{"id":4090,"date":"2023-04-04T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/high-ticket-prices-make-theatre-elitist-says-veteran-actor\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:52:10","slug":"high-ticket-prices-make-theatre-elitist-says-veteran-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/high-ticket-prices-make-theatre-elitist-says-veteran-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"High ticket prices make theatre \u201celitist\u201d says veteran actor\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Veteran actor Sir Derek Jacobi has said that the cost of ticket prices for theatre is making it an \u201celitist\u201d pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobi added that theatre should be open to everyone. He was honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the Olivier Awards on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall in London.<\/p>\n<p>The actor told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2023\/apr\/02\/derek-jacobi-high-ticket-prices-are-making-theatre-elitist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Guardian<\/a> that \u201cit was much easier\u201d to see plays cheaply when he first became a passionate theatregoer.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI\u2019m not on the production side, the business side, so perhaps I\u2019m talking through my hat but when they say it\u2019s \u00a3150 for a seat in the stalls, I understand that \u2013 and it shocks me.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"shortcode-ad-holder within-content\">\n<div class=\"single-square-ad\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/adverts\/3d-digital-venue-march23\/\" class=\"ad-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"square-banner\" src=\" https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3DDV-500x700-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-wide-ad\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/adverts\/3d-digital-venue-march23\/\" class=\"ad-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wide-banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/04\/04\/high-ticket-prices-make-theatre-elitist-says-veteran-actor\/\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Guardian reported that the most expensive ticket for A Little Life, which has just started its run at the Harold Pinter theatre, is \u00a3195 (\u20ac223\/$244). Cabaret, which picked up seven awards at last year\u2019s Oliviers, has tickets on sale for up to \u00a3300, much like A Streetcar Named Desire.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report noted that there were \u2018on stage\u2019 tickets for A Little Life from \u00a325 and ticket prices for Cabaret start at \u00a330. A representative told the Guardian that A Streetcar Named Desire saw 83% of all its tickets sold at \u00a3100 or less.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobi said: \u201cI\u2019m not an economist \u2013 I don\u2019t know the basics of how a theatre survives without money but it certainly can\u2019t survive without bums on seats either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) released its sales data for member venues in February, which demonstrated that theatre ticket pricing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/02\/14\/solt-data-shows-consistent-pricing-attendances-and-revenues-up-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remained consistent<\/a>, despite rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/04\/04\/high-ticket-prices-make-theatre-elitist-says-veteran-actor\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Veteran actor Sir Derek Jacobi has said that the cost of ticket prices for theatre is making it an \u201celitist\u201d pursuit. Jacobi added that theatre should be open to everyone. He was honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the Olivier Awards on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 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