Thread: standing at shows?

i dont understand why at most burlesque events you cant sit down...ive been to two smaller shows and had to get there so early to get a very limited seat..it took us an hour to drive to both of these shows in birmingham and we would of turned round and drove home if the seats had of been taken..
so many people stand and have aching feet at the end of it all from dressing up and wearing heels..i really dont want to wear jeans and trainers to these events and i want to enjoy myself and have a great time..not standing and swapping my weight to each alternative leg every five mins.
i think that spoils it for some...

can someone answer me..does anyone know the answer ?




i just cant stand all evening.

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Because most burlesque shows are held in venues with no or limited seating. If you hold an event in a bar function room or a nightclub then there is usually a dancefloor, and hiring in seating for one night is a huge expense that many promoters of smaller events can't afford.

Bigger shows can often afford seating, and there are some shows held in theatrical venues so there is seating anyway. But most smaller shows are held in environments which are usually used for dancing or holding concerst

Fleur du Mal nailed it on the head. Very few venues are perfect in every way and short of building our own places we have to work with what we have rather than what we want. Some clubs could bring in extra seating but they would have to look at issues of cost, storage and maybe even transport. The other option is hire of seating, but it's a continued expense.

I run a show in Birmingham and I can honestly say that it's not easy running a quality show and not losing money by the bucketload. The only way I could offer seating to all audience members would be to either move venue (which I doubt would be economical given the hire price of venues that offer seating for everyone) or drastically reduce the audience size which would force me to raise ticket prices drastically, and then I would probably lose my venue for having less than 1/3rd capacity on a Saturday night.

If you're Stafford based then can I suggest you go to Scarlet Fever Presents Burlesque in Stoke-on-Trent if you want a seat every time. If I'm correct, they only sell tickets if they have the seating.

oh i didnt know that about scarlets shows..:twothumbs:

maybe i should bring my own fold up stool.. :twothumbs: that would be good but i bet everyone would laugh at me.



chantilly xxs

Originally Posted by chantilly lace

maybe i should bring my own fold up stool.. :twothumbs: that would be good but i bet everyone would laugh at me.

Actually my wife took a small folding stool with her to Red Rocks last night.

I only have about 6 tables at my AlleyCat Club, but that's because it's not a 'sit-down' continueous show as such, it's a rockabilly dance night with a burlesque performance every hour. I don't want to have too much seating as the idea is to encourage everyone to dance, which luckily they do! I have to admit that I wouldn't be keen on standing up for an hour and a half show though.

Twinkle Starr xx

i haven't been to any shows here in the UK yet, but i know that at home in Aus, standing space is the price the audience pays and small stages are the price that performers pay... and it's all out of love! it's a pain in the arse (or the feet...) but it seems to just go with the territory.

Originally Posted by Luna la Faye

i haven't been to any shows here in the UK yet, but i know that at home in Aus, standing space is the price the audience pays and small stages are the price that performers pay... and it's all out of love! it's a pain in the arse (or the feet...) but it seems to just go with the territory.

I agree with you, unless you're very lucky you may have to stand. There is anther issue that surrounds sitting, and that is the ability to see. Short of having a venue with stadium style seating you might be comfortable but your view may be just as blocked as if you where standing. As you can guess, being able to see has always been my bugbear.

This is actually a major moot point for us as for our events we like to have the vast majority of the audience sitting. Standing should only be at the back of the room.

In many cases, the problem doesn't actually rest with promoters, it actually rests with venue owners who try to cram as many people as possible into their space so that they can make more money on the bar.

We used to run High Tease at a venue in Glasgow and ended up moving to a new venue because of this exact issue. The nuts of it is that if people pay money to see a show, they should be able to actually see a show.

Not the back of someone's head.

Originally Posted by James

The nuts of it is that if people pay money to see a show, they should be able to actually see a show.

Not the back of someone's head.

And that's exactly why I have a bugbear about being able to see and my audience being able to see - standing, sitting or swinging from the chandeliers.

My show has a capacity for nearly 200, but to make it easier for people to see we've always restricted the numbers simply because we don't want to be selling tickets to people who get to hear music - luckily our audience likes a good drink so the venue doesn't mind having a room with less people in so long as we keep pulling in those who like a drink.