I went to a tribute band of Pink Floyd, a 50 minute drive away in a wonderful old theater in Jackson, MI - Michigan theater. The restrooms were upstairs on the balcony level. So since the railing was on the left side I tottered up the steps using the right wall as a guide. Since it had a laser light show and strobes it was a good thing I didn't have visual deficits.
Echoes of Pink Floyd, the songs I recognized were:
Welcome to The machine
Time
Money
Wish you were here
Brick in the wall
Shine on you crazy diamond
Other Pink Floyd sounding songs were played but I think the audience wanted less echoes and more Pink Floyd.
At intermission I traveled to the restroom, lights not on in the house. Coming back, there were two steps for each row of seats, hard to tell in the dim light. I stumbled once but caught myself on the wall. I'm sure the people in the row behind me thought I'd had too much to drink. None whatsoever.
I missed a wine and cheese party to go here instead. It was worth it, got home around 1am
Sounds great. We love Pink Floyd in my house. I once went with a friend to a movie theater, and we arrived after the trailers had started and the lights were off. An usher told us it was a ramp down, but was really, like in your story, two steps per row. Shallow steps, but still a surprise to someone expecting a ramp. I clutched my friend and she talked me down to a row near the back. Like for you, it worked out fine for me.
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