In recent times, modern venues like the Beckett, Project Arts and Abbey Theatre have designed their seating rigs to accommodate the punters without the money for a front-row seat, so that even in the furthest flung corner of the auditorium one has a full view of the stage below. Older venues like the Gaiety, however, still have to manage with a Victorian style seating plan, complete with partial view seats blocked by pillars and an upper circle so far above the stalls it nearly scratches the ceiling. This upper circle was where I sat for Corn Exchange’s The Seagull. It did not feel so much … Continue reading A Dated Gaiety Theatre Setting and Clunky Translation in Corn Exchange’s The Seagull