Kit Kat Club Seating Plan
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Read the letter on your ticket first. A single letter, anywhere from A to K, puts you on one side of the stage. A doubled letter, AA to GG, puts you on the other. That one rule places any seat you are offered.
The two sides are not the same. One is three levels deep and the other stops at the Dress Circle, so the same money can put you in quite different positions in the room. The seating has been rebuilt for this production, and the positions on the remaining two sides are labelled on the plan as BOX A, BOX B, SLIPS A and SLIPS B. They are what make the wrap go all the way round.
What decides the view here
There is no pillar anywhere, and the single overhang is harmless: rows E and DD sit under the Dress Circle and lose nothing by it.
What decides it is the person in front of you. The stage is a circle at floor level and the seating rises about 5cm a row, so a tall head two feet away is the obstacle in this building. Seats are offset by about 10% to see past the row in front, which helps and does not solve it.
There is no wrong side of this auditorium to sit on, and the prices here follow what each seat gives you. The stage is the same circle from every side, so no section is pointed at the wrong thing. What changes from one side to the other is which half of a scene you get first.
Where to sit, cheapest first
Upper Circle, from around £34 midweek. Four rows, on one side only, and the only part of the building under about £78. You look down on the show from the top and the angle is the only thing that changes. The catch is the climb: 85 steps from the foyer, and there is no lift.
Dress Circle, around £78 to £127. The middle of the building in price and in position, with a view of the whole production and still close to it. Sit in the front of it rather than the back. Part of it is behind the stage, and that is a good alternative, particularly when it costs less. Anyone on the short side should check what is in front of them: the balustrades and rails around this level are thick, and they sit in the eyeline from some seats.
Stalls, around £98 to £156. The level to pick if you have the choice. The production plays right up to its audience, so the nearer the stage you sit, the more you are part of it. Rows F and G are the pick of the regular seats, raised a little more than the rest and closer to the stage than the numbering suggests. Rows C, CC, D and DD sit directly behind the tables and have a harder time seeing past them; C and CC are the two to swap out of.
The tables, around £245 to £296 and advertised from £200. The front two rows of each side, A and B on one and AA and BB on the other, with free-standing chairs around small tables. Rows A and AA are the best of them. The cast come to you, sometimes more than you want, and you do get a little more of the show. Book them if being that close is the point of the night; if it is the best view for the money you are after, our pick is Stalls rows F and G.
The levels at a glance
- Stalls, rows A to K and AA to GG. The biggest level, the table rows at the front of it, and the only one that is step free
- Dress Circle, rows A to G and AA to DD. The middle of the building. Stairs only, 32 up to the front of it
- Upper Circle, rows A to D. The one to book on a budget, as long as the stairs are not a problem
Seating Plan FAQs
Where are the best seats at the Kit Kat Club?
The middle of Stalls rows F and G. They are the highest of the ordinary rows, which is what you want on a floor this flat, and they cost around half what a table does. Row GG is the equivalent on the other side.
Is it better to sit in the Stalls or the Dress Circle?
The Stalls, given the choice. The show is interactive and the Stalls is right on top of the stage. The Dress Circle is also very good: you see the whole production from there and you are still close. Go to the Dress Circle if you want height rather than proximity, or if the Stalls price is more than you want to spend, and book the front of it rather than the back.
Are the table seats at Cabaret worth it?
For most people, no. They are the most intimate seats in the building and you get far more contact with the cast, occasionally more than you bargained for. But midweek they are around £245 to £296 against around £127 for Stalls rows F to H, and a little more of the show is not worth that difference unless being that close is the occasion. If it is, rows A and AA are the best two.
What is the view from my seat at the Kit Kat Club?
Clear from almost everywhere, because the stage is in the middle and nothing hangs over the audience. What varies is height rather than position: the stage is low and the rake is shallow, so the further forward and the more raised your row, the less the people in front of you matter.