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Post by altamont on Apr 19, 2017 9:15:27 GMT
At seat selection for JC - front row is £90! Think I'll go Promenade (esp. if only two hours)
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Post by Sotongal on Apr 19, 2017 9:16:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 9:16:21 GMT
Have been stuck at two mins for ages... Susoect refreshing would be a mistake!
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Post by harlow on Apr 19, 2017 9:16:33 GMT
I tried the phone number too with no avail - I have now been redirected to the third queue I've been in, each time I arrive at the front of the queue I am either "paused" or redirected to another queue.
Well this is a fantastic experience....
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Post by schuttep on Apr 19, 2017 9:17:17 GMT
Got through, got thrown out, now in queue again. Teething troubles!!
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Post by zahidf on Apr 19, 2017 9:17:31 GMT
At seat selection for JC - front row is £90! Think I'll go Promenade (esp. if only two hours)
Where are the cheapest tickets?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 19, 2017 9:18:16 GMT
I am now at 149 but the remaining time keeps fluctuating and bouncing like a rabbit on a waterbed.
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Post by altamont on Apr 19, 2017 9:21:57 GMT
Two promenades for JC and two front row for YM bought - each ticket costing £25
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 19, 2017 9:25:48 GMT
queued for an hour and then was put in a 10 minute queue and then i got booted out - all i want to do is have poke around on the website and see how high the stage is ...
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 19, 2017 9:26:37 GMT
How can this booking system be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rubbish so early on? ;(
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 19, 2017 9:36:41 GMT
How can this booking system be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rubbish so early on? ;( Ahh it's like the golden days of NT all over again
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 19, 2017 9:39:38 GMT
Booking all went nice and easily. Short wait for about 10 mins, then in and easy to navigate. Loads of seats available.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 19, 2017 9:44:08 GMT
Loads of seats available. Couldn't see that the previews were any cheaper for any of the shows though
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 19, 2017 9:48:34 GMT
OK sorry. I couldnt see that they were NOTICEABLY cheaper (maybe £5 cheaper per ticket for the higher priced tickets). BARGAIN!
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Post by rumbledoll on Apr 19, 2017 10:04:31 GMT
Was rather painless for me this morning. 5 mins in the Q, then stuck a couple of times, but back button works fine, nothing falls out from the basket (unlike some other booking systems). Prices are adequate (what not to love with £25 front row?) and i love how flexible the auditorium looks (judging by the layouts of the first two productions). Good luck to everyone struggling to book! You'll get through!
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 19, 2017 11:04:09 GMT
The new inaugural seasons announcement are Hytner's cohorts n the National, he has just imported the people he worked with at the National to the Bridge, however some of the artistic programme is appealing.
I bought the £15 membership anticipating a big stage was going to open the new theatre, I was wrong and wasted £15.
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Post by zahidf on Apr 19, 2017 11:09:55 GMT
I got the half price membership offer. May be worth it based on what the Monday events are, but will wait an see.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 19, 2017 11:28:08 GMT
The new inaugural seasons announcement are Hytner's cohorts n the National, he has just imported the people he worked with at the National to the Bridge, Of the four writers of the plays now booking, two didn't work with Hytner at the National (Clive Coleman and Barney Norris) and two did (Richard Bean and William Shakespeare).
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 19, 2017 11:46:30 GMT
I wasn't just talking about the writers.
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 19, 2017 11:52:53 GMT
Also the venue is a large playhouse to start off with and certainly the first 2 productions are playing for a lengthy time (over 2 months), so can only summarise that this venue isn't interested in transferring their productions into the West End.
Would've been good to see them do a musical and really test the accoustics, although Hytner hasn't really got any track record of doing musical, Mias Saigon and Carousel aside.
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Post by Baemax on Apr 19, 2017 11:54:47 GMT
I'm pretty sure the point of this theatre is to be a commercial theatre presenting new plays. I don't know that they're in a hurry to look at musicals, and if I understand their manifesto correctly, I don't know that they should be.
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 19, 2017 12:38:26 GMT
NT Live are already on board! Dates to be confirmed.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2017 12:54:36 GMT
Interesting that they're open to hosting transfers from the subsidised theatre sector alongside their own productions.
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Post by peggs on Apr 19, 2017 12:55:44 GMT
For JC does promenade tickets mean you're literally standing and walking about a bit do we think? I can't think what else it would mean but thought I'd get a bit of consensus.
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Post by martin1965 on Apr 19, 2017 13:00:47 GMT
Does sound like an interesting season but I can't see any of these selling out a 900 seat theatre. Nightfall in particular sounds like the kind of thing the Royal Court (capacity 380) would put on. So Julius Caesar sounds like there will be 250 promenade tickets + 650 seated tickets? I like the warning for the Barney Norris play - "May contain moderate language" Exactly what i thought! Best of british filling that size auditorium with that programming!
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Post by peggs on Apr 19, 2017 13:14:26 GMT
For JC does promenade tickets mean you're literally standing and walking about a bit do we think? I can't think what else it would mean but thought I'd get a bit of consensus. Ignore me, I've just found the JC thread under plays. Now can I really stand up for 2 hours in an unknown space and mingle with actors?!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 19, 2017 13:35:09 GMT
Interesting that they're open to hosting transfers from the subsidised theatre sector alongside their own productions. It's not completely clear, but I think they've said they aspire to build up to six new theatres of various dimensions in different locations around London, and transfers from the subsidised sector would feature within that portfolio. The Bridge seems to be intended for their own productions.
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Post by moelhywel on Apr 19, 2017 15:09:41 GMT
Just seen that NT Live will be showing Julius Caesar as well as Young Marx in the cinemas. How is this likely to impact on ticket sales? I originally thought of going to both of these but may well reconsider now and just go to the cinema instead given the distance I have to travel and the cost of the train fares.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 19, 2017 15:14:35 GMT
Nightfall is going to be a wonderful production, and good on them for programming new writing from a mix of established and less established playwrights alongside classics.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 20, 2017 7:04:56 GMT
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