She Loves Me – Crucible Sheffield

Baz announced the cast for Kiss Me Kate and Showboat so I'd expect something on a Thursday

Full cast has been announced.

www.whatsonstage.com/sheffield-theatre/news/she-loves-me-revival-crucible-cast_55238.html

David Thaxton is playing Georg Nowack and Alex Young is Amalia Balash.

Wow! loving this cast!

Everyone wants to work at the world-famous Crucible Theatre. Everyone!

As Samantha Womack herself said when interviewed on the wireless, "Sheffield at Christmas looks just like New York."

I don’t know what parts of New York Ms Womack has been frequenting then! 

Love the show, love the cast so I'm there.
A long journey for me but it will be worth it and guess it will have to involve an overnight stay.
Anyone know if you can do a matinee and go from London and back in a day?
Is the theatre near the station?

Easy to do a matinee from London as a day trip, train takes about two hours each way so as an example London St Pancras 11.02 arrive Sheffield 12.59, return 18.00 back 20.07. Crucible is about 10 minutes walk from Sheffield  station.

Advance tickets between London and Sheffield start from about £19 though their availability greatly reduced over the Christmas period and into January. On the day without a railcard  it's a hefty £84 return.

I'm seeing a Saturday matinee in January and am travelling by National Express because the current train price on that day is £84 return or £56 with railcard.  My journey will be Victoria Coach Station depart 9.00, arrive Sheffield Coach Station 12.40pm, then Sheffield Coach Station 6.30pm arrive London Victoria 10.20pm total cost £9.80 return. I prefer to travel by train but when it's £10 or £56 there's no way I'm paying an extra £46. Higher coach fares in December though.

Coach station is slightly closer to the Crucible than the railway station.

There's availability at the central Sheffield Travelodge at around £30 per room  during She Loves Me

It's always worth checking fares between King's Cross and Doncaster.

For example, on Saturday 18 December it's currently possible to book a return for £33.90. Then a return between Doncaster and Sheffield can be as low as £4.

If the connections work, the journey time isn't actually that much longer.

Anyone who is familiar with the theatre able to offer seating advice?
I'm wondering about what legroom is like.
Thanks in advance.

It’s built like a bowl, with moderately steep sides. There’s no segmentation between front and rear, no stalls or circle just one continuous tier. t I always go for an aisle just because I don’t like being hemmed in, there are plenty of them so take your pick. It’s a huge and very deep thrust and they stage shows almost like they were in the round. That said I’d avoid the extreme edges (band D) and unless you’re on a budget and need to only pay £22 for a C I’d go band A or B. Top price is only £40 even at weekends. This is the North! Legroom is the same throughout, unless you’re on the front row where depending on how they build the stage you might have a huge gap or a bit less. I’ve never had insufficient legroom on the front row and the stage is always low. The back few rows are not on sale but even if they were this theatres built in such a way that you never really feel distant. The back of the auditorium might go on sale later if it sells well, if they don’t need the seats it will be curtained off.

It’s a beautiful theatre, built for people to be able to see.

Thanks for the advice both of you. Sounds like the seating and layout is similar to Chichester.
I'll definitely be going for the best seats and at £40 that's a complete bargain.

Under an hour, BurlyBeaR? 😉

If steps are an issue, alece10, it's worth noting that you'll enter the Crucible auditorium about 2/3 of the way back. With few exceptions, you'll have to either walk down steps to your seat, or up steps.