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Van Morrison olympia Theatre tomorrow

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  • 09-12-2014 3:26pm
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    cruhoortwunk
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    Looking forward to this. It was announced very late, but will be good to see him in a nice small venue.
    Anyone know if the circle seating has more legroom than the ground floor stalls seating? I find the ground ones very cramped.


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    RolandGoose
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    cruhoortwunk wrote: »
    Looking forward to this. It was announced very late, but will be good to see him in a nice small venue.
    Anyone know if the circle seating has more legroom than the ground floor stalls seating? I find the ground ones very cramped.

    I have never been seated in the stalls before, but I did find the seats in the circle fairly cramped.

    Should be a great gig, hopefully with this set up, Van will be open to playing Some rarely played Astral Weeks tracks, Madame George and Slim Slow Slider would bring the house down!

    One can hope! With it been an evening based on lyrics and the crafting of a song, the Astral Weeks tracks would be most appropriate!


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    RolandGoose
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    Well, I can now confirm the seats in the stalls are pathetically small too!
    Maybe even more cramped than the seats in the circle. Very uncomfortable!

    Alas, the gig was sensational, and Madame George did indeed bring the house down. Great to see Van the Man chill out and joke around in the Q&A section, he seemed in really good form!


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    EyesClosed
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    RolandGoose wrote: »
    Well, I can now confirm the seats in the stalls are pathetically small too!
    Maybe even more cramped than the seats in the circle. Very uncomfortable!

    Alas, the gig was sensational, and Madame George did indeed bring the house down. Great to see Van the Man chill out and joke around in the Q&A section, he seemed in really good form!

    Into the mystic was just unbelievable, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand, amazing show all together


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    rubadub
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    RolandGoose wrote: »
    I did find the seats in the circle fairly cramped.
    Some are OK, many are terrible, and its not as simple as there being a "good row". I know people who avoid it because of this.

    I wondered if it was so old that is to blame, people being smaller when it was built.

    Seems it might be the case

    http://theatreprojects.com/files/pdf/Resources_IdeasInfo_sizematters.pdf
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827331/One-Britain-s-oldest-cinemas-forced-replace-seats-time-100-years-expanding-bottoms-no-longer-fit-them.html


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