when I select a ticket to purchase and then click proceed to check out I get the Checkout page with the following short code on it: [shoppingcart] but nothing else. How do I configure the plugin to go to the check out page?
Sounds like there might be a problem with your WooCommerce setup. Can you take a look at WooCommerce > System Status > WC Pages and check that everything looks ok there?
The shortcode that should be on the cart page is:
[woocommerce_cart]
So perhaps that shortcode you are seeing is a remnant of an older version of WooCommerce, or of a different e-commerce solution?