All About Eve - Noel Coward Theatre

Cinema seats



Noel Coward Theatre seats

Yes and it's worth saying I wasn't saying that any of those weren't entirely valid, I'm just vaguely bemused that we have to have the same discussion every time a show announces a no-interval set up. 


(and for the record are we even surprised, it's Ivo, video projections, and no interval are pretty much how I describe the man's work...)  

I think people who say "can't you keep it in?" or generally support shows without an interval should have to wear a badge to the theatre that says so.

Then I'll know who to trip up and wipe my feet on when I come back from the bar.

Continuing off-topic I know, but it's hardly cricket for some to say they don't want to go over old ground, but then to proceed to do exactly that in defence of the "no interval" case.

As subsequent posters have pointed out, (modern) cinema seats are much more comfortable than West End/traditional theatre seats, with wider aisles and even foot-rests at some venues. I almost only ever attend Curzon cinemas, where I can book literally any seat for the same price, so I can choose those with the most legroom and in auditoria which entail the least climbing up and down stairs/steps - another thing which is hard to avoid or minimise at many theatres.

And particularly at present, when I am only just reaching the (post-op) stage at which I'm allowed up and about again, I have to be really careful about what I do, eg travelling outside rush hour so I can get a seat, avoiding crowds to reduce the risk of someone treading on my foot and so on.

Still, if anyone wishes to start a dedicated thread (or dredge it up if there is one), please do so. I do also think theatres are not taking into account access needs when they programme productions with no interval, which is surprising and disappointing in 2019.

I hope that's not real fur



Other people are in it too.

Poor Eve. Poooooor Eve.

Keep up the good work with the pic posting, this is all great stuff.

I suppose I never suffer too much in theatre seats that I thought of it as an issue but then again I'm relatively short so leg-room isn't much of an issue for me. Also there's definitely shows that benefit from the flow of having no interval. Follies has been brought up and I think that's a perfect example of a show that hugely benefitted from having no interval and I can't think of a place that you could put an interval without it being jarring and breaking the pace of the show. Obviously I haven't seen this yet so I don't know if the same is true here but I imagine it should be since having no interval is definitely a turn-off for a lot of people (as evidenced by this thread) and I doubt they'd go out of their way to exclude an interval unless it was necessary knowing it's an unpopular choice.

Yep, a bit racy. Popped up on my twitter. All good.

It was 4 minutes shorter this evening! It felt smoother than Saturday and they've significantly changed the ending (which is a very good thing).

My friend was sat in the gallery tonight (row D) and unfortunately said the view was pretty bad. They have additional TVs up there because you can't see the full screen but apparently they are too small to see the detail you need.

I saw it last night. I thought the actors were brilliant, if perhaps a little let down by the direction, and I felt that at times background music detracted from the action. I didn't really connect to the production as much as I thought I would, but it was an enjoyable 2hrs 15, and worth it to see Monica Dolan be absolutely superb. Gillian was great too, although had big shoes to fill from the film, and I loved seeing a different side to Lily James. I'm seeing it again in a few weeks, so hopefully it's tightened up in parts then.

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