Originally Posted by Innocent_fairy:
“Saturday 15th.”
“Saturday 15th.”
Oh no, how gutting
You poor thing, hope you manage to sort somethng out.
Anybody selling their tickets??
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Originally Posted by Rachey27:
“Oh no, how gutting You poor thing, hope you manage to sort somethng out.”
“Oh no, how gutting
You poor thing, hope you manage to sort somethng out.”
Thanks Rachey
.It was my friend who actually bought the tickets (we were going for her birthday), so I phoned her as soon as I found out! I think she's talking it over with the other people we're going with, and we're going from there.
Well im sure you will enjoy the show even with the understudy, and the understudy may be lovely 
But you could always try to book another night and hope Lee is there. Though thats easier said than done, as im finding out. Theres not alot left.
But you could always try to book another night and hope Lee is there. Though thats easier said than done, as im finding out. Theres not alot left.
Originally Posted by Mark_E:
“What??? How can you be having trouble???
There are seats avaliable for every show in November?”
“What??? How can you be having trouble???
There are seats avaliable for every show in November?”
Not decent seats. We want top price stalls. Plus our anniversary is on a Friday this year which doesn't help!
Have finally found some at albemarle and have Stalls L (within the green block on Theatremonkey) but have paid over the odds for them. Ah well.
Originally Posted by cleo1:
“Ok - thanks for the heads up i am sure they will have a good understudy though, lee was an understudy for phantom, and look how good he is ”
“Ok - thanks for the heads up
i am sure they will have a good understudy though, lee was an understudy for phantom, and look how good he is ”
No he wasn't. He understudied Raoul.
Originally Posted by Rachey27:
“Well im sure you will enjoy the show even with the understudy, and the understudy may be lovely
But you could always try to book another night and hope Lee is there. Though thats easier said than done, as im finding out. Theres not alot left.”
“Well im sure you will enjoy the show even with the understudy, and the understudy may be lovely
But you could always try to book another night and hope Lee is there. Though thats easier said than done, as im finding out. Theres not alot left.”
Looks like we are going to see the understudy. The website my friend bought tickets off doesn't say anything about Lee not being there, and apparently the only way the tickets are refundable is if the show is cancelled, or if something changes that you were not notified about. We're seeing about this last clause, but a Sunday night is not a good time to be sorting these things out!
Originally Posted by Hot_Topics:
“Thanks for that link - really handy (in future!) Seems I did well with my Joseph tickets - middle of row B (white) but my Grease ones are 'red'. Still mid-stalls though so should hopefully be ok.
That's the difference between booking tickets in the early stages of the live shows of ADWD compared with waiting until after the final of Grease. The standard of the final 12 Josephs was so very high that although I had my faves (Ben and Keith) I knew that whoever won would be worth seeing. Whereas with Grease, I only wanted to see Susan & Danny so took the risk of waiting before buyig tickets.
Getting Joseph tickets was my priority, so Grease is a nice bonus”
“Thanks for that link - really handy (in future!) Seems I did well with my Joseph tickets - middle of row B (white) but my Grease ones are 'red'. Still mid-stalls though so should hopefully be ok.
That's the difference between booking tickets in the early stages of the live shows of ADWD compared with waiting until after the final of Grease. The standard of the final 12 Josephs was so very high that although I had my faves (Ben and Keith) I knew that whoever won would be worth seeing. Whereas with Grease, I only wanted to see Susan & Danny so took the risk of waiting before buyig tickets.
Getting Joseph tickets was my priority, so Grease is a nice bonus
”
Thanks for that link. Although I looked after I bought my Joseph tickets, but mine are in the good area so I am well pleased. We're off to see him on 24th November, which is perfect for me as that is the last day of my accounting exams. Something to look forward to after a week of stress.
I'm sure my friend said we were second row in the dress circle in October. Am a bit worried now as we are taking youngsters with us but am hoping that their view shouldn't be too restricted? Is the Dress Circle below the Upper circle? Surely every seat in a theatre should have a relatively half decent view if they can charge the kind of money that they do! Not too concerned about the leg room as we are all quite small!!
Originally Posted by pennybank:
“I'm sure my friend said we were second row in the dress circle in October. Am a bit worried now as we are taking youngsters with us but am hoping that their view shouldn't be too restricted? Is the Dress Circle below the Upper circle? Surely every seat in a theatre should have a relatively half decent view if they can charge the kind of money that they do! Not too concerned about the leg room as we are all quite small!!”
“I'm sure my friend said we were second row in the dress circle in October. Am a bit worried now as we are taking youngsters with us but am hoping that their view shouldn't be too restricted? Is the Dress Circle below the Upper circle? Surely every seat in a theatre should have a relatively half decent view if they can charge the kind of money that they do! Not too concerned about the leg room as we are all quite small!!”
Every seat has a view, its just a persons opinion of the view, some people like to be level with the stage, and get angle measures out, but others are not that bothered, as long as you can see and hear the action in some kind of way.
Personally i would prefer to be on the roof with the lights, (profession) so the back row of the theatre is the furthest away, so action is a bit in the distance but you can still see it.
Unfortunatly leg room is limited, because these theatres were not designed for that, if a theatre was built today there would be no problems, similarly air con isnt a major provision due to the nature of the buildings so its going to get rather hot up top with the cooling fans of the equiptment. Some say the front row is better for this but sometimes you still get the heat from the lights, so better advised for winter then.
Originally Posted by VoyagerWebsites:
“Every seat has a view, its just a persons opinion of the view, some people like to be level with the stage, and get angle measures out, but others are not that bothered, as long as you can see and hear the action in some kind of way.
Personally i would prefer to be on the roof with the lights, (profession) so the back row of the theatre is the furthest away, so action is a bit in the distance but you can still see it.
Unfortunatly leg room is limited, because these theatres were not designed for that, if a theatre was built today there would be no problems, similarly air con isnt a major provision due to the nature of the buildings so its going to get rather hot up top with the cooling fans of the equiptment. Some say the front row is better for this but sometimes you still get the heat from the lights, so better advised for winter then.”
“Every seat has a view, its just a persons opinion of the view, some people like to be level with the stage, and get angle measures out, but others are not that bothered, as long as you can see and hear the action in some kind of way.
Personally i would prefer to be on the roof with the lights, (profession) so the back row of the theatre is the furthest away, so action is a bit in the distance but you can still see it.
Unfortunatly leg room is limited, because these theatres were not designed for that, if a theatre was built today there would be no problems, similarly air con isnt a major provision due to the nature of the buildings so its going to get rather hot up top with the cooling fans of the equiptment. Some say the front row is better for this but sometimes you still get the heat from the lights, so better advised for winter then.”
Thanks thats made me feel more confident about our seats!
So does it go 'Stalls' then 'Dress Circle' with 'Upper Circle' being right at the top?
Originally Posted by pennybank:
“Thanks thats made me feel more confident about our seats!
So does it go 'Stalls' then 'Dress Circle' with 'Upper Circle' being right at the top?”
“Thanks thats made me feel more confident about our seats!
So does it go 'Stalls' then 'Dress Circle' with 'Upper Circle' being right at the top?”
It does, although the upper circle does compare more with a "balcony" in theatrs such as the Palace.
Quite a few people dont like the Adelphi, and theres nothing particularly wrong with it, just that its a little bit cramped and warm.
I booked tickets when they first went on sale - so got seats in Row B of the stalls for the first Saturday night. It's such a great show - and knew whoever was playing the lead, it would be well worth seeing.
Looking on ebay now - they are going for daft amounts.
Makes me mad - people (including posters on here) obviously bought them up with no intention of using them themselves - purely to make a quick profit. It's wrong.
The show costs a certain amount to put on, the theatre costs, the salaries etc, and there is a mark up on the price of a ticket anyway so that there will be a profit - so why on earth individuals should earn themselves a tidy sum on top of all that for just buying up tickets they don't want just seems unethical to me.
No doubt people will claim that it's up to everyone to make sure they get tickets for the shows they want - and if people are willing to pay inflated prices, then it's up to them. However, I've just fed up with trying to get tickets for various gigs the minute they go on sale, to be told they are sold out - and then go on ebay five minutes later to find pages of them on sale from greedy touts.
Can understand that sometimes people need to be able to sell their tickets on because they are unable to go for valid reasons - but just believe there should be some procedure in order that prevents them from selling them at inflated prices.
**Jeanie gets off soap box**
Looking on ebay now - they are going for daft amounts.
Makes me mad - people (including posters on here) obviously bought them up with no intention of using them themselves - purely to make a quick profit. It's wrong.
The show costs a certain amount to put on, the theatre costs, the salaries etc, and there is a mark up on the price of a ticket anyway so that there will be a profit - so why on earth individuals should earn themselves a tidy sum on top of all that for just buying up tickets they don't want just seems unethical to me.
No doubt people will claim that it's up to everyone to make sure they get tickets for the shows they want - and if people are willing to pay inflated prices, then it's up to them. However, I've just fed up with trying to get tickets for various gigs the minute they go on sale, to be told they are sold out - and then go on ebay five minutes later to find pages of them on sale from greedy touts.
Can understand that sometimes people need to be able to sell their tickets on because they are unable to go for valid reasons - but just believe there should be some procedure in order that prevents them from selling them at inflated prices.
**Jeanie gets off soap box**
I am trying to book tickets at the moment the OH said he fancied going to see it as they had done Joseph at school but I wans;t willing to buy tickets until I found out who had won - so glad it was Lee
Originally Posted by VoyagerWebsites:
“It does, although the upper circle does compare more with a "balcony" in theatrs such as the Palace.
Quite a few people dont like the Adelphi, and theres nothing particularly wrong with it, just that its a little bit cramped and warm.”
“It does, although the upper circle does compare more with a "balcony" in theatrs such as the Palace.
Quite a few people dont like the Adelphi, and theres nothing particularly wrong with it, just that its a little bit cramped and warm.”
It will be even warmer when us lot get in there!!!
I saw Chicago at the Adelphi and I liked the theatre.
i got my tickets ages ago for Sat 14th July...i'm only in the area for 2 weeks so i realise i'm taking a chance on the performance not being ready or exactly tweaked to perfection.
We had the choice of back row side stalls, back row dress cirlce or middle of row D upper circle, so we went for the upper circle...does anyone think that will be any good? i'm a bit concerned i'm going to miss a lot of the action but then again its a musical and i'm there to hear the songs. Plus, i remember ALW saying that joseph flies up above the crowd at the end-maybe my seats will be a good view for that!
We had the choice of back row side stalls, back row dress cirlce or middle of row D upper circle, so we went for the upper circle...does anyone think that will be any good? i'm a bit concerned i'm going to miss a lot of the action but then again its a musical and i'm there to hear the songs. Plus, i remember ALW saying that joseph flies up above the crowd at the end-maybe my seats will be a good view for that!
Originally Posted by blckiki:
“i got my tickets ages ago for Sat 14th July...i'm only in the area for 2 weeks so i realise i'm taking a chance on the performance not being ready or exactly tweaked to perfection.
We had the choice of back row side stalls, back row dress cirlce or middle of row D upper circle, so we went for the upper circle...does anyone think that will be any good? i'm a bit concerned i'm going to miss a lot of the action but then again its a musical and i'm there to hear the songs. Plus, i remember ALW saying that joseph flies up above the crowd at the end-maybe my seats will be a good view for that!”
“i got my tickets ages ago for Sat 14th July...i'm only in the area for 2 weeks so i realise i'm taking a chance on the performance not being ready or exactly tweaked to perfection.
We had the choice of back row side stalls, back row dress cirlce or middle of row D upper circle, so we went for the upper circle...does anyone think that will be any good? i'm a bit concerned i'm going to miss a lot of the action but then again its a musical and i'm there to hear the songs. Plus, i remember ALW saying that joseph flies up above the crowd at the end-maybe my seats will be a good view for that!”
Its as i said, the seats will have a view, its up to you to form your own opinion about it, some people expect to be in front of the action when sat in the upper circle and there is no way this is going to be the case in any theatre.
I would be happy with the seats you have.
Originally Posted by VoyagerWebsites:
“Every seat has a view, its just a persons opinion of the view, some people like to be level with the stage, and get angle measures out, but others are not that bothered, as long as you can see and hear the action in some kind of way. ”
“Every seat has a view, its just a persons opinion of the view, some people like to be level with the stage, and get angle measures out, but others are not that bothered, as long as you can see and hear the action in some kind of way. ”
No. in every theatre there are usually some which are restricted viewing.
Originally Posted by Lula Mae:
“No. in every theatre there are usually some which are restricted viewing.”
“No. in every theatre there are usually some which are restricted viewing.”
But it still has some view
Originally Posted by VoyagerWebsites:
“But it still has some view”
“But it still has some view”
oh lol well yes. there are no seats where are you blindfolded!
Originally Posted by Lula Mae:
“No. in every theatre there are usually some which are restricted viewing.”
“No. in every theatre there are usually some which are restricted viewing.”
True - where you can just see part of the stage, if you stand up on your mates shoulders and crane your neck - i hate the restricted view seats - they may as well call them no view seats!
We sorted the ticket situation out *touches wood* . My friend rang the Adelphi box office early today and said that on their website, it didn't mention that Lee was having a week off in September. She was offered a full refund, so then she asked of she could book for tickets for a later date when Lee hopefully is on *touches wood again* and was told that if she wanted decent seats, would have to wait until January or February. She came off the phone and asked us what we wanted to do - we said that if it meant we were actually going to get to see Lee, we would happily wait. She rang back and booked for tickets for a date just after new year. The tickets were cheaper as well, because for the Christmas season they are doing extra matinees, so we are going on a really obscure week day one. Apparently the poor woman at the Adelphi had had lots of people ringing up screaming at her about the understudy being on instead of Lee!
*touches wood again, just for good measure*
*touches wood again, just for good measure*
Originally Posted by VoyagerWebsites:
“Most seats in the Adelphi are coloured red, it has a high proportion of "bad" seating, unlike some other theatres.”
“Most seats in the Adelphi are coloured red, it has a high proportion of "bad" seating, unlike some other theatres.”
Aah, thanks for explaining that. Although, as I'm at the very end of a row, I suspect I'll be seeing a lot of the back of Lee's head! Oh well, better than nothing.
Originally Posted by Jeanie:
“I booked tickets when they first went on sale - so got seats in Row B of the stalls for the first Saturday night. It's such a great show - and knew whoever was playing the lead, it would be well worth seeing.
Looking on ebay now - they are going for daft amounts.
Makes me mad - people (including posters on here) obviously bought them up with no intention of using them themselves - purely to make a quick profit. It's wrong.
The show costs a certain amount to put on, the theatre costs, the salaries etc, and there is a mark up on the price of a ticket anyway so that there will be a profit - so why on earth individuals should earn themselves a tidy sum on top of all that for just buying up tickets they don't want just seems unethical to me.
No doubt people will claim that it's up to everyone to make sure they get tickets for the shows they want - and if people are willing to pay inflated prices, then it's up to them. However, I've just fed up with trying to get tickets for various gigs the minute they go on sale, to be told they are sold out - and then go on ebay five minutes later to find pages of them on sale from greedy touts.
Can understand that sometimes people need to be able to sell their tickets on because they are unable to go for valid reasons - but just believe there should be some procedure in order that prevents them from selling them at inflated prices.
**Jeanie gets off soap box**”
“I booked tickets when they first went on sale - so got seats in Row B of the stalls for the first Saturday night. It's such a great show - and knew whoever was playing the lead, it would be well worth seeing.
Looking on ebay now - they are going for daft amounts.
Makes me mad - people (including posters on here) obviously bought them up with no intention of using them themselves - purely to make a quick profit. It's wrong.
The show costs a certain amount to put on, the theatre costs, the salaries etc, and there is a mark up on the price of a ticket anyway so that there will be a profit - so why on earth individuals should earn themselves a tidy sum on top of all that for just buying up tickets they don't want just seems unethical to me.
No doubt people will claim that it's up to everyone to make sure they get tickets for the shows they want - and if people are willing to pay inflated prices, then it's up to them. However, I've just fed up with trying to get tickets for various gigs the minute they go on sale, to be told they are sold out - and then go on ebay five minutes later to find pages of them on sale from greedy touts.
Can understand that sometimes people need to be able to sell their tickets on because they are unable to go for valid reasons - but just believe there should be some procedure in order that prevents them from selling them at inflated prices.
**Jeanie gets off soap box**”
I mostly agree, but would like to make the following points:
Other companies such as ticketmaster are touts too. They buy up blocks of tickets at a discounted price and sell them on at a profit.
I bought my tickets for opening night off ebay a few months ago when I first clapped eyes on Lee. If he hadn't won, I'd probably be selling them again on ebay.
To my mind, the chap who I originally bought the tickets off did me a huge favour. He had the forsight to buy some decent tickets early, he lives in London so was easy to do and he made an extra £80 for doing so. Personally I see this as a service I was prepared to pay a premium for. BTW he also said that he couldn't go because he ended up booking a holiday for the same time - don't know if this is true or not, but he did only have 2 tickets so sounds true to me!
I think perhaps it's reasonable for theatres to stop people buying them in bulk, but for the 'couples' of tickets being sold on ebay I think it's a jolly handy thing to be able to do!
(I hate the massive profits that ebay makes tho!)
Originally Posted by Talantra:
“I mostly agree, but would like to make the following points:
Other companies such as ticketmaster are touts too. They buy up blocks of tickets at a discounted price and sell them on at a profit.”
“I mostly agree, but would like to make the following points:
Other companies such as ticketmaster are touts too. They buy up blocks of tickets at a discounted price and sell them on at a profit.”
Absolutely. We used Albemarle which are a very reputable ticket agency. Payed £12 over the face value for them. We wanted to go on a specific day (our anniversary) and it happened to be a Friday so our choice was VERY limited. We were prepared to pay over the odds to get good seats in the stalls.
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