Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[valda]

If we thought it was bad with Luke, it seems to be even worse without him

I was thinking the same as we have had a real fiasco with our tickets for vampirette with the days/dates on the tickets changing and no notification and having to rebook them again today ... come back Luke all is forgiven.

I have booked to go tomorrow now after they sent me a new code becuase the orgianl was not working.

well done, hope you enjoy it.

[a_person]

I really think the free theatre concert codes only thread should be as the title suggests i.e. codes only or something that requires getting tickets through a ticketing system on a first come first served basis asap or something that would otherwise have monetary value. .

It's really good to see loads of other free theatre / concerts / cultural stuff put on here but I must admit that I sometimes do get abit frustrated to receive two or three notifications within minutes of each other only to log on and find it's just information on some free show rather than a code or getting tickets straight away. Perhaps such posts can go on the Bargain Board or mentioned on this thread or have a thread of their own for people to subscribe to or even go on the London board?

Don't get me wrong, the posts are great and very informative but I personally don't think that it shouldn't be posted on the "codes only" thread. The codes only thread for me means free tickets for a show/concert that you would otherwise have pa*d for, not something that was free to begin with.

Similarly, if more tickets become available, please either post on this thread or PM anybody who has a "wanted" message for that particular show/concert alerting them more tickets are available. We don't post when more tickets become available on FF for a particular film has more tickets (infact we have a separate thread for that and there was a reason why that came about ) therefore the same rule should apply here too.

[canadian_turtle]

You know what a_p, I completely agree with you!

A few weeks ago I posted the news that All New People would have a free understudy show in the codes thread but only after careful consideration and asking around (and because it's a big West End show) but even then I felt it wasn't the right place for it.

Today my phone kept buzzing for new theatre alerts and 99% of the time they were duplicates ("more tickets available") or not even codes and could've easily been posted here (theatre discussion thread) instead. Furthermore, the non-code posts confused other people which then led to chat in the theatre codes thread and more buzzing from my phone as new email alerts came in.

Personally I find it a let down to receive an alert for anything but a coded event. Sure, even events that have a SFF code aren't always things I am interested in but the amount of non code posts (duplicates, chat, non-code free theatre) has increased a lot recently and the amount of alerts received for them can get quite annoying.

These posts could've easily been made in this thread instead and still be just as helpful and informative without sending out email alerts to everyone subscribed to the codes only thread.

[superhero]

I must be blind, I haven't seen any chat on the theatre codes thread ever I think...

[canadian_turtle]

There was today in reply to a non-code post asking how to get tickets (as it wasn't a post with a code).

[superhero]

Oh okay. I was abit blind myself, I didn't see the title, luckily I only asked the question on the discussion thread.

[ladams888]

On Friday the 25th May there will be an understudy performance of Stephen Daldry's award-laden West End and Broadway production of J.B Priestley's classic thriller. Originally produced by the National Theatre.

Friday 25th May - 2:30pm The New Wimbledon Theatre

Admission Free

Cast: Lucinda Forth, Gareth Richardson, Andrew McDonald, Pamela Hardman

I posted this on the codes thread but although unanswered it got deleted. So how do we get tickets?

[superhero]

I think someone mentioned you just turn up.

[canadian_turtle]

Understudy performances are usually just walk in on the day, no advanced ticketing :)

[ladams888]

Understudy performances are usually just walk in on the day, no advanced ticketing :)

Tks - I'll give it a go!