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INSIDER TIPS & HINTS
FOR THEATREGOERS
A FEW IDEAS ABOUT GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR VISIT
Getting
Cheap and Discount Priced Tickets
Avoiding Booking Fees, Half Price Ticket Booth TKTS, Getting the
best seats over the telephone, London Theatre Club,
Westminster Residents Card, Camden Leisure Card, Previews, ShowPairs, Groups,
Local Coach Trips,, Become a teacher, Restricted View Seats
Getting that SOLD OUT ticket
Be first in the Know, Be first in the line, Beat the 'Line Busy' tone,
Mailing lists, Ask for the least, Crusaid, Pay for the VIP
treatment, Scale the peaks, Extra Performances, STAR Agencies, Local Coach Trips,
Overseas Agents, Packages, Boxes and Restricted Views, Try the Returns line,
Hang around, Online Auctions
Avoiding Touts and Scalpers
STAR Agencies, Spotting Legitimate Shops, Thoughts on Online
Auctions
also see the good ticket outlet walking trail too!
Making your visit FUN
Car Parking, Integrated Tickets, Read the play, Help the
Box Office Clerk, Ticket Insurance, Pay for the VIP treatment, Guarantee Your
Favourite Star Will actually perform that night, Entering the theatre, Leaving
the Theatre, Souvenirs, Cast Recordings and Programmes, Coats, Order your
interval drink in advance, Opera Glasses, Other Interval Tips, Children,
Remember the slump, Watch the Background, Annoy the Actors, Start a
"spontaneous" standing ovation, See a final matinee, Impersonate a
Star / Critic, Attend an Opening Night, Invest in the show, Stage Door
Autographs, Special Access Services, Backstage Tours, Young
Single and Sociable?, Gift Vouchers
When things go wrong
General Complaints about London Theatre and Tickets, I cannot use my
ticket, Forgot my ticket, Someone in my seat, A Featured Actor is Not Appearing, Cancelled
Performance, Arrived Late, Too Loud, Getting ill during the show, Negligence and
Theft, General Moans, The complaint chain for problems with tickets
Notes for First Time and Overseas
Visitors
Help the Box Office Clerk, Accepted Credit and Debit Cards - and getting
them accepted, Ticket
Insurance, Dress at the theatre, Tipping, Taking Photographs and
Recordings, Other Noise, Sound, That Ringing Bell, Applause, Car Parking,
English Theatre terms translated and explained, Programmes, Opera Glasses, Read
the play, Foreign Language Assistance, Gift Vouchers, Lighting in Fringe Venues
A Guide to Audience
Behaviour
A lighthearted guide to your less welcome fellow audience members,
including:
, Actor Switch
Off, Long run Blues, Pits of a Pit Orchestra, Desk Jockey traumas and reader
suggestions like those who are too cool to read the signs, and those who arrive
early and block the rows!
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SECTION ARE VERY WELCOME!
For the larger Theatregoer
A few tips that might help locate suitable seats...and avoid an uncomfortable
night out
Star Signs
A list of West End cast members who have willingly signed autographs...or
not!
The Theatremonkey TOP FIVE Charts
Top Plays Currently Running, Top Musicals Currently Running,
Theatremonkey Readers Top Five.
Terms Used
in Theatremonkey Pages
Words defined include: Stalls, Dress Circle, Upper Circle, Balcony,
Gallery, House Seats, Matinee, Programme, Souvenir Brochure,
Usher/ette, Touts, House, Rake, Prices, Auditorium Comfort, Average Comfort,
Auditorium View, Proscenium, Outside the proscenium arch,
Bars and Refreshments, Air conditioning, Toilets and Restrooms
What Guests say
about the Theatremonkey Website
A selection of the politer comments made about the Theatremonkey website
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