After multiple failed attempts to get a £25 rush ticket for this, I finally managed to get a ticket!
This is a Cole Porter musical from the 1930s set on an Atlantic liner going from New York to the UK. There is an excellent mix of passengers who we learn about. It was hilarious, with great songs and dancing, and the cast looked like they were having great fun, which then spread to the audience.
I had heard the Barbican Theatre is notoriously difficult to find. Still, once I found the best exit from Moorgate station and worked out which way to turn using the handy walking map signposts, it was a lot easier than I feared – the stickers on the pavement helped too!
The theatre has one centre block in the stalls with a side aisle on either end, and the seats are fixed rather than tip-up, which is a bit inconvenient when letting people get to and from their seats. The stalls sears were very well tiered and had doorways at the end of each row that closed when the performance was on. It also has the largest and shiniest safety “curtain” I have seen!
Probably about 40% of the close to full house woreface covering (advised by signs when entering but no announcements or reminders once you were in.
9/10
