Ticket touts are out at Hairspray

Beware!! Touts about!

It seems that there are a number of ticket touts working around the Shaftesbury Theatre area selling tickets for the smash hit Hairspray.

One punter says they queued for day tickets for Hairspray last Saturday. They arrived at about 7:15 and were too late to get any tickets for the evening performance.Well der, this is the hottest show in the West End at the moment! Arriving at 7:15 does seem a tad optimistic They went on to say that the vast majority of the tickets were bought by people who they thought were obviously touts.

Someone else said that they had complained to the theatre, who, it seems, said that they were aware that the tickets were being sold to touts, but that they could do nothing about it! Hmm, I don’t suppose that was the official line, perhaps they just asked at the box office.

None of this is terribly surprising. The touts are out and about all over the West End, walk round near any theatre and people will approach you trying to either buy or sell tickets for the shows. The main thing is not to get caught by them. It’s just not worth it. You could end up with a totally worthless fake ticket or pay a stupid amount of money for terrible seats.

It’s just another reason for making sure you book in advance through a legitimate source, even better as part of a Hairspray theatre break. With something as popular as Hairspray your chances of getting day tickets are pretty minimal and they would be even if there were no touts. It is the hottest ticket in London at the moment, you simply are not going to get it for £10!