Sunset Boulevard

I know it's not comparing like for like, but compared to most of the London stuff I am quite surprised by how slowly this is selling.

Having seen the scrum for JCS, Les Mis etc etc, I decided to cough up 40 quid for Curve membership to get access to the pre sale as wanted to go on the only Saturday where there is a matinee and an evening so could do both. I really didn't need to. The Saturday night in question has just a handful of seats sold. This is an ALW show in a theatre with a tremendously loyal audience where things sell out pretty quickly. In the Xmas period.

(Btw, don't resent the 40 quid at all. Curve are a fantastic theatre who have in recent years become the go to place for launching the biggest UK tours. Miss Saigon, Les Mis and Sunset I saw multiple times; sadly I didn't get the chance for the ill fated Phantom).

So I wonder why this is. Although the Sunset tour had pretty mediocre sales once on the road, it DID do very well in Leicester and was sold out the coupe of times I went. So I don't think it's choice of show that is the problem.

Do people think it's the thing of the regional theatres having an older audience who are nervous about getting to the theatre again? As could spell trouble for the touring circuit in general. I have felt a lot of optimism re the rush to get tickets for the small amount of available London stuff. But perhaps that is just the super fans. And sustaining long sold out runs selling to the GBP is going to be problematic, even when it is fully allowed. I hope not!

(Sales also seem to be so low for this at the moment, that I pray it doesn't get pulled!)

Perhaps! 

Also in the Joe Public theatre going masses, perhaps there isn't the same desperation to see stuff that I know I have, having been deprived for so long.

Has anyone transferred their booking? I was originally booked for Mon 14 Dec but it's not starting until the 18th. Used their form on Wed to request a transfer to Sat 19th but haven't had email confirmation yet (and I've checked my junk folder).

I'd booked for the 18th, so inadvertently for the first show! Fingers crossed.

Well it might not happen anyway now with Leicester fairly sure to be placed into the highest tier on Thursday. Hopefully it can still be rescheduled for next year like The Color Purple.

I think the point of this season was to bring back some Curve favourites complete with original casts where possible. I understand that people would like to see some new face but that wasn't the point of the season.

Of course a lot of us have seen these shows but we won't have seen them like they are going to presented this time. I think that we should applaud any theatres trying to put shows on and especially when they have put as much effort in as Curve to do it.

I dont know if the poster is the problem reajjy, I think you have to remember that Leicester never actually came out of a form of lockdown and so I think the issue might have been locals being too wary to buy tickets, which it turns out they were right to be.

Yes it is. Curve haven't actually said anything about the production being cancelled yet though but I imagine it is. It isn't due to start until after the review date but I can't see them risking going ahead with it just on the off chance.

I feel particularly sad for everyone at Curve.

Leicester has been in pretty much been in one form or lockdown or another since mid-March. So clearly whatever strategies are or aren't in place musn't be working given that they remain a tier three city.

I doubt attending an Andrew Lloyd Webber show in a socially-distanced modern theatre is going to make much of an impact. And looking at the pictures the newly configured Curve auditorium seems a heck of a lot safer than doing Christmas shopping, using public transport, or collecting your kids from school (and that's before the three household Christmas bubbles - or should that be baubles).

This is what they team said (in The Stage) when the new tier allocation was announced: Curve’s artistic director, Nikolai Foster, and its chief executive Chris Stafford, said they were devastated that Leicester had been placed into the highest tier. “We are devastated by the news Leicester has been placed into Tier 3. This news is once again a huge blow for Curve and our city, which has been in a constant form of lockdown since March. We will make further announcements as soon as we are in a position to do so.

"Across our sector, theatres like Curve have worked tirelessly to ensure buildings are safe for productions to be staged and audience members to return. Our heartfelt thoughts go to all of the other theatres who have been placed in Tier 3 and therefore forced to close.”

Sunset Boulevard isn't due to open until 18 December which is after the first 'tier review' takes place. I suspect that they won't make a decision until there's an indication about the likelihood of any restrictions being lifted. All three Leicester MPs are lobbying for some sort of clear exit plan - given the almost unique position the city has found itself in since March.

Thanks for the update, I shall keep an eye out

YES! Brilliant news, not for the cancellation but to have a filmed concert version of Blvd is stellar news.
I thought Danny Mac v Ria Jones was a great combo that worked well together so happy this will be immortalized.