Seating plan

[pallas_athena]

The Emperor Of Atlantis is going to be ace! Saturday night has sold out, and the rest of the days are selling well too. (Those who asked me to book tickets for Saturday: I've got 'em, don't panic.)

Seating is going to be... interesting. The space is an art gallery, so we're free to transform it into a sort of ragtag homemade cabaret of the sort that they might have had at Theresienstadt. We're assembling a variety of chairs, cushions and rugs for the audience to sit on. (Cue the entire production team frantically chasing down cushions.)

When we come to the performances, front-of-house will have to herd the young and lithe towards the cushions so there'll be enough actual chairs for those who really need them. The opera's only about an hour long, so I hope that's an acceptable amount of time to have to sit on a cushion.

Seating will probably go like this:

People who prefer chairs - On the balcony (15)

People who require chairs and aren't keen on stairs - at the back of the room (14 or so)

People who don't mind sitting sideways - on a bench by the wall (up to 8)

People who prefer, or can be persuaded towards, cushions - at the front of the room (25 to 30)

I just really hope there are enough chairs for those who need them, and that no one who pays for a ticket will have cause to complain. We've invited a bunch of reviewers and industry professionals, and something tells me they won't be overly keen on the whole cushion experience.

Today I collected yet another scythe (with many thanks to fracture242), made a hangman's noose, and exit-flyered the Young Vic. Whew.

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[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)