What is HADESTOWN about?
HADESTOWN takes you on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and again, intertwining two mythic love tales – that of younger dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his spouse Persephone. A deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical expertise, HADESTOWN invitations you to think about how the world may very well be.
But with tickets priced as much as £125 every, many individuals should search for cheaper methods to see West End exhibits.
I went to see HADESTOWN on the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End to attempt the most cost effective seats, to see if it’s value paying for.
There are 4 ranges to the Lyric Theatre, the Stalls (stage with the stage), the Dress Circle (one stage up), the Grand Circle (two ranges up) and the Balcony (as you may most likely guess, three ranges up).
How a lot are the most cost effective tickets to HADESTOWN?
In the Stalls, the most cost effective tickets are the again row at £20 every. These include the warning that ‘the view from this seat has a pillar in the sightline’.
In the Dress Circle, the most cost effective tickets are double that of the Stalls at £39.50, additionally coming with a warning that their will likely be a pillar within the sightline.
The most cost-effective seats within the Grand Circle of the Lyric Theatre are £29.50. The warning right here is that ‘the view from this seat has a restricted side view and you may need to lean forward’. Some of those seats may have a pillar in your view.
Finally, up within the Balcony, the most cost effective seats are priced at £20. These seats could have a restricted view of the stage and you could miss components of what’s occurring.
So, the most cost effective seats for the London manufacturing of HADESTOWN are £20 and you’ve got the selection between the again row of the Stalls, or a number of the seats within the Balcony. The Dress Circle and Upper Circle don’t supply any seats as little as £20.
What is the view like for the most cost effective tickets to HADESTOWN?
I selected to e-book seats in the back of the Stalls as I’m not a giant fan of sitting up excessive on the theatre. As you may see from the image above, there may be positively a pillar proper in the course of your view! However, aside from the very fact you do miss a number of the moments occurring on stage, the view usually could be very clear and since it’s the again row and there’s no one sitting behind you, you may transfer your head to attempt to see what you’re lacking.
The different challenge is that there’s an overhang from the Dress Circle above and so the moments that happen up excessive (between Hades and Persephone) are troublesome to see.
Would I purchase low cost tickets to HADESTOWN once more?
Yes, I’d and in reality that is the second time I’ve sat in these seats. For £20, I’m joyful to solely see 80% of the present as a result of you may nonetheless hear every little thing and despite the fact that you’re in the back of the stalls, you continue to really feel fairly near the motion.
Is the Balcony part for HADESTOWN on the Lyric Theatre appropriate for vertigo victims?
The Balcony is excessive up however shouldn’t trigger a problem for vertigo victims.
What do you consider a budget seats at HADESTOWN?
If you’ve got sat in every other low cost components of the theatre for HADESTOWN, I’d like to know what your ideas have been on the view and if it was definitely worth the value you paid. Let me know!