West End top theatre ticket prices up 21% since pandemic, study says

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Do higher ticket prices put you off seeing West End shows?

Top play price - To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre, £199.50Lowest play price - Jitney, Old Vic, £13.50

The drama, which starred Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey, cut its top prices after criticism over the £400 cost. "What you're seeing is, to some degree, the impact of the pandemic and the fact that you now have a sort of two-tier system where hit shows are able to sell the best seats in the house to well-off domestic audiences.

A representative for Cabaret said 54 seats per week are priced at £300, with £25 tickets available for every performance in a lottery.

 

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Travel..parking..eating..theatre make for a once a year treat.

Yes…unbelievably poor value And that’s before you add dinner, drinks, travel etc

Yes.

Well, add to the ticket price the uncertainty and cost of public travel into the capital and you are loading the dice heavily against the would-be theatre goer.

No TFL does ca why did I pay £12 to go hornchurch oncee lol

Absolutely. In the past 3 or 4 times a year, now not even once.

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Sad to say yes it's had a huge impact. I used to go to theatre twice a week sometimes. Now it's twice a month if I'm lucky.

Yes

Obviously. And I say that as a Londoner who pre-pandemic saw 60+ shows a year, both west end, London and regional. The price hikes in the west end are becoming ridiculous.

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