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Post by kulen on Jul 4, 2017 17:40:00 GMT
hey guys! Can anybody give me tips on how to get tickets? There is a lot of advice in this thread already, but it really does depend on when you want to go and how much you are willing to spend like in the 2 weeks
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Post by maggiem on Jul 5, 2017 14:02:13 GMT
Can anybody give me tips on how to get tickets? 1) Keep hitting the official website. 2) Get in the Returns Line. 3) Friday Forty every Friday at 1pm. Dig back for the fuller details. I had the cheap A5 seat in April, but Sod's Law said that I had to be ill with asthma that wasn't diagnosed, and therefore not treated properly, from early December 2016, to just before I went! (It's been a bloody long hard winter!) I've been checking the website regularly, and got lucky yesterday afternoon. Stalls seat G5 for Sunday 23/7. £70 for each play, but I don't care, after seeing the premium tickets (£250?!) time and again over the last few months. This time I will be well enough to really enjoy it!
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 7, 2017 12:52:30 GMT
I just found this thread after Googling the Friday Forty. I entered it but didn't get picked. I saw a few people post that sometimes tickets become available so I decided to have a look. To my absolute shock there was two tickets available for both parts in September. Row G in the Stalls at £70 each per person. I managed to grab them!!! I'm so excited I might cry.
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Post by agilityvet on Jul 8, 2017 15:10:56 GMT
Does anyone know if there is a certain day of the week they release "extra" tickets that get added to the website? I'm going to be in London the first week of September, and I desperately want to see this play. I will try the Friday Forty the week before, and I've been checking the website every couple of days, but haven't seen anything pop up for September. I was actually wanting to go on a Wednesday, so I was hoping that would help with availability.
Also, is there a way when looking for tickets on the website to view it by what seats are available, or do you have to pick the section, and see what seats it assigns you?
Brittany
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Post by poster J on Jul 9, 2017 17:28:39 GMT
Does anyone know if there is a certain day of the week they release "extra" tickets that get added to the website? I'm going to be in London the first week of September, and I desperately want to see this play. I will try the Friday Forty the week before, and I've been checking the website every couple of days, but haven't seen anything pop up for September. I was actually wanting to go on a Wednesday, so I was hoping that would help with availability. Also, is there a way when looking for tickets on the website to view it by what seats are available, or do you have to pick the section, and see what seats it assigns you? Brittany You're probably too early to get anything for September on the website unless it's a random return - it's only a couple of weeks before that the premiums get put online. You pick the section and take what it gives you, but it doesn't stop you putting multiple tickets/pairs in your basket within the booking time if they're available, then you can just keep the one you prefer and delete the rest.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 10, 2017 18:03:39 GMT
Following up from my previous post - I panic bought two tickets and have only just realised I have no one to go with. My fiancé couldn't give a monkeys about Harry Potter, my best friend can't get time off work and the rest of my friends have either seen it or have no interest in seeing it. Would anyone like to join me? The Seat is in G4 in the Stalls and the date is September 27th with Part One at 14:30 and Part Two at 19:30. The ticket is £140 and I can offer great conversation, wonderful company and a Scottish accent that is actually understandable.
Plus I was in a Harry Potter movie so you'd be sharing a show with an official Hogwarts student!
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Post by poster J on Jul 10, 2017 23:02:31 GMT
I wish I could but I'm on holiday then!
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Post by caitylou on Jul 16, 2017 10:04:59 GMT
Hi everyone! Just sitting behind the "queue for returns" signs reading through this forum and thought I'd let you know about my experiences these past few days. I've seen the show already (found a return ticket online about a week before the show! Highly recommend checking back regularly in the weeks leading up.)
Trying to get tickets for a double show Sunday (July 16) On Saturday I managed to get two returns to the Sunday performance £30 each (15 per performance). Just by refreshing the nimax website every 20 minutes from about 10am to 1pm. I also saw some (£200 -£100 each show) in this time too.
Sunday morning I am first in line arriving at 7:30am - 2nd arrives about 8:30 so I jumped the gun. i am trying to get a better ticket than my balcony ones as it's my mothers first time seeing the show so she deserves better than the arse end of the balcony. So far about 7 x £250 (125 each show) have come back and some people in the line have taken them. Here's hoping some gets free tickets to Wimbledon final and therefore needs to return their seats for today!
Anyway Tldr Website the day before is great. If you want to be first in returns i would say 7:30 is safe.
The week before keep checking the website. Tickets do do do come back. The day before keep checking the website tickets do do do come back. The lovely man in the box office said that after 4pm the day before they don't get a lot of tickets back and are only a maybe to putting them back up that day. Sometimes they will give them to returns queue in the morning.
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Post by Latecomer on Jul 16, 2017 11:19:37 GMT
Following up from my previous post - I panic bought two tickets and have only just realised I have no one to go with. My fiancé couldn't give a monkeys about Harry Potter, my best friend can't get time off work and the rest of my friends have either seen it or have no interest in seeing it. Would anyone like to join me? The Seat is in G4 in the Stalls and the date is September 27th with Part One at 14:30 and Part Two at 19:30. The ticket is £140 and I can offer great conversation, wonderful company and a Scottish accent that is actually understandable. Plus I was in a Harry Potter movie so you'd be sharing a show with an official Hogwarts student! If you can't find anyone they will refund your ticket up to 48 hrs before for a small fee of £2.50! Hope you find companion but if not just get a refund!
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 14:23:18 GMT
Hi everyone. I'll stay in London on September 22 until 28. I'm trying to buy two tickets for days 23, 24 or 27, but the only one available are from $199 or $250. Any tips to I can buy a cheaper tickets? The tickets from $199 is it worth it? English isn't my native language, so sorry my mistakes
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Post by d'James on Aug 1, 2017 14:29:28 GMT
Hi everyone. I'll stay in London on September 22 until 28. I'm trying to buy two tickets for days 23, 24 or 27, but the only one available are from $199 or $250. Any tips to I can buy a cheaper tickets? The tickets from $199 is it worth it? English isn't my native language, so sorry my mistakes I'd say keep checking for a little while longer, but then you may have to take the high priced ones if you want to guarantee yourself tickets.
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 16:56:49 GMT
Hi everyone. I'll stay in London on September 22 until 28. I'm trying to buy two tickets for days 23, 24 or 27, but the only one available are from $199 or $250. Any tips to I can buy a cheaper tickets? The tickets from $199 is it worth it? English isn't my native language, so sorry my mistakes I'd say keep checking for a little while longer, but then you may have to take the high priced ones if you want to guarantee yourself tickets. I'll buy the $199 tickets to guarantee and after try buy others on friday forty. If I can, I ask to refund the $199 tickets Thanks
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Post by d'James on Aug 1, 2017 17:00:32 GMT
I'd say keep checking for a little while longer, but then you may have to take the high priced ones if you want to guarantee yourself tickets. I'll buy the $199 tickets to guarantee and after try buy others on friday forty. If I can, I ask to refund the $199 tickets Thanks Good idea. I think you're allowed to return them until 48 hours before the performance. Where are you from by the way?
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 17:26:32 GMT
I'll buy the $199 tickets to guarantee and after try buy others on friday forty. If I can, I ask to refund the $199 tickets Thanks Good idea. I think you're allowed to return them until 48 hours before the performance. Where are you from by the way? I'm from Brazil. I hope that I enjoy the performance with this poor english.
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Post by d'James on Aug 1, 2017 17:28:24 GMT
Good idea. I think you're allowed to return them until 48 hours before the performance. Where are you from by the way? I'm from Brazil. I hope that I enjoy the performance with this poor english. Your English seems good. Don't forget to let us know what you think about the show once you've seen it. :-)
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 17:45:41 GMT
I'm from Brazil. I hope that I enjoy the performance with this poor english. Your English seems good. Don't forget to let us know what you think about the show once you've seen it. :-) OK, I'll do that. Thank you!
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 1, 2017 18:09:26 GMT
Your English seems good. Don't forget to let us know what you think about the show once you've seen it. :-) OK, I'll do that. Thank you! Your plan sounds good but make sure you buy the £199 ticket at least 28 days before you would might want to return it....they will only take returns purchased 28 days or more before! See frequently asked questions on the play website! And enjoy the play, it's great!
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 18:46:35 GMT
OK, I'll do that. Thank you! Your plan sounds good but make sure you buy the £199 ticket at least 28 days before you would might want to return it....they will only take returns purchased 28 days or more before! See frequently asked questions on the play website! And enjoy the play, it's great! Yes, I bought today the ticket to September 24 (In the UK is 24 September or September 24?).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 18:51:28 GMT
We go 24th September but honestly will understand it either way. It only really gets ambiguous if the date is the same as the year, so is "September 17" the 17th of September, or just September in 2017?
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Post by matrix554 on Aug 1, 2017 19:12:59 GMT
We go 24th September but honestly will understand it either way. It only really gets ambiguous if the date is the same as the year, so is "September 17" the 17th of September, or just September in 2017? Thanks Baemax. Great explanation.
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Post by kayla on Aug 6, 2017 19:00:36 GMT
Hi guys!
Up to today I had no idea that it was possible to secure tickets for this outside of the Friday Forty! After queueing for Matilda I passed the Palace Theatre around 10:30 and spotted the queue, after which I freaked out of course haha. At 10:30 there were around 15 people in the queue, with the people in the front reportedly having been there since 7:30am.
As I had tickets to see Matilda at 3:00PM today I didnt join the queue myself but when I passed the theatre at 11:30 there were around 7 people left and when I passed it just before 3pm there was nobody there.
Anyway, I went home and checked the ticket website to check which days I would try to queue for tickets and spotted some 15 pound restricted view tickets for Part Two for Next week - which I impulsively snatched up (:. I will still be trying to queue for the part one ticket, does anyone know what time you would have to be there on a thursday if you would want just the part one ticket? And if you were to go by the box office around 5pm what are the chances that you could still pick one up? Thank you!
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Post by danielwhit on Aug 9, 2017 22:24:17 GMT
This may be useful to people.
I purchased four tickets to today's performance last year and a fifth a couple of weeks ago as I had someone extra want to go.
Unfortunately one of the five picked up a chest infection, so I tried to return one of the tickets yesterday.
Box office did this with no problem, despite the returned ticket being purchased within the 28 day threshold and returned only the day before performance.
Suggests they may relax their rules with returns from time to time I guess.
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Post by pagn30 on Aug 25, 2017 22:08:01 GMT
Hi, Me and my brother are really trying to get hold of tickets for 25th or 26th of November but website still saying all sold out unless you go as part of the hotel packages which are crazy prices. We are in London from the Saturday lunch time anyway but are going to try our luck with the returns queue on Sunday morning for that day if no luck before then. Just wondering are the weekend returns queues still really busy and have people been managing to get hold of tickets using this quite easily, will obviously still try Friday forty although no luck there so far Thanks
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Post by raerae1035 on Oct 9, 2017 18:47:27 GMT
Just checking in on this thread. Has anyone tried to get returns lately (last poster was August 26th). I'm trying to get tickets either October 13 or 14 and wondering what the return ticket queue lines have been like. Also, I'm trying to get two tickets, but there is a possibility my SO can queue up before me. Is it rude for me to get in line later? (it would only be like...30 minutes later and well before the box office opens.)
Thanks for the help!
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Post by Anniek on Nov 9, 2017 8:16:19 GMT
I went there monday morning 11.20 and got front row stalls for 40quid each for tonight and tomorrow. Yeah, more expensive then lottery, but already worth every penny lol.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 21:23:15 GMT
Does anyone know why the palace has that lighting rig and panels up outside it? Sorry if I have missed something but couldn’t find the answer.
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Post by daniel on Nov 22, 2017 23:17:52 GMT
Does anyone know why the palace has that lighting rig and panels up outside it? Sorry if I have missed something but couldn’t find the answer. Deceivingly it's not actually a lighting rig. It's a support structure for the works taking place on the stalls bar, which lies below that plaza area and is notorious for flooding. With some awful timing, Westminster council are simultaneously remodelling Cambridge Circus, so the whole area is a complete mess. There's been complaints and protests from local businesses as apparently it's affecting trade. No idea when the works are due to be completed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2017 12:55:53 GMT
Does anyone know why the palace has that lighting rig and panels up outside it? Sorry if I have missed something but couldn’t find the answer. Deceivingly it's not actually a lighting rig. It's a support structure for the works taking place on the stalls bar, which lies below that plaza area and is notorious for flooding. With some awful timing, Westminster council are simultaneously remodelling Cambridge Circus, so the whole area is a complete mess. There's been complaints and protests from local businesses as apparently it's affecting trade. No idea when the works are due to be completed. Oh I see, thanks very much for the reply. I was really curious.
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Post by dip on Feb 15, 2018 15:18:07 GMT
Hey, was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Returns Queue lately? Looking to get a pair of tickets but don't know how likely that is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 1:09:59 GMT
Check the Nimax site. It's easy to get tickets now that the hype is over. Just had a look and tickets are available for every single performance in the next few months (just a couple of dates sold out during the summer).
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