Tickets disappear in minutes: why it is so difficult to get to the Belarusian Puppet Theater

The Belarusian Puppet Theatre is one of the most popular and visited in the country. Repertoire for both children and adults, but real dramas unfold not on stage, but at the box office. Tickets for productions fly literally in minutes. Knowing, say that you can buy “with hands”, but the prices are just fabulous.

In social networks, passions are boiling higher than Shakespeare’s. The problem is old. They tried to solve it in the theater. To reduce the excitement, they stopped announcing the start date of sales in advance. Added evening performances. But, as they say, it is still there.

The Puppet Theatre not only develops aesthetic taste – it nurtures patience and character in the race for tickets.

Real art attracts and creates controversy. The main thing is not to fight right at the cash register. The nerves of viewers (even potential ones) are at their limit. Thresholds are on the eve of performances.

Everything is sold out for months in advance, but hope dies last: there are those who refuse. Tickets are perhaps the most expensive (heart) accessory. While the winners in the niche race sit comfortably, the audience is ten times more at home – with their dolls.

They refused to sell on weekends - at the request of the audience, they say, they are often away. Some tickets are at the ticket office, most are online. And no announcements. Otherwise, they will stand in a row at the theater in advance, and the site will lie down even before the start of sales: each time more than twenty thousand people storm it. Yeah, it's hard to get a ticket. Still possible.

It is hardly necessary to fight the hype, but sales organizations clearly need additional mechanisms to make everything fair. The audience themselves are unlikely to stop taking with reserve or going to one production several times. There are several options for solutions: the sale of passport tickets, the limit of wickets on hands or still allow yourself to often change the chamber hall to the one that is larger.

Although the craving for high art in our time is perhaps even a reason to be proud. Not only the talent of the theater team, but also an audience that knows how to love, appreciate and wait a long time for their lucky ticket.