Unreserved Seating at Southwark Playhouse

If it's introduced, everyone will start moaning about the seats which they've been allocated ...

I don't think they should do reserved seating (I like the equality of the place, and it would inevitably lead to tiered pricing and premium seats) but they should do some kind of 'called in order' for busy shows i.e. you get a number as you arrive, sit down and get a drink, then they let people go in in batches of 50 or whatever. Would remove the long queues and probably increase the bar takings.

I do like the fact I can get a ticket for £15 and get the best seat if I arrive in decent time.

I don't think they're dumb enough to introduce it for a show without having sold said show as having allocated seating, which would render it basically the same as EVERY OTHER THEATRE, so this comment is really reaching for something to moan about.

This seems like a happy medium, and I suggested it in my email. Everyone has to present at the box office already so as well as giving them a ticket give them a coloured token. Then at 7pm someone can shout "OI YOU LOT EVERYONE WOTS GORRA YELLER YA CAN COME IN NAAAAAAR"

OMG so now you have to buy food to get a better seat? That's hideous.

The unreserved seating policy makes me so cross!  I went to Grey Gardens on a Saturday afternoon and it started the afternoon off badly.

it was really hot, there isn't enough room to queue properly, there were lots of old people there who couldn't stand for a long time,  I felt a bit pushed about by people attempting to get into the queue, you can't go to the loo if you're on your own in the queue, if you've had a good walk to get there your feet might be tired, you might have heavy bags / coats to hold.....it's so bloody uncivillised. 
Because the venue is so small there aren't really any bad seats.
it's the twenty first century and I refuse to believe that there isn't a better way to organise getting into a theatre.

As I said somewhere before, if I can't have an allocated seat, then I'm not going. Too old to mess about with this seating farce.

You are missing some excellent shows if you dont go to this venue just because you cant reserve seats.
I agree on the whole about having reserved seating as its a bit of a pain having to queue but for £14 to see a preview of what is usally a great show, then I just grit my teeth and happily join the queue.
My worry is that if they introduce reserved seating then ticket prices could go up to cover the extra administration.
With regard to another comment about allocating seats due to the changing seating plans, the Menier has a similar layout where seating is flexible depending on the show but they can still do reserved seating, so it is possible.

It took the Menier a looooooooong time to get there, and now we have the tier system with Chocoholics and all that nonsense!

I'm happy to pay extra to avoid the bum scrum for seats as it's greatly reduces my middle class theatre anxiety

I've seen some great shows there, but very few that were fully worth the stress of queuing. I went to nearly everything they did when they were at London Bridge, but in the new place I don't even have a PAYG anymore. I hate unreserved seating and work very hard to avoid theatres that have it. I go to the Young Vic and the Tricycle SO MUCH MORE these days than back when it was an uncivilised battle to get into the auditorium.

I went yesterday and was expecting it to be horrible, but it was actually fine. In fact, when we arrived at 6:40, there was no queue at all. I went back outside to eat the sandwich I'd bought and then went to the loo - after that we joined the queue which was only just starting to form.

They started letting in at 7, by which time the queue did stretch into the bar area - but I suspect if we'd only just joined it then, we'd have got perfectly good seats. It really isn't too much of a problem for a production like this where there's barely a bad seat in the house.