Venue Cymru Arena

[Yorkie]

And that includes you personally booking  at the desk in CASH.

Saves them having to announce a general price increase!    L0L

[born2run]

And that includes you personally booking  at the desk in CASH.

Does that include tickets for other places bought from there? As my friend just got tickets for the much better Theatr Colwyn and didn't mention a booking fee

[born2run]

Facebooked Arena complaining and have a number to ring for a chat with Sara Ecob i think,so let me know what i should really be asking her.

Just mention all the things you have brought up on the Forum, which she has probably read anyway.   

Please ask her why much smaller venues like Wrexham and Buckley get much better bands and MUCH more often!

[Llechwedd]

If you book by 'phone or computer you pay a fee BUT booking in person you should not.  It's a con and COMPLAIN!  As you say it's a price rise in an underhand manner.

[Bri Roberts]

We went along last night and enjoyed the latest touring production of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers.

In the programme, I was surprised to see how many staff are employed on a day-to-day basis by Venue Cymru.

[Nemesis]

If you book by 'phone or computer you pay a fee BUT booking in person you should not.  It's a con and COMPLAIN!  As you say it's a price rise in an underhand manner.

The last time I booked I did so through the Tourist information Office and they don't charge at all, no matter how you pay.

[nwpo]

£3.00 per booking.  Blimey - that's up 50p in just 3 months (it was £2.50 when they started this extra admin fee in June).  Personally, and having seen similar problems in other theatres in Essex, the theatres should be immediately privatised - let out on a Full Insuring and Repairing lease so the Council can start saving money immediately.

[FatAndy]

Jason Manford has recently announced he'll no longer be performing in any theatres owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group after finding out that the Oxford New Theatre were charging a booking fee of £9  .  That makes £3 look quite cheap in comparison, although I do agree that it's ridiculous that you should have to pay for the privilege of buying something off a retailer.  Tesco don't charge you £3 everytime you want to buy a loaf of bread so why should a theatre charge you to buy tickets off them?

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/10680726.Theatre_booking_charges_no_joke__says_comic/

[Yorkie]

Why not start charging the Council a "Settlement Fee" every time you pay a monthly installment on your Council Tax?  £3  a time should be about right!   

[Fester]

That would be the same thing in principle wouldn't it?

[Ian]

I was interested in this, from the agents:

"“All, or the vast majority, of the sales income from the ticket goes to the producer, hence the need to charge for ticketing operations separately. However, booking fees only apply to customers who buy on the phone or online.”

By that logic they're charging more to people who actually make it cheaper for them to sell tickets...

Because they're being greedy, this technique will - in due course - be eliminated, as have many such practices in the past. Meanwhile, they'll continue to rake it in from the punters.

[Llechwedd]

Thanks for the list of staff it's amazing that a tight ship is not being run.  They should try having this many staff in London.  All the main theatres are run on a shoe string by comparisson but then they are charities or  privately owned.  A Marketing Manager who is also Box Office Manager with FIVE staff in marketing good grief!

[FatAndy]

Cast are appearing in the Hall on 19th December.  Not exactly the most happening group these days (they were fairly big in the mid 90's) but a gigs a gig and this is one of only three dates listed on their website along with Leeds and Liverpool.  Their lead singer John Power will also be performing a solo set at, er, the Conwy Feast in October.

http://www.casttour.com/

[Nemesis]

Cast are appearing in the Hall on 19th December.  Not exactly the most happening group these days (they were fairly big in the mid 90's) but a gigs a gig and this is one of only three dates listed on their website along with Leeds and Liverpool.  Their lead singer John Power will also be performing a solo set at, er, the Conwy Feast in October.

http://www.casttour.com/

Talking of the Conwy Feast--it is now £8.00 to go in on the first day.

[wrex]

Im glad Oscar has taken up the subject of the empty Arena.