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Post by theatrefan77 on Jan 9, 2017 13:14:44 GMT
The Ivy is brilliant too, highly recommended. I just feel that Cote is a better choice when you have limited time between shows.
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Post by broadwaymomma on Jan 9, 2017 14:23:46 GMT
The Ivy is brilliant too, highly recommended. I just feel that Cote is a better choice when you have limited time between shows. Thank you! I will definitely look up Cote. I did worry we didn't have enough time to fully enjoy The Ivy. |
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Post by laurabelle on Jan 21, 2017 18:18:29 GMT
I live in the US and want to see HPCC in March of 2018. Tickets go on sale online in 1.5 days. Has anyone tried to purchase tickets this way? Can you give me any tips? Are any particular days of the week better to try for? Will I have better luck with the same day or split day tickets? Thank you for any advice you can offer.
LauraBelle (who did not vote for Donald Trump)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 19:43:40 GMT
I live in the US and want to see HPCC in March of 2018. Tickets go on sale online in 1.5 days. Has anyone tried to purchase tickets this way? Can you give me any tips? Are any particular days of the week better to try for? Will I have better luck with the same day or split day tickets? Thank you for any advice you can offer. LauraBelle (who did not vote for Donald Trump) Open as many different browser windows on as many devices as you can, and pray for a decent position in the queue on at least one of them. (But don't panic if you're not in the first few hundred, I waited 2 hours in the queue last time and still got a good seat, with a good choice of dates.) I aimed for an even spread between Nimax windows and ATG windows to hedge my bets, but I'm reasonably sure ATG's allocation ran out before Nimax's last time, so just bear that in mind. I ended up buying via Nimax both times I got tickets, purely based on queue position. I'm guessing two-show days sell out faster (I went for consecutive days both times,mainly because my 40-year-old back doesn't fancy sitting in a theatre for that long in one day), but once you're through the queue, the dates should be colour-coded as to sold out or tickets available, so you can see at a glance which date(s) might be best to click. Oh - and either set up login/password with both companies ahead of booking, or if you have them already, double-check they still work ahead of booking. Helps avoid any self-induced last-minute panic! Good luck :-) |
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Post by Hamilton Addict on Jan 22, 2017 9:26:20 GMT
Saw HP on Wednesday and absolutely adored it! I am about to write a review, but was looking for some advice. I am writing this review for my blog and want to talk about the show in depth. I don't think I can do this without saying spoilers. Do you think that posting spoilers in this review (all being marked) would be acceptable? I know that keeping the secrets is a large part of the show, but if they're marked does that make it ok?
Help would be much appreciated, thanks!  |
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Post by Ade on Jan 22, 2017 9:29:43 GMT
Saw HP on Wednesday and absolutely adored it! I am about to write a review, but was looking for some advice. I am writing this review for my blog and want to talk about the show in depth. I don't think I can do this without saying spoilers. Do you think that posting spoilers in this review (all being marked) would be acceptable? I know that keeping the secrets is a large part of the show, but if they're marked does that make it ok?
Help would be much appreciated, thanks! My review is here if it helps at all. Think it's pretty much impossible to not say anything but I tried to speak about what it was about rather than what actually happens: westendwanderer.com/2016/07/29/review-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-palace-theatre-london/ |
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 23, 2017 11:11:21 GMT
theres something fishy about the booking system, i clicked within milliseconds for atg and im 21049 in the queue!
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Post by Mark on Jan 23, 2017 11:13:41 GMT
Randomly assigned.....
Im number 8340, might just have some luck!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2017 11:13:47 GMT
Nice Fish
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2017 11:15:19 GMT
Doesn't seem *hugely* unlikely to me. If you've got thousands of people - some using multiple browsers - all clicking at the same time, then someone's going to have to end up near the back of the queue. (I came in a couple of minutes after 11, out of curiosity, and am 38,000 in the ATG queue and 40,000 in the Nimax queue.) Yeah, the numbers are unnervingly big, but so's Harry Potter.
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Post by infofreako on Jan 23, 2017 11:37:46 GMT
Another rapidly sold out booking period coming up then?
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 23, 2017 11:39:02 GMT
I went Nimax immediately and then ATG, I have the little walking wizard on Nimax but no queue number?
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 23, 2017 11:51:45 GMT
The Number has appeared, strange though i clicked on my computer for nimax first and then on my phone yet phone positioned me at 10568 and computer is 11939???
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 23, 2017 12:39:58 GMT
The Number has appeared, strange though i clicked on my computer for nimax first and then on my phone yet phone positioned me at 10568 and computer is 11939??? You get a random queue number from all the people who turn up in the first couple of minutes....they always do it like this...for the Friday Forty as well. Complete luck! Fairest way to do it.... |
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Post by stuartww on Jan 23, 2017 12:47:05 GMT
I never got a queue number in my Nimax queue, but went in at 4,620 on ATG - this dropped by half in the first half hour and then only took 10 mins for me to get to the front of the queue and buy my tickets. I was allocated Grand Circle...not the level i would have chosen, but completely centre so not too unhappy. Going to make a birthday weekend of it as its two days after my birthday.
One question for those who have booked on previous ticket releases - how long do the tickets take to come through in the post? I usually do box office collection, however I chose to have them posted out...then had a thought that we may have moved by the "2 weeks before the performance"....
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Post by westendwendy on Jan 23, 2017 12:57:38 GMT
Guys... Stop... Listen.
Want to know the best way the get tickets for Harry Potter on the West End? Check the site this Thursday and Friday. Thousands of tickets will be booked today but hundreds won't go through and get released again 3-10 days AFTER the official release day.
I told my friends this and EVERYone I know in London and my family up north have got tickets this way. I'm probably a fool for telling you and please try not to share this info.
THATS how you get tickets for this amazing show!!!
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Post by Mark on Jan 23, 2017 13:26:10 GMT
2 and a half hours in and my queue number is stuck on 1101
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 23, 2017 14:00:29 GMT
im at 2084!
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Post by theatremad on Jan 23, 2017 14:18:10 GMT
Still seems to be some for thos in queue
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Post by zahidf on Jan 23, 2017 14:19:26 GMT
I went to the Box office in person and bought some for the back of the Stalls.
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Post by Mark on Jan 23, 2017 15:11:23 GMT
Managed two restricted view upper circle for £20 each . Sat there for Priscilla and they aren't too bad
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jan 23, 2017 16:32:28 GMT
I've just returned some HP tix -
2 x Part 1 on 12.10.17 in the balcony, 2 x Part 2 on 13.10.17 Dress Circle
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2 x Part 1 23.08.17 at 2pm Stalls and 2 x Part 2 23.08.17 at 19.30 Stalls.
God the staff are lovely!
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Post by Sven on Jan 24, 2017 12:09:42 GMT
Guys... Stop... Listen. Want to know the best way the get tickets for Harry Potter on the West End? Check the site this Thursday and Friday. Thousands of tickets will be booked today but hundreds won't go through and get released again 3-10 days AFTER the official release day. I told my friends this and EVERYone I know in London and my family up north have got tickets this way. I'm probably a fool for telling you and please try not to share this info. THATS how you get tickets for this amazing show!!! Fantastic tip westendwendy  Just booked 3 tickets for the price category I wanted February 2018. Payment was a bit dubious as I couldn't get it to confirm but the tickets were booked and I got the chance to redo the payment. Eventually I got a booking confirmation  Good system Nimax! Lots of tickets on sale now, so go ahead people! Yesterday I wasn't able to find tickets through Nimax online. Eventually got through on the phone, but also there were no seats I could afford (only top price row Q seats I didn't fancy. So they still HAD seats even though the online queue was SOLD OUT). And today they had cheaper seats available all of a sudden... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2017 14:44:19 GMT
Thanks for the prompt, westendwendy and Sven. My cousin just got the seats she needed for 2018! :-)
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Post by raiseitup on Feb 16, 2017 15:20:48 GMT
TimeOut has posted a 'day seat/cheap ticket' article with this info... www.timeout.com/london/theatre/cheap-west-end-theatre-ticketsThere is a daily ticket lottery to purchase a seat for that day’s performances – £30 in preview, £40 after. And every Friday at 1pm 20 tickets will go on sale on line for each of the following week’s performances at the same price. Daily ticket lottery? That's not right is it? |
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Just booked 3 tickets for the price category I wanted February 2018. Payment was a bit dubious as I couldn't get it to confirm but the tickets were booked and I got the chance to redo the payment. Eventually I got a booking confirmation 
Good system Nimax!