BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Hamlet

**Posted by Tinks** March 26, 2014 6:34 pm

I reckon the really good seats may be even more expensive to be honest - tickets are so expensive these days - I have to see it though!

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** March 26, 2014 6:42 pm

No hope for cheap seats at the back? I know they do that here. Sometimes they are even less than movie tickets.

**Posted by besleybean** March 26, 2014 7:28 pm

They are at the NT, dunno about The Barbican.

**Posted by Zatoichi** March 26, 2014 8:08 pm

Well, with flight, hotel and everything.. I better start saving now .

But I haven´t been away for.. ages, I can´t even remember my last time abroad, so I totally deserve this ^^. My family is informed, a friend already agreed to come with me and I´m totally going to get the best tickets I can afford. Twice. Teehee.. oh, this is going to be great!!

Maybe I can even meet some of you guys there..

**Posted by clareiow** March 26, 2014 9:25 pm

Ah we need to try and agree dates before they release the tickets so when they do come out, we can all go for the same dates.

And we need to have two or three reserve dates....that way if we can't ALL meet at the same time, we can meet in groups ;)

**Posted by rebeccaholmes** March 26, 2014 9:31 pm

I definitely like the sound of meeting up as a group!

I really do hope I get the chance to go, however, I have already been threatened by Clare.

**Posted by clareiow** March 26, 2014 11:04 pm

Threatened?? Challenged more like!

If tickets are £100, maybe we could all commit to a payment plan, if we put £10 a month away that's more than enough? That's what I'm gonna do! I may even try to ferret away more so I can go twice! ;)

**Posted by Wholocked** March 26, 2014 11:07 pm

I sent the article to my Mum with the comment that I wanted to go to London in 2015 and she said "Okay, let's go".

So now we're planning to go all the way to London just so I can see BC in Hamlet! Love my Mum!

**Posted by jenosborn** March 27, 2014 2:31 am

very exciting, we love your Mum too! and thanks for forwarding the Guardian link, Susi- love the link to the photos of BC's past stage performances.

I'm so looking forward to 2015. I will also be saving up, and I will be there!

**Posted by clareiow** March 27, 2014 6:23 am

Wow wholocked! That's amazing, hope we get to meet you and mum! X

**Posted by natal** March 27, 2014 9:26 pm

I am not sure if its mentioned already but look at this
The dates have been announced!Hamletdirected by Lyndsey Turner
starring Benedict Cumberbatch=1.33em5 August–31 October 2015
Tickets:to be confirmed

Exact dates: to be confirmed

Tickets are not yet on sale. Booking dates and further information will be announced in May 2014.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/hamlet/

**Posted by SusiGo** March 28, 2014 7:54 am

Thank you for the info.

And here is something funny AND educating:

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/175131/perchance-to-dream-11-totally-necessary-mashups-of-benedict-cumberbatch-and-hamlet/

**Posted by Tinks** March 28, 2014 7:59 am

Love that!
Gosh, I feel so impatient to see him act again!!

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** March 28, 2014 10:05 am

Perfection right there!!

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** March 29, 2014 11:42 pm

I'm gonna try and go more than once. I love Shakespeare, I love Hamlet...and this is just even better now. We should definitely all meet up for one of the performances, but when the tickets come out I reckon they'll sell pretty quickly...we should get in there fast.

**Posted by SusiGo** March 29, 2014 11:45 pm

I looked up the membership fees. Not cheap but do you think it would help in getting tickets? They say something about priority booking on the website.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** March 30, 2014 12:00 am

Membership fees? To be a member of what?

**Posted by NoSheetSherlock** March 30, 2014 3:16 am

I definitely think it would be worth membership fees (to the Barbican theatre).
Their website indicated that the 'orange' level membership (40 pounds/year)
lists 'priority booking' as one of the membership benefits.

They may be selling Hamlet tickets as part of a subscription series of plays for
the season, or they may allow for picking which shows, but in any case, a
membership pretty much guarantees tickets if they work the way
most theatre subscription/memberships work.

**Posted by gently69** March 30, 2014 6:10 am

Another crazy thing to do ... because of Benedict. *shakes her head*

**Posted by Tinks** March 30, 2014 6:43 am

I'm seriously considering membership - I'll make up my mind in the next couple if weeks.
It's a fairly long run though, in quite a big Theatre - difficult to work out whether the tickets will sell out quickly or not on this one.