Good value Dirty Dancing ticket advice please

Amanda65

Hi all,

My DD1 is 18 this year and as I am still very close to three of the other mums I met at ante-natal (an the girls are still close as well) we thought that we would like to do something for them to celebrate our friendships - just the 8 of us together, in August.

The plan is to get a limo to London on a Friday afternoon (we're in Surrey so not too far), go for dinner in Covent Garden (Cafe Rouge on Tesco vouchers), see Dirty Dancing, stay in a cheap hotel overnight then hit Oxford Street on the Saturday before getting the train home. They are all off to Uni in September so it will be lovely to all spend some time together.

The problem is, all the Dirty Dancing tickets I am finding are £45 plus booking fee minimum for not even very good seats and I just wondered if anyone could either recommend good places to sit (I have looked at Theatremonkey) or where we could get some good deals on ticket prices.

Thank you

Old_Bill

You may find a better ticket deal nearer the time. The current promotion for top price seats only applies to performances until May 21st, they are discounted from £60 down to £40 Monday to Thursday.

I'd watch the prices and see if there is a better offer announced nearer to August, although traditionally school holiday periods are difficult times to get bargains. Having said that, I remember there was an avalanche of unsold tickets in Theatreland last summer and prices fell quickly.

loup67

http://www.tickettree.com/quote.aspx?quoteID=124115
have a look at theatre and hotel packages
sometimes they work out cheaper:beer:

fluffysox

Hi we got our tickets from lastminute.com and they were £33 each

Megalomaniac

I got some great seats from Seetickets.com... give them a try.

jayss

You're more likely to get an offer for the friday matinee than the evening show, most agents are offering £40 top price.
If there are 8 or more of you, the group rate for friday afternoon is 39:50 for 8+ people http://www.dirtydancinglondon.com/tickets/group_rates.php

Friday evening is still popular so not likely to get discounted seats.

TBH its a narrow theatre and so none of the seats are that bad, the show on the other hand.......

Amanda65

jayss wrote: »

You're more likely to get an offer for the friday matinee than the evening show, most agents are offering £40 top price.
If there are 8 or more of you, the group rate for friday afternoon is 39:50 for 8+ people http://www.dirtydancinglondon.com/tickets/group_rates.php

Friday evening is still popular so not likely to get discounted seats.

TBH its a narrow theatre and so none of the seats are that bad, the show on the other hand.......

Thanks - unfortunately we are limited to going to the Friday evening performance due to other committments during the day. And as for the show - well I have to say that I love the Dirty Dancing film and my daughter has it on her wish list so we'll go with the flow

bargainbasement

Hi sorry to hijack this thread but I have a similar question for Lion King tickets. 4 tickets (2A 2C - don't know if any cheaper for kids). Not too bothered about a dinner package would rather have good seats i.e. royal circle as opposed to grand circle (top?)

Any pointers..?

westcountrymaid_2

Can't help with the tickets but just wanted to say the show is fantastic and very like the film. We had great seats, just a few rows from the front and it was amazing. I'd go again tomorrow.

bargainbasement

westcountrymaid wrote: »

Can't help with the tickets but just wanted to say the show is fantastic and very like the film. We had great seats, just a few rows from the front and it was amazing. I'd go again tomorrow.

thanks couldn't decide between Lion King or Grease, but the tickets for the stalls are so expensive!!!! :eek:

westcountrymaid_2

bargainbasement wrote: »

thanks couldn't decide between Lion King or Grease, but the tickets for the stalls are so expensive!!!! :eek:

Hi it was Dirty Dancing that I saw, we were very lucky, travelled up for the weekend from the westcountry on a coach trip and stayed two nights in hotel, with Theatre ticket for the show included, can't remember how much we paid now but surprised to get such good seats for the money. It was in the middle of the week though.

Hope you enjoy the Lion King.