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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 12:44:52 GMT
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Thinking of seeing The Exorcist. Front row is £15. Is this a good deal or are they sh*te seats? Anyone know?
Peace
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Post by Honoured Guest on Aug 30, 2016 12:59:01 GMT
The House has one enormous single bank of seating, very wide and curved and very steeply raked. So the front row is right at the bottom. And you're looking at a large stage. But you'll be able to see exactly how the effects are done and bore your friends with how she managed to spin her head right round. And if you're lucky, you'll be near enough to get covered in projectile vomit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 13:50:48 GMT
I'm nothing if not a lover of being covered in others vomit
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Post by richard2711 on Sept 2, 2016 19:19:33 GMT
The front few rows are very low though - it'll be great to be that close but you'll probably need to look up. When you walk into the auditorium, you can actually walk onto the stage so take that as a height guide. Because I use a wheelchair when I go the Rep, I usually sit in row D, which is the first row of raked seating. Row C is a little closer and only a little lower but I would recommend row C or D. The front rows are in a little bank at the front, up to row C then there is a walkway on the level of the entrance which is in front of row D.
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 2, 2016 21:20:04 GMT
I booked for this on 28 oct, £15 tkts row B bargain!! Had to be at front for this production😄. Generally the Rep is frankly too big, 900 seats no entre aisle.
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 3, 2016 21:20:20 GMT
Sat on the front row there twice this year, it's been a great view both times. Not sure why the seats are that much cheaper, maybe because of the slightly cramped leg room?
Although the reviews of the US production weren't overwhelming.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 19:47:57 GMT
A bit late in replying here, but I saw 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at the REP the other night, and looking at the front row I realised that they are probably great seats compared to the front row in other theatres as the stage is still relatively low from there. That would be in most cases at least however, because the set of 'Earnest' was built on top of it which looked a good 4ft higher, so the front row may not have been as good for that particular production.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Sept 26, 2016 15:59:50 GMT
1.2m, for the benefit of readers under 50. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 17:08:12 GMT
1.2m, for the benefit of readers under 50. I'm almost 22 and I'm sure most under 50s still use ft! |
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 26, 2016 19:27:51 GMT
I get quite tired of people saying that "everyone uses feet". The only time I ever use imperial units is when I'm having to deal with people who insist on using them even though Britain started metrication over 50 years ago. I don't have a feel for any imperial units at all. I only use miles because that's what the instruments in my car are calibrated in. If someone gives me a measurement in feet I have to convert it to metres to get an idea of how large it is. If someone talks about acres or stones I have no idea at all because I don't know the conversion factors.
What I find quite interesting is the number of older people I run into who insist that they struggle with metric units and that imperial units make much more sense, but when you actually watch them they have no trouble at all. The only time they struggle is when they remember that they're supposed to.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Sept 26, 2016 22:28:40 GMT
I remember decimalisation in 1971, and the plaintive comment of a confused elderly person at the time: "I think they should have waited until all the old people have died."
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 27, 2016 9:02:39 GMT
I get quite tired of people saying that "everyone uses feet". How else do 99% of us walk around? Answer 1: You mean you allow the servants who carry your sedan chair to stand? What is the world coming to? Answer 2: Well, sure, if you're going to sober up occasionally. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 27, 2016 17:10:10 GMT
I do like the front row of the Rep for being up close, but the leg room is really cramped.
Otherwise, the theatre is steeply raked, so there's a decent view from everywhere. Watch out at the back though, particularly at a matinee or with any play (or book adaptation) that's likely to be on the school syllabus. They get a lot of school parties in and they're generally not an audience you want to be sat with if you get annoyed at people talking, checking phones, eating noisy sweets, putting each other in headlocks etc.
(I suspect that The Exorcist is safe from school parties)
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