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Original poster

To think if you are an adult with a huge head

88 replies

TheRozzers · 20/11/2025 11:08

Don’t book front row seats in the theatre.

Large man sitting on the front row of the stalls with 3 other large adults next to him managed to block the view of an entire group of children sitting in the seats behind them.

It was a children’s show in the West End but they didn’t appear to be accompanying any children.

YABU - big adults deserve front row seats

YANBU - adults to the back so everyone gets a good view

OP posts:
bilbodog · 20/11/2025 12:12

I sympathise OP as im short and often find i cant see and now dont go to the cinema or theatre as much as i used to. Our local cinema has seats at the back which are higher up than the rest so i always book those and sit looking down the centre isle so nobody can sit in front of me.

taller people dont get it!

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 20/11/2025 12:11

Maybe this should also be extended to people over 5’6”, or people who have wider shoulders than the average ?

GoldMerchant · 20/11/2025 12:08

Is there a device I can use to check whether my larger than average head meets the criteria for "huge head"? Wouldn't want to book the wrong seats in future.

PodMom · 20/11/2025 12:08

I’m 5ft. I think anyone over 5ft should be banned from the theatre 🤣

BauhausOfEliott · 20/11/2025 12:07

adults to the back so everyone gets a good view

Being an adult doesn't mean you've got good eyesight or hearing. Not everyone gets 'a good view' if they're a long way from the stage and might not want to be seeing the actors' faces as indistinct blobs.

butterycroissants · 20/11/2025 12:06

Maybe the people with children should be more organised book the front row seats if that’s what they want?

PearlRiver · 20/11/2025 12:05

YANBU - Big Heads should be banned from all live shows.

BauhausOfEliott · 20/11/2025 12:05

TheRozzers · 20/11/2025 11:56

Ok maybe in come cases it can’t be helped but in this case it was a matinee, the audience was mainly primary school children and there were definitely other seats available.

How were the adults supposed to know, when they booked their seats, that a) the theatre would be full of primary school children and b) where the children would be sitting?

Every adult cannot be expected to sit in the back row of a theatre on the off-chance that there might be a child occupying another seat. People are perfectly entitled to book the best seats they can afford.

It's not like they walked into the theatre, looked at the crowd and thought 'I know, I'll go and sit in those seats in front of those kids'. They booked their seats like anyone else without knowing who would be near them, and then sat in them. Because that's how theatres work.

Original poster
TheRozzers · 20/11/2025 11:56

Ok maybe in come cases it can’t be helped but in this case it was a matinee, the audience was mainly primary school children and there were definitely other seats available.

OP posts:
MrTiddlesTheCat · 20/11/2025 11:44

Big heads are fine. It's the buggers who hold up phones/ipads who need to be sent to the back.

rosierosierosie · 20/11/2025 11:40

It’s annoying but it’s not their fault 😆 Most theatres have booster seats for this reason?

Might have been the only seats available too.

ScholesPanda · 20/11/2025 11:39

GalaxyRippleFlake · 20/11/2025 11:10

🤣🤣🤣

First post nails it.

GalaxyRippleFlake · 20/11/2025 11:10

🤣🤣🤣

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