Tickets for the stage finale of Fleabag are gone.
Words by Niamh McCollum
The West End reprisal of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit show Fleabag was announced just hours before tickets went on sale, with the show subsequently selling out within 60 minutes.
Waller-bridge debuted Fleabag at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival back in 2013, and she has since become a household name following the finale of its second TV series.
Her one-woman play will run at Wyndham’s Theatre from 20 August to 14 September, for a total of 30 shows.
Although many fans are delighted to have secured tickets, the ticket-buying process was a trying time for everyone involved, and, of course, many of us were left empty handed.
If you’re still feeling a bit sorry for yourself today, then we come bearing the perfect cure: our favourite Twitter reactions to the Fleabag ticket-buying process/inevitable disappointment at the show selling out.
Nothing perks us up like finding a good gif or meme that accurately reflects our feelings of devastation at a situation that we have no control over – am I right?
So, without further ado, these are the seven stages of the Fleabag ticket-buying experience, as told by the eloquent users of Twitter:
- Sitting down at your laptop the moment tickets come on sale, feeling hopeful and savvy:
me using multiple browsers and screens to get Fleabag tickets pic.twitter.com/JyBqnsTzQI
— Anna Cafolla (@AnnaCafolla) May 2, 2019
2. Getting onto the online ticket queue and nervously waiting for some sort of sign:
In the online queue for #Fleabag tickets like pic.twitter.com/xt2JG0LU7o
— Hannah Millard
(@HannahMillard87) May 2, 2019
3. Trying to stay positive whilst riding the emotional rollercoaster that is the online ticket-queuing experience:
"Queuing for Fleabag Tickets: A Play"
Website: You are 403 in the queue.
Website: cRaShEs.
Website: You are 3172 in the queue.
*Looks to camera* pic.twitter.com/mSjDiozThL
— James Corrigan (@jamescorriganjc) May 2, 2019
4. Doubting yourself as time goes on:
Something tells me I’m not going to manage to get #Fleabag tickets. pic.twitter.com/fUNH1dJ1CL
— Jessica Joslin (@JessicaJoslin_) May 2, 2019
5. Being hit with this crushing reality:
When you get tantalisingly close to Fleabag tickets…and then lose your place in the queue pic.twitter.com/Srksh5yXrN
— The Coffee Run (@TheCoffeeRunGB) May 2, 2019
6. Denial:
I definitely didn’t want #fleabag tickets anyway. Nope. pic.twitter.com/AHsSAOuoFq
— Chloe Trainor (@ChloeTrainor1) May 2, 2019
7. Acceptance:
didn’t get fleabag tickets after a 90 min queue pic.twitter.com/hd81Kt97XR
— beth (@bethanypiket) May 2, 2019
If you’re still reeling from your inability to secure a Fleabag ticket, at least you can now take comfort in the fact that many of us feel the same. We would also like to send out a gentle reminder that because it’s a one-woman show, it will be sexy priest-less. Just saying.
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