Post by ollie123 on Jun 2, 2008 1:00:47 GMT
Foreword : Right, I've just finished writing this, and have scrolled back up to the top to realise I've written A LOT! But this really is an ultimate review. Please read it all, it's all worth a look, despite being stupidly long. Enjoy!
Okay, so for the matinee on May 31st, me and three others went for a box. Mainly because I'd never sat in a box before, and it's easier for the cast to spot you up there
.
So on the phone, with my "all Avenue Q tickets only £25 for the rest of May" letter from Delfont Mackintosh Loyalties eagerly clutched in hand, I asked for one of the raised ones because I assumed it'd be better from up there rather than those boxes that are just sort of separated from the stalls but at the exact same level.
So he says this :
"Right, that's four in Box D..... actually, I'll give you the nice one since it's free. Four in Box C..."
At the time, I'm thinking "Oh, maybe the seats are comfier, or there's more room or it's been re carpeted" or something, but HELL no. Box C at the Noel Coward is in fact the Royal Box. And f*** me is it freakin' Royal!
So, you push your little curtain'd door open on the passage that leads to the Royal Circle, and you find you have your own personal corridor, with coat hooks and the like. Only there's FOUR doors in this one corridor. One marked "Toilet", another marked "Royal Box", another marked "Royal Room", and the other which we had just come through to get in. We began with the box. And already, by looking accross the stalls and comparing with the box opposite, we know we've got it good. Their door leads straight from the bit that everyone goes down to get to the stalls directly into the back of the box. That's a good start. Despite being told it's a limited side view and there's a need to lead forward on the phone also (which, from looking up during shows I always noticed), the chairs actually move. So we re angled and admired our box. We've got our own speaker inside the box, lights which we can turn on and off when we please, and a little table, as well as a nice heavy curtain which we can use for extra privacy (despite there being a windowless door on the other side of the curtain, which leads into OUR corridor, where there is another windowsless door. but you know, just in case someone has double X ray vision or something). And of course, we had to exploit our box for all it was worth. We closed the curtain. So this is going pretty well so far.
But hold on. There was that other room, wasn't there? The Royal Room. With about fifteen minutes to go before the show's scheduled to go up, we thought we had time. So we swept our curtain out of the way, and proceeded through our door to our corridor. Hesitantly, we pushed open the door to the Royal Room and flicked on a light.
Oh. My. God.
We've got :
A chandelier.
A sofa and two huge armchairs.
Wine glasses.
Beer glasses.
A very grand looking fireplace with functioning electric fire.
A phone with extension numbers written on it which allow us to ring through to all parts of the theatre, including dressing rooms, tech boxes, the stage door office, the box office, the management suite, any of the three bars, and "carps". (Does anybody know what carps is? ) plus many more parts of the theatre!
Several enormous mirrors.
Six posh lamps dotted round the room.
And a second door which leads straight into our box, however this was unfortunately locked. However, it DID have a handy little peeping slot that slid open which allowed us to peer onto the show.
Okay. This is bloody amazing!
But that's not it. OH no. Even the TOILET holds more surprises.
So in we go to the loo, and the first thing you've got to notice is the sink. Well not so much the sink, but what's on the sink. The soap. It's MOLTON BROWN BRAND FREAKIN' SOAP! And it's all ours! And next to it? MOLTON BROWN BRAND FREAKIN' HAND CREAM! We've got posh things to wash our hands with! And it doesn't stop there. Because then you stop and think "Hmm...the floor smells of Simon Lipkin." - Wait a minute. And suddenly you find yourself on the floor of this wonderfully carpeted bathroom going "Time, to do the things that you want to do!" - it's the bathroom where they filmed Time! And then we get our lovely little speaker in the corner going "Right, we're ready to go everyone. Announcer microphone up please. Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Noel Coward Theatre." And suddenly the woman's voice is much louder too!
So we skip through to our seats and squeal madly, sipping Fanta out of our wine glasses and waving our complimentary handkerchiefs poshly. This is gonna be one HELL of a Q trip. What a way to celebrate number 18!
=D
So yeah, there's not much more to tell I suppose. Although, put it this way, using the royal room as a set for a mini photoshoot is fantastic, especially with all your little extra props and furniture and stuff. Enjoy :
Adz enjoying Fanta in a wine glass, and me having a joyous time ringing through to everyone in the theatre. By the way, CHECK OUT THE DECOR! =D
Dramatic lighting with our posh lamps and Georgie having a lovely time stretching out during the interval. "Quite Delightful."
Now, this one's sort of blurry, but consider this, just for a laugh. I'm the one on the far left, and I'm fourteen. The guys next to me are 19 and 20. Spot the difference. XD
Oh and finally, the view from box C. Not too bad really!
Right, that's enough ranting from me!
But my basic point is, whenEVER you have the opportunity, they may be top price in house, but they're the same price as the stalls anyway, and it's SOOOOOOOO worth it, times a million!
WhenEVER you book for Avenue Q in the future, and youve got enough, ask for Box C (also known as the Royal Box). It's the ultimate Avenue Q experience, and just makes the whole thing bazillions times better!
Enjoy!
Love Ollie. xxx.
Okay, so for the matinee on May 31st, me and three others went for a box. Mainly because I'd never sat in a box before, and it's easier for the cast to spot you up there
.So on the phone, with my "all Avenue Q tickets only £25 for the rest of May" letter from Delfont Mackintosh Loyalties eagerly clutched in hand, I asked for one of the raised ones because I assumed it'd be better from up there rather than those boxes that are just sort of separated from the stalls but at the exact same level.
So he says this :
"Right, that's four in Box D..... actually, I'll give you the nice one since it's free. Four in Box C..."
At the time, I'm thinking "Oh, maybe the seats are comfier, or there's more room or it's been re carpeted" or something, but HELL no. Box C at the Noel Coward is in fact the Royal Box. And f*** me is it freakin' Royal!
So, you push your little curtain'd door open on the passage that leads to the Royal Circle, and you find you have your own personal corridor, with coat hooks and the like. Only there's FOUR doors in this one corridor. One marked "Toilet", another marked "Royal Box", another marked "Royal Room", and the other which we had just come through to get in. We began with the box. And already, by looking accross the stalls and comparing with the box opposite, we know we've got it good. Their door leads straight from the bit that everyone goes down to get to the stalls directly into the back of the box. That's a good start. Despite being told it's a limited side view and there's a need to lead forward on the phone also (which, from looking up during shows I always noticed), the chairs actually move. So we re angled and admired our box. We've got our own speaker inside the box, lights which we can turn on and off when we please, and a little table, as well as a nice heavy curtain which we can use for extra privacy (despite there being a windowless door on the other side of the curtain, which leads into OUR corridor, where there is another windowsless door. but you know, just in case someone has double X ray vision or something). And of course, we had to exploit our box for all it was worth. We closed the curtain. So this is going pretty well so far.
But hold on. There was that other room, wasn't there? The Royal Room. With about fifteen minutes to go before the show's scheduled to go up, we thought we had time. So we swept our curtain out of the way, and proceeded through our door to our corridor. Hesitantly, we pushed open the door to the Royal Room and flicked on a light.
Oh. My. God.
We've got :
A chandelier.
A sofa and two huge armchairs.
Wine glasses.
Beer glasses.
A very grand looking fireplace with functioning electric fire.
A phone with extension numbers written on it which allow us to ring through to all parts of the theatre, including dressing rooms, tech boxes, the stage door office, the box office, the management suite, any of the three bars, and "carps". (Does anybody know what carps is?
) plus many more parts of the theatre!Several enormous mirrors.
Six posh lamps dotted round the room.
And a second door which leads straight into our box, however this was unfortunately locked. However, it DID have a handy little peeping slot that slid open which allowed us to peer onto the show.
Okay. This is bloody amazing!
But that's not it. OH no. Even the TOILET holds more surprises.
So in we go to the loo, and the first thing you've got to notice is the sink. Well not so much the sink, but what's on the sink. The soap. It's MOLTON BROWN BRAND FREAKIN' SOAP! And it's all ours! And next to it? MOLTON BROWN BRAND FREAKIN' HAND CREAM! We've got posh things to wash our hands with! And it doesn't stop there. Because then you stop and think "Hmm...the floor smells of Simon Lipkin." - Wait a minute. And suddenly you find yourself on the floor of this wonderfully carpeted bathroom going "Time, to do the things that you want to do!" - it's the bathroom where they filmed Time! And then we get our lovely little speaker in the corner going "Right, we're ready to go everyone. Announcer microphone up please. Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Noel Coward Theatre." And suddenly the woman's voice is much louder too!
So we skip through to our seats and squeal madly, sipping Fanta out of our wine glasses and waving our complimentary handkerchiefs poshly. This is gonna be one HELL of a Q trip. What a way to celebrate number 18!
=D
So yeah, there's not much more to tell I suppose. Although, put it this way, using the royal room as a set for a mini photoshoot is fantastic, especially with all your little extra props and furniture and stuff. Enjoy :
Adz enjoying Fanta in a wine glass, and me having a joyous time ringing through to everyone in the theatre. By the way, CHECK OUT THE DECOR! =D
Dramatic lighting with our posh lamps and Georgie having a lovely time stretching out during the interval. "Quite Delightful."
Now, this one's sort of blurry, but consider this, just for a laugh. I'm the one on the far left, and I'm fourteen. The guys next to me are 19 and 20. Spot the difference. XD
Oh and finally, the view from box C. Not too bad really!
Right, that's enough ranting from me!
But my basic point is, whenEVER you have the opportunity, they may be top price in house, but they're the same price as the stalls anyway, and it's SOOOOOOOO worth it, times a million!
WhenEVER you book for Avenue Q in the future, and youve got enough, ask for Box C (also known as the Royal Box). It's the ultimate Avenue Q experience, and just makes the whole thing bazillions times better!
Enjoy!
Love Ollie. xxx.
(don't know if it covers student tickets but i'm registared disabled so it does for me)
) Christopher actually said to us after "oh my god, you guys were basically on the stage - and are there any minstrels left?" (lol that was because during give me your money, he high fived us all and we didn't have any money so we offered him minstrels and he just laughed lol).