playbills??

this may be a stupid question but............... i was wondering if west end shows have playbills or something similar to a playbill. if they do what are they called. i was looking on ebay for playbills for west end show but came up with nothing.i posted this is in the west end board, but no one is awake in england right now and i need a quick answer. any info. would be much appreciated! thanks

ok thanks alot!

I love the way British spell words. So fancy.

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So how much of a budget do you need to set aside to get one (West End)? I'm just debating some places to go on mid-winter break next year.

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Yikes. Maybe I'll just skip theatre if I do London. I don't buy the shiny glossy things over here even.

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But I like the list of who's in the show and that information. Without paying for the "honor" of getting it.

I don't know...I'm looking at several options, and I've been to London before. So we'll see.

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I think programs are about 3 pounds, L3, each and they are worth buying. I have one from every show I've seen in London, including The Mikado by the D'Oyly Carte at the Savoy, Hamlet at the Old Vic and Suddenly Last Summer with Diana Rigg at the theatre which is now the Noel Coward.

You can go to the TKTS booth in Leicester Square and get really reasonable prices on tickets, plus, unlike TKTS in Times Square, they take credit cards and sell advance tickets for evening performances on matinee days.

The only shows I bought in advance were Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia and Jerry Springer: the Opera. It is hard to get tickets for some things and they're not available at TKTS. I wanted to see Charlotte Rampling in a play at the Barbicon and Mary Stuart at the Donmar Warehouse, but each of those was sold out. Still there are so many selections. While you're there, get Time Out London and use that to determine what to see. It may be London, but there's a lot of crap onstage there, too.

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