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Unchecked Ticket Hikes Are Pricing People Out Of Theatregoing

Unchecked Ticket Hikes Are Pricing People Out Of Theatregoing

To the West End, currently a topsy turvy combination of premium pricing, day seats and even a ‘game of chance’ involving glow sticks.

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Carl Woodward
Apr 01, 2023
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Glow sticks. We’ll come on to that in a moment.

This week, The iPaper’s Kasia Delgado issued an indictment of A Streetcar Named Desire’s £305 ticket prices, stating: “Theatre needs to make money. It also needs to remain valued and loved, and if only people with loads of spare cash, or a very relaxed approach to credit card debt, end up being able to see…

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