Address: 6-7 Great Newport St, London, WC2H 7JB, United Kingdom
Phone: +442078368463
Rating: 4.6
based on 233 reviews.
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The staff is always friendly."
"The staff that run the place are friendly & helpful as well."
"Staff friendly and helpful."
"The staff are always lovely and due to the size of the theatre no matter where you sit you feel connected and close to the stage."
"The staff are always so friendly, and the bar is the buzziest of all the theatre bars in London."
"Staff on the booking line were very helpful."
"Staff were friendly, bar quick to get served."
Cons:
"There were no staff outside to manage numbers or circulation."
"Staff member in the auditorium repeatedly shouted at people taking photos... Was a bit embarrassing for them as it was very innocent and came across quite rude."
Theatre Atmosphere and Location
Pros:
"Fabulous, small, intimate theatre which provided the perfect setting for The Choir of Man."
"Love this theatre, intimate and engaging plus a magic atmosphere."
"Great location in the heart of theatreland."
"The lovely atmosphere really makes you feel at ease!"
"The Arts Theatre in Great Newport Street is a compact theatre where you feel part of the action."
"Great theatre for partially deaf people. Small and you can hear everything."
"This is a great theatre - very rough and ready but staff are always friendly."
Cons:
"The theatre is badly in need of renovation. The seating is tatty, broken and uncomfortable."
"The lobby is quite small and can feel hot and stuffy."
"It is, however, rather faded & could do with some TLC."
"The bar area you first walk into isn't particularly appealing. It's quite cramped, and was pretty cold when I went thanks to the door being held open by people trying to get in all the time."
"The place needs some serious love and updating."
"Awful venue with a total lack of management."
Seating and Comfort
Pros:
"Tiny theatre but great seats."
"No matter where you sit, you're practically right next to the stage."
"Intimate space. Not a bad seat in the entire place."
"Lovely theatre, not a bad seat in the house, even the restricted viewing isn't really restricted."
"The auditorium was air conditioned and the seats comfortable."
"Seats where comfy."
"Perfect little theatre, feels very intimate when watching a performance."
Cons:
"Like most theatres the seating needs updating it is too cosy, you have to squeeze past people to get to your seat."
"The circle balcony did impair some view - but it didn’t affect my enjoyment of the show."
"Some of the seating could be better positioned or even removed as some of it is situated directly behind supports for the circle above making it almost pointless."
"The seats are quite close so if you are very tall, I would suggest getting an aisle seat."
"Very cramped seating at this theatre, I sat in the circle and found it really uncomfortable."
"The upholstery on many of the seats could certainly do with replacing."
"The sideways seats are not the most comfortable but all seats give a good view."
Facilities
Pros:
"Great selection of non alcoholic beverages for reasonable prices."
"The bathrooms were clean."
"They have a coffee shop above the theatre also."
"Excellent theatre with a great bar serving a range of drinks and snacks."
"Lovely old fashioned theatre, cafe bar as you go in."
"The café bar opens shortly before the show and has a range of drinks and snacks."
"Lovely bar which doesn't rip you off with the prices."
Cons:
"Foyer before performance gets extremely busy, so much so I felt I was going to have a panic attack."
"Nice theatre a bit annoying that the toilets are right by the door of the stalls so u wait there thinking people are going in but they are queuing for the toilet."
"The ladies toilet was disgusting. No soap, broken dryer and puddles on the floor."
"Toilets, not enough for patrons, not disabled friendly, too many stairs."
"Only down side is too few toilets which left a big queue for the girls and smaller one for the boys."
"The toilets in the theatre are an absolute joke so few of them you can queue the whole interval and so tiny that that you cant get in/out past the people in the queue."
"Limited toilet facilities."
Performance and Shows
Pros:
"SIX WAS AMAZING. i don’t know what to say other than this. i’m still so excited and shocked and happy at the same time that i can’t think of any vocabulary."
"Choir of Man was quite enjoyable even if they encourage singing from tone deaf, but enthusiastic, audience members, which can spoil it a bit."
"All in all a truly great show."
"Totally blown away by 'The Choir of Man', one of the best shows I have ever seen."
"75 minutes of sheer magic from the 6 performers belting out amazing songs."
"Fantastic theatre! Went to see Six and it was excellent."
"The Choir of Man. Absolutely brilliant show."
Cons:
"I've seen some stinkers here, 'American Idiot' being one of the worst musicals I've ever seen."
"Improvised Jane Austen Novel' Didn't feel like much improvisation at all."
"Play 'Oleanna' was well acted if the feminist was a caricature and the controversial events not truly 'incendiary' or 'explosive' as promised."
"Nothing wrong with the show and would of got 5 stars if i had not seen 'All or Nothing' the first time round."
"The musical 'SIX' is running at the Arts Theatre, saw the show this evening with my grandchildren, it was vibrant, colourful, very entertaining."
"Choir of Man is an absolute blast of a party!"
"Choir of Man is awesome. Poetic, touching, warm, kind, funny, poignant and absolutely brilliant."