Swansea Grand Theatre has welcomed more than 33,000 visitors during the last couple of months, enticed by the venue’s 2022-23 pantomime, Beauty and the Beast. The production was so popular that ticket sales have broken previous records, and a number of customers watched the performance more than once. Visitors also helped to raise £18,473.21 (€21,000/$23,000) …
Tech Stack: Virtual festive concerts and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Enter Thee Hottieverse Megan Thee Stallion’s Hottieverse VR Concert Tour will now be available through the Meta Quest App Lab. Fans will be able to access the full VR concert with new interactive elements and other fandom essentials. Fans can now find AmazeVR’s …
Independent theatres fear closure due to dwindling Christmas ticket sales
As many as two in five independent theatres are worried they could close for good as Christmas ticket sales have dropped for smaller venues. According to research from services platform GoDaddy, theatres with less than 300 seats could lose more than £845m (€979m/$1bn) in ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, as three in …
Accessible ticket prices to draw crowds for Christmas panto
The Kings Theatre in the UK city of Portsmouth is offering £10 ($12/€12) tickets for this year’s pantomime, with the hope of enticing crowds after a difficult few years. This year’s pantomime is ‘Cinderella’ and is set to start at the Kings Theatre on Saturday (December 3). The theatre made 16,500 seats for all 52 …