Hamilton Tickets - WTF!!

[FusionChefGeoff]

Love Hamilton, never seen it, random mailer talking about tickets so I thought 'oh yes, that would be a lovely treat for my birthday this year'

Went on to check prices and for DH and I in Oct the OK seats half way back in the Circle were

THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY BASTARDING QUID

Including a robbing bastard booking fee of £60!!??!!

If we wanted top stalls it would be £600!!!!

What the actual fuck is that about and does anyone have any tips on how to get them without needing to sell DS or my kidney!??

Paid £85 in the stalls. Great seats but it was midweek.

Why dont people know to look at the theatre direct or the agent sites? Also, official London theatre

Info below is probably more useful for people in or near London!

This is a great thread, by Linda Bloomfield in 2018, about how to get cheaper theatre tickets https://twitter.com/LindaBxx/status/1062777403116867584

There are also 'audience clubs' (seat fillers / 'papering') which get cheap tickets to share with members.

The Audience Club https://theaudienceclub.com
Central Tickets https://centraltickets.co.uk
ShowFilmFirst https://showfilmfirst.com
My Box Office https://myboxoffice.biz
Play By Play https://playbyplay.co.uk/about-us/

Secrets of the seat fillers: London's labyrinth of free theatre tickets https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/oct/31/secrets-of-the-seat-fillers-london-free-theatre-tickets

Jump the queue for top-secret theatre tickets from £4, including West End shows... but only if you can keep your mouth shut https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2019/03/grab-theatre-tickets-from-p3-via-a-secret-seat-filling-site/

How to get hot theatre tickets for less than a fiver https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-get-hot-theatre-tickets-for-less-than-a-fiver-9vdddzthz (Times paywalled)

Free or Cheap London Theatre Tickets https://brokeinlondon.com/free-cheap-london-theatre-tickets/

A guide to finding cheap London theatre tickets https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-guide-to-finding-cheap-london-theatre-tickets-55614/ - "Niche offer – if you work for the NHS or the emergency services, then Blue Light Tickets gets tickets that are offered by venues or sponsors for key workers."

Jo

If you really love it i would definitely get the best seats you can. We sat front row of the dress circle right in the middle and it really was amazing! Expensive but so worth it! If you're on o2 priority they often do theatre tokens on offer which you can use to pay for tickets. And yes go direct, much cheaper.

One random Tuesday I booked tickets directly with the theatre and got front row of the Royal Circle for £75 for the same night. I was fortunate that in that I was in central London already for work so it was a bonus rather than the purpose of the trip. Hope you manage to get some (I loved it but would have loved it less if I had paid £100s!).

Where are you looking?! Been twice on the west end and sat in the stalls for about 90pp (and that’s being fancy and indulgent with stalls tickets…). Looking at random October dates now on the Victoria/Hamilton UK website and I’m struggling to get it that expensive! Most expensive I can get it in the circle is 150-200 quid including booking fees. Just look the official site [[https://hamiltonmusical.com/london/home/ hamiltonmusical.com/london/home/ and avoid resellers.