Tickets for Good has reached a landmark figure, with over 100,000 NHS staff and frontline workers having registered to the service, receiving savings of over £2m (€2.4m/$2.38m) in face-value tickets. The feel-good ticketing company has so far registered thousands of key workers including those in the charity sector, teachers and carers, as well as the …
West End Live attracts 55,000 theatre fans
Some 55,000 people flocked to London’s Trafalgar Square last weekend for West End Live, a free celebration of London’s theatre. The weekend (Saturday June 25 and Sunday 26) was filled with 11 hours of performances from over 50 shows from London’s West End, featuring a total of 541 performers. Musicals included favourites such as Hamilton, …
West End top theatre ticket prices up on pre-pandemic levels
West End theatre prices have risen by 21.3% since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from The Stage. The theatre publication found that the average top ticket price currently falls at £140.85 ($172/€163), which is an increase on the £116.09 price in June 2019. The most expensive show in the survey was Cabaret at …
Your Best Ticket launches ticket brokering company
Ticketing marketplace Your Best Ticket has launched a new ticket brokering company, which it has been working on for the last two years. Your Best Ticket was launched in 2021 and offers tickets for concerts, theatre, sports and comedy shows. The company was founded by chief executive Suzanne Edeawe while celebrity fitness and nutrition expert, and …
Logitix appoints former Tessitura CEO as strategic advisor
Live event ticketing technology and analytics provider Logitix has announced its intention to expand its performing arts division, and has appointed co-founder and former chief executive of Tessitura Network Jack Rubin as a strategic advisor. The performing arts division will aim to help theatres optimise pricing, distribution and inventory management of tickets. As the co-founder …
People on the move: ASM Global, Goldenvoice and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… ASM Global has announced that Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) general manager Bob O’Keefe will combine his new position as chief executive of BCEC with the role of chief operating officer – venue operations for ASM Global (APAC). Kym Guesdon, who …
West End Live reveals initial line up
West End Live will return to Trafalgar Square in late June, with some 34 hit West End shows having been announced for the line-up so far. The free and unticketed event celebrates London’s world-class theatre scene and will transform Trafalgar Square into a theatre-lover’s paradise on June 25 and 26. Fans will be able to …
SOLT, UK Theatre and Baker Richards team up for The Evidence Centre
Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have partnered with data and insight company Baker Richards to develop a new ‘Evidence Centre’. The Evidence Centre will utilise technology to aggregate data from different sources, including theatre box office/CRM systems, which will enable the two membership associations to analyse the data at a granular level. …
Vatic: The evolution of Dynamic Pricing
Sean Kelly, founder of Vatic, a provider of dynamic pricing tools for the performing arts and ticketing industries, accepts that this sales model gets something of a “bad rap”. But that doesn’t mean it’s not the right answer for many businesses in the live events sector. Kelly wrote his first pricing algorithm back in 2009 …
The Sporting News partners with TicketSmarter
The Sporting News has partnered with ticket resale marketplace TicketSmarter to provide tickets for sporting events, concerts and theatre shows across the US and Canada. Users of The Sporting News network will be able to purchase tickets related to the content they are reading through TicketSmarter integrations. The integrations will be live across The Sporting …