cavycapers Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 My anticipation of the Bolshoi's arrival is growing every day! However, I have more reason than most years to feel butterflies. I am going with three guests (one of whom is my first real long relationship, not seen for 30 years, and his new wife), who have never been to the ROH before, and I have booked a box, but I am now so worried about how much of the stage we will be able to see. The usual ROH blues! It is astounding that we are still paying such massive prices for seats not fit for purpose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Just a thought: have you tried using the ROH website, which gives you a photograph of the view from every seat in the house? I don't know how to access this function without pretending to buy a seat, but if you find a performance with lots of seats on sale, pretend you are booking the same box and then you will be offered the view of the stage from the box, which can be viewed fullscreen so you can see exactly what you are going to get (you don't actually have to buy the seats, of course) When you get there, as it's a box you'll have the space to yourself and so can move the chairs around to make things cosier or fairer, how you wish. You can also stand up and move around when you want, for a better view of a particular dancer or whatever, without bothering other patrons or being told off by an usher. If your former friend and his wife are the priorities, put them in the two best seats at the front, and adjust yourselves around them, would be my suggestion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 ROH not fit for purpose seats - couldn't agree more. I wish the Bolshoi would use the Coliseum views so much better. If I were an engineer/builder/architect I would remodel ROH extend out all the balconies so they are closer to stage adding more rows into them. Somehow I can't see that going down well here!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 It's a listed building, though, so they can't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 ROH not fit for purpose seats - couldn't agree more. I wish the Bolshoi would use the Coliseum views so much better. If I were an engineer/builder/architect I would remodel ROH extend out all the balconies so they are closer to stage adding more rows into them. Somehow I can't see that going down well here!! When it was refurbished, they had to restore it back to the way it was due to the Grade 1 listed status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks for the help, Geoff. I do use the camera view. The problem with the ROH is that you have to pay about £70 upwards to see most of the stage. So it is usually a case of deciding which of the seats I can afford gives the least worst view! I wonder if we could suspend ourselves in little harnesses from the box, so we can see everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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