Top Shows …

Our best selling shows of the last 21 days …

• Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage at Aldwych Theatre (West End)
• Les Miserables at Playhouse Theatre (Edinburgh)
• AFI at O2 Academy Brixton (Inner London)
• Oliver! at Theatre Royal Drury Lane (West End)
• The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre (West End)
• The Pirates of Penzance at Wilton’s Music Hall (Inner London)
• The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre (West End)
• Wicked at Apollo Victoria Theatre (West End)
• Sally Morgan – Psychic Tour at The Cresset (Peterborough)
• Love Never Dies at Adelphi Theatre (West End)
• Les Miserables at Birmingham Hippodrome (Birmingham)
• War Horse at New London Theatre (West End)
• We’ll Always have Paris at The Mill (Sonning)
• Ebi at The Royal Albert Hall (Inner London)
• Once in a Lifetime – 2010 at Wembley (Outer London)
• Aladdin Sane at Huntingdon Hall (Worcester)
• Hairspray at Opera House (Manchester)
• Les Miserables at Hippodrome (Bristol)
• Jersey Boys at Prince Edward Theatre (West End)
• Snow White on Ice at Regent Theatre (Stoke-on-Trent)

Happy May Day …

Happy May Day everyone … hope you’re having a good one. I’m having a quiet one, ticket sales wise – strange, April was excellent then along came May 1st and sales dropped right off. Nevertheless, there’s some great shows out there so here are some chances to win tickets (sorry, these are both in London – SeatChoice actually covers the whole of the UK so maybe we’ll have non-London competitions later!).

Blog Competition

Comment on this blog entry and tell me why I should give you two tickets to see Joseph in the West End on 26th May 2009 (Upper Circle). The tickets are sitting on my desk, bought through SeatChoice – they’re genuine and will go to you by first class post well in time for the performance. I will decide by the end of next week who the lucky winner is and blog it here (Winner will need to contact me with their address!).

Another Chance to Win!

There’s a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Thriller! – Live if you sign up for the SeatChoice Newsletter – see details on the  SeatChoice homepage.

Tickets are for 30th June and the draw takes place on 1st June.

What a laugh

Not sure why, but this week, comedy tickets have really taken off on our site (SeatChoice), in fact, for the first time comedy is the second highest earning genre.

I suspect its because we have tickets to Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Steve Coogan and the ever popular French and Saunders all available.

Dr Who? Hamlet of course

David Tennant

David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star from today in the RSC’s production of Hamlet in Stratford upon Avon.

Want tickets? You’re far from alone! Tickets sold out ages ago and there’s a huge queue for returns so don’t hold your breathe!

Normally, I wouldn’t recommend the secondary ticket market myself by in cases like this it really is your best, if not only, option – if you’re prepared to pay enough the tickets can be obtained. Try TicketsCabin for eBay tickets and SeatChoice for other suppliers. Good luck!

Look out, understudies about!

If you are grabbing tickets for Joseph or The Sound of Music this summer make sure you check out who will be on stage – or you might be disappointed!

The Sound of Music

Aoife Mulholland (Maria cover for Mon evenings & Wednesday matinees) leaves the show on 20 August. From 25 August for Mon evenings and Wed matinees the role of Maria will be performed by the understudy.Summer Strallen will be on holiday from 11 – 20 October 2008 when the role of Maria will be performed by the understudy.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Lee Mead will be on holiday from 28 July – 05 Aug & 03 – 11 Nov 2008. During this time the role of Joseph will be covered by an understudy. Jenna Lee-James will not appear on Monday & Thursday evenings; at these performances the Narrator will be played by Fiona Reyes.