Resale rip-off The worst price markups

£4,499.10

The price for a single ticket for the opening week of Hamilton, at the Victoria Palace Theatre, on the Viagogo website.

£1,500

The price tickets with a face value of £62.50 were offered at for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet at the Barbican in 2015.

£582

Another Hamlet production, this time at the Novello Theatre in 2009, saw ticket resale prices soar as David Tennant took the lead role.

£2,330

Ed Sheeran’s gig at the Royal Albert Hall in February this year was in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Tickets originally priced at £75 were advertised on a secondary website with a shocking mark-up.