Shakespeare in the Gatehouse.

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bunique

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In what is probably not a good sign, the Gatehouse has emailed out a discount code to subscribers to get £20 tickets for any performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I had a look and no dates looking even close to full, which makes me feel sad for the cast and crew who no doubt have put their all in, but such is the consequence of the decision plus cost of living crisis.

Having said that, I am tempted to grab some tickets if I can persuade one or both of the kids to experience a bit of culture!
 
Feed The Goat

Feed The Goat

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Surely this must come as a shock to the top brass at SBC and Freedom Leisure.

People used to like the vibe of the castle on a summers evening with a bit of culture thrown in.

They were not die hard fans of the bard so are much less interested in sitting in the gatehouse with an overpriced drink in a plastic glass.
 
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bunique said:
In what is probably not a good sign, the Gatehouse has emailed out a discount code to subscribers to get £20 tickets for any performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I had a look and no dates looking even close to full, which makes me feel sad for the cast and crew who no doubt have put their all in, but such is the consequence of the decision plus cost of living crisis.

Having said that, I am tempted to grab some tickets if I can persuade one or both of the kids to experience a bit of culture!
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Kinda makes me wonder how long it can continue with declining audiences before some bright spark decides to sell the site off
 
Mudgie

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bunique said:
In what is probably not a good sign, the Gatehouse has emailed out a discount code to subscribers to get £20 tickets for any performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I had a look and no dates looking even close to full, which makes me feel sad for the cast and crew who no doubt have put their all in, but such is the consequence of the decision plus cost of living crisis.

Having said that, I am tempted to grab some tickets if I can persuade one or both of the kids to experience a bit of culture!
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The cast and crew might well have put their all in but they'll still get paid the same.
It's us ratepayers who'll indirectly end up footing the bill.
 
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gilesjuk

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joshua said:
Kinda makes me wonder how long it can continue with declining audiences before some bright spark decides to sell the site off
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Saw Brian Blessed recently at the Gatehouse, probably half full. Saw him around 2018 in Shrewsbury and it was a full house. It's not so much the shows but if people can be bothered to go out. It doesn't help that there's not really a decent free car park nearby now. Kingsmead being private means no parking there at night now?
 
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EasMid

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bunique said:
In what is probably not a good sign, the Gatehouse has emailed out a discount code to subscribers to get £20 tickets for any performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I had a look and no dates looking even close to full, which makes me feel sad for the cast and crew who no doubt have put their all in, but such is the consequence of the decision plus cost of living crisis.

Having said that, I am tempted to grab some tickets if I can persuade one or both of the kids to experience a bit of culture!
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Exactly my thoughts when I got the email. 15 quid off the tickets doesn’t look good at all. Especially considering we tried a few years ago to get tickets for the castle a couple of months in advance & they weren’t available.
 
Wormella

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Just generally, people have less money spare - and as much as I love going out it's low down on my list of priorities right now, and I suspect I'm not alone in that.
 
proactive

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Wormella said:
Just generally, people have less money spare - and as much as I love going out it's low down on my list of priorities right now, and I suspect I'm not alone in that.
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So nothing to do with moving from a nice, outdoor location, ideal for a picnic, to the Gatehouse then,?
 
Mudgie

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proactive said:
So nothing to do with moving from a nice, outdoor location, ideal for a picnic, to the Gatehouse then,?
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Yet again I agree with you.
A nice outdoor location with plenty of free parking is what we all want in the summer, hence nearly all the tables in the spacious canalside beer garden at the Anchor, High Offley being occupied at lunchtime a fortnight ago.
 
proactive

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Mudgie said:
Yet again I agree with you.
A nice outdoor location with plenty of free parking is what we all want in the summer, hence nearly all the tables in the spacious canalside beer garden at the Anchor, High Offley being occupied at lunchtime a fortnight ago.
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So nothing like Shakespeare at the castle then.
 
Wormella

Wormella

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proactive said:
So nothing to do with moving from a nice, outdoor location, ideal for a picnic, to the Gatehouse then,?
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That was more in response to the Brian Blessed comment of it only being half full. Things are very different now then in 1998.

I've had such mixed experiences at the castle shakespear last few times I'd been (including memorably Romeo and Juliet being entierly rained off) that I've no issue with it being in the gatehouse, that works much better for me, but I don't have two tickets worth spare cash at the moment + whatever a babysitter would cost and I suspect I'm not alone in that.

(Also, it's not my favourite play and it's one I've seen before - had it have been something fresh to me I might have been able to find the money.)
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Was Brian Blessed's half-empty show on a nice evening?

If it was, perhaps a lot of people took the opportunity to have picnics outside, along Eastgate Street and Martin Street, where they could still hear him?
 
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