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ARTS THEATRE

 

BIG PANTS AND BOTOX (comedy)
9th until 11th February 2012

Barbra is 50, and here she shares a secret.

A comedy by Louise Roche, with Rebecca Wheatley as Barbara.
 

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Performance Schedule:
The monkey advises checking performance times on your tickets and that performances are happening as scheduled, before travelling.

Thursday to Saturday at 8pm


 

Ticket Prices:

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All tickets £25.


 

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Buying Tickets Online:

Other Box Office Information

Tickets offered differ between outlets. Outlets also may offer different seats via their phone and online systems. Offers may be available click here.
Theatre Box Office:
www.Lovetheatre.com

Sales are handled by "Lovetheatre.com" - the same company who operate the "Theatremonkey Ticketshop." Choose your show from the list on the page.

 

Booking fees per ticket for online bookings:
£1.50 per seat.

For performances from 9th until 11th February 2012
Buy best available top non-premium price
£21.50 tickets (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £10 each (plus £1.50 per ticket booking fee) at all performances.

Ticket selection is from agency's allocation. Subject to allocation availability, change, withdrawal and agency discretion.

Book online at the Theatremonkey Ticketshop. Click the "Apply Special Offer" button above the calendar grid to highlight available offer dates in green on it. Or else book by telephone from LoveTheatre, quoting "Theatremonkey Ticketshop" on 020 7907 7000.

 

Other Online Choices (with S.T.A.R. genuine ticket agencies):

will appear here when available.

See Tickettree.com for great value "hotel and theatre ticket" packages.

Other Independent S.T.A.R. ticket agencies may also offer an alternative choice of seats.

 

Box Office Information:
Tickets offered differ between outlets. Outlets also may offer different seats via their phone and online systems. Offers may be available click here.
Theatre Box Office:
Telephone: 0845 017 5584 or 020 7907 7092
Operated by "Lovetheatre.com" on behalf of the venue.

Booking fees per ticket for telephone bookings:
£1.50 per seat.

For performances from 9th until 11th February 2012
Buy best available top non-premium price
£21.50 tickets (from agency / offer allocation) reduced to £10 each (plus £1.50 per ticket booking fee) at all performances.

Ticket selection is from agency's allocation. Subject to allocation availability, change, withdrawal and agency discretion.

Book online at the Theatremonkey Ticketshop. Click the "Apply Special Offer" button above the calendar grid to highlight available offer dates in green on it. Or else book by telephone from LoveTheatre, quoting "Theatremonkey Ticketshop" on 020 7907 7000.

 

For personal callers or by post: 6/7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB
No booking fee for personal callers. Box Office usually open from 12 noon on day of performance only. Check before travelling.

 

Special Access Needs Customers:
Wheelchair users and other registered disabled theatregoers can call 0207 836 8531 for information.

www.artstheatrewestend.com is the venue website.

 

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Theatre Seat Opinions:
Please remember that cheaper seats often do not offer the same view / location quality as top price ones, and that ticket prices are designed to reflect this difference.

 

Seating Plan Diagram

Stalls Dress Circle Notes
STALLS 
The circle overhangs the stalls at row E. 

Pillars are located at the ends of rows G and H. These pillars affect seats in Row H, numbers 1,2, 15 and 16 and J18, though only J18 (not generally on sale - and removed) was directly behind one. The monkey is just not keen on the other seats around the pillars though. It also opts for more central seats in this venue, taking the first and last two or three in each row as a final choice. The only exception is in rows M and N, where seats 1 and 2 are more central than in other rows.

Rows AA and BB at the very front of the stalls are generally removed. If row AA is in use and discounted then some may well find it worth the neck ache thinks the monkey. If row BB is the front row - as for "A Christmas Carol" (December 2011) - and not discounted it's not a bad view, but possibly expensive for those who prefer to take in the stage without the strain. Discounted, worth a glance if your physio is a good one...

The high stage makes viewing from rows AA to D a neck-aching experience. From row E back however, the rake compensates sufficiently to provide good views. 

At "Park Avenue Cat" (July 2011), one reader says,
"BB11 and 12: I was tempted by an email that offered 'Best Seats for only £15' and booked blind. Foolishly I didn't check their location before we went. These were the WORST seats I've ever had in my life, in any theatre, anywhere. The row was squashed in front of the stage, and although we had leg room, we had to crook our necks and lean backwards to see the actors on stage. However, we got a good view up the female actors' skirts. Younger members of the audience in BB appeared to be able to maintain this awkward pose better than my husband and I - being in our late forties we have to be a bit more careful and had to keep looking downwards at our toes to rest our poor necks. An extremely uncomfortable experience. Strongly recommend that Theatremonkey never goes for these seats, even though he is probably a bit more bendy than we humans."

A few rows back, in row B a reader notes,
"B1: Would definitely go for something more central if I could have chosen. Still had a good view though, although felt a bit disconnected from the action by being right at the side."

For a cabaret Arts ('Eve Ferret Sings Again!' in 2011 another reader notes,
"B1 to 4: Seats were right at one side of the theatre and quite close to the stage but with a good view of all but the very nearside of the stage. None of these facts were an issue for this particular show (a cabaret) but might well be an issue with another show such as a play."

Further along the row, a reader says,
"B11: Seat was SO creaky I had to move to the empty one next to me. It was creaking like no theatre seat has ever creaked before. Avoid this seat. View from 1 along was very good and squeak free."

Regular theatremonkey seat reporting reader Mark says,
"Row C centre - Good clear view of the stage."

In row D, he adds,
"D9: for 'Naked Boys Singing' it's certainly close enough to see everything, put it that way."

One reader notes,
"F5 and 6 were as good as they get in this small venue."

Behind them, reader Clive says, for "A Guide To Sexual Misery" (September 2010),
"G12 and 13: A perfect view with good legroom. There is a good chance of being required to move seats for the second half of this show."

At "Park Avenue Cat" (July 2011) a row back, he comments,
"H10 to 13: Excellent seats – very good view of the stage with good rake and good leg-room."

Further along in the same row at "A Dish of Tea With Doctor Johnson" (September 2011) reader Laura says,
"H12 and H13: Ended up sitting next to the play's director Max Stafford-Clark, (who was lovely by the way!). The seats themselves gave an excellent view of the action being right in the centre and just in front of the overhang from the dress circle, although legroom was a little cramped - we're 5'2" and 5'3" and we struggled slightly. I'm not sure I'd have paid top price for the seat but if you can get them cheaply then they're a fair value in my opinion."


The rear stalls are close to the stage in this tiny theatre. At high prices, some visitors may want to avoid the edges of rows to maximise value. If sold at second price though, as is row M usually, the monkey considers them pretty good, even if the top of the set may be missing.

With all seats the same price, the monkey would go for seats forward of row L first. 

If there are two prices in the rear stalls with the cheaper ones starting at row M, it would take M over L and save a little, and would take row M before dress circle row F at the same price.

A reader notes for a previous show, though,
"Row N: Great leg room and perfect unobstructed view, has a good rake. Very hot, though. Now the bad points: during the play, 8 times the entrance/exit door - the only one to theatre - was opened and let the hallway light into the auditorium. Not only that, but they appear to have a bar/club directly behind a locked single layer door. I could hear crowds singing "my sex is on fire" more than what was said on stage. It really is appalling sound proofing, surely they could have better - and a curtain over the door! It really did spoil our night."

Legroom is mostly acceptable throughout the stalls.

 


DRESS CIRCLE 
Called the CIRCLE in this theatre.

Six rows of seats cling to a narrow shelf, with a further two rows extending from the circle down the sides of the theatre. 

View from all central block seats in the circle is unexceptional, but not obstructed despite the low bar running across the front of row A. Row F is a bench, so arrive early to stake out your portion. 

Reader Graham says,
"Row A: A very simply laid out intimate venue. We were sat in the front row of the circle and didn't find it to cramped at all. There is a bar running across the front of the row but it did not even come close to affecting my view of the stage. The circle in general seems to have a good rake too so think the view would be fine from most seats."

Reader Mark opines,
"D5: Bad seat, the rake is terrible in the circle of this theatre. Even being tall I couldn't see very well over the people in front of me. I moved to an empty seat in row B, which was much better."

Wheelchair spaces are at the side of row F, offering a good view but distraction from the soundboard when positioned nearby. See Notes. If the soundboard is used and positioned here it is worth avoiding row E seats 4 to 9 and F seats 1, 2, 7 and 8 if you dislike that kind of interference!

Side circle seats, Rows R and L 1 to 14 have bars restricting the sightlines. These rows are benches too, so again arrive early to stake out your portion! The price makes them worth considering, if the discount for restricted view is worthwhile - though you may want to pay the same to sit in the front row or rear rows of the stalls instead for legroom / seat width comfort in particular.

On odd occasions - not for "Big Pants and Botox" (February 2012) - when row F seats are the same price as slips, the monkey would go for seats in row F first. When rear stalls are also the same price (not this time) it would take rear stalls first.

Legroom is poor throughout the circle, notably rows R and L. Reader Graham found row A OK, though,



Notes
Total 350 seats approx.

Not air conditioned. Be prepared for a hot and uncomfortable time in the height of summer, alas. To minimise the effects, seating in the front stalls is normally coolest as heat rises - and is also trapped in Circle overhang. Just a bit of advice from someone in the theatre industry who has a grasp of physics...

2 Spacious bars.

Guide dogs are welcome either inside or dog-sat. Audio described and signed performances occasionally. Step-free access from foyer to Circle. Wheelchair access is via a side entrance and there is an adapted toilet near the Circle seats (just a unisex one though). Contact staff in advance for full information on 020 3174 0960. Fuller details from www.theatre-access.co.uk or Artsline on 020 7388 2227 or e-mail artsline@dircon.co.uk.  A "venue access guide" from the team who created book "Theatremonkey, A Guide to London's West End," is available to download in PDF format by clicking here.

1 gentleman's and 1 ladies toilet on each level. 

 

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Getting to this Theatre
Find this theatre on a Street Map
Nearest Underground Station Buses Car Park
Nearest Underground Station:
Leicester Square - Northern (black) and Piccadilly (dark blue) lines.

Plan your tube journey to this station using the button below:
 

The escalator from the platforms deposits passengers into a circular space with a number of staircases leading to the surface. Beside each staircase is a vast white panel listing the places accessible from that exit. 

Look for the one showing the Arts theatre. It is marked "Charing Cross Road East" and "Cranbourn Street". When you leave the ticket gates, do a 180 degree "U" turn. This exit is hidden behind you, between the gates! Go up the first little staircase. At the top of it, turn right, taking the "Cranbourn Street" exit. Go up the stairs. In front of you will be Cranbourn Street. On the opposite side of the road are shops.
 

Turn to your left. Walk to the end of the street.

 If you see the Hippodrome Nightclub on the opposite corner across a busy road, turn around. Wrong Way. If you reach the end of the street and see a large restaurant - The Sussex on the opposite corner, well done. 


Do not cross the road to it. Instead just turn left at the corner. The Arts is ahead of you on the left, a small building on Great Newport Street.

If you take the other staircase at Leicester Square station then at the top, in front of you will be Charing Cross Road. On the opposite corner, notice the Hippodrome Nightclub and a wide pedestrianised street. Turn to your right then right again at the corner and walk down Cranbourn Street passing the entrance you originally aimed for and missed. Change to the other side of the road and walk to the end of the street. If you reach the end of the street and see a large restaurant "the Sussex" on the opposite corner, well done. Do not cross the road to it. Instead just turn left at the corner. The Arts is ahead of you on the left, a small building on Great Newport Street.

 

Buses:
24, 29 and 176 stop on Charing Cross Road. Walk down Cranbourn Street to the end, changing to the other side of the street as you go. If you reach the end of the street and see a large restaurant - The Sussex on the opposite corner, well done. Do not cross the road to it. Instead just turn left at the corner. The Arts is ahead of you on the left, a small building on Great Newport Street.

 

Taxi:
A rank for Black taxis is at Charing Cross Station - a fair distance from the theatre, if you cannot hail one in the busy street outside the venue or on Charing Cross Road (to the right, up Newport Street).

 

Car Park:
Newport Place, China Town. On leaving, use Gerard Street to get you onto Shaftesbury Avenue. On Shaftesbury Avenue look to your right. The brown brick building to your right is the Palace Theatre. Don't bother crossing the road, but turn to your right on Shaftesbury Avenue and walk in the direction of it. When you come to the main road intersection in front of Shaftesbury Avenue, cross Charing Cross Road at the traffic lights. Now turn to your right and walk down Charing Cross Road, crossing Litchfield Street as you go.

Next is Newport Street. Turn left into it and the Arts Theatre is along on your left on the same side of the road.

This theatre does NOT take part in the "West End Parking" scheme offering discounts to theatregoers.

 

 

 

 

 

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