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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 17, 2022 14:50:06 GMT
Greg Hicks looks real luxury casting for a bit part like Andrew Carnes..
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Post by marob on Mar 17, 2022 15:32:05 GMT
Wasn’t fussed on seeing this, but had credit I needed to use. Quite happy with the casting.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 18, 2022 12:51:19 GMT
Very excited for this - casting wise and really looking forward to hearing the new musical arrangements live. I can see priority members can now pick seats and the seating plan is now live. Do we know when people who had already booked pre-seating plan will get to select our seats? Thanks.
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Post by sprampster on Mar 18, 2022 12:57:22 GMT
Very excited for this - casting wise and really looking forward to hearing the new musical arrangements live. I can see priority members can now pick seats and the seating plan is now live. Do we know when people who had already booked pre-seating plan will get to select our seats? Thanks. I have just been in and got some tickets for later in the run. There is not much left at all to be honest. Config looks almost identical to Broadway 4 rows of seats either side of stage. Front Row A are stand alone wooden seats. Then the two rows of Balcony seats around three sides if that makes sense!! So a horseshow configuration. As i understand if you purchased in advance seats will be allocated for you. You dont get to choose. So for example i bagged a couple of £10 seats for the filming performance and these are second row of the balcony
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Post by pauln on Mar 18, 2022 13:32:19 GMT
I've never been to the Young Vic before. How bad do we think the seats in the two back rows will be?
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Post by Mark on Mar 18, 2022 13:33:40 GMT
I've never been to the Young Vic before. How bad do we think the seats in the two back rows will be? Im sure they'll be fine. I sat in a £10 back row seat for the Collaboration and it was full view. For Oklahoma, assuming it's very similar to Broadway, everywhere should be clear view, although the seats closest to the traditional stage side may miss the video element.
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Post by Mark on Mar 18, 2022 13:52:35 GMT
Lucky dip tix have just gone on-sale
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 18, 2022 14:09:59 GMT
Never been to the Young Vic either so confused. Why is Row C facing the stage only £20? Seems like they’d be great seats and very close to the action.
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Post by matty on Mar 18, 2022 14:26:46 GMT
Anyone know what happens if you booked tickets before the seat plan went on sale? When do they usually confirm which seats you get?
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 19, 2022 14:25:57 GMT
It also seems to have James Davis as Will Parker from the Broadway production too. And I agree Patrick Vaill was astonishing - the best actor in the NY version. Absolutely concur. Patrick was outstanding and loved his interpretation of Jud.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Mar 19, 2022 22:15:28 GMT
This is currently on sale to Friends only, though the website allows anyone to start a booking adding the £50 membership to the basket total. I just tried and removing that membership fee cleared the basket. Public sale starts on Monday at noon. Already very limited availability for many performances.
I wonder if seat allocation for bookings made under the original "choose price "system will be issued before the general sale starts ? I had assumed that would happen but beginning to wonder now.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 21, 2022 12:19:09 GMT
Painless booking process, two sets of lucky dip tickets booked - last preview and last show
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Mar 21, 2022 13:11:34 GMT
Very short queue at midday. I also booked two sets of two tickets, one £10 lucky dips and the other row C stalls £20 seats as this is one of our favourite shows and we both love Marisha Wallace!
I haven't had a seat notification from my previous booking in January which was all lucky dip but various prices - has anybody ?
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Post by fossil on Mar 21, 2022 16:21:58 GMT
On the subject of ticket pricing. I have just been looking at matinee tickets. Prices later in the run seem to be £10 higher. Those I checked up to 8th June are £58. Later matinees are £68. The main show page continues to show prices up to £58.
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Post by stevemar on Mar 21, 2022 16:33:57 GMT
This is currently on sale to Friends only, though the website allows anyone to start a booking adding the £50 membership to the basket total. I just tried and removing that membership fee cleared the basket. Public sale starts on Monday at noon. Already very limited availability for many performances. I wonder if seat allocation for bookings made under the original "choose price "system will be issued before the general sale starts ? I had assumed that would happen but beginning to wonder now. How odd - I am not a member and booked in Jan. Maybe they’ve changed something. [br
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Mar 21, 2022 17:00:04 GMT
This is currently on sale to Friends only, though the website allows anyone to start a booking adding the £50 membership to the basket total. I just tried and removing that membership fee cleared the basket. Public sale starts on Monday at noon. Already very limited availability for many performances. I wonder if seat allocation for bookings made under the original "choose price "system will be issued before the general sale starts ? I had assumed that would happen but beginning to wonder now. How odd - I am not a member and booked in Jan. Maybe they’ve changed something. Also top priced tickets WERE £52 - ah, must be inflation! 🙄 I also booked in January and am also not a member but at that time all I did was choose a date and a price - which was £20 in zone C at the end of April.. I got a code (a letter and three numbers) to identify my seat I've heard no more from that booking as of now so no idea where that seat is located. On Saturday full seat choice was available but only Friends could book, with the option of paying the £50 Friends membership to complete the booking which I declined. Then from midday today public booking opened including the £10 Lucky Dip tickets and the £20 seats in stalls row C which on the face of it are the best deal compared with other pricing. I grabbed the first two I found plus two Lucky Dips for an earlier performance
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Post by mrnutz on Mar 22, 2022 10:13:05 GMT
I also booked in Jan. I'd hope they had allocated these seats before they put the rest back on sale?
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Post by mkb on Apr 11, 2022 10:14:13 GMT
I went for a £40 seat and have been allocated the fourth row on the side in a "high seat" which the Young Vic Box Office tell me "have a full back and a foot rest, so no dangling legs. There are no arm rests as it is a long bench, which is padded and very comfortable."
They also say there are no plans to abandon their policy of putting seats on sale before seating configurations have been agreed, which is disappointing. If there were good management in place, they would prioritise discussions on set layout during the initial dialogue with the director and set designer. If they had any regard for the needs of paying theatregoers, they would hold off sales until such discussions had concluded. If they are not capable of doing that in a timely manner, they shouldn't be in the business.
Of course, some other theatres are also guilty of making late changes to configurations, and having to move people who have already booked, but, with wise, experienced people in charge, these things should not happen.
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Post by danb on Apr 11, 2022 11:09:00 GMT
How can I find out what I’ve been allocated?
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Post by Dave B on Apr 11, 2022 11:24:39 GMT
How can I find out what I’ve been allocated? I'm pretty sure you can just contact them and ask.
I've just had a look at my emails, I booked 'best available' I have not received my tickets yet so I don't know either.
It does frustrate me that while the YV have an account section on their website for me to log in to, it never displays orders, tickets, confirmation or even any useful information.
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Post by mkb on Apr 11, 2022 11:40:47 GMT
I sent an email to boxoffice@youngvic.org to find out my allocated tickets and received a reply from welcometeam@youngvic.org
That's another bête noire for me: organisations that send emails with a corporate, generic signature; in this case "Best wishes, Welcome Team" was the sign-off at the bottom. If you are writing a personal email, have the courtesy to put your name on it!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 14, 2022 9:27:49 GMT
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Apr 14, 2022 9:48:07 GMT
I still haven't received my seat allocation from the January prebooking so not impressed by this tweet.
Are they actually expecting people to just turn up on the day with a reference number and be allocated a seat .... or to send the Young Vic an email to ask ? They must (?) know which seats have been booked so why can't they just send out emails with that info ?
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Post by nottobe on Apr 14, 2022 9:54:52 GMT
I still haven't received my seat allocation from the January prebooking so not impressed by this tweet. Are they actually expecting people to just turn up on the day with a reference number and be allocated a seat .... or to send the Young Vic an email to ask ? They must (?) know which seats have been booked so why can't they just send out emails with that info ? I emailed asking for my seat allocation. Was very happy to see a seat I got for £20 in the prebook is in the stalls and near ones that are now £58. Assume everyone who prebooked will have a similar bargain.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Apr 14, 2022 10:01:13 GMT
I emailed and got a response with 4 minutes!
I only paid £10 a ticket so thought I’d be given a seat in the gallery or a restricted view seat, but I’m chuffed with my allocation! Row D, seats along from mine are on sale for £62!! A steal in my eyes!
Can’t wait for this.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Apr 14, 2022 11:27:51 GMT
Thanks for replies. I will also email. I still think it's a strange set up if there's a need to send a message to get a seat allocation
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Post by princeton on Apr 14, 2022 11:47:49 GMT
They normally send an email about a week before the performance which will include the exact seat allocation (the old booking system used to allow you to log in and see where your tickets were but as noted above now your account doesn't include anything about your bookings).
I agree that it's bonkers that they claim not to know the auditorium configuration until near the start of the production, particularly one like this which has been around in one incarnation or another for several years. I'd rather they opening booking later than this slightly pot luck approach. If places like Hampstead, the Dorfman and Southwark Playhouse which are equally flexible spaces can get their acts together before booking opens I'm not quite sure why the Young Vic can't.
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Post by theplaymirrorslife on Apr 14, 2022 12:23:41 GMT
It's always been like this at the Young Vic. The main house, in particular, is a fully flexible space - perhaps unlike some of the other spaces which do have flexibility - which is a 'stretched' octagon with corridors running around it. There are possible entrances all round from these corridors, which are sometimes FOH and sometime backstage. There are no 'standard formats' which might be tweaked for a particular show. The seating is modular benches - or sometimes completely different seating - which can be put together absolutely anywhere. I have been there many times, and its one of the magical things about seeing the space and how you enter it so transformed that you often feel you are visiting a new venue. That's the flexibility they give the director and designer, and its one of the few venues where the audience seating is an integral part of the design process.
The downside of this of course is that 'exact' layouts cannot be finalised until much nearer the show, and obviously much later than the lead in time for putting shows on sale. Its easy to say surely they should know earlier, but it's all the finite details like how many seats in a particular row, what are the aisle seats, is there enough clearance here or there in gangways to satisfy licencing, what spaces are accessible / flat etc that are only known much deeper in the design process.
That said, I'm sure that there are improvements they can make, such as how and when they communicate with bookers once the seat plans are signed off, given the comments on here.........
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Post by mkb on Apr 14, 2022 12:45:44 GMT
It's always been like this at the Young Vic. The main house, in particular, is a fully flexible space - perhaps unlike some of the other spaces which do have flexibility - which is a 'stretched' octagon with corridors running around it. There are possible entrances all round from these corridors, which are sometimes FOH and sometime backstage. There are no 'standard formats' which might be tweaked for a particular show. The seating is modular benches - or sometimes completely different seating - which can be put together absolutely anywhere. I have been there many times, and its one of the magical things about seeing the space and how you enter it so transformed that you often feel you are visiting a new venue. That's the flexibility they give the director and designer, and its one of the few venues where the audience seating is an integral part of the design process. The downside of this of course is that 'exact' layouts cannot be finalised until much nearer the show, and obviously much later than the lead in time for putting shows on sale. Its easy to say surely they should know earlier, but it's all the finite details like how many seats in a particular row, what are the aisle seats, is there enough clearance here or there in gangways to satisfy licencing, what spaces are accessible / flat etc that are only known much deeper in the design process. That said, I'm sure that there are improvements they can make, such as how and when they communicate with bookers once the seat plans are signed off, given the comments on here......... Complete nonsense. It's inept management and a contemptuous disregard for the paying punter. Plenty of other venues have fully flexible spaces and manage to have the necessary discussions with set designer and director in a timely fashion before tickets go on sale. Strange how they always seem to find time to prioritise publicity photoshots for the marketing department. It's about the management having a mindset that places the needs of theatregoers first.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2022 14:23:53 GMT
Hope mill started by having different layouts for different productions but eventually switched to the same layout with minor tweaks for everything. And that allowed them to move from unallocated seating to specified seats. Not as much artistic freedom for creatives but at least punters know where they’re sitting when they buy.
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