Cheap Front Row Wicked London Tickets: Was It Worth It?

Wondering whether the budget front row Wicked London tickets are a good idea, or whether it’s better to spend more money and sit further back?

What is the view like from the very front?

Will you get a sore neck having to look up during the whole 2 hours and 45 minutes show?

And if you want to get the front row Wicked London tickets, what should you do, since there are only 24 of them per performance, and they get snapped up fast?

We saw Wicked The Musical in London from the cheap front seats, and in this post share with you our experience, plus all insider tips!

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Here’s a little bit about our journey, if you are new here! If you know us, feel free to skip this part.

After leaving our old life in Scotland in March 2022 (it rains too much there), we travelled full-time for almost 2 years. Sounds fancy, doesn’t it? Well, it was. If you think that carrying overpacked backpacks in 45°C heat around streets that aren’t even on Google Maps is fancy. And that’s just 1% of all the fun we had! 😆

During the 2 years we volunteered in Italy and Bulgaria (free travel while learning new skills, anyone?), explored other amazing European countries and backpacked Southeast Asia. Btw, even our secret wedding was more of an expedition than a wedding. 😅

And, of course, we researched and planned everything ourselves, because you gotta keep the budget low, right? If you are like us, you’ve come to the right place, because we want to share all the useful travel tips and info with you!

Excited? Good. Let’s get into it so you can go on your own epic adventures too!

What is the front row Wicked London deal?

The front row Wicked London sale literally means the front 24 seats of the Stalls in the theatre – only in row A.

The reason everyone wants them?

You can get them super cheap – in fact, it’s one of the cheapest ways to get Wicked tickets, which would otherwise cost you over £100!

Best thing?

It’s 100% not a scam – as long as you get the tickets via the official website!

We can confirm we bought them and saw the show from the front row!

It was the first time for us sitting at the front for such a big production theatre, since we would never spend the money you usually have to spend to get premium seats like that! 

We don’t just travel on a budget, but also live on a low budget, to be able to save, invest and travel.

If you’re also all about saving money, give us a follow on our Instagram where we share more money-saving tips!

How can you get front row Wicked London tickets?

While information on the front row Wicked London tickets is on the official Wicked website, you will actually be buying the tickets via ATG.

You can see a countdown to the nearest sale, which is on Wednesdays at 10am.

Pro tip: set up a notification to remind you about the sale and make sure you set it for 10am UK time, if you’re in a different time zone. We were waiting an hour earlier for more UK gigs than we care to admit, because of a time difference. 😅

On Wednesday, make sure to click on the link before 10am, so you can join the queue.

Once 10am comes, you will be automatically taken to the list of performances.

What tickets are available during the Wicked front row Wednesday sale?

You can get the front row Wicked London tickets for any of the performances in the following week!

So it’s not just the less-attended random 2pm performance on a Tuesday.

For example, we got the front row tickets for the popular 7:30pm show on a Saturday! What a bargain!

Plus, we managed to squeeze in another show beforehand – a 3pm showing of Operation Mincemeat, which was an outstanding show, and again we got the tickets on a budget!

We don’t have a post about Operation Mincemeat, but if you want to know how we got the tickets super cheap, give us a shout on our Instagram.

What can I do if front row Wicked tickets are sold out?

Here’s the thing.

Maybe only one performance suits you during your trip to London, because you are busy the rest of the time.

But that means there are only 24 tickets available – and others will be queueing to get them too.

Don’t worry though, we’ve got a pro tip for you.

If you get through the queue at 10am and your chosen performance is already showing as sold out?

Stay on the page and keep checking.

During the buying process, the tickets get reserved in a basket for a period of time.

But many people are trying for different dates, or on different devices etc.

Meaning they will not actually buy all the tickets they manage to snap up.

So once the basket times out, those abandoned tickets will be put back on sale.

Another pro tip?

Don’t click the back button on your browser when buying tickets on ATG.

Mirka lost blink-182 tickets and the Wicked London tickets like that! (“You’d think I’d learn after the first time, right?” -Mirka).

She was devastated after losing the Wicked tickets, since it was making the same mistake twice.

But we waited, kept checking, and, in the end, got the tickets at 10:16!

It’s not a guarantee and you should be ready at 10am, but if everything is showing sold out, don’t lose hope – some tickets might be put back into the mix once the baskets time out.

Can I choose the seats when buying the front row Wicked London tickets?

This is the thing.

You cannot choose the seats when buying the discounted front row Wicked London tickets.

They get allocated randomly.

We’ll talk about the view from the seats later (or skip to that section now), but it’s better to try and get the seats not at the very ends of the row.

How?

The only way is to abandon the seats you get assigned and trying again, hoping to get a different seat allocated.

Obviously, keep in mind you are risking not getting any tickets at all with this strategy, because they might all get snapped up in the meantime.

Make sure to check the section on view, so you can decide whether it’s worth risking this.

How much are front row Wicked London tickets?

We paid a mindblowing £29.50 per person for the front row Wicked London tickets, which we still can’t believe!

If you don’t know a lot about London theatre, here are 2 facts:

• It’s absolutely fantastic. The shows will blow your mind (if you pick well, meaning a good show for your taste)
• It’s also awfully expensive, especially if you go to the bigger shows. We’re talking spending hundreds of pounds, and that’s before you buy pre-theatre dinner, merchandise, theatre snacks etc.

This is why the front row Wicked London tickets are so popular – because you can see this massive musical for a cheap price. And from pretty much VIP seats!

Want another mindblowing fact?

The seats in the row behind us were £109.50!!

Meaning we saved £80 per ticket just by sitting one row closer to the stage – and we didn’t have to worry about having a tall person right in front of us either!

Speaking of tall people, what’s the view like from the front row?

What’s the view like from the front row at Wicked London?

The view from the front row seats seems to be concern no. 1 for most people who are considering buying the cheap tickets.

To be honest with you, we worried about it too.

Are we going to be too close to the stage?

Will we even see everything that up close?

And will we get a proper sore neck by the end of the show? 

Because the show is 2 hours and 45 mins (including a 20 min interval you can spend staring down at your shoes to balance out any neck pain).

Let’s talk about all these concerns, and we’ll also give you extra tips on how you can decide whether the front row seats are a good idea for you.

Do you get a good view from the front row seats at Wicked?

Yes, the Wicked front row seats offer a great view because:

• You don’t have to worry about anyone sitting in front of you and blocking your view.
• You can see all the details on stage – the facial expressions most people never get to see in big theatres, the stage and costume designs, the little details others miss.
• You are not sitting right at the stage. First, there is a mesh area below which the orchestra sits. And then there is a quite big space before the front row seats start – creating a lot of walking space for people. It does also mean, you are further back from the stage, even in the front row.
• Plus, this isn’t about the view, but the legroom is unbeatable, so if you are a tall person who usually struggles in the small UK theatres, this is such a hack for you.

If you’re worried that the front row Wicked London tickets are so cheap, because the view sucks, keep in mind that the seats just behind them are over £100! And they give you almost the same view!

So yes, the front row offers a great view of the show.

But. There are some things you need to know.

Do you get a restricted view from front row Wicked seats?

We’ve already touched on this when we talked about the fact that you can’t choose your front row seats – they get assigned to you.

We worried about being assigned the very end seats, because we did read that they come with a bit of an obstructed view.

Thankfully, we got great seats: A16 and A17. We sat 3 seats from the end of the row and had no major issues with seeing everything.

Here are some tips for you if you’re worried about obstructed view:

• If you do get assigned the very end seats, you can use the strategy we mentioned here – giving up your tickets and going through the process again, hoping to get assigned a better seat (remember you are risking not getting any tickets at all this way).
• On the official website you can see that even the more expensive seats in the rows behind the front row come with an obstructed view. At least you’ll be getting yours cheap – maybe you’ll decide it’s worth the price even if you don’t see everything.
• Keep in mind that the obstructed view only really refers to the very sides of the stage, so if you’re sitting on the right, you might not see everything happening on the right side of the stage.
• We did see some people mention that if you get the very centre of row A seats, you will have the conductor in front of you. He is only partially peaking out of the orchestra area, and people did say you stop noticing him after a bit, but again, worth thinking about.
  
  Btw, make sure to go have a look at the orchestra, especially before the show starts, when they’re already down below the stage setting up! (The musicians do leave during the intermission to have a break too.)

Our best tip?

Checking what the view is really like from each seat!

Pro tip: check A view from my seat

This website is a lifesaver, honestly.

If you don’t know it, it shows an actual view from seats in different venues, so you can see what your view will be like before you buy.

This is such a hack – similar to checking your seats on a plane when booking long-haul, so you can pick the best ones!

We use A view from my seat when buying concert and theatre tickets.

You can check the view from the different seats at Wicked London, including the front row here.

What are the disadvantages of buying the front row Wicked London tickets?

Okay, so we’ve got: seeing all the details, no tall people in front of you, amazing legroom and – our favourite – an unbeatable price.

Are there any issues when sitting in the front row for Wicked in London?

Yes, we’ll be honest with you, the cheap tickets do come with some trade-offs:

• We already spoke about the possible obstructed view, but the bigger issue is missing things because you can’t take the full stage in at once. Since you are so close, you have to keep moving your head a lot more to try and see everything that is happening on stage, which isn’t really possible, unless you want to give yourself a whiplash.
• It is very loud. This surprised us, because we didn’t see anyone mentioning it before we booked. The sound, especially at the start of the show, before we got used to it, was unpleasantly loud. We checked afterwards and found that even people in rows further back (such as B and C) report this, so this is not a disadvantage just of the cheap front row seats.
  
  The best thing you can do is bring earplugs to the show and use them if you feel like the sound is too loud.
• Will you get a sore neck from looking up during the show? Other people’s reviews reassured us that no, you won’t. And it is true that not a lot happens high up, so you don’t have to be looking up a lot.
  
  Having said that, Mirka still had a bit of a sore neck by the end of the show, but she does have more health issues and pain sensitivity than an average person. For example, Daniel was totally fine.

Are the cheap front row Wicked London tickets worth it?

For us, absolutely. We aren’t obsessed with Wicked, in fact, Mirka didn’t know anything about the story beforehand – she’s never even seen The Wizard of Oz before!

So we weren’t willing to spend hundreds of pounds on the show. We save that kind of financially irresponsible behaviour for gigs. (In fact, we only managed to go to the two theatres because a gig we were originally meant to be going to got cancelled, so theatre was our replacement plan!)

But we’d already seen most of the other big London theatre shows, and Wicked was praised as being an amazing performance, so we decided to give it a go.

The front row seats were perfect for us – a great view, plenty of legroom for Mirka’s sore joints and a low price, meaning we could save at least some money in expensive London!

We would recommend the front row seats at Wicked if you:

• Have already seen the show and now want to see all the details up close
• Are small and worried about a tall person obstructing your view
• Are tall or have health issues, so you need more legroom
• Don’t want to pay a lot of money, but still want to see one of London’s biggest theatre shows

On the other hand, we think the front row seats are not ideal if you:

• Have never seen the show and want to have a good view of everything without having to move your head back and forth all the time
• Care more about the overall performance, music and special effects than seeing details
• Have a sound sensitivity and/or are likely to get a sore neck easily
• Need to book more than 4 seats together. Let’s talk more about this

Good to know about booking front row Wicked London tickets

You can only book a maximum of 4 tickets per person in the front row sale, so we would recommend using at least two devices and two ATG logins if you need to secure more (although they might not be all together).

If that doesn’t work out for you (or if the front row tickets are truly sold out), try these other options:

• Checking for any other special offers on the Wicked website to get cheaper tickets.
• Waiting until closer to the time to buy last minute tickets from a third party platform. If you do this, make sure you’re buying from a legit website.
• Sacrificing the view and buying the cheapest back row seats of Dress Circle. If you do this, consider renting or bringing your own binoculars. Keep in mind legspace in the top back rows is often very limited. Remember to check the view and reviews on the A view from my seat website.
• Buying tickets in one of the expensive rows at a full price and then living off of instant noodles for half a year.

We hope you manage to get your cheap front row Wicked London tickets and have the best time at the show!

If you still have any questions, give us a shout on our Instagram or book a call with us, so we can help you plan your wicked adventures!