Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[mupton]

I always find Theatre Monkey helpful. Especially in providing seating plans and commentary on the best seats. They also have a discount section listing all the available discounts available. See: http://www.theatremonkey.com/CURRENTSPE ... RS.htm#Sav

You will find there are a few deals for the Sunshine Boys (as with other shows).

According to Half Price Ticket Booth website they are likely to have £58.50 tickets reduced to £35. Thats your benchmark; though that might change in the morning. See: http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/ ... kets/tkts/

I see there is a £10 Upper Circle deal show on theatre monkey from lastminute.com; these are usually £29. But I would not take any seat further back than Row E, as Row F and beyond is really a separate section and should be called the balcony. I sat in Row E and would do so again. But the trouble with lastminute deals you can't guarantee where your seat will be.

Hope that helps.

[canadian_turtle]

Chicago the musical is closing September 1 (after 15 years!).

What the Butler Saw is closing soon too, I don't know the date yet.

[asamaic]

Lawrence Leung is an Australian stand up comedian, but a bit different from your average stand up.
combined with clips and photo slides, a nice quirky stand up comedy.
its only 60min as well in a very intimate theatre - so a definitely nice school night out!
think normal ticket prices are quite reasonable as well - £10/£15.
he's playing at Soho Theatre until this saturday.


recommend both if anyone has a chance to go see.

Thanks for that, we have SFF tickets for tonight and we were in two minds about going.

[anakin]

Poo, that code is for invited guests only

[superhero]

Saw You'll see [me sailing in antarctica] at the National Theatre tonight. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the mood created with discussions about life, experiences and memory.But I can see this will really infuriate people who are expecting to see a play, it's more like a chat with some friends on the roof. 8/10

Also managed to catch Surprises: STREB "One Extraordinary Day" at the London Eye

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 407&type=1

[canadian_turtle]

Much Ado About Nothing Victoria Embankment Gardens - FREE

Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and deceit, Grassroots Sheakspeare London July 2012Much Ado About Nothing opens at the Victoria Embankment Garden’s open-air stage this August performed by the contemporary pop-up theatre company, Grassroots Shakespeare London.

Benedick (Ross McNamara) has only just returned from war, but he’s about to encounter an even tougher battle in the form of Beatrice (Angela Ferns). With their constant bickering in her home, Leonata (Natalie Harper) will be relieved to find a bit of peace and quiet following the wedding of her daughter Hero (Daisy Ward) to the brave Claudio (Ben Margalith). Although nobody was quite planning on the damaging schemes of Don John (Sophie Littler) and his henchmen Borachio (Hamza Mohsin) and Conrade (Stephen Emery).

With Messina being patrolled by the bumbling Dogberry (RJ Seeley) and his inept watchman (Siobhán Daly & Daisy Ward), just about anything can happen. Will anybody ever be happy in Messina? Why not come along to watch this innovative and exciting Company, and find out for yourself!

Grassroots Shakespeare London performed to great success at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Dell stage in June 2012 as part of the World Shakespeare Festival and launched the More London Free Festival at The Scoop.

In a time of aggressive arts cuts, Grassroots Shakespeare London is using their specialist skills in Elizabethan original practices to bypass expensive ticket prices and funding bureaucracy to take Shakespeare directly to audiences for free. This heady mix of professional actors with no director, no crew, gender-blind casting, no ‘fourth wall’, using only abridged scripts and a few days rehearsal, peels back centuries of theatre history and analysis to present the text in a fresh and exciting way. The shows are not stuffy, selfimportant or difficult to understand. They’re fast-paced, interactive events appealing to audiences of all ages and backgrounds – accessible, original and fun!

This highly enjoyable, interactive experience promises to immerse the audience straight into 16th century London and guarantees a fun-filled evening for all.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING CAST
Angela Ferns (Beatrice), Ross McNamara (Benedick), Hamza Mohsin (Borachio/ Antonio), Ben Margalith (Claudio), Stephen Emery (Conrade), Sophie Littler (Don John/ Sexton), Boris Mitkov (Don Pedro), RJ Seeley (Dogberry/ Verges), Siobhán Daly (Friar Francis/ Ursula/ Oatcake), Daisy Ward (Hero/ Seacoal), Natalie Harper (Leonata), Louise Olley (Margaret), Christien Bart-Gittens (Messenger)

GRASSROOTS SHAKESPEARE COMPANY was founded in 2009 in Utah, USA by an ensemble of actors led by Mark Oram and Alex Ungermann, who were inspired by Shakespeare’s original theatre practices and a passion to communicate his plays in a fun and accessible way. Following Mark’s relocation to the UK and a chance meeting with London-based actress Siobhán Daly at the Exeter Fringe Festival, it wasn’t long before Grassroots would find a UK base.

GRASSROOTS SHAKESPEARE LONDON was launched to great success in 2011 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the prestigious London venue Hyde Park and a 5-star reviewed production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. They are committed to bringing free, open-air, high quality productions of Shakespeare to Londoners throughout the summer and affordable venues during the winter. They have performed at the RSC as part of the World Shakespeare Festival 2012 and continue to build a reputation for excellence.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will be the twelfth Grassroots production and fourth for the London based company.

MARK ORAM co-founded the Grassroots Shakespeare Company in 2009. Following through with the concept of original theatre practices, he aimed to explore Renaissance rehearsal and performance styles. Following the completion of his MFA in Staging Shakespeare at the University of Exeter, Mark returned to Utah to join the company’s 2011 winter production of Macbeth.

Mark Oram says, “The Grassroots actor’s job does not begin nor end of the stage, rather each performer takes an active role scheduling venues, making props, acquiring costumes and offering direction to fellow actors. In practice, the ensemble directs, critiques and manages itself. Shakespearian acting was broad, unambiguous and slightly improvisational, giving our audiences license to be more participatory.”

SIOBHÁN DALY is the Chairman and co-founder of Grassroots Shakespeare London. Since her studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she has performed in a number of roles from Daphne Bridges in ITV’s The Battle of Britain to the Oliver Award winning cast of Soho Theatre’s production of La Bohème. She performs with the BBC’s Radio Theatre Group, and created the roles of Fliss in the new work Flying Solo and Eliza in Cupidity. She presents red carpet interviews for an online entertainment website Phase9.tv in addition to acting, directing and producing.

The show runs every day from Monday 30th July – Sunday 12th August. All performances start at 7pm & are free. There is no interval & the show will finish at approximately 8:20pm.

Victoria Embankment Gardens, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG
Monday 30th July – Saturday 11th August, 7pm
Sunday 12th August 6.30pm
Matinee: Saturday 5th August, 3pm
Press Night: Monday 30th July, 7pm
FREE performances

http://www.grassrootsshakespeare.co.uk

[yogi]

Thank you for the top tips last week.

I managed to get front row £10 tickets on the day to see Sunshine Boys. It was fantastic, really funny and such a treat to see 2 acting giants so close and in such great form. I'd thoroughly recommend it - dare I say it that it's even worth p*ying for!!

[superhero]

See Eddie Izzard deliver the annual Pierre De Coubertin lecture – free tickets available from tomorrow*!

Eddie Izzard will deliver the Pierre de Coubertin lecture on Thursday 19 July 2012 in East London as part of the London 2012 Festival.

Inspired by the founder of the International Olympic Committee, the ‘father’ of the modern Olympic Games, Eddie will deliver the lecture in English and French
“I am just going to put forward where I am in my brain at the moment about sports, ideas, creativity” - Eddie Izzard told The Daily Telegraph.

The lecture will include a live link-up with the Olympic Park and a Q&A session chaired by Alan Yentob. The event will be streamed live on The Space.

We have a limited number of free tickets available for this exclusive event. Details of how you can get yours will appear here tomorrow.

*Tickets are strictly subject to availability and are limited to a maximum of two per person. Successful applicants will be added to the guest list and will be required to bring photo ID to gain entry to the event.

http://festival.london2012.com/news/201 ... ecture.php

[raj101]

Hi SupaJammers

As you know SupaJam is all about supporting the best new bands and the best music fans (that's you!!!) and to celebrate two awesome SupaJam bands playing at the magnificent Strawberry Fields Festival this year, we have b*ght 200 full weekend tickets with camping, to give away to our loyal supporters FREE (there is the usual small admin fee of £5.40 per ticket).

As well as SupaJam bands Young Blood and Adam Barnes you'll also be able to see The Charlatans, Labrinth, Young Knives, Jaguar Skills, Stooshe and Hadouken! The festival takes place on August 10th, 11th & 12th in Leicestershire.

To give everyone a fair chance the tickets will be made available in two batches; the first goes live from Tuesday at 6pm, and the second batch will be released on Thursday at 5pm. Both batches will be available from the link below:

http://www.supajam.com/get/tickets/sff2012

Please note some important small print:
1) This offer will use the same system as our other ticket giveaways to Hop Farm, Benicassim and Costa De Fuego. You fill out the requested details (email, postcode, phone and guest names) and p*y the admin fees by PayPal (e-cheques are not accepted).
2) We email the ticket vouchers to you for each named person in your group. Each ticket voucher has it's own unique bar code and relates directly to the named person on the voucher.
3) The promoter will not let us change names on any voucher once it has been allocated. This is to avoid them being used by ticket touts. Please make sure you know your mates can come before you fill in thier names because if they can't come you can not use their voucher for anyone else and the admin fee is non-refundable.
4) Make sure you and your friends bring all the vouchers along with <b>photo ID</b> (passport photocopies are accepted) to the clearly marked SupaJam box office at the festival. We will scan the bar code, check the ID matches the name on our system and then issue you with your wristband.
5) Please email us at support@supajam.com if you have any questions.
6) Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/supajam and follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/supajam as we will post any updates there and also announce new giveaways.

If you want to see some of the other festivals that we've b*ght and given away tickets for to support new music in the past click here: http://www.supajam.com/get/index. To always stay up to date with our offers, like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/supajam.

That's it SupaJammers - please make sure your mates can come before you take the ticket vouchers and p*y the admin fee as we won't be able to change names or refund the admin fee.

[Rainey]

The Olympic Torch finale in Hyde Park that has just been posted by moa say's London tickets should be £15 but are coming up free, Dizzee Rascal, The Wanted, You Me At Six, Rizzle Kicks, Eliza Doolittle, Wretch 32, Morning Parade, Little Comets. Do you think they might cancel the tickets?