The house
All 412 seats, computed from the section drawing of a thrust stage built in 1974. Pick one and it will tell you what you will actually see, including when the answer is unflattering.
Stalls
Gallery
- Whole stage
- Steeply to the side
- Tight over the row in front
- Flat floor
- Loses the top of the set
From this seat
H12
The whole stage
The full thrust, both vomitories and the upstage wall to its top, with nothing in the way.
- To the stage edge
- 8.2 m
- Looking down
- 11.3°
- Off the centre line
- 0.0°
- Clears the row in front by
- 85 mm
- Gallery takes off the set
- nothing
Clearance over the row in front is the sightline figure theatre designers use. Over 90 mm is comfortable; under 60 mm you will be leaning.
412
seats
in 17 rows
1.8 m
nearest seat
row A, centre
17.5 m
furthest seat
back of the gallery
237
see the whole stage
58% of the house
75
lose the top of a tall set
rows K, L and M, under the gallery
38
are on the flat
rows B and C, priced accordingly