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Post by meister on Jan 25, 2019 19:33:37 GMT
Anyone know when Amex booking opens for the new season?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 9:59:10 GMT
Very straight forward booking this morning and wasn't in the queue long.
Living in London means I can be flexible with my dates and seek out the cheap £15 tickets but for the two high profile plays - Hare and Allam - there are very few cheaper tickets left.
A word of warning for those who want to see Anna, the role of listening devices during the performance seems to have resulted in a very reduced capacity and only the pit will be open. Most dates are already down to about 10-15% availability.
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Post by jek on Jan 31, 2019 10:13:50 GMT
Similar experience to @isthisadagger here. Number four hundred and something in the queue at 8.30 am and in very quickly. Got the Peter Gynt and Rutherford and Sons and Follies cheap tickets that I wanted and more expensive ones for Anna - as mentioned there are a limited number of these available. Probably the easiest experience I have had with membership booking for the NT. Don't know if that is luck or if they have done something clever with their website!
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Post by jadnoop on Jan 31, 2019 10:22:18 GMT
A word of warning for those who want to see Anna, the role of listening devices during the performance seems to have resulted in a very reduced capacity and only the pit will be open. Most dates are already down to about 10-15% availability. Only the pit in the Dorfman?! Oof that's only around 150 seats per performance. I think (hope) they hold some seats back for each booking period, so when you say 10-15% availability presumably that includes any that haven't been put on sale yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 10:30:10 GMT
A word of warning for those who want to see Anna, the role of listening devices during the performance seems to have resulted in a very reduced capacity and only the pit will be open. Most dates are already down to about 10-15% availability. Only the pit in the Dorfman?! Oof that's only around 150 seats per performance. I think (hope) they hold some seats back for each booking period, so when you say 10-15% availability presumably that includes any that haven't been put on sale yet. They'll hold back the Friday rush tickets but I can't honestly see how they could have held back anymore because it would have meant a crazy limited amount available for each priority period. Tickets start at £35 - well, what's left anyway - btw.
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Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 31, 2019 14:15:45 GMT
Sounds like they should have used a ballot for Anna tickets.
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 31, 2019 15:57:31 GMT
Anyone know when Amex booking opens for the new season? Would also love to know!
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Xanderl
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 31, 2019 16:10:29 GMT
Just dug around and the last two booking periods it was either Tuesday or Wednesday in the week that public booking opened on the Friday.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 2, 2019 18:21:43 GMT
I had a lot of NT credit so got Rutherford, Small Islands and Anna at bargain prices.
I am really looking forward to Anna, if done well the binaural experience should be done really well.
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Post by Rory on Feb 2, 2019 18:31:38 GMT
I had a lot of NT credit so got Rutherford, Small Islands and Anna at bargain prices. I am really looking forward to Anna, if done well the binaural experience should be done really well. Plus Max Bennett's in Anna and he's terrific.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 11:21:08 GMT
Oooh, I remember seeing a LOT of Max Bennett in a revival of 'Relatively Speaking' with Flick Kendal, which was lovely.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 5, 2019 11:39:04 GMT
Do we think The Witches is now permanently on hold due to the movie remake?
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Post by Jon on Feb 5, 2019 11:45:18 GMT
Do we think The Witches is now permanently on hold due to the movie remake? I don’t think stage adaptations and movie adaptations normally affect one of the other unless Warner Bros holds the stage rights
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Post by jadnoop on Feb 7, 2019 15:07:30 GMT
Following the 'advance members' sale this morning ANNA is now showing as completely sold out. Hopefully they've held back some seats for the public sale next week, as well as any for Friday Rush/day seats.
edit: Sorry, on further inspection it's not 100% clear. On the play page it's showing as sold out every day, but if you go to the actual individual day pages, it looks like June 6th and 12th have seats.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Feb 7, 2019 15:15:52 GMT
Following the 'advance members' sale this morning ANNA is now showing as completely sold out. Hopefully they've held back some seats for the public sale next week, as well as any for Friday Rush/day seats.
edit: Sorry, on further inspection it's not 100% clear. On the play page it's showing as sold out every day, but if you go to the actual individual day pages, it looks like June 6th and 12th have seats.
Yes, I was about 500 in the queue and there we only a handful left for Anna on my chosen date. Other productions seemed to have plenty.
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Xanderl
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Post by Xanderl on Feb 12, 2019 11:05:09 GMT
I wish Amex would give some notice of booking opening - got an email from them 9:45 this morning telling me that booking had opened at 9:30.
Oh well, got a ticket for Anna which was the only one I was after.
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 13, 2019 11:12:08 GMT
Entry Pass booking was very smooth this morning - logged on with 3 different devices at around 9:15, when the queue opened at 9:30 one of my devices went straight through so must've been very near the front of the queue. Got my usual seats for Peter Gynt, Rutherford and Son, and Small Island. I also booked for ANNA - interestingly the Entry Pass seats were front row pit instead of the usual side seats in row M that I've had for the past few productions. I'm very happy about it but it just struck me as odd that they've changed the allocation for this production.
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Xanderl
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Post by Xanderl on Feb 13, 2019 11:44:51 GMT
I also booked for ANNA - interestingly the Entry Pass seats were front row pit instead of the usual side seats in row M that I've had for the past few productions. I'm very happy about it but it just struck me as odd that they've changed the allocation for this production. I believe they are only selling the front-facing seats for Anna, presumably because of the binaural sound effects?
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Post by lichtie on Feb 15, 2019 8:36:40 GMT
That was painless - with the multiple browser trick came in at #50 in the queue on one and was through in less than a minute. Picked up a ticket for Anna which is the only one I was immediately keen on.
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Post by dip on Feb 15, 2019 8:51:45 GMT
176th in the queue, got front row for ANNA
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Post by Baemax on Feb 15, 2019 8:55:34 GMT
Well I hated how Edge tried to become the uber-browser and take control of all my internet use and all my PDFs and anything it could when I was given my new Windows 10 PC, but it dropped me straight in at number 5 in the queue and I was through to buy before I could even check to see where I was in Explorer and Chrome. Booked everything, including a £15 ticket for ANNA (glad I didn't panic and drop £40 when Amex booking opened now!), but a little disappointed that my trusty Olivier end-of-row-C-stalls £15 tickets don't seem to be available for public booking anymore.
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Post by peggs on Feb 15, 2019 9:06:02 GMT
Well that's sad, does indeed look like only cheap seats held for public booking in Olivier are back of circle and thats too far away for my iffy eye sight. Anything in that theatre may now have to watch and hope for returns. Thought it was going too well when got a ticket for Rutherford.
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Post by foxa on Feb 15, 2019 9:09:46 GMT
I was 850 or so in the queue. The queue went quickly. I threw one not great ticket for 'Anna' (the only one available for that performance) in my basket and hunted for something better but they were disappearing so quickly, I stuck with that. Also for good measure picked up two £15 front of circle tix for 'Small Island' and used remains of a credit voucher which had been lingering from the 'Common' and 'Salome' days.
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Post by argon on Feb 15, 2019 9:16:58 GMT
Gave up on Anna no slip or gallery seats on seating plan Strange!
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Post by Baemax on Feb 15, 2019 9:22:19 GMT
I think I read they're only selling the forward-facing seats because of the binaural technology they're using. Which I think is something of a misstep, people would have to turn their heads to see the stage anyway? Still, they do say they'll probably put more seats on sale closer to opening, maybe they just want to check out how the side seats will work before making them available.
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Post by fossil on Feb 15, 2019 9:26:16 GMT
Slightly stressful but I eventually managed to book a £15 front stalls for Rutherford. No £15 tickets were showing in the date listing for any performance but going into an actual performance page showed one front stalls which I grabbed. Going through checkout I logged in and went to pay but just as I got to the credit card stage, about 5 minutes after I had selected the ticket, it said I had timed out and released the booking. Needless to say the seat had gone by the time I got back to the event page. Still no £15 seats showing on the date listing but after checking several performance pages found another row C seat and was able to book that.
Baemax - you can change the default app for PDFs on Windows 10 so it does not have to be Edge. Go to Settings, Apps, Select Default Apps, Scroll down to Choose Default App by File Type, scroll downe to PDFs and select, e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader (you may have to install this free from the Adobe web site if it is not already there).
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Post by missthelma on Feb 15, 2019 10:30:16 GMT
That was fairly easy today, plenty of availability for Peter Gynt, snagged a ticket close enough that when Mr McArdle spots me he will realise our destinies are entwined but far enough away so that any appreciative murmurs I make will go unheard by him. Apologies obviously in advance to my seat mates.
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Post by jadnoop on Jun 12, 2019 10:04:10 GMT
The Antipodes page is now online, as is the one for Inua Ellam's adapatation of Three Sisters (albeit both pages are still locked to the public). This should mean that an announcement for the next sales period should be coming soon (usually about a week in the past I think).
Nothing yet though for Richard Pryor On Fire though. Not sure whether that means that the page is still being finalised, or it's going to be in a later sales period.
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Post by avtr24 on Jun 12, 2019 14:12:18 GMT
The Antipodes page is now online, as is the one for Inua Ellam's adapatation of Three Sisters (albeit both pages are still locked to the public). This should mean that an announcement for the next sales period should be coming soon (usually about a week in the past I think).
Nothing yet though for Richard Pryor On Fire though. Not sure whether that means that the page is still being finalised, or it's going to be in a later sales period. Do you know between what dates the plays will run? Thanks!
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Post by jadnoop on Jun 13, 2019 7:13:39 GMT
The Antipodes page is now online, as is the one for Inua Ellam's adapatation of Three Sisters (albeit both pages are still locked to the public). This should mean that an announcement for the next sales period should be coming soon (usually about a week in the past I think).
Nothing yet though for Richard Pryor On Fire though. Not sure whether that means that the page is still being finalised, or it's going to be in a later sales period. Do you know between what dates the plays will run? Thanks! Sorry, I don’t know. In the past the ticket sale pages for each date went up around now too, so you could see all performance dates, but I haven’t found any yet.
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