Dulwich Cinema Prices

[jonnywalker]

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?

[Monkey]

We boycott it and go to PeckhamPlex. ?4.99 a ticket, I believe.

[peleparso]

Deffo Peckham for kids films

[fishbiscuits]

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.

[jonnywalker]

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

[hpsaucey]

fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> 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

[DulwichFox]

Businesses in East Dulwich know they can get away with it. #Outrageous.

DulwichFox.

[davidq100]

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

[Loutwo]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> 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.

[bsand]

Harry Enfield captured ED wonderfully years ago....

[ed_pete]

Loutwo Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > 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."

[Sue]

:))

Just been to the Curzon in Bloomsbury.

?9 for him and ?7 for elderly me.

Lovely place, too.

Drinks were a bit pricey, though!

[hpsaucey]

davidq100 Wrote:

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> 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

[El Presidente]

Don't like it don't go. It's not complicated.

[jonnywalker]

@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.

[Penguin68]

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).

[minitonka]

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

[Loutwo]

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.

[Penguin68]

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!

[jonnywalker]

@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.

[minitonka]

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!

[DulwichFox]

It was actually ?22.80

[renard]

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).

[alice]

Support independents

Peckhamplex is an independent cinema.

Ed picturehouse is not.

[Loutwo]

alice Wrote:

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> Support independents

>

> Peckhamplex is an independent cinema.

>

> Ed picturehouse is not.

Exactly!

Louisa.