Seating in the Royal Albert Hall

[emilymamu]

Has anyone been to the Royal Albert Hall? I want to buy tickets online, but I am not sure about seating. Where is the best place to sit, in relation to the view, atmosphere and acoustics? Many thanks

[saintpeter48]

its a pretty good view and sound wherever you sit, its quite small inside and you're very close to the action.

[vehelpfulguy]

Here is the seating plan (although it can vary from show to show). As you can see it is a circular shape.

http://www.royalalberthall.com/flash/index.asp x?dest=info,seating

It is a beautiful building, but was designed before the full effects of acoustics were understood, so the sound has never been that great compared with a modern hall.

[scarletpimp]

A better seating guide.


http://www.theatremonkey.com/ROYALALBERTHALLbo oking.htm

[Alibobs]

If you have vertigo be wary of going right "up top" - at the risk of overexaggerating it does feel like a bit of a cliff face - my friend had an urge to throw herself off like a lemming so they very kindly moved us to a box at the side of the stage - along with various other people who for whatever reason couldn't make it to their seat!