Old theatres in London not fit for purpose

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I went to the theatre last week for a birthday treat and now remember why we stopped going.

in the past I have paid hundreds of pounds only to have people in front of me wearing hats and obscuring the view, people wearing huge puffer coats who are about 7 feet tall again obscuring the view. I’ve had people squashed up to me in the next seat making it uncomfortably and impossible to move, as a short person even I noticed the lack of leg room which means people behind you have their legs pushing into the back of your chair constantly.

This time I saved up and purchased a seat in the circle with no one in front of me. Amazing I thought I won’t have to worry about getting a tall person in front of me. Of course I hadn’t anticipated there would be a morbidly obese person behind me. She’d bought 2 seats obviously aware there wasn’t room for anyone next to her but instead my family and I and the person sitting next to me had to endure her body pressing into the back of our seats her stomach was hanging over onto my neck. Every time she moved which was constantly the whole row of seats moved and people were complaining.

It was a horrendous experience. I said nothing to this woman as obviously she couldn’t help it. During the interval I and the lady sat next to me asked a member of staff if we could move, explaining the problem, but were told the theatre was full.

I don’t blame this woman I blame the theatre (The Ambassador) who have squashed as many seats in as possible with zero leg room. They knew she’d booked two seats and would have seen why when they checked her ticket and yet they allowed everyone in seats nearby to suffer.

The whole theatre needs a refit. It’s unacceptable that you pay hundreds of pounds to be put in a tiny seat with zero leg room and the seats aren’t even staggered making it OK for only the tallest people to see the stage! Never again.

Apologies if you have a giant head and are feeling sensitive about this post! The fact is I could see fuck all.

I didn't mention anything about my body did I? The way you describe other people is less than desirable, I wonder how others would describe your body.

I’m stating a fact! Old theatre - bloke who was about 6’4 - long legs, big head equals me not being able to see cos I’m a foot shorter! Wouldn’t have been an issue in a modern theatre… people generally tell me I’m short, which Inam, as you were wondering. Gulliver sat in front of me probably gets told he’s tall a lot… which he was .

Would you tell somebody to their face they had a giant head? It's a shitty way to describe someone.

Why are you getting all personal and arguing about it?

Someone big sat in front of someone small and blocked the small persons view.

Me getting personal? That's ironic.

Yes I go with a morbidly obese person, the seats are so small for everyone never mind her. The person in front ends up with their head between her knees and they have to sit forward to avoid this.

I’m pretty sure the massive man is always that he is large all over. I would go as far as to say he probably shops in the big and tall place and finds shoes hard to get. His head is was an appropriate size for his big frame! And his huge head blocked over half the stage!
Like I said though, in a modern theatre it wouldn’t have mattered because the floor would have been more sloping or the seat angled in such a way that Mr Big Head’s big head ( and shoulders) wouldn’t have blocked so much of the view.