Stephen Farrow wrote:
> Depends where. A four-performance weekend would be quite unusual, for
> example, in any British theatre, since Sunday performances in Britain
> are relatively rare. If you count Friday as the weekend, it's not
> unknown for shows in the West End to have two shows Friday and two shows
> Saturday, at, say, 5pm and 8.30pm, with the 5pm Friday performance
> taking the place of a midweek matinee earlier in the week, but it's more
> common for shows to play Monday to Saturday with matinees Wednesdays or
> Thursdays and Saturdays.
Just out of curiosity, in British theatre is there the equivalent of our
USA holiday tradition of squeezing ten shows of "A Christmas Carol" in
one week? Do British theatres have ten shows or more of, say, "pantos"
scheduled per week during the holidays? What kind of schedule?
Regards,
Bert
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