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Post by theatrenerd on Mar 13, 2024 20:34:42 GMT
As a biased Brummie I've got to shout out the Rep and the Hippodrome. Both have large stages and yet even from the back row can still feel intimate at times, plus great sightlines. I do also love the Alexandra, but it does has more flaws. But I always love looking at the blue Art Decco design, maybe its more of a nostalgia thing for me going there when I was young.
In London, I would also say the Bridge and loved Drury Lane pre-restoration so I would love to go back and see how it's changed.
And as a bonus; I love the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Always love looking around the foyer and gift shop and love the thrust stage auditorium (aside from the pillars and restricted side-view seats).
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Post by nick on Mar 14, 2024 8:42:23 GMT
Basically, anything post-Victorian seems fine.
Royal Festival Hall is a bit of a barn though seating is fine and love the interiors and exterior. I was in the box opposite the royal box recently. The overhang of the box in front was terrible - those of us at the back were ok but I was at the front were not. Having said that the main auditorium looked fine.
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Post by mkb on Mar 14, 2024 9:03:16 GMT
May I nominate the main auditorium at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough?
It's compact and in-the-round, and every seat, set designer permitting, offers a perfect view. Even the back rows on all four sides are very close.
There's a latecomers' row in one corner, so no-one is ever disturbed during the show, and people arriving late have a good vantage point.
The stage floor is on a lift mechanism, so two different productions can be played on the same day, and they have a modern walk-on lighting floor/netting above the stage.
The whole thing is a housed in a beautiful, neon-lit, Art Deco, former Odeon.
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Post by nick on Mar 18, 2024 16:50:03 GMT
Latecomers row = brilliant idea.
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