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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 2, 2019 13:28:38 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 2, 2019 14:21:17 GMT
shhhh
don't tell everyone - it reduces my chances of getting tickets!!
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Post by alece10 on Feb 2, 2019 15:24:30 GMT
Oi! stop telling people as I want to go and don't want to stand 3 hours in the cold only to be told there is no more room.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 2, 2019 16:08:31 GMT
There’s really no point applying if you can’t get there before 4:30pm, right?
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Post by Scswp on Feb 2, 2019 16:25:59 GMT
There’s really no point applying if you can’t get there before 4:30pm, right? I would guess so! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 2, 2019 19:32:11 GMT
shhhh don't tell everyone - it reduces my chances of getting tickets!! I think if I was in the country I would of kept quiet |
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Post by lou105 on Feb 5, 2019 13:51:29 GMT
There’s really no point applying if you can’t get there before 4:30pm, right? I had the same dilemma but have now had a "Sorry you were unsuccessful" email, so that solves that one! |
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Post by sagiirl on Feb 5, 2019 13:56:35 GMT
Also received an unsuccessful email.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 5, 2019 14:19:16 GMT
Same here.
It is all Someone in a Tree's fault!
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Post by alece10 on Feb 5, 2019 15:23:56 GMT
Same here and my friend who applied.
Maybe blessing as no way was I going to queue at 4.30pm and then no guarantee of getting in.
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Post by winonaforever on Feb 5, 2019 16:22:25 GMT
Me too! I was hoping somewhere here would be successful as I'd like to know how bad the queue actually was. I know someone who often goes to these BBC things, and the whole process of getting in sounds generally awful.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 5, 2019 17:40:04 GMT
I didn't get a yes or a no yet...i even checked my junk mail! keeping my fingers crossed
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Post by fossil on Feb 5, 2019 20:30:37 GMT
Don't give up hope completely as you may still have a slight chance of a ticket. Some time ago I had applied for a ticket for "Friday Night Is Music Night - Michael Feinstein sings Harry Warren" and received a "sorry you were unsuccessful" email. Then at about midday on the day of the recording I was emailed a ticket. Presumably if anyone cancels this frees up a ticket.
I was lucky enough to spot the Sondheim show on the BBC audience site last Friday so applied straight away and was emailed a ticket yesterday.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 5, 2019 20:50:50 GMT
I had an audience notification last Friday and had a text message to say I've got a ticket, hasn't appeared in my inbox yet ...
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Post by fossil on Feb 5, 2019 22:54:19 GMT
I received the notification text and the email followed almost immediately. Have you checked your junk mail folder?
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 6, 2019 17:10:47 GMT
I received the notification text and the email followed almost immediately. Have you checked your junk mail folder? I checked blooming everywhere, including under the bed .. (I have a work email, an email in my proper name, an email in my "old - as in married" name, an email I just use for certain forums) .... so I sent a message via their twitter page, got a response, they've resent it and it's printed out and I'm there, baby! Now to arrange leaving work a bit early .. Oh - they are hot as all hell on ID now, got turned away at some place in the middle of nowhere in East London as I'd changed handbags and left my driving licence in the other bag. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 15, 2019 23:27:15 GMT
Ah well, after a late drama nonsense at work I got to the queue around 6pm, maybe 40 or so in front of me - 6.30 we were told all seats had been filled. There was the option to come in and watch the show being taped on screens but I decided to leg it home.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2019 23:50:22 GMT
Ah well, after a late drama nonsense at work I got to the queue around 6pm, maybe 40 or so in front of me - 6.30 we were told all seats had been filled. There was the option to come in and watch the show being taped on screens but I decided to leg it home. Full with only about 40 people in front of you? Where was it taking place, the Finborough? |
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Post by fossil on Feb 16, 2019 11:42:10 GMT
Sorry you missed the show londonmzfitz. The queue actually started forming at about 3.30pm. I got there a little after that and was 10th in the queue. By the time the doors opened 5.15 for ticket validation and entrance to the cafeteria waiting area the queue must have been over 100 people long. I would guess the radio theatre seats about 300-400.
The recording started a little after 7 and we were out at about 9.30. The show was a discussion of Sondheim interspersed with songs and a few archive programmes (added later to the recording). The programme was introduced by Maria Friedman with Jason Carr, Mark Umbers and my failing memory means I cannot remember the names of the two other guests. Mark and Maria performed several Sondheim songs with Jason on piano including "Children Will Listen" and "Finishing The Hat". Lots of retakes at the end of the show including Maria (understandably!) having to have about half a dozen goes at getting "Not Getting Married Today" right.
Well worth a listen when this is broadcast in a few weeks time. Not sure of the date but it will be a Saturday on Radio 4 Extra.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 16, 2019 12:07:35 GMT
Ah well, after a late drama nonsense at work I got to the queue around 6pm, maybe 40 or so in front of me - 6.30 we were told all seats had been filled. There was the option to come in and watch the show being taped on screens but I decided to leg it home. Full with only about 40 people in front of you? Where was it taking place, the Finborough? Sorry frazzled brain, meant about 40 people turned away ... |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 16, 2019 12:20:34 GMT
I love Maria Freidman and have seen her many times in concert. Don't think I've ever heard her get the song right first time and always has to start again. Of course we all find it highly amusing.
I don't really know why she bothers with it in a way.
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Post by Boob on Feb 16, 2019 13:46:44 GMT
Catherine Jays and David Benedict were the other guests.
Loved Umbers’ rendition of Anyone Can Whistle.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 16, 2019 20:23:20 GMT
Sorry frazzled brain, meant about 40 people turned away ... Ah, that makes more sense! |
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Post by finboroughtheatre on Feb 16, 2019 21:13:01 GMT
Rude! :-)
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 16, 2019 22:45:59 GMT
Apologies, but you're the smallest theatre I could think of! |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 16, 2019 23:38:00 GMT
It will be Broadcast on 9 March on Radio 4 Extra. 3 hours of Sondheim loveliness
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Post by fossil on Feb 18, 2019 10:12:32 GMT
And if you want a bit more Maria Freidman on the 11th March..... BBC Concert Orchestra: Double Acts Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London Special Offer: Stalls tickets £10 only plus booking fee* Olivier Award-winning singer and actress, Maria Friedman and Adrian Der Gregorian star in this special evening celebrating the best double acts and romances from musicals, theatre, film and beyond! Including favourites from Annie Get Your Gun, Gigi, Guys & Dolls, Sweeney Todd and Anything Goes. Plus music by composers John Williams, Tchaikovsky and Gershwin. Daring duos, comedy couples and popular pairs. This gem of a concert, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chief Guest Conductor Keith Lockhart, invites you to get swept up in the love, heartbreak and comedy that some of the best loved duos offer. *Transaction fees apply: £2.50 online, £3 over the phone. No transaction fees in person or for Southbank Centre Members or Southbank Centre Supporters Circles Members. Use code DOUBLEACTS to redeem this amazing ticket offer. www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezg9hn |
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Post by n1david on Feb 18, 2019 10:26:30 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Feb 18, 2019 18:39:32 GMT
Thanks for the info about this. Am next door at the NT tonight so just popped into the RFH and got a couple of tickets. Bargain
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 9, 2019 21:33:47 GMT
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