do you go to the theatre

[emmie]

to a play or musical, i only ask as i wonder how some can afford it.
I looked at one London venue and was shocked to see the top ticket of
£85.00, the lowest being £15.00, but that would quite a restricted view, or so far back you wouldn't see, at least not with my eyesight.
This wasn't with a ticket agent by the way. How can anyone afford to take the family, i know the same goes for some other venues outside the capital.

[emmie]

ok, change of tack slightly, what was the last show, concert you went to.

[marval]

In May The Big Chris Barber Band, we are going to see The Pasadena Roof Orchestra later this month, both at The Stables.

[emmie]

sounds good fun, i saw mamma mia, although it has been on for more than ten years, was given some tickets, so off we went.

[lorri24601]

Love never dies...last wed :-)

[Maydup]

Avenue Q was great wasn't it redhelen? I saw it last year.

I've just seen "The Sound of Music", "War Horse" a while ago and an Alan Bennett play, "Lady in the Van".

Last concert was classical - Bolshoi Philharmonic.

[emmie]

I want to see several things, but as said have to be very selective, but not least, Driving Miss Daisy, with Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones, which should be a corker.

[Dee Sa]

if I go I get my tickets at the Ticket Shack in Leicester Square , where the shows may not be doing too well but the prices arent bad, but I have not done it lately.

[emmie]

Dee i know where you mean. Confess i haven't used them for years, nor any agent.

[tigerlelly]

My lovely stepdaughter is an actress and she sometimes gets free tickets or concessions for us otherwise with train fares factored in we'd never get to see her on stage.

[emmie]

tigerlilly, that's lovely, how lucky, is she famous?

[tigerlelly]

No, not particularly. She is always in work though and has been in in Holby and Lip Service on TV but mainly on stage in supporting roles and a couple of leads in the provinces and fringe theatres in London.