Could the Capital’s Theatres Stave Off The British Recession
With the downturn truly upon the place of London, will the city’s likeable theatre productions keep the musical ticket sales coming in? Over in New York, the musicals can be found being hit with poor musical ticket sales as many theatre lovers are picking to stay at home instead of head out into town. Abounding people, usually couples and families are staying in watching the very latest blockbuster movies than going out to watch a theatre production. The Broadway theatre shows have responded eagerly by minimising musical ticket prices to increase theatre show goers back, so far with fantastic results. Infact, Shrek the Musical is offering a family musical ticket bundle of two adults paying entire price with up to two kids under sixteen attending the show for free. With the popularity of the Shrek blockbuster films, the status has furthermore forwarded to the Broadway adaptation.
Over in London’s Theatre Land, the ticket sales have additionally noticed a slump. The UK recession has caused innumerable musical shows to track their profits even more. And with some musical shows having high priced stars, like Nicole Kidman and Sienna Miller, the theatre production companies need to recoup this cost. Luckily for the capital city and of course the theatre shows there are half price ticket booths that allow theatre goers to purchase tickets for top musicals and plays at a small fraction of the ticket value. These famous show ticket booths have registered a boom in ticket revenue ever since the recession and this allows the musical lovers of London and its fantastic tourists to be able to actually afford to buy their preferred west end shows without spending too much money.
As the economic crisis continues, we could find that a multitude of theatre productions may begin to offer similar show packages to that of Broadway with family show ticket bundles. Still, there are a handful musicals and plays that will stand the test of time - shows like Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables have been around for loads of years and show no indicators of lower tickets sales.
