Bare - The Vaults

So excited, I've loved this musical for years! Massively looking forward to this production.

This might just be worth the trip down, I've been in love with the cast recording for many years but it's just one of those musicals I didn't think I'd ever get to see so this is exciting for me. Hope it has a solid cast. This show comes in so many different forms however I'll have to be reminded which one of the "Pop Opera" is.

Certainly sounds like it will be the Pop Opera version, would be disappointing if we get anything else. Very, very exciting.

Caught this yesterday evening after knowing nothing about it, mainly because I had a free evening and saw it was on at 6pm on a Sunday and the couple of snippets of songs I caught on Apple Music before booking sounded great. The actual show itself was really enjoyable - it's still in previews and far from polished, but everyone on the stage is working hard. Some of the music is absolutely stunning and there were some really beautiful numbers. Special mention to Stacy Francis who brought the house down during God Don't Make No Trash. I was also NOT expecting the punch to the gut at the end after the story had finished - I won't spoil it (I'm not sure if they do the same every time this is produced), but it was beautifully done and I was in bits - definitely good timing to have this show in the run up to London Pride.

The down side - the venue is DIRE. Without question the most uncomfortable seat I've ever sat in to watch a show - one of those folding plastic seats but it somehow made me feel like I was going to fall forwards and backwards throughout the whole thing. And then to top it off due to the layout of the stage (very wide and thin, with a catwalk out in the middle) we had to spend the entire show with our heads turned 90 degrees to see anything, and some of it was actually directly behind us. I was desperate to stand up and untwist myself by the interval. I really don't know whey they don't just turn the chairs 90 degrees or diagonal, or get rid of the catwalk - the current setup doesn't work at all. I had a tier 2 ticket which ended up being any seat in the front 2 rows - I'm not sure which tier the back rows are but the back rows would definitely be the best for this show.

I doubt it, solely for the fact that there was an updated version Off-Broadway in 2012 (Bare: The Musical as opposed to Bare: A Pop Opera) and pretty much everyone hated it, at least compared to the original.

I moved to the seats at the far end during the interval and although you are further from the action, you can see everything without having to turn your head. I agree that the main seats should be reconfigured to give a better experience. As for the show it was lovely to see a much fuller production, previous experiences have been minimalistic, though be prepared for lots of scene shifting.

Is it the dreaded unreserved seating in this place?!

When you enter you are given a colour based on the tier of ticket that you bought.  For example I bought tier 2 tickets so we were given blue.  Then when entering we were told we could sit anywhere on the front 2 rows on either side of the catwalk.  Definitely a good idea to get there early, sitting as close to the catwalk and as far back as possible would probably be the best position if sitting in the middle section, or the set of rows thats completely separate house left facing inwards would probably be even better (as a previous poster mentioned)

I'm not sure which tiers relate to each row - on TodayTix it says the premium seats and tier 1 are closest to the stage, but this isn't the case as I was tier 2 and was told I could sit in the front 2 rows.

Has this started yet? Nobody seems to be talking about the show, just the venue?

The seating is vile, the venue is vile and the production is overlong. It is a shame because the source material it is great; some lovely songs, the appalling fact it is still relevant but it just felt very amateur. From the awkward set to the awkward set changes. Also, I thought to cast two leads who are struggling vocally this early on was a mistake. One of the teenagers looked at least 35. If this was the end of year student production it would be cute, instead, it is just a bit messy and disappointing.