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Post by dillan on Apr 23, 2024 12:55:21 GMT
Does anyone know what the £10 secret seats are like?
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Post by dillan on Apr 19, 2024 14:48:20 GMT
There's an offer on Todaytix where front row is £35 for some performances. I sat front row right at the side when I went and missed quite a bit, has anyone sat more central? Thanks for letting us know - I assumed these seats were saved for the lottery! Having sat in the middle of the front row through the lottery tickets - this is a great price for the front row. The stage is a little high but definitely worth it.
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Post by dillan on Apr 17, 2024 9:52:20 GMT
Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders, Animal Kingdom) announced as the lead in Red Speedo: www.whatsonstage.com/news/finn-cole-to-star-in-european-premiere-of-red-speedo_1591085/Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders, Animal Kingdom) is set to make his professional stage debut in the European premiere of Red Speedo.
Described as “thrilling and dangerous” by our New York sister site during its 2016 Off-Broadway run, the play is written by Lucas Hnath (A Doll’s House, Part 2) and tells the story of Ray (played by Cole), a swimmer on the brink of international glory and a life-changing sponsorship deal until performance-enhancing drugs are discovered in the club’s refrigerator.
Under the direction of Matthew Dunster (2:22 A Ghost Story), the creative team includes designer Anna Fleischle, associate designer and costume designer Cat Fuller, lighting designer Sally Ferguson, sound designer Holly Khan, casting director Matilda James, fight director RC-Annie, and accent coach Aundrea Fudge.
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Post by dillan on Apr 16, 2024 10:26:49 GMT
I'm sure it will return one day but I'll be very surprised if it's with Tom and Nicole..
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Post by dillan on Apr 16, 2024 7:22:43 GMT
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Post by dillan on Apr 15, 2024 10:23:08 GMT
I see this show has had a lot of praise, for someone who hasn't watched the TV show, do you think they would enjoy it? Or is this strictly for fans of the series? Thanks You'd probably be confused tbh, unless you do research before the play.
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Post by dillan on Apr 10, 2024 9:17:51 GMT
Got through very easily and managed to book quite quickly!
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Post by dillan on Mar 24, 2024 21:26:49 GMT
Extending from 4th May until 1st June. Thanks a lot for the heads up - have booked a £20 front row seat!
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Post by dillan on Mar 24, 2024 0:28:30 GMT
2. I know this show has some dynamic pricing, but how heavily does it discount shortly prior to showtime? Don't think so. At least for the table seats, I've never seen them going for <£120 even as the show is about to start. I got front row table seats for £80 each - this was for a Saturday matinee in June 2022, they changed it the day before to quite cheap, got very lucky.
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Post by dillan on Feb 13, 2024 19:32:01 GMT
No show is ever fully "sold out" till the actual day.. don't worry. Random tickets will pop up here and there from now until the entire run.
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Post by dillan on Feb 13, 2024 12:36:53 GMT
Managed to get a rush ticket and seeing this tonight (got stalls row D for anyone wondering what seats they’re offering). Was it easy to get one? Yep, joined the countdown and as soon as it lets you buy tickets, I clicked it straight away - I would say try and be quick but if you have the countdown up and ready to click as soon it goes to 0 seconds, hopefully you'll be able to grab one!
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Post by dillan on Feb 12, 2024 23:08:58 GMT
Wow, this was incredible! Acting was 5/5, loved the story and never once felt bored - the 3 hours flew by.
I loved the set and the long staircase too. It was great to see such fantastic female talent dominate a play.
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Post by dillan on Feb 12, 2024 12:03:41 GMT
If I remember correctly for Sunset Boulevard they were released later. Not sure if it will be the same this time. For sunset Boulevard I don’t think we knew about them before the general sale did we? I hope they do go on sale at the same time, or at least we know when they will before general sale as I qualify! I did a bit of digging - the Sunset U30 tickets went on sale 8th September at 8:30am and I found a tweet from WhatsOnStage announcing it on the 6th September. I assume the same will happen for this but I guess no harm in checking tomorrow morning. (For reference, Sunset Blvd started on the 21st September so these Under 30 tickets went on sale a couple of weeks before the show started its run.)
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Post by dillan on Feb 12, 2024 10:23:03 GMT
Managed to get a rush ticket and seeing this tonight (got stalls row D for anyone wondering what seats they’re offering).
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Post by dillan on Jan 28, 2024 18:35:36 GMT
I saw this on Friday, I did indeed spend £125 to sit front row but I thought, let me just treat myself lol. The stage at The Savoy is low so the view is honestly 10/10 and it's a bit weird that the row behind is £75 more at £200.
Act 1 is my least favourite out of the 3, it's a bit slow paced and a little predictable but still enjoyable. Act 2 is great and the material shows off both SJP and Matthew's comedy skills, but Act 3 was the true star IMO, I was belly laughing in the theatre - I actually didn't think the script limited SJP's acting, I thought both did fantastic here! I also didn't find the play to be too dated like some have said. Overall, is it worth the £300? Probably not, but if you're a big SJP/ Matthew fan, then you'll definitely enjoy because their acting alone made this worth seeing.
I stage door'd after, it was busy but not as busy as I was expecting.. about 5 lines deep, don't worry if you're towards the back, they seemed to sign everyone's show merch and both were very kind. SJP recognised me from sitting in the front row too - luckily the person next to me filmed it!
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Post by dillan on Jan 9, 2024 23:05:35 GMT
Does anybody know where the lottery seats are usually located? Front row when I won.
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Post by dillan on Jan 7, 2024 14:05:59 GMT
They’ve also announced details of the lottery for this - ten seats in the front row of the stalls (BB has now been added) available for each performance, via the lottery for £40. The remainder of that row is now on sale on ATG, for £200 😱 Do you know how to enter?
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Post by dillan on Jan 4, 2024 19:58:17 GMT
I'll be shocked if Dear England wins over A Little Life..
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Post by dillan on Jan 4, 2024 14:53:51 GMT
Wow - that's incredible! Consider my words eaten. Quite a coup - have Broadway Equity ever allowed 3 out of 4 British leads to transfer before? Amazing news; though still wish was extending here instead..... Cursed Child had all 7 leads transfer.
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Post by dillan on Jan 3, 2024 19:37:33 GMT
Is there any way for cheaper tickets for this apart from the lottery? I'm looking at the prices and it's a lot as you have to pay for two :/. I was thinking about restricted views and E3 and F2 seem like the best idea for this and not too bad. Post-COVID prices for this are ridiculous. I remember in 2018/2019, they would reduce top premium tickets (e.g. front row middle of the dress circle) to £40 on the day or day before. Think the best way is the lottery now.
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Post by dillan on Jan 3, 2024 19:36:06 GMT
Boring question but what time are people getting out of the theatre at currently for this? 10.05-10.10pm when I went 2 weeks ago with the new 7pm start time.
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Post by dillan on Dec 20, 2023 2:02:34 GMT
I won the lottery for this and seeing it on Friday - very excited and can you let you all know which seats they're offering. I also bought regular tickets when they went on sale a while ago - restricted view C1 and C2, does anyone that's been know how restricted these look? I've been to the theatre before and I can't imagine it actually being that bad.. Hi, can I check what seats you were allocated in the lottery please? Is it first come first serve at the box office/they allocate it on the spot? Are were they already allocated when you picked up your ticket? Thanks I got B14/15 - it was allocated before I picked up the tickets, not sure how they did it. I assume the whole first row is lottery.
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Post by dillan on Dec 15, 2023 2:11:57 GMT
5/5 What'sOnStage 5/5 The Daily Telegraph 5/5 Evening Standard 5/5 The Guardian 4/5 Daily Mail 4/5 The Independent 4/5 iNews 4/5 City AM 4/5 BBC
2/5 The Times 1/5 NY Post
Mostly very positive - shocked how low the NY Post gave it though.
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Post by dillan on Dec 8, 2023 16:42:56 GMT
From seeing it 3 weeks ago and then again on Tuesday, I'm pretty sure nothing in the first act is cut, it was still 90 minutes on Tuesday.
My memory of every scene isn't amazing but yes, the demogorgon is gone as we all know (really don't know why but anyway) and I think a few scenes from the play/ musical the school does has been cut.
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Post by dillan on Dec 1, 2023 23:45:05 GMT
If I recall correctly, it was near the start of the second act - how strange, a production shot of this scene has been all over their social media with tagline "Henry, meet Demogoron". Maybe they've decided it doesn't really move the story on as they allude to Nevada elsewhere; with hindsight, I guess it's a scene for the fans - I'm glad I got to see it This is exactly what I thought - I'd seen the production shot but didn't see it happen during the show, which felt misleading to me. Unless I missed it somehow! I was there last Saturday night (25th Nov). Hmm, I went on the 24th and the shot was there. I'm going again on Tuesday so interested to see if it's still been taken out.
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Post by dillan on Nov 19, 2023 20:01:31 GMT
I won the lottery for this and seeing it on Friday - very excited and can you let you all know which seats they're offering.
I also bought regular tickets when they went on sale a while ago - restricted view C1 and C2, does anyone that's been know how restricted these look? I've been to the theatre before and I can't imagine it actually being that bad..
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Post by dillan on Oct 7, 2023 19:13:20 GMT
TodayTix also doing £25 rush tickets for this if you want another cheap way to see the show.
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Post by dillan on Oct 4, 2023 21:32:51 GMT
Dynamic pricing also helped me tonight - got near centre of the 5th row for only £67; bought about 30mins before showtime. Pretty sure this is a premium £150+ ticket usually.
This was incredible - thanks everyone on here for their great reviews because I probably wouldn’t have seen it if it wasn’t for the rave reviews on here!
Tom is the true highlight for me, he shone, great acting and voice. Nicole’s acting improved as the show went on, but Tom really outdid her tbh.
I’ll be thinking of the beginning of Act 2 for a while - ugh it was just so good. I really didn’t think he’d come through the side of the stalls door! Also loved the use of the screen but can understand why some wouldn’t.
So, so impressed! I already want to go again!
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Post by dillan on Aug 24, 2023 9:58:08 GMT
Saw this yesterday and I really didn't enjoy.. I left during the interval.
- The lighting is awful, why on earth is it so bright? I hated being able to see everyone in the audience (I was in row G), I did quite like the blackout though, was a bit different - The storyline is mediocre and the songs aren't amazing either (except the opening song which I loved) - Despised the staging; having seen pictures of the stage before the transfer, it looked much better
Quite a few empty seats in the stalls, and a woman in the row in front didn't even wait till the interval to leave, she walked out during the middle of the Act 1 which was a little distracting and you could see the cast on stage staring directly at her during it lol
Having said that, the acting and singing was top notch - a very talented cast!
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Post by dillan on Aug 23, 2023 14:44:34 GMT
Worth trying the lottery on TodayTix too. I entered recently for the first time in years and won first time, might have just been very lucky or there might not be many entering these days Where were your seat located? Lottery tickets are usually first 2 rows in the stalls. Sometimes you will get a seat in the Dress Circle.
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