Urban living has its perks and one of the highlights is the proliferation of live entertainment. In South African cities there is an enormous offering of concerts, drama, musical recitals, sports events and pageants. The challenge for the urbanite is not to find entertainment, but to select what to attend. His ally in this effort is the online reservation service. This takes the hit-and-miss element from attending live events.
Modern life is full of pressures and the key to healthy living is to balance work with relaxation. The temptation all too often is to melt into a sofa on an off evening or weekend and flip through TV channels. This may be restful but isn't very recreational. A much better way of charging the batteries is to get yourself fighting fit, dressed up and stepping high and then to go and immerse yourself in a live entertainment event. Nothing fires up the jaded imagination like the creativity of some truly inventive people.
The flipside is that few things are as draining as when you dress up and step out for entertainment and end up having to wrestle through a glum event presented by lethargic performers. Willingness to be entertained or not, the urbanite's time is still precious and it hurts to waste it on dull entertainment. A cultural outing deserves proper planning, and the drawing board in this instance is a well-developed online reservation service.
South Africa has been well-served for decades by a computerized ticketing system. This solved the problem of running the risk of being disappointed at the ticket booth on the night of a specific performance. The main source on the different events remained the daily and weekend newspapers. Due to limited space and a lack o a search function one had to stay diligently up to date with the entertainment news. The internet, of course, took reservation services to another level, aggregating news, information and reviews of all the pertinent shows, expos, concerts and even sports events in one place on the internet.
Before you book tickets for an event, make sure you know what you want to see. Whenever an event is advertised and you think it may be worth your while, make a mental note to find out more. Draw up a list of what you expect from an evening's recreation. IF the night - or even day - is a multi-faceted affair, take driving distances and parking into account. If the concert you want to attend is on the other side of the restaurant where you want to eat, you may need to reconsider your plans.
One man's delight is another man's disaster. It will serve you well to read reviews about the concert or show you intend to see. This will give you a good idea of the quality of the available events. You have a choice of approaches: You could play safe and go for mainstream entertainment or take the risk to see something smaller, off-beat and avant garde. The risk is that you could end up having to sit through something truly weird. Maybe the best idea is to spread the odds: Alternate going to a mainstream event with venturing off the beaten entertainment track.
It is a great idea to use an online booking service. It makes taking the plunge so much easier. It is straightforward and easy to book and pay for tickets for an event coming up a week later. When the date comes, you are compelled to go because you have paid for the tickets.
Life is short and the only way to retain some sort of handle on time is to create memories. Creating a habit of going to cultural or entertainment events is one excellent way of doing just that.
