12th Night On Stage Seating Views?

This isn't easy to answer, since the only objective response would be from someone who did both.

I did onstage seating, and was in the first row, stage right, in the first upstage seat, and had a great time. At times, I did think I'd've liked to see Rylance's face for one scene, but then 5 minutes later, he'd be doing some pretty amazing stuff with his back to the majority of the audience as he spoke to another actor. It's almost like they staged it to be more of a thrust than proscenium.

But if you do miss anything from being onstage, you certainly get to see so much of it up close, it more than compensates. I do think the upstairs onstage would be less desirable, so I would stick to rows A and B.

Of course, the show was so good, I plan to go back anyway, and am not yet sure where I'll sit.

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I don't think the staging has changed much, if any. I loved the onstage seating, but like oasisjeff, I was in row A of the onstage seats. If you can get that, you'll have a blast.

The higher the number, the better the view, especially for Row A of onstage seats. That said, I lucked out at rush and got a $27 Row A 6 stage seat and loved the view. It's true that there are numerous scenes played partially with backs to the audience; catching those expressions was a lot of fun. Thanks to the extension, however, I'm going to enjoy it from a $27 Row B orch seat, too. This was definitely the highlight of my theatergoing so far this season.

Stephen Fry is hosting the BAFTAs on Sun, Feb 16. The last scheduled performances are Sat, Feb 15. On Saturdays, the performances are usually 2pm - Richard III, 8pm - Twelfth Night. But on that Saturday, the shows are switched.

I wonder if that's an attempt to allow Stephen Fry to perform. (He isn't in Richard III.) It doesn't seem to me that it would work, anyway, though.

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