1984 ticket question re: Big Brother?

Hi y'all! Quick question regarding 1984 and the tickets I currently have.

I currently have two tickets in the balcony row D seats 2-4 which is on the stage left side of things. I saw on a review on another site that there is apparently some sort of image/screen of big brother on the stage left side that is hard/impossible to see if you are seated from the aisle to the wall on that same stage left side.

Is this true? I can exchange to similar tickets on the other side of the balcony for my performance so I was wondering if this was necessary. I am so excited for this show and don't wanna miss anything that I wouldn't naturally miss from the balcony.

Thanks!

P.S. I know some might wonder why I'm sitting in the balcony for this show...while I'm excited for this show I'm going with my mom so I wasn't so sure about being smack dab in the middle of the orchestra (ha). Anyways, thanks again!

Tiger

Thanks for the reply! So you're saying I may miss this upper ceiling screen if I stay in the balcony?

Just real hesitant to eat my balcony tickets and drop nearly a couple hundred on orchestra tickets for this show. As much as I'm excited, I know this show is a bit like marmite.

In this picture, the word "HATE" is on the "ceiling" video screen. You can see that the "ceiling" is not parallel to the floor of the stage (i.e., the floor, walls, and ceiling do not actually form a cube); rather, the video screen is lower at the bottom edge (where it meets the rear wall) than it is at the top edge. This angle creates a forced perspective for the audience and allows them to see what's on the ceiling/video screen.

I sat in center orchestra, about six rows from the stage, so I don't know what the balcony view is like. However, I don't think they could sell the balcony seats without an "obstructed view" disclaimer if the screen isn't visible because the video segments are too important to the show. At some points, all of the action is on video (no one is on the stage) for several minutes at a time.

Also the "telescreen" mentioned by another poster above is the relatively small black rectangle mounted on the wall in the blue area above the man's shadow on the right side of the picture below. You only see the back of the video monitor; no one in the audience can see what the cast sees on the screen.

Updated On: 7/19/17 at 10:27 AM

TigerBait88 said: "Thanks for the reply! So you're saying I may miss this upper ceiling screen if I stay in the balcony?

Just real hesitant to eat my balcony tickets and drop nearly a couple hundred on orchestra tickets for this show. As much as I'm excited, I know this show is a bit like marmite. "

That's actually exactly how I got to see this production. A friend had balcony seats and bought front orchestra tickets and just gave us his now unused balcony tickets. We were in the front row of the balcony, and had no problems seeing anything on stage, or on the large ceiling screen. I didn't mind the view at all.