 7869 (I think) - long queue but I got on with other things, so not a big problem. Ended up with a £20 ticket for the 30th, which I'm happy with - there will be three of us watching so decent value! By the time I got there, all £10 tickets were gone and they were running out of £20 ones (none for 29th July which I tried first.) I found the site a bit fiddly, but it was fine and obviously lots of tickets that weren't eye-wateringly expensive.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 23, 2020 22:33:32 GMT
Sorry but I refuse to pay this much money to stream something: I drew the line at paying £16 to watch Nick Cave at Alexandra Palace tonight (I say it was tonight but it was recorded last month) especially when I saw the moodiness about customers pausing the performance (heaven forbid) I know places like the Old Vic need money to keep going but I feel there is no excuse to charge more than 5 to 10 pounds to watch things like this: when lockdown started a lot of people did free (or extremely cheap) stuff online and obviously after a couple of months they can’t keep doing that but I don’t know how upwards of £20 to watch something online can be justified.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 22:48:49 GMT
Sorry but I refuse to pay this much money to stream something: I drew the line at paying £16 to watch Nick Cave at Alexandra Palace tonight (I say it was tonight but it was recorded last month) especially when I saw the moodiness about customers pausing the performance (heaven forbid) I know places like the Old Vic need money to keep going but I feel there is no excuse to charge more than 5 to 10 pounds to watch things like this: when lockdown started a lot of people did free (or extremely cheap) stuff online and obviously after a couple of months they can’t keep doing that but I don’t know how upwards of £20 to watch something online can be justified. The actor(s) are performing live, nightly. They've learned and rehearsed the script. The crew is working. The theatre staff is working. By spending 20 quid, you support all of those people still having work. And you support the theatre staying open during this critical and difficult time. By spending 20 quid or more, you are remaining a part of the theatre audience and supporting an industry you profess to care greatly about. And the theatre offered MANY 10 quid tickets. MANY. I personally got a 20 quid, and added an additional donation. Because I support live theatre, be it through a screen, or in the same room as me. It IS live theatre. You're looking for an experience they cannot give you right now. But they're giving you what they CAN. If you don't want to support it, don't. But don't act like they're committing highway robbery for finding a way to bring us theatre during this time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 0:42:02 GMT
I'd also add - LUNGS was exceptional. "On time" for theatre, not one glitch on my end, beautifully performed (and "staged") and filmed. It was well worth the 20 quid (again, I donated another 10 on top, all I can afford right now).
I understand not being able to afford it. I do NOT understand shaming theatres for finding a way to survive.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jul 24, 2020 7:56:13 GMT
Well, 3 and a half hours later and I'm still in the queue! And that for a stream *shakeshead*. I think the NT has done a great job, offering excellent theatre streams for weeks to everyone without a fee and it seems, many people (like me) have donated, so they were even able to pay the actors etc. something. A much better system imo, that's why I financially support the NT and definitely not the Old Vic.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 8:03:34 GMT
Well, 3 and a half hours later and I'm still in the queue! And that for a stream *shakeshead*. I think the NT has done a great job, offering excellent theatre streams for weeks to everyone without a fee and it seems, many people (like me) have donated, so they were even able to pay the actors etc. something. A much better system imo, that's why I financially support the NT and definitely not the Old Vic. They've made virtually nothing! An average of 20p per viewer was donated: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/streaming-the-national-theatres-hits-makes-only-a-trickle-of-cash-gl0zvmsk2 It was great of them to do it, they have probably won friends and a bigger audience, but they've made bugger all. Don't forget that the NT gets ACE funding, whereas the Old Vic doesn't. I can't believe people on this board in particular, who presumably care more about theatre than the average person, resent theatres trying to get any kind of income stream that might help them to survive.
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Post by crowblack on Jul 24, 2020 8:38:12 GMT
I think the NT has done a great job, offering excellent theatre streams for weeks to everyone without a fee These aren't productions created for streaming though: they're existing recordings for which regular audiences plus cinema audiences paid money months/years ago when they were first shown. I do think they should allow paid online access to archive/NT Live recordings 'going forward' because many were already rexcluded by geography, money and disability and many more of us will be excluded through the virus risk.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jul 24, 2020 11:59:03 GMT
I can't believe people on this board in particular, who presumably care more about theatre than the average person, resent theatres trying to get any kind of income stream that might help them to survive. I don't resent anyone, if they want to do it that way, fine. I just stated my intention, not to support them, but the NT. And as I said before: a socially distanced 'Lungs' on zoom is not why I love theatre, I'd rather watch a pre-recorded full production of Amadeus e.g. than that.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 24, 2020 13:08:49 GMT
Sorry but I refuse to pay this much money to stream something: I drew the line at paying £16 to watch Nick Cave at Alexandra Palace tonight (I say it was tonight but it was recorded last month) especially when I saw the moodiness about customers pausing the performance (heaven forbid) I know places like the Old Vic need money to keep going but I feel there is no excuse to charge more than 5 to 10 pounds to watch things like this: when lockdown started a lot of people did free (or extremely cheap) stuff online and obviously after a couple of months they can’t keep doing that but I don’t know how upwards of £20 to watch something online can be justified. The actor(s) are performing live, nightly. They've learned and rehearsed the script. The crew is working. The theatre staff is working. By spending 20 quid, you support all of those people still having work. And you support the theatre staying open during this critical and difficult time. By spending 20 quid or more, you are remaining a part of the theatre audience and supporting an industry you profess to care greatly about. And the theatre offered MANY 10 quid tickets. MANY. I personally got a 20 quid, and added an additional donation. Because I support live theatre, be it through a screen, or in the same room as me. It IS live theatre. You're looking for an experience they cannot give you right now. But they're giving you what they CAN. If you don't want to support it, don't. But don't act like they're committing highway robbery for finding a way to bring us theatre during this time. It’s not the charging to watch it that I was commenting on, it’s the whacking the price up if you weren’t committed to queuing online when it went on sale like you will get some kind of gold circle VIP experience when you’ll be seeing the same thing as everyone else.I don’t want ANY theatre to go out of business. I know their servers couldn’t cope if every person out there decided they just HAD to watch it so they want to limit numbers but they could/should have charged a flat £10 or so and sent a link to donate more to whoever paid to see it.
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Post by justfran on Jul 29, 2020 10:02:08 GMT
Tonight’s performance has been cancelled due to Andrew Scott being taken ill. I’ve just received an email to rearrange my ticket.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2020 10:07:51 GMT
Tonight’s performance has been cancelled due to Andrew Scott being taken ill. I’ve just received an email to rearrange my ticket. Ah, just like the olden days! This is weirdly comforting - the unpredictability of live theatre. (not wanting to sound unsympathetic to AS who I hope is not seriously ill and will be better soon)
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Post by drmaplewood on Jul 29, 2020 10:49:32 GMT
I didn't get the e-mail, thanks for the heads up.
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Post by ronnette on Jul 29, 2020 21:26:00 GMT
Oh no! That’s not a good start is it.
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Post by rumbledoll on Jul 30, 2020 7:55:16 GMT
I have a ticket for today’s performance, no link so far. If this one is off I expect they’d inform us... Anyway, hope Andrew gets well soon! Good it’s not a problem to relocate the ‘seats’, not like in the real auditorium.. Small blessings!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 9:11:47 GMT
I've booked for tonight also - would like to hear if it's rescheduled sooner rather than later as there is an NT Live in the cinema that's my plan B...
I am cosmically bored and cannot face another evening with nothing stimulating to do!
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2020 9:22:11 GMT
Ah - I was wondering what was happening. I haven't got a link and just sent an email. Hadn't heard Andrew Scott was ill - I hope he's all right.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 30, 2020 9:56:05 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled too. They have offered to move tonight's tickets to Sat mat and evening (1st) or the extra performances they are putting on - Fri 7th and two on Sat 8th (which go on public sale on Monday). There is also the option to say that you can't make any of those and then I guess they refund?
Unfortunately tonight’s performance (Thu 30 Jul, 7.30pm BST) of Old Vic: In Camera – Three Kings is cancelled due to Andrew Scott being taken ill. It's nothing serious and is not COVID-19 related. Andrew is using today to recover and should be back with us tomorrow.
We're incredibly sorry that your performance has been affected. We would like to move your booking to another performance – we have also added three additional performances on Fri 07 and Sat 08 Aug. These new performances will not go on sale to the public until Monday which means they are exclusively available to you until then.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 10:20:24 GMT
That's really disappointing - can't do any of the other dates. Not had an email yet...
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Post by greenswan on Jul 30, 2020 10:32:49 GMT
My cancellation email arrived at 10.20 - they may be sending in batches or it’s just down to ISP.
Have switched to next week.
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2020 10:36:33 GMT
My email just arrived - actually two have. Have switched to the 7th.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 10:42:48 GMT
Mine arrived now - have opted for a credit note, which hopefully I can put towards something live and in person in the not too distant future.
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 30, 2020 17:37:46 GMT
All this week's performances now cancelled - the run rescheduled to 7 / 8 August. Andrew Scott is undergoing minor surgery but expected to be back for next week's performances. See twitter thread for more:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 17:43:35 GMT
Obviously sorry to hear this but also slightly hopeful they will reschedule for a time I can do.
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