Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[canadian_turtle]

I enjoyed reading your review Canadian Turtle and thought it was spot on. I went with my teenage daughter to see Once the musical yesterday and we really enjoyed it. The cast are very talented. We were very fortunate to get front row stalls day seats for £25 each. We arrived at 9.50am and there was only one chap in front of us. He was on holiday from New York, but said tickets were so difficult to get for the Broadway show, with huge queues for day seats, he thought he would try here on a day there were two performances (front row of 10 stall seats for each performance reserved for sale on the day at £25 each). He was amazed there was no queue. As we pa*d for our seats, there were only two people who came in behind us. The seats made you feel almost like you were in the stage pub setting itself and you could could see the facial expressions and cast playing instruments close up.

Thanks for reading and your comment, I appreciate it!

And glad to hear you enjoyed the show so much yourself as well :)

[asamaic]

I wonder will there be any free udderbelly tickets this year ? It started yesterday.
Had some good ones last year.

I'm keeping fingers crossed too!

[Timbo]

I wonder will there be any free udderbelly tickets this year ? It started yesterday.
Had some good ones last year.

Let's hope so. The Vocal Orchestra was amazing last year.

[asamaic]

I wonder will there be any free udderbelly tickets this year ? It started yesterday.
Had some good ones last year.

Let's hope so. The Vocal Orchestra was amazing last year.

Schlomo (the guy who put the group together) was even better IMHO. Hope there are good sales at the Udderbelly, but also a few SFF allocations!

[jeanelle]

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei to be live-streamed across the world

The performance of #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei on Friday 19 April will be live-streamed over the Internet worldwide and free.

Hampstead Theatre and Ai Weiwei believe that streaming this great play around the world live and free is true to the themes and spirit of the story.

Ai Weiwei says: ‘China is a society that forbids any flow of the information and freedom of speech. This is on record, so everybody should know this. I am delighted that #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei will be livestreamed to the world. It will bring the play’s themes of art and society, freedom of speech and openness, the individual and the state to a new, broad and receptive global audience. Without freedom of speech there is no modern world – just a barbaric one. I’d like to thank my close friend Larry Warsh and Hampstead Theatre for supporting the story by allowing it to be heard on a much bigger scale – and for free, which is true to its spirit. I would really like to be there on opening night but unfortunately my passport still hasn’t been returned to me. Good luck to all involved’

Hampstead Theatre is working very closely with a number of institutions, galleries and businesses world-wide to promote the live-streaming. To watch the show live and for free on the 19 April visit http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com or http://www.youtube.com/hampsteadtheatre. The live-streaming will begin from 7.30pm. Viewers can interact via twitter and facebook throughout the live-streaming using #aiwwLiveStream

Howard Brenton said “On behalf of the company, we are very excited that #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei will be live-streamed for all to see. The play tells of one person’s terrifying, at times bizarre experience caught in a mad maze. It’s a story that’s a warning to us all about what happens when freedom of expression goes and a government forces its people live a lie. The internet’s still free though and I hope people tune in to enjoy this live event.”

Larry Warsh is the founder of AW Asia, a private organisation founded to promote Chinese contemporary art in the United States. An enthusiastic collector of fine art for many years, Warsh possesses an extensive professional background within both Western and Chinese contemporary art.

Hampstead Theatre has negotiated an unprecedented agreement with the cast and creative team to allow the live streaming of this 19th April performance.

Hampstead Theatre’s Chief Executives, Edward Hall and Greg Ripley-Duggan said, ‘We are delighted that Larry Warsh’s support and energy has made it possible for Hampstead Theatre to break new ground and live-stream this important play by Howard Brenton, allowing people all over the world to engage with the production and with Ai Weiwei’s extraordinary story. We are also grateful to Howard, the Cast and the Creative Team for their generosity in allowing their work to be shown in this way.’

http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/20 ... CF,4R00L,1

[asamaic]

Ooh, thanks for that, jeanelle. Looks interesting.

[asamaic]

Useless by @savianas on May 11th @ 7.30pm at Brixton East. If you want to come email liminalspace10@gmail.com. FREE! pic.twitter.com/a4X62CQGiL

[prettyxcool]

Went to Between Ten and Six at the Leicester Square Theatre last night. it was an hour long play in the Lounge of the theatre which is in the basement with it's own bar, a very intimate space. Thanks to asamaic for posting the twitter comp. I wanted to support it as it is a Cuckoo Bang Productions play, (they support up and coming talent, always worth a support).

The play was weird, and very, very, very dark! It is billed as a dark comedy, but I didn't think it was that funny, it was more tense, actually quite silly (especially the ending). It was opening night, so it could only improve.... 6/10

[asamaic]

Went to Between Ten and Six at the Leicester Square Theatre last night. it was an hour long play in the Lounge of the theatre which is in the basement with it's own bar, a very intimate space. Thanks to asamaic for posting the twitter comp. I wanted to support it as it is a Cuckoo Bang Productions play, (they support up and coming talent, always worth a support).

The play was weird, and very, very, very dark! It is billed as a dark comedy, but I didn't think it was that funny, it was more tense, actually quite silly (especially the ending). It was opening night, so it could only improve.... 6/10

Press Night isn't until tonight, so yesterday was a warm up. OH is going tomorrow, hope it does indeed get better!

[prettyxcool]

Yes, press night is tonight. It is only running until 20 April. The guy who wrote it, Chris Mayo, is the main character, the other main character, I recognise from Waking the Dead.