Comments on: A wish too far?

By: TimC

TimC — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:29:06 +0000

Sunday performance are the norm in Australia. Eight shows a week Wedneday - Sunday. For the Lion King perf schedule was Wed 2:30 then 8:00pm Wed-Fri then the weekends ran Saturday 3:00 and 8:00pm, then Sunday 1:30 and 5:00pm. This was originally tried by Disney and adopted by many other companies as it worked extremely well. I think the weekend is the most accessible time for most people, especially those who dont live near the theatre.

By: Peter Morris

Peter Morris — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:02:28 +0000

This is just to confirm on behalf of the Society of London Theatre that there are Sunday performance agreements in existence with BECTU ( for theatre staff) and the Musicians Union. In the case of Equity, there are collective negotiations currently in progress, but some producers have already done individual deals on particular productions, eg Tom Stoppard’s `Rock n Roll’. However it should be borne in mind that Sunday performances are bound to be more expensive than performances on other days in the week and producers have to decide whether or not the potential additional box office income is greater than the additional costs. I can also confirm in response to the above comment that the performing week would remain at 6 days not 7. There would always be a day off in lieu of the Sunday.

By: jen faulk

jen faulk — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:07:41 +0000

It’s all very well wanting a theatre to put on its production on Sundays but when would the cast have a day off. Surely they are not expected to work seven nights a week plus two matinees. that would surely be against employment laws.