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Paris2
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PostPosted: 16:07 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Mayflower Theatre Southampton Reply with quote
Has anyone been here and sat in the cheap seats?

I am looking to take the missus to go and see the Lion King this summer, but at the moment can only really afford to sit in the Balcony.

Is the view from here going to be so bad that its not really worth it? Shall I stump up the cash for better (closer) seats?

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PostPosted: 18:48 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Stump up the cash tightwad, she's worth it!
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PostPosted: 19:57 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 20:18 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
A box is better but don't know the prices
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PostPosted: 20:28 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I quite like sitting up in the gods because I have a bit of a fear of heights and the minor adrenalin rush livens up an otherwise dull show.
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PostPosted: 23:31 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bloggsy wrote:
A box is better but don't know the prices


At the Mayflower? Not IMO. The boxes were more a socialite thing at the time the old theatres were constructed and they were more about seeing who else was out and about and being seen yourself, in the posh seats. The almost side-on view of the stage means you can often see into the wings and behind set dressings.
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PostPosted: 23:45 - 21 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes I have and yes I have sat in the cheap seats, the actual theatre is quite small in relation to others I've frequented, so you can see the action on stage pretty well. IMO.
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PostPosted: 12:07 - 23 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I saw Maiden there (before Brucie left!) from up in the Gods.


Particularly memorable for mate getting a free t-shirt - he was in the scrum afterwards at the t-shirt stand when some thinks-he's-a-hard-nut bloke stood on his foot:
"oi, you're standing on my foot"
"so what, you gonna make me move it?"
"yeah."
"you and what army?"
Mate takes off bullet belt, wraps around knuckles, waves under hard nut's nose
"me and this army"

Hard nut promptly vanishes, guy selling t-shirts creases up and chucks mate a freebie for the laff.


Mind you, that friend never EVER backed down from anything, and always skipped all the stages in escalating. Very rarely actually got into a fight as he was SO up for it, the other would usually back down. Ended up with a police caution for lobbing a brick through the window of the flat downstairs when they turned the party music back up after he'd asked nicely once!



I may have gone sightly off topic there... the view from the balcony was absolutely fine.
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 23 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clanger wrote:
Yes I have and yes I have sat in the cheap seats, the actual theatre is quite small in relation to others I've frequented, so you can see the action on stage pretty well. IMO.


Agreed.
Been there many times and the theatre is small enough that even in the cheap seats you still have a half decent view.
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PostPosted: 13:37 - 23 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
defblade wrote:
I saw Maiden there (before Brucie left!) from up in the Gods.


Particularly memorable for mate getting a free t-shirt - he was in the scrum afterwards at the t-shirt stand when some thinks-he's-a-hard-nut bloke stood on his foot:
"oi, you're standing on my foot"
"so what, you gonna make me move it?"
"yeah."
"you and what army?"
Mate takes off bullet belt, wraps around knuckles, waves under hard nut's nose
"me and this army"

Hard nut promptly vanishes, guy selling t-shirts creases up and chucks mate a freebie for the laff.


Mind you, that friend never EVER backed down from anything, and always skipped all the stages in escalating. Very rarely actually got into a fight as he was SO up for it, the other would usually back down. Ended up with a police caution for lobbing a brick through the window of the flat downstairs when they turned the party music back up after he'd asked nicely once!



I may have gone sightly off topic there... the view from the balcony was absolutely fine.


I saw them that night too, only I was in the stalls Very Happy . I'm going to see Derren Brown there in a couple of weeks, I shall report back..
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PostPosted: 23:10 - 24 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
swampy wrote:
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I saw them that night too, only I was in the stalls Very Happy . I'm going to see Derren Brown there in a couple of weeks, I shall report back..


I'm guessing he's not going to rock quite as hard as Maiden did Wink

I was away camping when the tickets went on sale - spent well over an hour freezing in a phone box at some stupid time of the morning punching the number over again - still only managed the balcony...
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PostPosted: 23:43 - 24 Mar 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
defblade wrote:
I'm guessing he's not going to rock quite as hard as Maiden did Wink

Bruce Dickinson works as a First Officer these days. I bet Derren Brown's nights are more rock'n'roll. Or at least, Bruce's passengers hope that's the case.
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