Ticket Pricing...
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 03:02 pmWalter Plinge11 posts in thread
Ticket Pricing...
Sun, 30 Apr 2000, 03:02 pmI know that you'll all have a 1000 answer's to this one but still.....
I'd like to complain about the price of musical tickets these days, $16/17 for an adult!! I know that the prices of rights etc etc have gone up but really this is getting a bit much. Trying to convince my non theatre friends to pay this is like trying to pull teeth. As one told me last week for this price I could, see a movie, get into a club and have a drink, buy a good bottle of wine or several 100 other things all of which she thought might be more fun than an amature musical. Another friend who would get the student rate said he really couldn't afford $15 for one show, for this he could see 2 movies at Luna Cinemas. My own father thinks he is being ripped off!
I think perhaps the fact that Assassins sold out plus more on 1/2 price night might say somthing.
Some-one has to complain.....
I'd like to complain about the price of musical tickets these days, $16/17 for an adult!! I know that the prices of rights etc etc have gone up but really this is getting a bit much. Trying to convince my non theatre friends to pay this is like trying to pull teeth. As one told me last week for this price I could, see a movie, get into a club and have a drink, buy a good bottle of wine or several 100 other things all of which she thought might be more fun than an amature musical. Another friend who would get the student rate said he really couldn't afford $15 for one show, for this he could see 2 movies at Luna Cinemas. My own father thinks he is being ripped off!
I think perhaps the fact that Assassins sold out plus more on 1/2 price night might say somthing.
Some-one has to complain.....
RE: Ticket Pricing...
Wed, 10 May 2000, 03:37 pmWalter Plinge
I have been a member on the board of an amateur theatre company in Warrnambool Victoria. Ticket pricing was a huge issue for us, espcially since the only theatre available to us was contolled by ticketmaster and they took $2 booking fee for every ticket sold.
For our latest production of Guys and Dolls, Ticketmaster put their booking fee up from $1.50 to $2. Instead of putting our prices up we decided to absord the 50 cent rise and in fact reduce the price of a concession ticket. We charged $14 adult and $9 a student/concession/child, hoping that we would boost our attendance.
We ended up only just breaking even. The attendance was much the same as it had been for the past 2 years even though we had actually lowered the ticket price from $15/$10.
I really don't know what the solution is, if someone does please let me know!!
PS could someone involved with Assasins please let me know how many seats their venue has and how much you are chrging for your tickets. I would like to investigate the possibility of using your 2 for 1 deal in my theatre company. Did you advertise the deal or was it just word of mouth?
For our latest production of Guys and Dolls, Ticketmaster put their booking fee up from $1.50 to $2. Instead of putting our prices up we decided to absord the 50 cent rise and in fact reduce the price of a concession ticket. We charged $14 adult and $9 a student/concession/child, hoping that we would boost our attendance.
We ended up only just breaking even. The attendance was much the same as it had been for the past 2 years even though we had actually lowered the ticket price from $15/$10.
I really don't know what the solution is, if someone does please let me know!!
PS could someone involved with Assasins please let me know how many seats their venue has and how much you are chrging for your tickets. I would like to investigate the possibility of using your 2 for 1 deal in my theatre company. Did you advertise the deal or was it just word of mouth?
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