The credit crunch may be affecting many business and some parts of the entertainment industry, but with in excess of 13 million people attending the theatre in 2007, it is pretty safe to say that the potential collapse of the West End as a form of entertainment is perhaps being slightly too pessimistic.
As an antidote to increasing numbers of stress related issues in society and various corresponding social issues. It would appear that a night in the West End could be the perfect tonic and a weekend theatre break even more so.
Throughout this all there is one inescapable fact and that is that people are ever more increasingly looking for tickets and for those tickets to be bought at bargain prices. As a result there has been corresponding growth in the availability of online Booking Agencies.
Websites such as www.uktickets.co.uk are specialist sources in the provision of tickets at the best prices for best shows.
One example of such a show is Dirty Dancing, which has never lost its appeal with theatre goers, even though it’s two decades since it first appeared on the big screens in the cinema.
The range of spin offs from the film “Dirty Dancing” was such that at one point it was hard to ignore the film and the rest they say is history.
The theatre show has been even more successful than the movie though, with one particular show in 2004 selling well over two hundred thousand tickets in only 6 months.
On the show’s opening night in the West End in Oct 2006, Dirty Dancing theatre tickets clocked up the highest ticket pre sales in West End Theatre history. In fact, some of the weekend performances were selling out up to 6 months in advance.