The Sunderland Empire has a capacity of 1869 seats. Section capacities are 829 Stalls, 426 Dress Circle, 396 Upper Circle and 218 Gallery. Use our interactive seating plan to view 911 seat reviews and 840 photos of views from seat.
Boasting a large, traditionally decorated auditorium with a modern seating rake, views in the Stalls and Dress Circle are good throughout, whilst views from the Upper Circle and Gallery suffer slightly from the steep angle of the seating and distance from the stage.
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Such a good view, slight part but literally the TINIEST corner of the stage cut of on the left cause of the design of the theatre but honestly as a “restricted view” seat i would much rather this over someone’s head blocking my view More
Saw The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon on 21 October 2022
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You can see the safety bar but it doesn't massively take away from the experience. For the price it is a decent view. I never mind sitting in the upper dress circle as you get to see a great show without paying too much. More
Saw Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! on 14 July 2022
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Seat was very comfortable with plenty of legroom. We had seats H1-H4 and had a great view from all. Just to note that the row is entered by H6 and there’s no entry from H1 although beside H1 has lots of space! More
Saw Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! on 14 July 2022
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