Ticket Sales
Wed, 29 Aug 2007, 07:17 amjeffhansen15 posts in thread
Ticket Sales
Wed, 29 Aug 2007, 07:17 amWhat's going on in Perth?
Why the move to using a ticketing agency such as BOCS for amateur theatre productions?
Earlier this year I saw JCS at Marloo, And had to book through BOCS. The performance was oversubscribed, and extra seats were brought in and placed in the aisles.
Now I see Harbour are using them for their one act season.
Is it because companies can't find someone to take on the task? Surely within a clubs membership there is someone capable/willing to do it.
I guess it does stop the problem of no-shows, as you have to pay upfront - is this the reason?
It does add a slug to the cost of the ticket. If you're paying $100 to see Phantom, then $6 isn't much in relative terms, but on top of an $18 ticket it seems excessive.
Any answers?
Thanks to all for your
Sun, 2 Sept 2007, 12:13 pmThanks to all for your replies. I raised the issue to find out the reasons for clubs using the service, not to denigrate the process. I am a comittee member at Melville theatre, and am aware of most of the issues that have been brought up. We have had problems with a show being 'sold out' and then the whole front row doesn't show. As well as losing out on the money from the ticket sales, there are ten people who could have taken those seats.
I guess I'm more thinking about the pensioners (who make up a large portion of our audience) having to fork out the six dollars.