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Tickets to McGregor in Othello going for £1,200
Evening Standard 21.11.07
Star attraction: Ewan McGregor will play Iago in Shakespeare's Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
Tickets to see Ewan McGregor in the sold-out production of Othello are exchanging hands for more than £1,200 each.
Shakespeare's play at the Donmar Warehouse is proving more popular than the one-off Led Zeppelin reunion gig and the Spice Girls tour, according to ticket exchange company Viagogo.
The only tickets left for the 12-week run are for day seats and standing places. Donmar's box office prices range from £15 to £29 for the production but online the average price for a resale ticket is £1,220.
Eric Baker, CEO of Viagogo, said: "Who would have believed 400 years after it was written Othello would be the most popular ticket in town?"
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I can't see the big problem everyone has with scalpers. Supply and demand. If people want to pay for something, and it's scarce then the price goes up surely. But then I got some tickets (from a well-known online auction site and for much much less than the 1200 in the article.
- Jay Moore, Warwick, UK
Well that's disappointing. Scalpers ruin everything.
- Azindn, Arizona, USA
The fact that they are performing this production in such a tiny venue only adds to the problem of blatant ticket scalping. Theatres are for plays and "warehouses" are for storing stuff.
- Everett, UK
