Anything Goes - Barbican / U.K.Tour

I think shows aiming at an older audience away from London need to perhaps put in more midweek matinées instead of evening shows.

So sad for the cast. I’m 21 and love the show but am probably in a minority there, I agree young people in general will not go to this type of show.
If the tour does get pulled, do we think the whole London run will as well or will that still be able to go ahead?

Maybe some emergency star casting is in order? What’s Jane Krakowski doing?

Is it just this show or are other tours suffering too? I've just seen a post that Da Vinci Code tour has been brought to a premature end.

It's not that uncommon for tours to close early, producers might blame Covid but to me it's unappealing shows.

COVID is having an effect with older audiences who seem more reluctant to return to theatres unless there is something very special.

The Private Lives tour with Patricia Hodge sold very well in Oxford. So the right combination of cozy play choice and respected names can work.

I was one of those who doubted the wisdom of touring AG. I take no pleasure from the fact that my doubts are being realised. However audiences are booking even later than usual so I wouldn't be quite as concerned about poor sales for dates in June quite yet. People are waiting to see how they are feeling, local case numbers etc etc before committing to booking.

Allowing a TV broadcast in between the Barbican and the start of the tour does seem to have been a strategic mistake though. This coming Christmas would have made more sense. Particularly as it is up on iPlayer for you to watch even now.

I must get 10 emails a week with offers for venues in Greater Manchester. £10 off Strictly Come Dancing at The Lowry, 25% off Beryl at Oldham Coliseum, just £7 for the BBC Philharmonic at Bridgewater Hall and £22 for Singin' in the Rain. If I lived on the wrong side of the Pennines I'd be out every night!

Even Alan Partridge is struggling. With tickets now discounted to £15, it would seem that Steve Coogan isn't as popular in MCR as he once was.

I think the way touring ticket prices have been creeping up to near-West End levels has been an issue for a while. The price difference last summer between Heathers at the Haymarket and at the Liverpool Empire was only £10.

Are casual theatregoers, people who may only go once in a blue moon, going to take a punt on unknown shows in the current climate if it’s going to cost at least £45 each, plus booking fees, for a half decent seat?

I hope they’re aren’t any Bonnie fans in tonight if she’s on The One Show. Could they not have got her on Zoom like half their other guests?

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I’ve heard the opposite - she is just playing herself so it’s very musical theatre- in a bad way

Heard or seen? She barely registers.

The tour has already been pulled from the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, where it was scheduled from 25 May to 4 June, with the Dublin run apparently extended.

The Marlowe has a very good reputation and loyal audience. Of all the venues outside London I attend, it's the one that consistently comes closest to full houses certainly for musicals, yet rarely discounts other than for multiple show bookings. Never known a cancellation there before.