LAYOUT

• Wheelchair seating is available in several locations throughout the orchestra. Enter through the Victoria Street entrance to use the theatre’s only elevator to the orchestra level. The Yonge Street entrance takes patrons directly to the mezzanine level by way of stairs. To access the orchestra level, you then have to go back down stairs once in the theatre.
• There are six boxes, three on each far side of the front orchestra, that offer a side view of the stage. They contain 4-6 numbered, non-fixed seats.
• The mezzanine overhangs the orchestra at row K.
• The lobby is quite small for the size of the theatre and can get extremely crowded at intermission between people lined up at the bar, gathering to socialize, and the inevitable line-up to the women’s washroom extending into the lobby.
• There is also a bar/refreshment counter on the mezzanine level and in the Yonge Street Gallery (between the Yonge Street entrance and the mezzanine), and a priority bar for the exclusive use of American Express cardholders located on the east side of the lobby beside the box office.

SEATING NOTES

• Row J on the orchestra sides is open to a cross aisle. We Loons like these seats as there is no one directly ahead to potentially block your view, legroom is open and you have first access to the exit.

READER REVIEWS

“We sat in the front row, AA, and found it way too close to the stage – the visibility was poor.”

“Row DD, Seat 22. Matilda. I enjoy sitting close to the stage so that I can clearly see the actors’ expressions, although I am short and if I sit dead centre and tall people sit directly ahead of me, it may block my view of all the action taking place at centre stage. It happened that at Matilda an exceptionally tall woman sat ahead of me and to the right, somewhat blocking my direct view of centre stage even from this seat well to the left side of centre. However, I could easily peek around her when necessary and it did not deter from the performance at all – a better seat choice for me than dead centre.”

“Row A, Seat 15. I loved the clear view from this seat.”

“Row A, Seat 45. I had an excellent view from this seat. Since you are in the first row of this section, there are no worries about peering around heads in front of you or having people manoeuvring past you to their seats. Also, of course, unlimited leg room. Seat 45 is to one side, but not enough to miss any important action on stage.”

“Row E, Seat 43. I had an excellent view from this seat.

“Row F, Seat 44. My view was quite good from this seat. I liked being so much closer to the stage than in the balcony, but you do pay for it.”

“I had a good view from the centre of the orchestra.”

“I sat in Row R and found that I couldn’t see past the person ahead of me without moving side to side. I wish the rows were raked more”

“We sat in centre orchestra in row R and we had a good view of the stage”

“Row V, Seat 44. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the rear of the orchestra does not seem as far away from the action onstage as I had imagined it would and I had a good view. However, no one sat in the row directly in front of me. I am quite short and I know that if they had, I would have been doing at lot of manoeuvring to try to see.”

“We found the seats to be spacious, plush and comfortable.”

“I dislike this theatre because of the chaos in the small lobby at intermission and after the show.”

“The line-up for the women’s washroom at intermission is ridiculous. If you’re not near the front of the line, it can take the entire length of intermission to get in.”

LAYOUT

• Access to the mezzanine is by stairs only.
• Six boxes (three per side) are located on the far sides of the front mezzanine and offer a side view looking down onto the stage. They contain 2-4 numbered, non-fixed seats.
• At the very rear of the mezzanine, row X consists of padded stools with full support and foot rests.
• There is a bar/refreshment counter and washrooms on this level. There is also a bar/refreshment counter in the Yonge Street Gallery (between the Yonge Street entrance and the mezzanine).

SEATING NOTES

• If you are a shorter person, the safety railing in front of Row AA may obstruct your view.
• Readers consistently mention that the seats in the mezzanine level are not offset nor the rows raked enough. As in any theatre, tall people fare better.

READER REVIEWS

“Row BB, Seat 116. As a short(er) woman, I generally avoid buying seats in the first row of a mezzanine or balcony in any theatre on the chance that the safety railing might obstruct my view, but I was surprised to find that my sight line was still obstructed from this seat in the second row. In fact, three of us in a row balled up our winter jacekts and sat on them for the entire production so that we could see clearly.”

“I’ve never had a problem with the view from the orchestra in the past but this time I sat in Row C centre in the mezzanine. My view was blocked entirely by the man ahead of me, who only seemed to be of average height. I had to spend the whole play leaning to one side to see. I won’t get mezzanine seats again.”

“I sat in Row J of the mezzanine and thought the view was great.”

“I find the view from the mezzanine terrible. The seats are not offset or raked well enough for a female of average height to see over the head of the person in the row ahead, requiring me to lean forward or move from side to side as the actors move around the stage.”

“Row V is the 2nd last row of regular seating in the mezzanine. I had to sit very straight and forward in my seat to see the actors at the front of the stage over the people seated ahead of me.”

“The sight lines from the mezzanine are excellent, even in the last row on the raised stools. The stage is quite far away, though, so the experience is more about hearing the music than seeing the actors’ faces in detail.”

“It’s impossible to see the faces of the actors from the seats at the back of the mezzanine and I felt very disconnected from the action happening onstage.”

“The seats are spacious compared to some other theatres, but the sight lines from the upper mezzanine can be challenging for children. Note that Mirvish has free booster seats available at the coat check.”

“I’m 5’11” and I didn’t have any problem seeing from near the back of the mezzanine.”