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Theatre companies Wild Rice and Dream Academy fight scalpers and scammers as shows sell out

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A user requested to pay someone to stand in line for tickets to Wild Rice’s Psychob***h (right) so that he can surprise his girlfriend.

A user requested to pay someone to stand in line for tickets to Wild Rice’s Psychob***h (right) so that he can surprise his girlfriend.

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SINGAPORE – As people return to live performances after Covid-19, booming sales have created a new problem for theatre companies.

Scalpers, who have up till now mostly affected pop acts, seem to have decided to wade into

this lucrative new area of activity.

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