playbills??
playbills??
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#1playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 12:36am
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
ThankstoPhantom
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#2re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 12:39amThe West End does not have complimentary playbills. Instead, they sell beautiful programmes of high quality. They can include photos, stories, and biographies. (I believe these are different from souvenire brochures).
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sgv123
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#3re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 12:45am
The West End does not have complimentary playbills. Instead, they sell beautiful programmes of high quality. They can include photos, stories, and biographies. (I believe these are different from souvenire brochures).
I agree! I cherish my Moby Dick programme!
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#4re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 6:04amI love the way British spell words. So fancy.
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#5re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 6:27amSame in Australia. No cheap little pamphlets. Pictures everywhere. Beautiful...
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#6re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 6:28amSo 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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#7re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:40am
About $15. Sometimes more sometimes less. Not sure how much that is in British money.
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Updated On: 7/5/07 at 07:40 AM
jordangirl
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#8re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:42amYikes. 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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#9re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:52amIt's worth it. You won't get them anywhere else. Even if you see 5 shows and only get one program, you'll still keep it and "cherrish" it forever.
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
jordangirl
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#10re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:56am
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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ThankstoPhantom
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#11re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 10:12am
EDITED TO DELETE MY POST BECAUSE....
Weez replied to this thread's West End Board counterpart with:
We have programmes. You have to pay for 'em, so they're not completely Playbill-like, but mostly it's only around £3.50.
In today's exchange rate, that's roughly $7.04.
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Updated On: 7/5/07 at 10:12 AM
#12re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 5:38pm
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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#13re: playbills??
Posted: 7/5/07 at 5:55pm
The most expensive programme I've bought in the West End was, I believe, the £7 'Billy Elliot' one (unless we're counting the £10 'Follies In Concert' one, but that was a one-off fundraiser). The vast majority of them are only £3.50 though, and it's worth budgeting that in. Admittedly, if you're going to shows from the same groups then you can get a little burnt-out on the articles being the same (I know I started growing a tad bored of Jessica Lange lately...), but I love my programme collection. :3
Updated On: 7/5/07 at 05:55 PM
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