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Getting Cheap and Discount
Priced Tickets
Avoiding Booking Fees, Half Price Ticket Booth TKTS, Standby,
Mailing Lists and Newspaper Clubs, Gadabouts, London Theatre
Club, Westminster Residents Card, Camden Leisure Card, Previews,
ShowPairs, Groups, Local Coach Trips, Complementary Seats,
Special Offers, Become a Judge,
Restricted View Seats, The Upper
Circle Trick, The Moving Forward Trick, Downright Dishonest
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
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,
Theatre Museum, Backstage Tours
When things go wrong
General Complaints about London Theatre and Tickets, I cannot use
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,
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
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
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