21st August 2008
Just Needs Air Con!
I went to see Chicago with a friend, and we booked our tickets last minute, less than a week ago, yet we got absolutely brilliant seats - in the stalls, on the aisle. The theatre is absolutely brilliant - very atmospheric, and from where we were, we had a brilliant view of the stage and came away very happy. A lot of this, of course, was down to the quality of the performance, but we found the staff to be friendly and accommodating, and would definitely visit the theatre again.
We did, unfortunately, choose one of the hottest days of the year to visit, and without air conditioning the theatre itself was absolutely unbearable. Thankfully, they provided cardboard fans, and it was an amusing sight to see the majority of the audience fanning themselves throughout. Even the bar, which claimed to be air conditioned, did not feel much cooler to us. By its nature, particularly in London, drinks, ice creams and the like were incredibly expensive so we restrained from buying them, but this didn't detract from the experience, in our opinion.