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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 14:00:33 GMT
I survived nearly four hours of standing for Bruce Springsteen once. The man does go on a bit at his concerts. Well he was born to run. |
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Post by Mark on Nov 13, 2017 14:13:28 GMT
I’m not sure I could cope with standing for a whole performance!!! I've seen DEH twice, once off-Broadway and once on Broadway, and stood both times. Others I've stood for include Book of Mormon obc (act one) and Misanthrope (act one) on both occasions was offered seats for second act. |
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Post by Michael on Nov 13, 2017 14:35:33 GMT
I’m not sure I could cope with standing for a whole performance!!! I had a standing room ticket for Come From Away which is somewhat shorter than DEH, but it became uncomfy pretty quickly, as I had also stood in the rush queue for 5h (and yet only got SRO). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 15:42:51 GMT
Les Mis in London offers standing tickets on all 3 levels.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 23:53:14 GMT
I've never stood, but I think Les Mis standing would be hell on earth, just because of how long it is. Half a Sixpence had standing on all four levels at the final performance (I went for a wonder to see in the interval), and it was these young kids who had got there too late for dayseats. Suffice to say, they all looked like they were about to die at the end, as Sixpence was long itself! Added onto the cheering and screaming, the performance lasted about three hours alone, with a 5/10 minute speech at the end. So I can't blame them for being on the verge!
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Post by sam22 on Nov 14, 2017 9:06:13 GMT
I stood for Chicago on Broadway at the back of the stalls but there was a ledge to lean and so I didn't have any complaints (from memory the ledge actually had markings on it like a bench seat would to show you how much leaning room was allocated for your ticket!).
The only other place I've stood was to see Titus at the Globe which I remember being a bit of a struggle, partly due to the heat and partly due to my back hurting!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2017 12:00:59 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair?  |
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Post by daniel on Nov 14, 2017 12:37:06 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair? I know you are allowed to do that for the standing gallery at the Royal Albert Hall  |
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Post by andromedadench on Nov 14, 2017 16:14:59 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair? Those seem to be staple pieces of equipment for people dayseating for standing opera tickets in Vienna. The first time I saw it I found it funny, but after several hours of queuing on my feet and then another couple of hours watching the opera on my feet, I realised why so many people use them. |
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 14, 2017 19:40:06 GMT
I stood for 5.5 hours at West End Live this year. Didn't even give up to go for a wee! I just kept inching forward as the people in front of me moved. Towards the end I was only a few feet from the stage! I was in agony walking back to the Tube though 😃
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Post by danb on Nov 14, 2017 19:58:18 GMT
I stood for the first half hour of act 2 of Les Mis (until Eponine was dead basically...) after being bullied out of my aisle seat by a moany old woman. I lost interest very quickly being sandwiched between floors and walls and it felt really far from the stage so I just left quietly.
I used to really enjoy standing for Starlight Express for a fiver, as you were still in the thick of the action and the Apollo Vic seemed really small back then.
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Post by sam22 on Nov 14, 2017 20:15:57 GMT
I stood for the first half hour of act 2 of Les Mis (until Eponine was dead basically...) after being bullied out of my aisle seat by a moany old woman. I lost interest very quickly being sandwiched between floors and walls and it felt really far from the stage so I just left quietly. I used to really enjoy standing for Starlight Express for a fiver, as you were still in the thick of the action and the Apollo Vic seemed really small back then. I want to know more detail about the Les Mis story! |
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Post by theatremadness on Nov 14, 2017 23:32:36 GMT
I've stood for Les Mis twice before....I really wasn't as bad as I'd feared!
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2017 9:51:57 GMT
I stood for the first half hour of act 2 of Les Mis (until Eponine was dead basically...) after being bullied out of my aisle seat by a moany old woman. I lost interest very quickly being sandwiched between floors and walls and it felt really far from the stage so I just left quietly. I used to really enjoy standing for Starlight Express for a fiver, as you were still in the thick of the action and the Apollo Vic seemed really small back then. I want to know more detail about the Les Mis story! She had “terrible arthritis”, “all the aisle seats were gone”, ‘please could you swap with me I’m in agony’. ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SODDING INTERVAL. I was in town for a meeting, only really wanted to hear Carrie sing it again before she left so didn’t really mind going to stand. I’m 6’4” and have some big old thighs so really wouldn’t cope with a non-aisle seat. So I was just being kind, saw what I wanted and got a longer nights sleep so all was fine. |
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2017 11:09:54 GMT
the Apollo Vic seemed really small back then. It was, really. Half the seats, as the racetrack took up a lot of space downstairs, and most of the rear section was blocked off upstairs. I’ve only been upstairs once at the AV, for Saturday Night Fever I think. I don’t remember it being particularly cavernous. Was the back curtained off or walled in? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 11:24:12 GMT
I stood from 4pm until 11pm for a Rihanna concert... added the travel back, didn't actually sit until I got on the train at 1am.
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Post by Dan213 on Nov 15, 2017 11:32:22 GMT
Surely all this stuff should go in a separate thread. Keep on gettting my hopes up every time I see a new post on this
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2017 12:42:11 GMT
Surely all this stuff should go in a separate thread. Keep on gettting my hopes up every time I see a new post on this Mwah ha ha ha (twirls moustache). You are quite right though. Burly? Fancing creating a ‘standing at the theatre’ thread? |
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Post by tr252 on Dec 3, 2017 21:08:49 GMT
I'm more excited about this potentially opening in London than I am about Hamilton. The cast recording is beautiful and quite emotional, would love to see this on stage.
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Post by lonlad on Dec 4, 2017 1:56:37 GMT
Hmmmmm ....................
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 11:41:18 GMT
WhatsOnStage hinting heavily at a run in The Phoenix 2019 today.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 27, 2017 13:03:35 GMT
Interesting. I guess it would make sense - Chicago for a year (I really don't see it doing well unless they stunt cast it massively - not that I want this), although I keep hearing the Adelphi, but date keeps being pushed back. They seem to be waiting for Kinky Boots to annouce closure than swooping in. But Phoenix would make more sense for the show...
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Post by Jon on Dec 27, 2017 13:55:40 GMT
The Adelphi would be too big for the show. The Phoenix or Savoy would make a lot more sense and ATG are one of the producers of DEH on Broadway
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 14:03:45 GMT
Spring 2019 would make sense for either the Savoy or Phoenix I would imagine.
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Post by tr252 on Dec 27, 2017 14:37:44 GMT
But 2019 is so far away for Ben Platt to reprise the role, see me in the audience, fall in love and run away with me so we can live happily ever after...  |
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