点评:Nice enough theatre but always feel that the sound is poor - that might be down to the acoustics of the building. Not so bad if you're in the centre seats but the further out to the sides the worse the sound quality. Considering the price of the tickets, this is poor, and I usually try to find the show at a different venue for this reason.
This last visit, I tried to put my coat in the cloakroom so I didn't have to sit with on my knee or throw it under the seat. Unfortunately, I was told you can only use the cloakroom if you're an ATG member. Consequently, it was empty. Ridiculous - I was quite prepared to pay and, to be honest, what a wasted opportunity - they'd be better letting a local charity manage the cloakroom for the evening, and keeping the proceeds. The charity would benefit, people might be more inclined to contribute and the space wouldn't be standing empty. Another sad reflection of the decline of society from the times when theatregoers got dressed for the occasion.
Don't understand, either, why they've taken to checking tickets outside - the foyer is large enough to be able to do this under cover, and they have to let you through anyway if you're picking tickets up from the Box Office, so it makes no sense.
And don't get me started on the ticket fees - no fees if you book and collect tickets at the Box Office, where they are paying for a member of staff to use their electricity to physically print a ticket with ink on card, but if you do it all yourself at home, using none of their resources there's an Admin fee - what extra admin is that?
They have some good shows on here, but, at the price charged, there's better venues.
翻译:剧院本身还不错,但总觉得音响效果很差——这可能是建筑声学设计的问题。如果你坐在中间位置,音质还好,但越往两侧走,音质就越差。考虑到票价,这样的音质实在令人失望,所以我通常会因为这个原因选择去其他剧院看演出。
上次去的时候,我试着把外套寄存在衣帽间,这样就不用把它放在膝盖上或者塞到座位底下了。结果,我被告知只有ATG会员才能使用衣帽间。因此,衣帽间空无一人。真是荒谬——我本来都准备好付钱了,说实话,这真是浪费了一个好机会——他们还不如让当地的慈善机构来管理衣帽间,然后把收入留给自己。这样慈善机构会受益,人们可能也更愿意捐款,而且衣帽间也不会空着。这再次令人悲哀地反映了社会风气的衰落,让人想起过去人们盛装打扮去看戏的时代。
我也不明白他们为什么要在外面查票——大厅那么大,完全可以在有遮挡的地方查票,而且如果你去售票处取票,他们本来就得放你进去,所以查票根本说不通。
还有那些手续费,简直让人无语——如果你在售票处订票取票,他们就不用付手续费,毕竟他们还要付钱让工作人员用他们的电费打印纸质票;但如果你自己在家订票取票,完全不用他们的资源,却要收手续费——这算什么额外的手续费?
这里有些演出还不错,但是就这票价来说,还有更好的选择。