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Post by posull78 on Jan 23, 2016 11:06:59 GMT
Hi,
where would you advise sitting for this play. Seems lots of negativity of theatremonkey about the stalls. Is it best to sit front row dress for this show?
Any advice on where to sit would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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Post by Snciole on Jan 23, 2016 15:25:04 GMT
I sat in J12, after getting some GILT tickets, and I was surprised at how good the view was. The seating is raked so no worries about a tall person in front. I thought the leg room was above average (didn't have to get up if they stomped down the aisle) so I would recommend circle over stalls in my experience.
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Post by posull78 on Jan 25, 2016 12:03:44 GMT
Can get either row D stalls centre or centre row A, B or C in dress circle. I always like being close but understand this play has a lot going on.
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Post by DuchessConstance on Jan 25, 2016 13:27:38 GMT
I was at the back of the stalls and really couldn't see well at all.
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Post by posull78 on Jan 26, 2016 5:16:11 GMT
Thanks. I might go front row of dress. person we are taking likes to look down onto the stage and seems like this play has lots going on all over the stage so might go well. Assume front row isn't hindered by lighting or a bar in this theatre?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 8:27:49 GMT
It's a bit weird, I was looking the theatre up on TheatreMonkey.com and row A is largely coloured red, but when I went to see why, it seems that legroom is a bit limited if you're on the end but fine in the middle, so I can't work out why the whole row is red.
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Post by posull78 on Jan 26, 2016 9:42:19 GMT
I saw that as well. Suspect its the leg room. Could go row B but always find sitting row B or C you end up with someone in row A spending the show leaning forward and blocking your view!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 26, 2016 10:45:10 GMT
Sometimes the front row of circles are a little restricted with the view with the safety rail across the front or a lighting rig. So sometimes row B is better - unless as you say someone leans forward in front of you - why do people do that?
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Post by theatremadness on Jan 26, 2016 20:14:18 GMT
In regards to seating, I was sat dead centre of the front row last night, not to see the play but to see Michael McIntyre doing some work-in-progress material. I'm 5ft 8 and, as I said, being in the centre of the front row, my feet didn't even reach where the front of the stage was. Ample leg room! Saw the play in Guildford (one of the funniest nights in a theatre, as was Michael McIntyre incidentally, both hugely recommended if it's your type of thing!) but not seen it at the Duchess so hard to comment on what the view would be like, especially since McIntyre had a large black cloth covering the entire stage in front of the set so hard to tell about depths and different levels, but when he got very close to the front of the stage, I did have to look up quite a bit.
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Post by danielwhit on Feb 1, 2016 14:24:07 GMT
Having sat in various seats in the theatre before (both for this and other shows) - I'd be inclined to suggest dress circle for first viewing, or forward of the overhang in the stalls. Dress Circle minimises any occasional blip in sightlines - however the stalls probably has a better atmosphere overall.
I'd agree with other comments, legroom is fairly generous throughout most of the theatre.
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Post by alexandra on Feb 2, 2016 11:26:30 GMT
I have two tickets in row D of the dress circle for tomorrow, 3 Feb, for this show. £47 each face value. Would anyone like to make an offer?
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 18, 2016 10:24:57 GMT
What are the general views on this show? I love farces, but my impression of this is that it seems to be trying too hard. It didn't come across well on the royal variety show, but I'd like opinions of those who've seen it...is it funny or trying too hard?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 11:00:43 GMT
It's not farce. Farce has its own rules. This is literally just everything going wrong. It's incredibly silly and I found it very funny, but if your sense of humour is more in favour of the nuances of farce than the pure silliness of chaos, then you might be less impressed.
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Post by Anniek on Feb 22, 2016 16:23:51 GMT
I liked it the first 10 minutes. After that I got very annoyed by it, as it's basically the same scenes/jokes repeated. Walked out early which I have never done in my life, but couldn't sit this one through.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 16:30:11 GMT
I liked it the first 10 minutes. After that I got very annoyed by it, as it's basically the same scenes/jokes repeated. Walked out early which I have never done in my life, but couldn't sit this one through. Really? I thought it was HI. La. Ri. Ous. You have no soul. Do you kick puppies, make children cry and steal from the homeless too?  |
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Post by Anniek on Feb 23, 2016 13:11:27 GMT
I liked it the first 10 minutes. After that I got very annoyed by it, as it's basically the same scenes/jokes repeated. Walked out early which I have never done in my life, but couldn't sit this one through. Really? I thought it was HI. La. Ri. Ous. You have no soul. Do you kick puppies, make children cry and steal from the homeless too? I also tend to lock up guys who are called Ryan and let them starve whilst watching a bad comedy  . |
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