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THE TICKET OUTLET WALKING TOUR OR: "S.T.A.R. Search" Theatreland hosts many booths and small shops competing for your ticket buying custom. Clustered in and around Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue and the streets of Covent Garden and Charing Cross, they offer a huge number of options. As a theatremonkey reader found in March 2003, choosing badly is an evening wrecking mistake. The monkey takes a walk through some of the main areas and assesses the ticket buying opportunities available. The Society of London Theatre always advise that ticket buyers should ask the "face value" of a ticket - what you would pay at the box office - and expect to pay no more than about 25% more in "booking fees" or "service charges". Also, you should see a seating plan and have any restricted view pointed out, and NEVER sign anything that could reduce your legal rights in the event of a dispute. An easy way to ensure that you will be buying tickets from a retailer who
adheres to this good advice is to pick one who is a member of Society of Ticket Agents
& Retailers scheme (S.T.A.R for short) - Theatremonkey.com
itself is an Affiliate Member. Look for their symbol: DO NOTE THAT some booths do change ownership over time. ALWAYS CHECK FOR the above symbol, and also that you are happy with your seats (pointed out to you on a proper seating plan) and the price you are paying, before actually handing over your money! Either scroll down to view them all, or choose an area from the list below.
For loading convenience, this page deals with places in and around Leicester
Square, while the other page takes in outlets in
and around Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross Road and Covent Garden. Leicester Square and approaching streets: Coventry Street Irving Street Leicester Square Underground Station Piccadilly Circus
Charing Cross Road
/ Charing Cross
Covent Garden Trafalgar Square Bond Street West One Shopping Centre
Leicester Square and surrounding streets: S.T.A.R. Member Outlets: Coventry Street:
Leicester Square itself:
Irving Street:
Cranbourn Street: Opposite these outlets, on the other side of pedestrianised Cranbourn Street,
is the "Hippodrome" building (below). It occupies a corner position on Charing Cross Road (the picture shows this frontage) with a long stretch of shops to the left (in the picture above) that run down Cranbourn Street itself. There are two shops containing agencies here: This one is opposite the other two, All three are owned by London Theatre Bookings, and all have handy theatre guide leaflets available to take away.
Leicester Square Underground Station
Not S.T.A.R. Members: Coventry Street:
Again, excuse the blur - had to be taken quickly...
Leicester Square itself:
Click here to see the other page, taking in Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue Charing Cross Road / Charing Cross and Covent Garden.
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