My DH and I are tall and dared to go to the theatre.

[MangoSeason]

I’m 6 ft 1. My DH is 6 ft 4 and very broad. We went to see Hamilton at the Sydney Lyric Theatre yesterday and were subjected to a tirade of passive aggressive invective by the lady sitting behind us, for the whole show. The Lyric Theatre has very roomy seating, but a very low incline. This is beyond our control. We were not trying to thwart the woman! We were very close to the stage and everyone has to look up here anyway. I don’t think she missed as much as she wanted to make everyone around you believe. The lady behind me offered to swap with her but she loudly announced that “she is just as bad”. Sorry for my tall self exiting in your world.

I mean I do get it. It would be frustrating to be seated behind a couple like us. However, I’ve been at shows that I have looked forward to for years and have dealt with unexpected issues- the man with the very loud vocal tics two seats down, the lady who had to go to the toilet 6 times in a show. It is frustrating but I don’t carry on like a pork chop and I certainly don’t direct any invective towards the person for issues beyond their control. I may privately sigh or have a whinge afterwards but that’s it. DH and I can’t shrink!

We are both used to the under breath FFSs when we sit at shows. We really try to avoid sitting in front of people if we can. But at a sold out show with allocated seating, we are not doing it to upset you. We weren’t wearing hats, wearing scarves or big collars or high hair styles. We were simply existing, sitting quietly within our allocated seats. It was a matinee show with dozens of pre-teen kids around us. They would have had the same issue as the woman and none of them were carrying on at all. They were just enthralled, like everyone else.

Fully prepared to be massacred by the shorter people now!

Yes, I don’t sit at the back because I’m short-sighted.

@Comefromaway

Sitting at the back means you struggle to see facial expressions and detail. That’s why those seats are cheaper. You are too far away.

Not in a regular sized theatre unless you have an eyesight issue

Fernbot - why can’t we choose our preferred seats as everyone else can? If you want a particular seat you book early.

I personally don’t really are where anyone sits but I take umbrage as someone who respects the rights of people who are taller to sit where they like to hear that is shorter statured should bring booster seats

My view has been obstructed @Fembot123. I've sat behind taller and broader people, average or short people that are broad or have ridiculous hair. Shit happens. As a tall family we have inconveniences average or short people don't even consider, the fact short people are occasionally inconvenienced by our height is something they can find a solution for themselves, same as we have to deal with lack of legroom, clothing etc.

A booster seat is the perfect response to anyone entitled enough to believe tall people should sit at the back.

It isn’t, it’s pretty pathetic really. As if someone of 5’1’s hair could obstruct your view as much as a 6 footer, purlease 😂😂 I don’t care where you sit and would suck it up as luck of the draw but tell an adult to sit on a booster seat and then I’m pissed off, it’s ridiculous.

As a short family we have inconveniences You would never consider soo snap 😋 Don’t try and pretend to be hard done by.

I wouldn't tell someone to sit on a booster seat unless they first suggested I sit at the back.

I don't feel hard done by, just pointing out that whilst we may have an advantage in that we are less likely to encounter taller people in front, short people have the advantage of knowing their legs will fit. Life's unfair, deal with it.

@Shmithecat2

YANBU. I'm 6'3, DH is 6'4. Not that he goes to the theatre much, but I do. And to those suggesting that tall people could either book shit seats at the back, or just 'slouch' - well, no, I won't do either. Just because I'm tall, it doesn't mean my eyesight is superior. And 45 years of having to wedge myself into too small areas I'm more leg that torso proportionately, but torso is still longer than average has lead to sciatica and mild postural scoliosis. Both of which have taken some time to be resolved, and I'm not about to willingly suffer either of those again for someone else's viewing pleasure.

And this is why tall people fidget - theatres are not built for us!

@PlumpAndDeliciousFatcat

I selected our seats, *@Comefromaway*, but tbf we bought them in the early release. Perhaps it was different on general sale. I’m familiar with the system you describe; you can reject the choices and ask the computer to choose again.

When it was first released in London you’d have had to wait another 30 mins. It was madness. I’d already been in the virtual queue for about 20 mins and had it crash on me twice!

I don’t know the theatre in Australia but the Victoria Palace is a large theatre. I sat at the back for Billy Elliot and it wasn’t good. (That was before the refurb).