If you’re heading to the West End soon these are the seats you need to watch out for!
The people over at SeatPlan have trawled through over 80,000 photos of the view from seats right across London’s West End to determine the 10 worst theatre seats that need to be avoided.
These problematic seats feature everything from pillars right in the centre of your view and extreme viewing angles to cripplingly tight legroom and vertigo-inducing height problems.
10. Harold Pinter Theatre
Seat to avoid: Stalls, P16 – £47.50
Warning when booking: Obstructed view
9. Wyndham’s Theatre
Seat to avoid: Stalls, BB1 – £40
Warning when booking: Restricted side view
8. Novello Theatre
Seat to avoid: Balcony, A11 – £27.50
Warning when booking: No warning
7. Lyric Theatre
Seat to avoid: Balcony, E3 – £25
Warning when booking: This seat has a restricted view of the stage
6. Phoenix Theatre
Seat to avoid: Stalls, AA1 – £20
Warning when booking: Limited view, you will be looking up
5. Garrick Theatre
Seat to avoid: Stalls, S18 – £20
Warning when booking: The view from this seat is restricted by a pillar in the auditorium
4. Theatre Royal Haymarket
Seat to avoid: Upper Circle, B30 – £17.50
Warning when booking: View of stage extremely restricted-you miss at least 90% of the stage
3. Noel Coward Theatre
Seat to avoid: Grand Circle, AA26 – £15
Warning when booking: Very Restricted View – due to a side view and safety rail. Will need to lean forward
2. London County Hall
Seat to avoid: North Gallery, D42 – £13.50
Warning when booking: Restricted view, marble pillar in centre of sight line
1. Sondheim Theatre
Seat to avoid: Grand Circle, AA4 – £10
Warning when booking: Extremely restricted view – due to a side view, safety rail and lighting equipment. Will need to lean forward; view will not be clear.
Meanwhile SeatPlan has shared its top tips on what to look out for when booking theatre seats to make sure you don’t get caught out.
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