Preferred seats in the RAH

[Chris Newman]

Fine if you are 6' tall no doubt. I might try standing for a lesser prom but for something special (planning VPO in Sept both nights) I would want seats.

No, Flay. I'm 5 foot 9 inches tall. I usually get a good view. For me the arena is partly force of habit since 1967 and it has the best sound. Making friends in the queue and meeting up again after 10 months is also fun. Then I have to balance the cost of train fares (about 10 return trips), Proms tickets and 6 lodging nights when I will stay up for three nights to catch four concerts in a row (Nights like the The Apostles, Berlioz Requiem, Gurrelieder, the Philharmonia and later St Louis, Nixon in China and the VPO). That leaves little change from £700 and then there is food.

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

I favour the side stalls, preferably first violin side and back far enough to get a decent view of the woodwinds/ brass/ percussion. Main stalls are okay, but once you get past being level with the fountain (or at least where the fountain used to be) the sound can be poor, especially in vocal music where soloists can get swallowed up.

I avoid the Circle, unless it's something big, loud and spectacular. I once heard a programme by a chamber orchestra which included a Schumann symphony from up there and had to lean forward to try and hear anything at all.

Two seasons ago, I had a seat in a box towards the right-hand side. Not only could I see very little, I heard even less.

[Suffolkcoastal]

I'll just go where I put I think, having never been before. I've done a proms planner and selected some of the higher priced tickets for three proms, though I think I'll be lucky to get a seat for one of them.

[jayne lee wilson]

At the Apex of: Armchair - speakers. Slightly elongated equilateral triangle.

[Flay]

At the Apex of: Armchair - speakers. Slightly elongated equilateral triangle.

Won't that upset the other prommers? It's bad enough for them having caliban eclipsing their view.

[Caliban]

It's bad enough for them having caliban eclipsing their view.

[french frank]

It's bad enough for them having caliban eclipsing their view.

Watch it there, Caliban - from one of the J. Caesar-Napoleon-Hitler stature ...



Gallery is splendid. A place in the front row and you can sit down if you want to.

[Osborn]

... preferably 1st violin side, no more (and preferably somewhat less) than ¼ of the way round...

...where you can inhale the perfume emanating from the promenade LH front row where the forum's New York representative is in residence...

[Resurrection Man]

The answer is straightforward. The best seats would be in the middle of the hall...about where all those ghastly oiks keep standing and cluttering up the place.

Coat..get.

EDIT: Actually, when you look at the economics, it makes sense given the number of seats and the prices you could charge vs the money from said oiks. Bit of a no-brainer, really, surprised old Roger hasn't thought of it before now. Must write to him.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The answer is straightforward. The best seats would be in the middle of the hall...about where all those ghastly oiks keep standing and cluttering up the place.

There ARE oiks in the Arena - the ones who stand there with children on their shoulders. The ushers should eject them.