Apparently I'm not the only one....
New Statesman - Notebook - Rosie Millard: "It cost £50 to take my child, still in nappies and sitting on my lap, to see The Lion King, writes Rosie Millard"
She goes on to write:
"I know, with £50 tickets and an auditorium full of disgruntled adults who kept turning round and glaring at every squeak, you are probably thinking what a madwoman I was to take a child to a West End show in the first place. But The Lion King is a children's show, produced by Disney, is it not?"
It's the same throughout London, where most of the "child-friendly" musicals that many parents, quite rightly, feel their child would gain from experiencing have a thoroughly adult ticket policy and are seemingly inured to the outlay required, particularly for families with more than one child.
If it's a show based on a kids movie, and supposed to appeal to kids.... Why the hell are they trying to rip off the parents so much? I realize that it costs money to open a show on Broadway (or anywhere for that matter), but if you want people to come to the show, shouldn't you at least TRY to make it affordable? Found this one via a search that popped up in my referrers.
