jonnywalker Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Just sharing my experience of crazy pricing structure at Dulwich Picture House. I took my toddler Son to watch the Peppa Pig film there and was shocked that for the two of us it cost +?22. They have children priced at ?8.30 and adults at ?14.50! How on earth can they justify ?14.50 for an adult to accompany a child to watch Peppa Pig? This was the first time I'd taken him to a cinema and my first trip to DPH which was a lovely environment, but is this standard practice for children's film to charge so much? Is it cheaper to go to a standard multiplex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 We boycott it and go to PeckhamPlex. ?4.99 a ticket, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peleparso Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Deffo Peckham for kids films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbiscuits Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Saturday morning kids films at the Picturehouse are ?2.50 (for both kids and adults). That's when we go.Wouldn't dream of paying over ?20 for peppa bloody pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnywalker Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Thanks for the tip, will try PeckPlex next time. I was captured yesterday though being at the till with my lad, him excited and me not wanting to disappoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpsaucey Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 fishbiscuits Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Saturday morning kids films at the Picturehouse> are ?2.50 (for both kids and adults). That's when> we go.> > Wouldn't dream of paying over ?20 for peppa bloody> pig.This!!! Picturehouse kids club tickets are bargainous. Also toddler time cheap too. HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Businesses in East Dulwich know they can get away with it. #Outrageous. DulwichFox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidq100 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Hi - how do you go about buying the ?2.50 Kids Club tickets for a Saturday morning?When I look on the Picture House web site it's showing standard pricing for 10am on Saturday morning> This!!! Picturehouse kids club tickets are> bargainous. Also toddler time cheap too. > > HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loutwo Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 DulwichFox Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Businesses in East Dulwich know they can get away> with it. #Outrageous. > > DulwichFox.Exactly this point foxy. If they can get away with it, they will. Louisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsand Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Harry Enfield captured ED wonderfully years ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Loutwo Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> DulwichFox Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Businesses in East Dulwich know they can get> away> > with it. #Outrageous. > > > > DulwichFox.> > Exactly this point foxy. If they can get away with> it, they will. > > Louisa.Careful... ". I will try not to involve myself in any class related conversations, and aim to be as nice as I can muster for 2019. Louisa." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 :))Just been to the Curzon in Bloomsbury.?9 for him and ?7 for elderly me.Lovely place, too.Drinks were a bit pricey, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpsaucey Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 davidq100 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Hi - how do you go about buying the ?2.50 Kids> Club tickets for a Saturday morning?> When I look on the Picture House web site it's> showing standard pricing for 10am on Saturday> morning> > It?s not all films! There?s a special film on most Saturdays- around 10.30c you need to find the one that?s says kids club alongside ur.HP> > > This!!! Picturehouse kids club tickets are> > bargainous. Also toddler time cheap too. > > > > HP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Don't like it don't go. It's not complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnywalker Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 @El Presidente - you're missing the point of the original post. I paid the entry fee, I was at the cinema with my Son. I was enquiring if there were cheaper alternatives locally, as the fee for an adult to accompany a child for what is a toddlers film is excessive. Maybe unless you have constructive comments don't reply. It's not complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 It is worth noting that whilst Picture House prices can be high, for some showings, there are numbers of cheaper options - Mondays are close to half price, Thursdays cheap for pensioners and all prices are reduced for 'members' - including a number of free seats to use through your membership year at will. There are also special reduced price showings for e.g people with babies, children etc. Having a cinema again in Lordship Lane I take as a bonus, and, whilst Peckham Plex is definitely cheaper, it is not, in my experience as comfortable and clean. It is a choice for us (where before there was none). As with all things, caveat emptor, at least as regards checking comparative prices, is a reasonable watchword. I am lucky that I can normally choose, within reason, when to go to see films, and thus choose my (economic) moment.I have no interest (other than being a 'founder' member of the ED Picture House). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minitonka Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I imagine it's to do with encouraging people to buy the membership, which works out very reasonable.Peckham plex is cheap but a bit of a dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loutwo Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 If you use smart phone technology many of these cinema chains offer special BOGOF deals via meerkat insurance, two for ?7 at odeon for example as a reward offer, special Tuesday showings for half price. I?ve also noticed some of the VUE cinemas charge 3.99 all day every day, which is a bargain. You can easily find these bargains, but in a neighbourhood like ED where premium chains such as Picturehouse setup shop, they are obviously going to try and charge more for the basic tickets.Louisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Picture House membership is useable across all Picture Houses, which opens the Ritzy in Brixton, the one in Greenwich and the new one in West Norwood to members - you can normally find a film and time to suit. And sometimes a price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnywalker Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 @penguin68 @minitonka I agree, as mentioned in my original post it was my first time at EDPH and I thought it was a really nice place - clean, friendly, with a good food choice which I didn't expect (I brought sandwiches for my lad but he'd have loved the mac&cheese) it was just the cost of an adult ticket for a kids show. I'm sure I'll return, we don't go the cinema much so it was a nice treat, and I'll also check out peckplex at some point too, love a cheap dive lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minitonka Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I've not got a vested interest, except in the fact that it is nice to support the more independent cinema. It was also a welcome addition to the area =)?22 for a parent and child is incredibly expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 It was actually ?22.80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renard Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Peckhamplex also gets my vote. Just hop on a bus and it's just a 10 min journey (ok maybe not with the Rye Lane works). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Support independentsPeckhamplex is an independent cinema. Ed picturehouse is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loutwo Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 alice Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Support independents> > Peckhamplex is an independent cinema. > > Ed picturehouse is not.Exactly! Louisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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