Do you want your sightlines unobstructed by big hair, or is avoiding the eyeline of savage comics your priority? Here’s the perfect spot to enjoy the show
In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it
At a time when we are all watching live performances from home, this might seem like a question from another world. There’s no argument: the best seat in the house is the long arm of your amply stuffed corner sofa. (And who, by the way, calls a theatre a house? NO ONE LIVES THERE!) But I’m sorry, couch potatoes: live venues are reopening, you have to accept it. And decide: where in the crowd do you most wish to be? From which seat can you best beat the queue at the bar, access the toilets, avoid antisocial neighbours, stretch your legs? And – oh, yes – watch the show. That too.
