In Benoni, where theatre enthusiast Percy Tucker lived, it wasn’t possible to buy tickets for theatre productions in Johannesburg, so he was forced to leave Benoni by train at dawn, and then join a queue at the theatre in Johannesburg.
In 1954, he launched a manual ticket office in Johannesburg, Show Service, but over the next 17 years, he became frustrated by the long queues in which he had to stand to buy tickets to attend theatre productions.
He then decided to invent a computerised ticketing system that would simplify the lives of customers by taking the box office to them.
Although he didn’t have no computer skills, he approached experts in the computer world and sat with them for over 6 months to set up the first online ticketing system in the world, Computicket.
Today, the company leads in the ticketing industry through its high-end technology and the diversity of its brilliant systems.
As one of the most recognised brand names in South Africa, Computicket offers cinema, theatre, sport, concert, and festival tickets, as well as gift vouchers, bus tickets and classified adverts.
The company was launched in 1971 and is still operating throughout the whole African continent.
