Grand Circle at Wyndham's Theatre

The top level, rows A to H. It's steep and a long way up, and it's where the value is: for noticeably less than the Stalls or the Royal Circle, you look straight down onto the whole stage. If heights bother you, or you're tall, it isn't the level for you.

Where we'd put you

The middle of the front section, rows B to D. It's steep, but it sees everything, and it avoids row A's legroom. The front section runs as one curved block, and there's a wall between row D and the raised rear section behind it.

Behind that wall, rows E to H sit higher again, split down the middle by an aisle. These are the cheapest seats in the building, and the view is clear but distant. In the rear section, go for row F or row H: row G is only a little higher than row F, so a tall person in front can block more of the stage from there. Some seating plans show this rear section as a separate Balcony, but it's the back of the Grand Circle.

What to avoid

• The end seats of rows A to D, for the whole stage. The curve of the Grand Circle and the Boxes cut off a front corner of the stage from the outermost seats, and these are sold as restricted view.
• Row A, if you're anything but short. It has the worst legroom in the Grand Circle, and lighting is sometimes hung on the front of the Grand Circle, just in front of it.
• Row E, if legroom matters. A safety rail runs across the front of it and gets slightly in the way, and it's the tightest row in the rear section.

Row E also has two single seats, E5 and E26, set apart from the rest in the front corners of the rear section.

Legroom in the Grand Circle

The Grand Circle is tight for legroom, and the front section is the tighter part. In rows A to D, anyone over about 5ft 7 will feel it, and row A is the worst. The rear section is a little better, but still tight for anyone over about 5ft 9. If you're tall, choose another level rather than trying to save money here. In rows F to H, seats 15 and 16 are next to the centre aisle, so you can stretch one leg out.

Steps

There's no lift. It's 41 steps up from the foyer to the front section, rows A to D, and 56 to the raised rear section, rows E to H, which you reach from the back. It's high up, so if you don't like heights, book a lower level.

The Grand Circle Boxes

Boxes 5 to 8 are at this level, two each side of the stage. The Boxes page has what they're like.

Drinks and toilets

There are toilets on this level. The front section has no bar of its own: the nearest is the one at the top of the building, near the raised rear rows, and the Royal Circle bar is a floor below.