Too much exposition 🧻
Lots of festive shows on offer from £10 plus
It’s been another quieter theatre week for me after a busy few months, but I did catch two great amateur shows that deserve a mention. On Saturday I headed to Mountview in Peckham to see some of their students perform in Urinetown. I love the show, and it’s always great to see new interpretations. Considering I was at the first public performance, it was incredibly slick. If this is the talent coming through our drama schools then we’ve got nothing to worry about in the coming years.
On Tuesday I was on front of house duty for Sedos’ Titanic the Musical. It’s not a favourite of mine, but the team managed to put together an amazing show. For an amateur group to come up with such brilliant, imaginative staging shows that you don’t have to stick to professional shows to have a good night at the theatre.
Both shows close tomorrow - Titanic’s matinee is sold out but there’s limited tickets available for the evening performance. Urinetown has some seats left for both shows.
I’m still keeping it quiet in December as I get back to working on some exciting new things for Bums on Seats, but look out for my reviews of the acclaimed My Neighbour Totoro and New Wimbledon Theatre’s panto Cinderella coming soon.
Happy ticket-buying!
Rochelle 🎭🎫
Carrying the banner
In the news this week…
Police issue statement following assault report at Hamilton tour performance
Stranger Things: The First Shadow production photos released
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals to return in 2024
I’m kind of a big deal
I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but I will always bang on about the New Year Sale. You can get tickets to top West End shows in January and February from just £10. Big names such as Wicked, Matilda and The Lion King are included in the sale. With Christmas around the corner, if you wanted to get a theatrical trip as a gift then this could be a good way to do it without breaking the bank.
I’ve booked three of the £10 shows in the sale - Ghosts, Bronco Billy and The Mousetrap. Keep an eye out in the New Year when I’ll be back on TikTok showing what you can get for just a tenner through the annual sale!
Hey big spender
Here’s your discounts, offers and cheap seats this week.
🏃 New rush alerts! You can now get £30 daily rush tickets for Elf the Musical and The Enfield Haunting.
There’s £10 tickets for Finding Santa.
Get 2 for 1 tickets for Desert Poet at The Cockpit - that’s £12.50 each. Use code TKTS241.
There’s £15 tickets for Unbelievable on this 24-hour offer.
Get £15 tickets for Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court.
There’s £15 tickets for Crazy For You.
And there’s also £15 tickets to West End Musical Christmas.
And even more £15 tickets to The Time Traveller’s Wife!
Get reduced tickets from just £15.60 to Bromley’s panto Cinderella in the week following Christmas.
Be quick on this one - get best seats for under £20 for Theatre Royal Bath’s panto, Sleeping Beauty. Ends at midnight! Use code HALFBEAUTY.
There’s £20 tickets to The Snowman.
Get £25 immersive standing tickets to Guys & Dolls over the next fortnight or so.
There’s some decent £30 stalls seats for Backstairs Billy.
Get £30 tickets to Bonnie & Clyde in Woking.
There’s best available seats for £30 for Jack and the Beanstalk in Manchester next week.
And finally, Ulster American opens next week. There’s two ways you can get £30 tickets. Sign up to hear about £30 on-the-door seats through the theatre directly, or try the TodayTix lottery.
Don’t throw away your shot
Competitions, on-sales and announcements.
The sold-out Almeida production of A Mirror starring Jonny Lee Miller will transfer to the West End in January. Tickets are on sale now.
Tickets for the West End transfer of Next to Normal are now on sale.
There’s two new musicals premiering at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane next year - Manga musical Your Lie in April and Wild About You. Tickets are on sale.
Lucie Jones will be doing a concert at Cadogan Hall next May. Tickets go on sale Mon 4 Dec at 10am.
It’s that time of year again - the 12 Days of Christmas prize draws are back! So far I’ve spotted ones for Mischief, Six the Musical and Mamma Mia.
And finally, win tickets to see The Choir of Man plus a year’s supply of alcohol-free beer!
That’s all for this week. If you enjoyed the newsletter, please tell your friends. I’m also open to suggestions and requests for certain discounts, so do drop into my DMs. Right, time wrap up my secret santa gifts before my first Christmas celebrations of the year tomorrow! 🎅
