Lyric Theatre

The Lyric Theatre was opened in 1888 and has a capacity of 915. It is located in the heart of central London on Shaftesbury Avenue close to Chinatown, Soho, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. It is operated by Nimax.

BOOKING

LOCATION

ACCESS

SEAT

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booking

Booking was easy and made by online using the Nimax website, you will need to register for an account with them.

In order to book access tickets (click here) you need to go onto the show page and select the relevant access tickets. If you select Wheelchair Access it will only show you the wheelchair park space (indicated as Wheelchair tickets on the booking calendar) , if you want to transfer or are ambulant disabled select book access tickets to see all other seats (indicated as Access Rate on the booking calendar). See the screenshots below for an illustration.

Nimax also offer a variety of adaptations, special performances and assistances when booking tickets and visiting the venue. Full information can be found here

Wheelchair park and transfer seats are available in the Dress Circle boxes C, D and E. There are access seats in the Stalls and main area of the Dress Circle but these all have steps to access them.

Click here for seat plan.

Accessibility

Access Overview

Access to the wheelchair spaces was the easiest that we have expeiernces thus far. The accessible enternace was located next to the main entrance and was level access. from here there was a disabled toilet to the left and door straight ahead leading into the theatre. The accessible box spaces were directly ahead.

Toilet Facilities

The accessible toilet was located right next to the accessible entrance and was only used by access patrons. It is thin and narrow however is you would struggle to access this if you needed to side transfer into the space.

Access Host

The access host was excellent.

They met us at the front door and held the queue whilst they escorted us into the stalls area via the lift.

They checked on us in the interval and at the end of the show.

Seat & View

There are three level access Boxes available for non transfer and transfer wheelchair users. These are in the Dress Circle boxes C, D and E. These are all sold as a side view so your view of the stage right might be obscured at times. Box E has the best view as it is nearest the centre but for the perfomances of Hadestown you don't miss any action.

The boxes seat a wheelchair user and their companion and feature free standing seats so you can amend the layout to best suit you and there is plenty of legroom and space.

Click here to view seat plan