Arts Theatre Reviews Summary

Category: Performing arts theater London

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."

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