Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[Octopus]

There is a write-up about Office Party in yesterday's ES Magazine that comes with the Standard, and I think I finally understand the concept now. Tickets start from £35, sounds a bit steep especially knowing they hand out SFF tickets almost every day!

I just read it, it seems prett cool!

[superhero]

Allow me to self promote for 1 moment, the play I am involved in has 5 stars!

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/r ... -review.do


tickets were all sold out within minutes of going on sale, but if people are keen to go -


"The You Me Bum Bum Train Golden Ticket starts tonight! Come to our venue at 21-31 New Oxford Street and enjoy the bar... over the course of the evening one Golden Ticket for the ride will be announced! It could be you!

So if you have a ticket for tonight, bring a friend and give them a chance to ride the train. Or if you were unable to b*y a ticket, come and try your luck!"

[canadian_turtle]

See Mike Bartlett’s epic new play 13 before it ends on 8 January! We’re giving away 13 pairs of tickets – just tell us the name of Mike Bartlett’s first play to be staged at the National Theatre. Email your answers to ntcheer@nationaltheatre.org.uk.

Tickets are for December performances. Winners will be drawn from a hat and notified on 14 December.

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntcheer

[cliveas]

Have been asked about the Deep Purple gig and have been trying to link to the photos and gig report that I posted on Facebook but it looks like it isn't going to work without adjusting all my security settings. So forget the photos, but I'll paste the text below. Apologies for the length.

After being delayed we made our way to our Level 1 row C seats in an O2 unusually full for a support performance, in time to catch the back end of Cheap Trick. This is a band that I had heard nothing of for many years and so wasn’t surprised not to recognise the few numbers until they finished with Surrender. Being the support act didn’t stop them giving an encore though, and so we had ‘The Dream Police’ which I have to confess to having b*ght as a vinyl single (remember them?) way back in my schooldays. This wasn’t the end though, clearly they were going to make the most of their chance to occupy this stage and so they really drew out a final number and was that a five-necked guitar? Eventually when they left the stage to a decent response they had overrun so there wasn’t too long to wait before the main event.

Soon enough there was an introduction from the 38 piece orchestra, the ‘Smoke in the Water’ motif in this reminding me of when I used to play that same combination of notes, also on an instrument not generally known for that kind of music. And then the band were on stage and we were really off. This was to be a gig characterised by a concentration on the music. Plenty of variable colour lighting of course, but very little use of smoke and no back-screen. Just two screens, one either side of the stage used mainly for showing the action from on stage. There was also to be few breaks between the numbers. The first four numbers culminated with an arrangement of ‘Strange Kind of Woman’ with an almost jazzy feel with heavily featured saxophones. And so we had the first break, the first chance for applause and for Ian Gillan to say hello.

Then we had a number from their latest (and nearly 5 years old) album, Rapture of the Deep, itself followed by an arrangement of ‘Woman From Tokyo’ heavily featuring a traditional piano sound, in contrast to the organ sounds which were utilised frequently during the evening. A quick burst of ‘Happy Birthday’ followed while the birthday boy, Roger Glover stood with arms aloft. It was now time for Steve Morse to shine with a guitar solo and he also featured heavily in the next number, a personal favourite, ‘When A Blind Man Cries’. The orchestration was really tight throughout the evening and it really showed in this, one of the slowest numbers on the programme. Another highlight was a great version of ‘Lazy’ in which the conductor duelled on an electric violin.

Something of a plethora of solos featured in the remainder of the gig, including an extended organ solo from Don Airey, an Ian Paice solo complete with falling side drum and a bass solo from Roger Glover. Finally after some fun ‘Space Truckin’ it was time for you know - that one, what’s it called – ‘Smoke on the Water’. This of course led to the raising of the atmosphere up another notch and I had to stop my fingers automatically straying to the positions for the notes. There were the obligatory crowd only choruses of course, but considering that most of us had been belting them out already this was neither forced nor awkward. This was not the first time this evening that my voice had been heard – apologies to all those in the vicinity! And that was it, but there had to be an encore didn’t there; apart from anything else we hadn’t had ‘Black Night’ yet. And so yes we had an extended medley starting with ‘Green Onions’ a psychedelic ‘Hush’ and finally the rousing chords of ‘Black Night’ and all too soon it really was all over.

All that was left now was to join the crowds traipsing out of the arena. Yes a few minor gripes – too many solos and where was ‘Child in Time’? but overall this was a night that had absolutely flown by. I’m not sure exactly how much this gig told us about what Deep Purple sound like on their own these days, but with a top orchestra and some good arrangements the evening was a highly entertaining fusion; great entertainment.

[superhero]

Hot off the press from Stephen Fry 2 hours ago -

"stephenfry Stephen Fry
Holy hound dog! "You Me Bum Bum Train" the theatrical experience of my life. Exhilarating, scary, brilliant, breathtaking and SO original <3"

That's quite an endorsement!

[bevvy]

Hot off the press from Stephen Fry 2 hours ago -

"stephenfry Stephen Fry
Holy hound dog! "You Me Bum Bum Train" the theatrical experience of my life. Exhilarating, scary, brilliant, breathtaking and SO original <3"

That's quite an endorsement!

For the next 22 hours you can enter a lottery for the chance to b*y tickets to this

https://tickets.run-riot.com/

[superhero]

More 5 star reviews for You Me bum bum train -

http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/the ... Train.html

I went to see the whole show in it's entirety last week. It's hard to rate it objectively, when you know some scenes weren't done "accurately", some were axed because they were short of people, some were similar to the 2010 version but less ambitious as they had less of a budget, but it's without a doubt one of the most exhilarating life experiences ever. 8.5/10
Sorry I can't actually write more having signed a confidentiality agreement.I do want to tell off the idiot who tweeted to equityUK about the show getting public funding, charging £32.75 a ticket and not p*ying the cast. HAS this person seen the show? Does he/she know the concept of the show??? Anyone who knows the background to the show wouldn't have tweeted such an idiotic message...

[superhero]

I've finally seen Office Party too and The Winter's tale, both on the same day. It was an odd combination...

The Winter's tale - it was abridged but I thought very accessible, although why would you bring a 6 months old crying baby to see a Shakespeare play mostly outdoors is beyond me. Everytime King Leontes roared the baby would start crying. It was good use of Camley Street Natural Park, the scenes were all very picturesque if far too cold. 8/10

Office Party - As mentioned by others it's a bit crude, there's nudity, there's vomiting, there isn't really much "theatre" per se, but it had some oddball Christmas charm to it. I am kind of surprised not more people have booked for this, considering they even did a corporate do to get more company people booking it. Anyway the show's finished now. 7/10

[Beate]

Maybe we have enough entertainment with our own office parties - ours had a casino on a ship, someone fell over (not overboard luckily), and the most intellectual conversation on our table was whether the boobs on some page 3 girl from the Sun were real or fake.

[superhero]

Lol... it sounds like the Office party show