London Coliseum Seating?

[AddisonMizner]

I am considering booking tickets for Cape Town Opera's "Porgy & Bess" during its run at the London Coliseum later this month. I have looked on "Theatre Monkey" for seating/sightline opinions for this theatre but there does not seem to be any available. Is there another site where I can find this information? Has anyone been to the Coliseum before? What are the sightlines like? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[ClapYo'Hands]

I can't offer advice on sightlines, but I would strongly recommend against seeing it...unless you enjoy reading the text for two and a half hours.

[SoonerOrLater]

Re: seating-it's been a while since I've been but I recall the 'restricted view' seats (somewhere on the edge of the circle maybe?) weren't particularly restricted at all.

Re: the show, saw it in Cardiff a couple of weeks ago, and yes you will need to read the surtitles for most of the show but I did find it an interesting production (that said I had discounted tickets and wouldn't have paid full price for it)

[Mark_E]

Well I had to read the surtitles for 5 and a half hours of Les Troyens and it didn't affect my enjoyment (although that was because it was French). Its quite common for English operas to still have I read the surtitles to get the message

[ClapYo'Hands]

Unfortunately, this Opera is in English yet the diction is so poor one has to read the surtitles, quite a different situation to a foreign language opera. Even as an opera singer, I find this unacceptable.

Other tastes, however may vary - simply my word of warning.

[hotjohn]

I visit the ENO about three times a year and I'm very fussy - if I can't get front row of the stalls I won't go! It does mean I have to buy my tickets as soon as they go on sale which can be 9 - 12 months in advance.