Don Q Fan Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 So many tickets left for BRB Coppelia this week in Bristol it's not true, anyone know of any offers at the Hippodrome or where to look for Bristol ticket offers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 You could give the theatre a ring, tell them you would love to come but you have to travel a long way and cannot afford much. ............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 But it is ATG!!! Have any of our members who book tickets at Bristol Hippodrome had any email offers? I sometimes get emailed offers from the Liverpool Empire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Just arrived for this evening performance. Have received email advertising event but no offers. The add ons that ATG charge almost add up to the price of my ticket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Indeed: the charges are so high that I've long been in the habit of booking the next batch of tickets whenever I go to a show there. Edited June 28, 2017 by Lizbie1 Edited to explain to the uninitiated that the charges disappear when you book in person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I gave in about 4 years ago and got an ATG card. I don't like doing it but most years, excluding all the fees you save, I have saved at least £60 over and above the cost of the card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 If there are no offers by Friday I will buy cheapest I can on the day in person to avoid fees as my ATG is expired at the mo! We can just move forward when it's clearly unoccupied. There are so many empty seats I'd be v surprised if the do not close the upper circle :-( such a shame for BRB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottsballetlover Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 (edited) Interesting topic.... I'm travelling down to Bristol from Nottingham this Saturday to see both matinee and evening shows of BRB's Coppelia, which will BRB's last this season. I fell in love with Bristol and its Hippodrome when I went last year to see the most amazing farewell performance in Taming of the Shrew by Elisha Willis. I get SO excited that there is no orchestra pit so RB Symphonia has to set up on the first few rows of the stalls! It's just fab!! I noted last year the poor ticket sales and now, looking at next year's schedule, it seems this year will be the last in a while that BRB bring a full length ballet for a whole week to Bristol. They tried it in Nottingham too and it didn't work & they abandoned it, but at leat we still get the mid scale.... But anyway, I'm digressing. ATG theatre charges: I try not to notice these but now it's been mentioned on this forum, I've now checked my Coppelia tickets for Bristol. The face price of my front row stalls seats has a nearly 20% charge on top of it for whatever it says is what they charge (for what exactly I know not...). Mega ouch!!!! I didn't notice at the time I booked but I'm such a BRB fan I had to book. That level of fees will certainly put people off booking and that is such a shame. It does kind of feel like a con. When I book with this particular theatre group, I feel uncomfortable with the added charges and in fact 'unsafe' when I am booking with them. Coupled with the fact they don't send out tickets immediately, sometime not until months after you have booked, making you stress that your booking didn't in fact go through...! It concerns me deeply that a theatre owner would rather have a half empty theatre than offer up cheap tickets to fill up the house; I know some theatres do this and offer up seats to school groups and charities, when they have lots of empty seats. Or at least have a local mailing list and offer discounts: I'm a friend of my local theatre in Nottingham and if the seats aren't selling for a particular show, they email everyone on their mailing list offering 2 for 1 or half price. I can't understand why this particular theatre group won't do offers! Anyway, whatever the ticket sales in Bristol, I'm sure BRB will have a warm reception! Last year they certainly did and I think ticket sales picked up last minute after local publicity drive. I know these shows will be fab! Obviously, it has already been announced that William Bracewell is moving to RB next year. It appears from cast list published on BRB website that he will dance as Call to Arms Lead in Saturday's evening's Coppelia in Bristol. So, without me saying anything that isn't already in the public domain.....that will be the last time we can get to see him with BRB. I wish him so many good wishes and happiness with RB but very much looking forward to that BRB show on Saturday! Edited June 29, 2017 by nottsballetlover 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 On principle, I never book the Bristol Hippodrome in advance, precisely because of the onerous charges. Even back in the days before you could check sales online, I'd ring the box office and make sure they had enough tickets for me to be sure to get in before I'd commit to buying the coach ticket down to Bristol. If I couldn't be sure, I wouldn't go - simple as that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I hope you have a terrific time nottsballetlover. At least you can look forward to two smashing casts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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