Theatre goers - do you buy theatre programmes?

[AllaMova]

I haven’t bought one in years due to them having so many ads, but I’m starting to think they would be nice thing to collect…

What about you?

No, never.

No! Waste of money. Most of the time they have nothing interesting in.

I used to but they are ridiculously expensive. I wanted to buy one for my daughter when we went at Christmas but it was £10+!

A trip to the theatre is a rare treat but I loved looking through the programme afterwards. I like the Broadway system of giving a basic programme to everyone and you can buy a fancy souvenir version.

No, they usually cost half as much as the ticket and are usually just the cvs of the performers

No. It's expensive enough.

I buy them at the ROH because although they are expensive, they do have excellent content. It’s also a nice souvenir of a big treat as we don’t go often.

I used to love looking at them, but felt they had too many ads, so I stopped buying them.

I had no idea they cost that much, but then again, I haven’t been to the West End in years.

My local theatre hands out free cast lists, but don’t sell programmes at all.

I used to but they’re pretty boring and they are ridiculously priced.

Always. But I work in the industry so like to see who’s doing what!

I was really shocked at the price - I was expecting to pay £5-6! I haven't been a regular theatre goer for some years and I think it shows in my expectations...

I do but they’re usually around £5-10. I like being able to remind myself of the cast in each show. I’ve even bought one from the same show at different venues on a tour to see if there were any changes to it.

Bigger photo books which I’ve bought in the past are more expensive though so I have to really like a show to buy those.

Never. They're too expensive.

I tend to look at the website afterwards for all the info about cast and creatives.

Always used too, less so now, I will buy the
script from plays but they are smaller and I still don’t really read them they just sit gathering dust

Only when I want to collect a signature from cast members at the stage door.

Not any more they just aren’t interesting. People are always selling collections off so I’m not sure they do much except gather dust.

I don't, have also stopped buying programmes at football, any other event I go to.

No because I don’t need any more crap lying around the house!

Always! I have drawers and folders full, going back years. They're a lovely memento, and one day I'll sit down and read them all again 🙂

I do, because occasionally one of the actors will go on to become famous, or at least to end up on TV. For local productions in my hometown, I buy one to remind me of the names of any performers I vaguely remember from school.

I do begrudge the cost of them, though.