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Post by Lorannah on Sept 14, 2010 23:16:06 GMT
OK - well later on today tickets go on sale to RSC members for the new theatre opening and I thought it'd be fun to have a place where we can chat about what tickets we've bought and what we're planning to go to.
What was it that attracted you to those shows?
Good luck, with your ticket buying all.
(P.S. sorry to those of you who aren't full members and have to wait longer)
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Post by Queen Mab on Sept 15, 2010 9:15:11 GMT
I've just booked:
Members Q&A - 1st December
Tim Minchin (front row of circle baybay)
Romeo & Juliet - 2nd April (front row, stage right)
Theatre tour - 2nd April
Silence - 18th May (press night)
Anyone going to join me on the tour? Decided to do it later and miss all the reopening bruhaha.
Booking first Lear when phone booking opens. Can't book £5 tickets online. Grrr.
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Post by danielwhit on Sept 15, 2010 9:46:47 GMT
Roger Rees - 15th Dec Mat
Lights Sound Action - 15th Dec
Matilda (already booked - 23rd Jan
King Lear - 23rd Feb
Tony & Pat - 5th March Mat
The Tempest - 14th March Mat
May well slot in a R&J when the £5 tickets come up, and possibly a couple more when I've reviewed the train situation and how much this is all going to cost me!
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Post by Titania on Sept 15, 2010 11:45:56 GMT
1 Members' Preview - 1 Dec
2 Roger Rees - 15 Dec eve
3 Lights Sound Action - 15 Dec - afternoon
4 Tim Minchin - 16 Feb
5 Silence - 18/5 (press night)
6 American Trade - 8/6 (press night)
What attracted me to the shows etc?
1 I'm a member. It's just £7.50. Who wouldn't?
2 Sounded interesting and I've not seen Roger Rees in action yet
3 Sounded interesting, and will help with my course.
4 Should be an excellent evening.
5 It's with Filter Theatre and I LOVED their Twelfth Night. I've not been to a PN before so am also excited about that.
6 Sounded interesting and PN is a Wed, and Wed is a good day for me to get to London for an evening without too much rush.
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Post by Rob on Sept 15, 2010 13:21:27 GMT
Daniel - are you from Oxford(shire)? If so, I'd just like to say that I fully sympathise with you re: the sheer hell of trying to get a train to and back from Stratford!  I'm "only" an advance member so I don't get to book yet. I'm thinking of doing Lear, R&J and maybe CoE on the last day (if I can get £5 tickets) but haven't decided yet. What I have decided on is that I'm going to upgrade to full membership at the next opportunity. One question: is the Select Your Own Seat feature available for both the new theatres? I like that and I don't trust some computer to judge where I want to sit.  |
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Post by beth1979 on Sept 15, 2010 13:57:14 GMT
Hello,
I'm a newbie...first post and all! ;D
R&J in London on the 18/12 (booked yonks ago)
6/12 Tour and "Handbag" all 12 mins of it!
I have R&J for the last night (2/4)
16/4 Little Eagles
24/5 Silence
So very excited, and as I live in Yorks am heading to Newcastle on 2/10 to see R&J
Will miss this lot when they leave so am trying to get as much in as I can manage.
Beth x
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Post by Queen Mab on Sept 15, 2010 14:04:49 GMT
One question: is the Select Your Own Seat feature available for both the new theatres? I like that and I don't trust some computer to judge where I want to sit. For full productions, yes. It doesn't seem to be available for all preview events though (my Tim Minchin tickets were allocated for me). You also can't chose for the Hampstead dates. Hello, I'm a newbie...first post and all! ;D R&J in London on the 18/12 (booked yonks ago) 6/12 Tour and "Handbag" all 12 mins of it! I have R&J for the last night (2/4) 16/4 Little Eagles 24/5 Silence So very excited, and as I live in Yorks am heading to Newcastle on 2/10 to see R&J Will miss this lot when they leave so am trying to get as much in as I can manage. Beth x Welcome Beth! Looks like there'll be quite a few of us there for the last Romeo! |
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Post by Rosalind on Sept 15, 2010 15:58:45 GMT
My tickets have arrived for:
Quentin Blake draws Matilda---4.12.10
Light Sound Action ------------15.12.10
Members Q&A ----------------5.1.11
Return to the Forbidden Planet-----9.1.11
King Lear-----------------------23.2.11
R&J....................................2.4.11
Also booked this morning
Little Eagles----23.4.10
Will be booking Silence as well.
Will probably book more but that will have to wait until next month.
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Post by Lorannah on Sept 15, 2010 16:03:02 GMT
Good to see so many people getting the tickets they want. So far I've booked for:
Roger Rees - Mat 15th December (I may be standing, I have no idea)
Lights, Sound, Action - 15th December
King Lear - 23rd February
Hamlet - 24th February
Anthony and Cleopatra - 18th March
Tempest - 19th March
Rape of Lucrece - 1st April
Hopefully going to do the last Lear and R&J on the 2nd, just waiting for the phone lines to open. Not booked for the Hampstead stuff, though will almost certainly go to all of them - debating whether to wait until they announce the special events.
Trying to limit the number of trips I take to Stratford, though can't promise I won't be tempted by more stuff as it gets closer.
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Post by danielwhit on Sept 16, 2010 19:21:37 GMT
Daniel - are you from Oxford(shire)? If so, I'd just like to say that I fully sympathise with you re: the sheer hell of trying to get a train to and back from Stratford! Yeah, well.. my train station is Oxford, and I generally get a bus/taxi/picked up from there. And it's alright, can leave on a train at ~10am and get back ~7.15pm for matinees. Evenings.. more fun. One question: is the Select Your Own Seat feature available for both the new theatres? I like that and I don't trust some computer to judge where I want to sit. This one has already been replied to - for some shows I booked yes, in theory, however the system was clearly struggling under the pressure - so I had best tickets selected instead. |
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Post by Witch 1 on Sept 16, 2010 19:22:02 GMT
I can't make any plans at the moment, so I'll just have to wait. The time will come ;D
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Post by danielwhit on Sept 16, 2010 19:23:07 GMT
Good to see so many people getting the tickets they want. So far I've booked for: Roger Rees - Mat 15th December (I may be standing, I have no idea) Lights, Sound, Action - 15th December King Lear - 23rd February Hamlet - 24th February Anthony and Cleopatra - 18th March Tempest - 19th March Rape of Lucrece - 1st April Hopefully going to do the last Lear and R&J on the 2nd, just waiting for the phone lines to open. Not booked for the Hampstead stuff, though will almost certainly go to all of them - debating whether to wait until they announce the special events. Trying to limit the number of trips I take to Stratford, though can't promise I won't be tempted by more stuff as it gets closer. Where abouts are you for LSA and Lear? I believe I'm in stalls for both (something like D29 and G35). And yeah - I'm waiting until we hear of Friends events etc before booking Hampstead, it's not exactly on any obvious route for me to anyway - so not as though I want to go back for many different things every other week! Do you use hotels, by the way? That's something I'm aware I'm going to have to start looking into at this rate! |
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Post by Lorannah on Sept 16, 2010 19:28:11 GMT
Where abouts are you for LSA and Lear? I believe I'm in stalls for both (something like D29 and G35). Do you use hotels, by the way? That's something I'm aware I'm going to have to start looking into at this rate! Ummm... up in one of the superseats in the circle got LSA - given that I will likely never shell out for a superseat again. For Lear, it's stalls - somewhere in row B. |
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Post by Lorannah on Sept 16, 2010 19:31:54 GMT
Do you use hotels, by the way? That's something I'm aware I'm going to have to start looking into at this rate! Whups, sorry forgot to answer this. I just got finished working for a hotel in Stratford, so I tend to avoid them. The B&Bs are my choice - the Adelphi being my absolute favourite, even if they've been all booked up for the summer. |
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Post by Rob on Sept 16, 2010 19:59:43 GMT
About the theatre tour - does it say on the website anywhere how long it lasts? Yeah, well.. my train station is Oxford, and I generally get a bus/taxi/picked up from there. And it's alright, can leave on a train at ~10am and get back ~7.15pm for matinees. Evenings.. more fun. 10:07 from Oxford, changing at Banbury; then the 17:40 from Stratford, changing at Leamington? That's what I do. No problem with matinees as you say, but evenings are difficult at best, sometimes impossible. I'm just going to book into a B&B if I do see the last R&J in April. |
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