Bug, Found111 w/ James Norton & Kate Fleetwood

No £10 tickets this time (unless dayseats?). £35 is an awful lot to pay to be wedged between two strangers on an uncomfortably narrow chair. :/

Mallardo, yes it is, details here: sohotheatre.com/whats-on/bug/

Given James Norton's ever increasing stardom, it's going to be a hot ticket.

James Norton. Oh yes.

Kate Fleetwood. Meh.

"Ring Ring. Hello? Found 111 security? I think you need to start beefing up security now. I'll be there and if James Norton displays even a hint of a flesh things could get nasty for all concerned. Thanks."

I have booked purely on the basis of possible James Norton nudity...

Joking aside with regard to the vain hope of seeing James Norton in the buff, I think the venue is rather small and so I presume there isn't really a poor view from anywhere so no need to arrive at 10am unless you want exactly the front and centre seat? I missed 'The Dazzle' so haven't been to the venue yet. Can those who have confirm?

Also if the seats are set up the same, then the second row should be avoided as there is no rake (although third and back are apparently fine).

Definitely avoid the second row, if it's unraked again. All other rows are fine. James Norton himself was allocated the fourth row front facing when he saw "The Dazzle."

And those seats behind the pillar should be avoided too, probably the last two seats of each row on the furthest side away from the door.

I'd say about two thirds of the seats are perfectly fine, and one third are problematic, so get there before the last third of people trickle in.

Maybe just a teeny weeny rise in pulse rate? I've no idea what this play is all about but I'm checking it out

I thought about this one...and imagined climbing those stairs, and sitting on those awful chairs and somehow I don't fancy it! I really, really didn't like this venue...it feels like it is waiting to be demolished, in a bad way.

He was terrific in Journey's End, and he was the best thing about The Lion in Winter, and I've been waiting four years for him to decide maybe he's established well enough in TV to take a break to do a play again without having to restart his TV-ladder-climb from the bottom. He's also delightful in Grantchester and awful (the character, not the performance) in Happy Valley. For me it's just a long-awaited opportunity to see a very good actor at work, and I'm sure there must be a few others. Although judging by this thread, maybe not quite as many as I'd've thought?

Actually I read an interview the other week where Norton's nan (I think) reckons his appeal must be based in the period costumes 'cos when she's just sitting in a room with him, he looks perfectly blandly ordinary to her. So if you don't see the appeal, you're not alone at least.

I've booked too. I've been hoping to see him on stage so I've secured a ticket before it sells out.

As for the venue itself, I have learnt from The Dazzle. Queuing up, through the bar in to the cloakroom area at the back is pointless. It may be British to queue, but I realised that not everyone was joining the line. A lot just loiter around the bar and then merge with the line when the doors open. If not everyone is queuing then there is no point and in a venue like this one, I'm going to follow suit and loiter next time to have a good chance at sitting where I want.