True Tickets, a provider of secure digital ticket delivery for the Tessitura Network, has unveiled a strategic partnership with Ballet Austin. Using True Ticket’s digital ticket delivery, Ballet Austin patrons can conveniently access tickets through their mobile devices. Customers will also be able to seamlessly transfer tickets to friends or family members, with Ballet Austin …
People on the move: DICE, National Theatre and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Vastly experienced music industry executive Caron Veazey has joined the board of directors at DICE. In addition to working alongside the artist development, content, and leadership teams, Veazey will also utilise her leadership experience in diversity, equity and inclusion spaces. Veazey is the founder of …
Nederlander backs Hollywoodcom Live theatre ticket venture
Entertainment news website Hollywoodcom and Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment (NWE) have announced the formation of a joint venture that will sell tickets for Broadway, West End and regional theatre shows. Hollywoodcom Live will leverage the news website’s reach to drive user traffic towards ticket sales. It will also cross-sell tickets to theatrical productions via youth-focussed theatre …
Society of London Theatre’s Kids Week initiative to return in August
The Society of London Theatre’s Kids Week initiative, which sees children aged 17 and under being able to attend a show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult, is set to return this August. Throughout the month, children will be able to watch over 45 top West End shows for free with an adult …
West End ticket prices mellow after COVID-19 spikes – survey
West End ticket prices have stabilised for the first time since before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Stage’s recent ticket survey. Last year, top-price tickets for productions across London’s West End saw a 20% surge in price compared to pre-pandemic. Now, The Stage has revealed that the average most expensive ticket …
Peaky Blinders run provides further evidence of immersive theatre growth
Peaky Blinders: The Rise, an immersive theatre production, has now officially closed after more than 300 shows in Camden, London. Delivered by Caryn Mandabach Productions and Immersive Everywhere, which works with world-famous titles to create live theatrical experiences, the show attracted some 45,000 guests over its run. Rich Major, group director of sales and marketing …
West End Live reveals 2023 line-up of musical theatre
West End Live organisers have revealed this year’s line-up, with 40 West End shows set to offer a taste of London’s theatre for free in Trafalgar Square. The event, which is also Europe’s largest free musical theatre festival, is set to run on June 17-18. West End Live’s 2023 line-up features almost every single musical …
Broadway stats comparable to pre-pandemic levels
Broadway League end-of-season statistics have revealed that some 12.3 million attended shows with grosses reaching $1.58bn (£1.28bn/€1.47bn). It is the first full season since Broadway returned following a period of COVID-19 pandemic closures, with the statistics covering between May 23, 2022 and May 21, 2023. The Broadway League, a US trade association for the Broadway …
Bad Cinderella to close on Broadway
Bad Cinderella is set to close on Broadway, just 10 weeks after its official opening night. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest production said on Twitter that “all good things must come to end” and that its final performance at New York’s Imperial theatre will be on June 4. All good things must come to an end… …
The Phantom of the Opera officially closes on Broadway
Broadway’s longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera, closed on Sunday night. The Phantom of the Opera had run for 35 years, playing 13,981 shows and grossing more than $1.3bn (£1bn/€1.1bn) while on Broadway. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical first debuted on January 26, 1988 at New York’s Majestic Theatre, and it stayed there for over …