What is Dress Circle?

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:21am

Is that mezzanie seats or Balcony?

[maybethistime]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:38am

i know its the name of THE musical theatre store in London!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:41am

This is what I found:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dress%20circle

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:53am

Thank you.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:12am

Dress Circle (also known as Royal Circle) is the British expression for mezzanine. The balcony is referred to as either the Upper Circle or Grand Circle in the UK. Hope that helps

And while we're at it... the orchestra is called the stalls.

QM

Updated On: 12/20/04 at 02:12 AM

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:18am

It's the first tier above the orchestra -- usually the best seats in the house (if you don't like orchestra seats, that is). The term is almost always used in a 3+ tier theatre: Orchestra-Dress Circle-Balcony (or Orchestra-Dress Circle-Mezzanine).

Updated On: 12/20/04 at 02:18 AM

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 12/20/04 at 4:04am

And while we're at it, in the UK you may occasionally hear the top level of seating (the balcony) referred to as 'the Gods'. Is this ever used in the US?