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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 13:46:12 GMT
Enough said really, what are the worst seats you have ever sat in at the theatre? I'll start... balcony at the Haymarket. Just cushioned benches with a metal bar on either side of you to define what is your seat that digs into your ass if you have one slightly larger than average, which, for me, is an issue. Was horrible to sit, thankfully I moved down. Go.  |
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Post by Steffi on Apr 16, 2017 14:10:07 GMT
Balcony at the Palace Theatre. I don't suffer from vertigo but getting to my seat up there was a serious challenge. Awful view too, I might as well just have listened to a recording of the show.
I wouldn't sit up there ever again even if someone paid me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 14:13:27 GMT
Upstairs at the Sam Wanamaker. Like watching a radio play - will never sit upstairs there again
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 16, 2017 14:42:24 GMT
I still don't understand why they bother selling those benches in the Sam Wanamaker - either keep them off sale or give them free or SOMETHING. Surely they get more complaints or people saying they'll never return than is worth it?
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Post by duncan on Apr 16, 2017 16:43:08 GMT
The Gallery at TR Haymarket - horrible benches with nasty cushions.
NEVER AGAIN!
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Post by romeo94 on Apr 16, 2017 16:46:19 GMT
Aldwych, Shaftesbury and Trafalgar Studios have the the worst legroom in my experience (being 6ft 5).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 16:48:24 GMT
Directly behind anyone who is 6ft 5.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 16:52:28 GMT
Oh, forgot about St James Theatre AKA The Other Palace. Seats deliberately designed to force you into position unable to move. Found the whole experience so uncomfortable on my first visit I've never returned, and never will unless they redesign the seating.
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 16, 2017 17:06:21 GMT
This thread generously sponsored by Mark Shenton.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 16, 2017 17:17:24 GMT
Behind pillars at Her Majesty's.
The £10 Les Mis seats where you can see a third of the stage
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 17:24:42 GMT
The back row of the gallery at Theatre Royal Brighton can only have been designed with amputees in mind.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 17:28:34 GMT
Any seats that don't have backs.
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Apr 16, 2017 17:30:33 GMT
Row R behind the wooden bannister at Wicked in the Circle, awful seats!
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Post by shady23 on Apr 16, 2017 18:09:57 GMT
Directly behind Brian May!
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Post by zak97 on Apr 16, 2017 18:17:36 GMT
Back row of the gallery at Wyndham's.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 16, 2017 18:27:11 GMT
I know they are only £15 but those Travelex seats at the NT. No legroom and no back support. Never again.
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Post by ptwest on Apr 16, 2017 19:59:13 GMT
The end of Row Q in the stalls at the Palace, row C of the stalls at the Cambridge and rear stalls at the Aldwych. No complaints about the view but legroom so poor I feared I wouldn't even be able to sit down. I expect some restriction but these times the tight space really impacted on my enjoyment.
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Post by showgirl on Apr 16, 2017 20:08:13 GMT
Any of those pub-theatre-type seats which are shallow wooden benches with no support for any part of your thighs. Tying with the stacking plasting chairs also encountered at more rough-and-ready venues.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 20:34:02 GMT
Directly behind anyone who is 6ft 5. Or for someone of my height, anyone who's 5ft 6... |
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Post by duncan on Apr 16, 2017 20:34:24 GMT
I know they are only £15 but those Travelex seats at the NT. No legroom and no back support. Never again. in the Dorfman? The seats there are like sitting on a pub bar stool for 90 minutes. The Olivier and Lyttleton Travlex seats have been fine when I've used them. Another contender would be The Old Vic. I got one of the £10 tickets for Row X in the Baylis about 10 years ago - dear god, essentially a long wooden bench with no marked seats so everyone trying to expand as far as possible in the space which left me at the end sitting in sod all space for the first act. Come the interval I decided not to move and when everyone else went off for a drink and pee I expaned and wouldn't shift when everyone came back. A poor experience and one I've never repeated. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 20:36:32 GMT
The extreme sides of the stalls at the Palladium. And basically anywhere in the Palladium stalls that isn't a middle aisle seat for legroom reasons.
Also the second row stalls in the Apollo Victoria and Savoy as the rake is non-existent.
And the front row (usually row B) at the Shaftesbury - no legroom and high stage.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 16, 2017 20:39:45 GMT
I was recently in the BFI and thought how nice the seats were for comfort, legroom, width, etc and regretted that so many theatre seats were not of the same standard.
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Post by Jan on Apr 16, 2017 20:47:19 GMT
The worst seats - I mean literally the actual seats - are those where both the back and seat are divided into two separate pieces - in use at Hampstead and the Young Vic.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 20:48:01 GMT
Most seats in the Upper Circle of the Duke of York's. Don't even consider them unless you're under 4 ft tall.
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 16, 2017 21:29:44 GMT
Ok. I'll say it then.
The bumcheek-sharing horrors at the Chocolate Factory.
I LOVE the Trafalgar Studio seats. They are my favourite because they fit like a glove. So comfy.
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