Stalls at Soho Place Theatre

The ground level of the auditorium, a flight up from the street, with the seating in rings round the stage. How many rings, and how they're numbered, changes with each production.

Who the Stalls suit

Anyone who wants to be close. The inner rows put you at the edge of the playing area, close enough to see everything on an actor's face.

The Stalls are also the level for legroom, apart from the very front row, and they're the best value in terms of distance: the outer rows are still only a few rows from the stage, so a lower price still gets you close to the stage.

For Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (21 September to 19 December 2026)

The Stalls run to seven rows, AA at the edge of the stage, then A to F working outwards, on all four sides. Rows B and C are the premium seats.

Where we'd put you

Rows B to D. Row D has a very similar view to row C and costs less, which makes it the one we'd book first. If you want to be closer still, rows B and C are the premium seats.

Row AA is as close as you can get, with the stage directly in front of you. The stage is very low, knee height or less, so you're right beside the action, but you give up legroom to get there.

What to think about before you book

• The high seats in rows E and F. The two outer rows are raised well above the rows in front, with a rail to lean on and a bar for your feet. The view over the heads in front is clear, and taller people like the room to let their legs hang. If you're shorter, your feet may not reach the bar, and if you have limited mobility they're harder to get in and out of, so pick a lower row.
• A low stage. Because the stage is so low, when an actor sits or lies down you can lose a little of them from the middle rows.
• Coats and bags. There isn't much room for them under or beside the seats, so use the free cloakroom.

Legroom in the Stalls

Rows B and C suit people up to 5ft 10, and the raised rows E and F take people of 6ft and over. Row AA is the exception: it suits people up to 5ft 6, with no space to stretch out, because the stage is right in front. Seats B1, B6, B18 and B23, at the ends of their rows, have nothing in front of them at all.

The seats fold away when the auditorium is rebuilt, so they don't feel quite as fixed as a bolted-down theatre seat. They're comfortable all the same.

Steps and the lift

Take a lift from the foyer, or climb 28 steps from the street. Inside, there are steps between every row, and they get higher at the back where the seats are raised. At the end of the show, some Stalls doors are held until the actors have left the stage, and the stairs down get busy, so allow a few minutes to get out.

Drinks and toilets

The Stalls have their own bar, which opens 45 minutes before the show, and the ground-floor bar downstairs is open from 90 minutes before. You can order your interval drinks at either before the show.

The only toilet on the Stalls level is the unisex accessible one. The Ladies and Gents are one floor down in the foyer, or up on the balconies, so go before the show rather than at the interval if you can.