Donmar Warehouse returns

[Nero]

Bit of a long shot, but...

Has anyone had any experience of queuing successfully for tickets to see 'Othello' at the Donmar? It finishes on Saturday and I want to go on Friday. I have a day off, so can queue, but wondered whether 9am would be too late to queue? Anyone done this? Nero

[????]

Don't bother..

he gets jealous and kills his missus

[mightyroar]

Yes. I did it last friday.

there are 10 seats and 20 standing released at 1030 for each show. plus any returns if they have them (unlikely)

getting there at 9 you might get standing. some of the last of the queue got there around 9. But I would go a bit earlier if i was you as it is the last week. more like 8 if you want to be sure of a ticket. count how many in the queue when you get there, it's max 2 tickets per person.

I got there at 530 and I was 3rd in the queue so I got a pair of seats! but that was quite a crazy thing to do I realise. not as crazy as the couple who had been there since 130am tho.

more people came at 630, then from 7 through til 9ish.

if you do get standing there is a bar you can lean on and the view is pretty good.

the show is fab. Chiwetel Ejiofor is amazing. the rest of them are good too but he is quite astonishingly great.

[Nero]

Hmm. That's too punishing a wait for me. It'll teach me to strike while the iron is hot and go and see things when I see them advertised and stop procrastinating. Nero

[giggirl]

Hello Nero - I am going to Othello this on Thursday - I really can't wait - have been looking forward to it a long time. Why not call the nice folk in the box office at the Donmar and ask them what time the queue forms. They will have this information and will pass it on.

If you haven't already booked up for the Donmar West End series (2007 - 2008) then do so NOW - that is selling out fast.

[Knomester]

We went in January (tickets finally booked after 4 hours trying to get through by phone on the day the tickets were released...) and bumped into friends who had queued (on a Saturday) from 6am to get tickets - they were 3rd and 4th in the queue. I'm sure if you get up that early you'll end up falling asleep during the performance thought... :'(

[giggirl]

I would highly recommend membership of the Donmar Warehouse as it only costs from ?30 a year and it gives priority booking. Given that almost all Donmar productions sell out quickly it really is money well spent. I booked my Othello tickets one month before they went on public sale and got the best stalls seats in the house, for the night I wanted them, thus avoiding the frenzy that was the Othello public ticket sale.

The Donmar is incredibly loyal to its "friends". As soon as Othello was announced they closed the books to new members, thus stopping people joining just to get Othello tickets. I was told by the Donmar box office that the bulk of the tickets for Othello went to existing members in the priority booking period and that only a few were left for the public sale. The Donmar could have made a lot of money from selling new memberships if it hadn't closed its books, but it chose instead to look after the existing members.

Call the Donmar Development office on 020 7845 5815 and ask about Backstage Crew membership - ?30 is really good value.