In the box office for Little Shop of Horrors

photo by Richard Brown

I played a small part in the first night of Little Shop of Horrors - I was on box office. There was a great atmosphere of excitement and anticipation both from the audience and all the people involved in the production.

Advance tickets for our productions are sold via the Reading Arts box-office (ring them on 0118 9606060 or see here  if you want to get a ticket - there are still a few left for Monday to Thursday). About 4pm on the day of the show they stop selling them and details of the tickets sold are automatically transferred to our box office system allowing us to print off tickets for people to collect or to sell any remaining ones

Working on the box-office is fun as you get a chance to have a quick chat with people, both old friends and strangers. Mostly the job is straightforward but sometimes people want to swap a seat to sit with a friend; or a cast member might pop in to see if they can reserve a seat for a friend a who's forgotten to book. When the show is sold out people may bring back spare tickets for us to sell so if you haven't got a ticket it is always worth coming along to see if there are any returns even on a sold out night. We open at 7.15 and it is obviously worth getting there as early as possible if you want to get a return, the bar will be open then so even if you can't get a ticket you can get a drink!

To whet your appetite here is a short clip of Geoff Dallimore and some members of the cast performing Git it (feed me).

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Little Shop of Horrors, music by Alan Menken, libretto by Howard Ashman,Thursday 18th to Saturday 27th April 2013, 7.45 Progress Theatre

Colder Than Here by Laura Wade 20th - 25th May 2013, 7.45 Progress Theatre

Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward Monday 17th June - Saturday 22nd June 2013, 7.45 Progress Theatre