Are Sundays Just Seasonal?
Legally Blonde is ditching its Sunday performances as of the 14th September and going back to the standard Monday to Saturday schedule. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert’s experiment with Sunday performances will also be coming to a close in September. The producers of that show wanted to test the market without committing to the Sunday schedule, so they decided to do a 4 month Sunday run and revert back to Monday to Saturday in the Autumn.
Legally Blonde will have Sunday performances until the 12th September
I’ve said before in this blog that Sunday performances are a really good thing for the theatre industry. Many shows have incorporated it into their schedules: Jersey Boys, Stomp and The Lion King are the shows that immediately come to mind. Yet the Sunday performance is still not widely practised in London’s West End. And with so many tourists coming for weekend breaks it doesn’t make sense to stick with the traditional Monday to Saturday schedule. Almost all Broadway shows have a Sunday performance, choosing to have a Monday or Tuesday as a day off.
So what do you think? Would you come into town on Sunday for a matinee or do London’s Sunday train engineering works scare you away? Is the Sunday performance a seasonal thing or should it be used all year round? We would love to know.
Legally Blonde will play Sunday matinees until the 12th September. Buy Legally Blonde tickets here.
August 10th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I like Sunday performances - seem more relaxed somehow, and I hate going into town on Saturday, so usually do weekday evening performances otherwise. The Sunday afternoon ones I’ve been to, seem to have started around 4pm, so time for a lunch first, and a drink or two after, before sauntering home. More of them please, as far as I’m concerned!
September 7th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
I love Sunday shows. It’s great to go down for a West End weekend and see a show on Sunday afternoon before you go home. A perfect way to end the trip! Legally Blonde has always been my standard Sunday visit- it will be sorely missed!
Maybe this would also encourage shows to mix things up a little more in terms of show times. For instance, I tend to find myself at a loose end if I’m in London on a Monday afternoon, so if there was the possibility of seeing some matinee or other every day I would be one happy gal!