Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[anakin]

How are the seats, given it's press night?

[superhero]

I can't believe how busy it is tonight, there's Ghost gala tonight for the new cast change, there's a gala for Zach Braff's All New People with many people expected to attend and of course Houdini press night.

[dovetail]

Caught Hay Fever tonight. Was given a central(ish) seat in stall about 5 rows from the stage - would have been a great view except for a very large head attached to broad shoulders in front of me obscuring the scenes when the actors sat on the divan. Great ensemble acting with a stand out performance from Lindsay Duncan but I didn't expect Jeremy Northam to have such comic talents - I loved the awkward walk and geeky seducer scene. Excellent evening.

[Jayman]

Wow! Did anybody else go for 'The Houdini Experience' tonight? What a spectacular show. Ok in all honesty Hans Klok's magic wasn't anything we haven't seen David Copperfield attempt many times before, but the acrobatics? OMFG! Mind-blowing! The contortionist, the tightrope guy, the two pole-climbing muscular lads and the 3 utterly magnificent rollerbladers...Cirque Du Soleil can only dream of such fantastic talent! It's a shame there was a mishap with the rollerbladers in which a noose/sling tied around one of the performer's necks got tangled on the other's foot during the dismount, leaving her in a helluva lot of pain! But they barely paused for even 3 seconds to get her some medical attention while the other two soldiered on with the performance. What professionals!

Overall, a brilliant night out and great seats too. The whole family received a well deserved standing ovation.

As far as celebs are concerned, Paul Daniels was in the house and I'm pretty sure I saw Warwick Davis as well.

[jojojoanne]

the roller-skaters went a bit wrong wen i went too!!

[claire]

We went to see Houdini experience.
It was very good and the acrobats were amazing. I especially like the girl and guy. Wow. How was she holding him up!!
Yeah shame about the rollerskaters but maybe that also made us appreciate how gOod they are and how difficult it is.

Afterwards we got to see stavros flatney
And we also got to see Paul Daniels and Warwick Davis too.

It was to meet up with jeancomp and prettyxcool too.

[Jayman]

I hope that's not a deliberate part of the act. I wouldn't understand the point.

I know Terry Fator (the Vegas ventriliquist) has a bit in his act where he seems to accidentally screw up the voice of his dummy. I guess the first time he did it, it was a legitimate mistake, but his faux pas received such great feedback from the crowd that he decided to include it for all subsequent performances.

[claire]

I don't think it was part of the act. She was really shaken up after it.
I just meant I seen a few of these rollerskating acts now (la clique, la soirée and in cirque du soliel)
While they are good. They make it look easy.
And her havin a little accident makes me realise how hard and dangerous it is

[Jayman]

Here are some (illegal) pics I manage to snap tonight.
Please forgive the blurriness. Lumix cams are absolute crap when it comes to night shots.

[Beate]

We Will Rock You - we started the evening with a drinks and canapes reception at the Dominion Theatre after we've been given our tickets for the show, then we got a quick showround and more time for the canapes etc. There were two funny guys who first acted as waiters then started serenading and handing out roses. They were brilliant! I was told they found them on the Square Meals Exhibition.

My seat was in the middle of Row E in the Circle which in theory are quite good seats but the legroom is barely there and I had a seatkicker behind me, a hairflipper in front of me and two fidgety people to my left and right, so I tried to change seats after the interval but some others had the same idea and the good aisle seats were suddenly gone. We got more drinks, ice cream and glow sticks during the short interval which was a nice touch. We also got a goody bag with the We Will Rock You programme in it and a nice pen.

In terms of story I actually prefer Mamma Mia! - I drifted off and started daydreaming during the talking bits as they really weren't that interesting, but the music and singing was very good. Unfortunately some hits were only half played and I could have done with more of them. It's interesting how up-to-date the show is kept, with facebook, twitter, TOWIE, Justin Bieber, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston among many other things all getting referenced.

I then managed to spill choc icecream over half of my bag but it came out well.
I think we could have had a backstage tour afterwards but it was really late so most people were just going home, but we got the business card of the lady who organises them so can go back for one any time.