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Post by kathryn on Jan 16, 2017 14:54:14 GMT
It's selling better than Mormon did at first, even without any marketing whatsoever really. Lest we forget, Mormon was a complete bargain to start with, if you booked early enough. Good stall seats for about £40 in the preview period! Those of us who foolishly held off booking tickets thinking there would be discounts about later/that the lottery would be easy to win due to lack of interest were sorely disappointed. Yes, Hamilton London is under the general public's radar at the moment. Doesn't mean it's going to stay that way once promotion kicks into gear.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jan 16, 2017 14:54:18 GMT
I didn't sign up for pre-sale as I wasn't *too fussed* to start with, but with all this activity I'm totally regretting it! I was feeling much the same, but a lovely friend who did has just snagged us tickets for April I'll try the general sale but if I can't get a ticket I'm not that bothered at the moment... I've tried the OCR and can't get too excited about it, I'm not sure it's my thing music wise - feeling glum because I'm usually a populist and follow the crowds lol!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 14:54:32 GMT
I can't quite analyse the reasons why I've (so far) held off from booking for this. I think the main reason is that I have absolutely no familiarity with the historical Hamilton. Also, I went to In the Heights as a preparation for Hamilton and passed a pleasant afternoon, but no more. And, finally, the prices have deterred me because there are far cheaper ways to risk a mildly entertaining show. It's an unpopular opinion I know but when I saw ITH (Broadway) I was decidedly 'meh' about it. I had a nice evening out but that was it. Didn't give it a second thought until Hamilton was coming along and it was the 'ITH Guy'.
I enjoyed Hamilton a lot more than ITH, and do appreciate all it's cleverness but I'm with you Honoured Guest in that I'm still just a bit 'Meh' on parting with a lot of money to see it again. I kind of want to but it's not an 'I'd give my arm for it' experience.
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Post by samjane92 on Jan 16, 2017 14:56:27 GMT
I had a question about the ticket limit (sorry if this is a silly question!) - "There is a strict ticket limit of 4 tickets per person, per booking period during priority on-sale. At general on-sale from noon on 30th January, the ticket limit rises to 6." Does this mean if we buy all 4 during the pre-sale, we can only buy 2 more in the general sale? Does anybody have an idea whether the limit is per ticketmaster account, card used or name on the card out of interest?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 14:59:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:00:23 GMT
I had a question about the ticket limit (sorry if this is a silly question!) - "There is a strict ticket limit of 4 tickets per person, per booking period during priority on-sale. At general on-sale from noon on 30th January, the ticket limit rises to 6." Does this mean if we buy all 4 during the pre-sale, we can only buy 2 more in the general sale? Does anybody have an idea whether the limit is per ticketmaster account, card used or name on the card out of interest? 'If the number of people in your party exceeds the ticket limit, another member of the group would need to book with a card that’s registered to a different name and address. Any orders made on the same card with the same name and address will be cancelled without notice.'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:03:42 GMT
I enjoyed Hamilton a lot more than ITH, and do appreciate all it's cleverness I fear that I wouldn't appreciate much of the cleverness because I have no familiarity with the American history, and very little interest in finding out anything about it. I'm sure that this show will lose a lot of its impact when it's located a continental distance from its roots. When it tours to the WMC, I'll probably bite the bullet and go along out of curiosity.
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Post by daniel on Jan 16, 2017 15:05:07 GMT
Got stalls for first preview with 'find seats' not my first choice but thereabouts. Went through Quidco and got ~10% back, £71.55. Can get £10 plus 10% if you haven't signed up before hereDamn it, didn't realise Ticketmaster was on Quidco. I bought 4 at £79.50 and my Mum 3x £57.50, could've saved a tidy packet!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:13:05 GMT
I enjoyed Hamilton a lot more than ITH, and do appreciate all it's cleverness I fear that I wouldn't appreciate much of the cleverness because I have no familiarity with the American history, and very little interest in finding out anything about it. I'm sure that this show will lose a lot of its impact when it's located a continental distance from its roots. When it tours to the WMC, I'll probably bite the bullet and go along out of curiosity. I get that- and I don't think you took it that way but just in case I wasn't implying I was being particular clever about it, just that I enjoy the musical and historical 'mash up' as the kids might say
I may bite the bullet (pardon the expression A.Ham) and buy a ticket in the general sale, or maybe just try the odd lottery date!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:14:43 GMT
Well I just booked Row L of Dress Circle for 29th January...was expecting a bit more hassle to get tickets, considering I slept in and missed the start of the whole thing.
Am also thinking of booking for June as well, don't know if I should bite the bullet and just book one of the £20 slip seats for June.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 16, 2017 15:18:27 GMT
I enjoyed Hamilton a lot more than ITH, and do appreciate all it's cleverness I fear that I wouldn't appreciate much of the cleverness because I have no familiarity with the American history, and very little interest in finding out anything about it. I'm sure that this show will lose a lot of its impact when it's located a continental distance from its roots. When it tours to the WMC, I'll probably bite the bullet and go along out of curiosity. I agree again! If the story was made into a film I wouldn't go and see it. If it tours I'll have a shufty.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:22:14 GMT
Burly are you sick? better have a lie down haha
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Post by Nelly on Jan 16, 2017 15:22:51 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it?
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Post by haz23 on Jan 16, 2017 15:23:19 GMT
Booked for 27th January Row H in the Grand, pretty happy with that
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:24:36 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it? They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had.
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Post by Nelly on Jan 16, 2017 15:30:30 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it? They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. That solves that then haha! I must say, I do regularly book tickets for lots of different events (football, theatre, music etc) the day they go on sale/priority sale and this has indeed been far and beyond the most painless. Barely any virtual queues and only flicking through a few different dates until I was happy with with what was being offered seat wise. I do wonder if Cursed Child had used the TM infrastructure instead of Nimax/ATG's that it could have been more seamless? People have pointed out that it was booking for two shows instead of one but it wasn't really, you were given the same seats for each, it wasn't a case of going into each part and choosing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:31:09 GMT
I think they'll be pleased that they've successfully designed a system to ensure that the signed-up fans get very good and easy access to the early performances, at high ticket prices. Win - Win!
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Post by tr252 on Jan 16, 2017 15:32:08 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it? They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had.I'm guessing you've never tried to get Glastonbury tickets?
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Post by mmmbop on Jan 16, 2017 15:33:25 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it? They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had. Yes, it does seem like it varied between people who found it very easy and very difficult! I also personally found it quite difficult to book my tickets and lost out quite a few times (tickets had been sold after waiting 10 minutes in the queue for them). Strange! However, as everyone I know who tried did eventually manage, in that sense it wasn't too bad.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:34:57 GMT
They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had.I'm guessing you've never tried to get Glastonbury tickets? Nope! Have got tickets for various in-demand concerts in the past though (Kate Bush, Take That, front row One Direction etc.) all far easier than I did this! I usually just sail through a booking process. Saw Hamilton twice with the original cast and it was a breeze to get tickets in comparison.
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Post by infofreako on Jan 16, 2017 15:35:06 GMT
I do wonder if the Nimax/ATG experience with Cursed Child influenced the decision to go down the ticketmaster route
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:35:39 GMT
They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had. Yes, it does seem like it varied between people who found it very easy and very difficult! I also personally found it quite difficult to book my tickets and lost out quite a few times (tickets had been sold after waiting 10 minutes in the queue for them). Strange! Yep, same happened with me. They would 'secure my tickets' for 10 minutes then after they'd be gone. Happened 4/5 times.
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Post by stuartmcd on Jan 16, 2017 15:36:45 GMT
I wonder if the producers will care that it's being reported that it was really easy to get tickets? Doesn't make it sound like the hottest ticket in town, does it? They're retweeting comments that say that so they don't seem to care. Although I'm amazed that some people found it so easy. Probably the most difficult ticket booking situation I've ever had. Definitely seems to be a mix of people with good and bad experiences but it seems that everybody that wanted tickets today has walked away with something. I managed to have my confirmation email through by 12:01 so I'm certainly grateful that I had a very easy experience
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Post by tr252 on Jan 16, 2017 15:38:31 GMT
I'm guessing you've never tried to get Glastonbury tickets? Nope! Have got tickets for various in-demand concerts in the past though (Kate Bush, Take That, front row One Direction etc.) all far easier than I did this! I usually just sail through a booking process. Haha, that's good going, I can imagine Kate Bush especially was a similar situation. The Glastonbury gods have certainly been kind to me and continue to be this year but it's such a stressful ticket day!!
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Post by steve10086 on Jan 16, 2017 15:41:56 GMT
My confirmation emails from Ticketmaster are timed at 12:01 and 12:03 which shows how quickly it all went through for me. Feeling very lucky.
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