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Post by lt on May 13, 2024 17:13:01 GMT
What is it with people and their phones? Can't leave them alone for the duration of one half of a show. Two people arrived late to Stranger Things yesterday afternoon (yes, missing that epic opening scene) and then spent much of the first half tapping on their phones, lighting up the theatre in the process. As anybody who has seen the show will appreciate, it relies on building an atmosphere and elements of suspense. Having realised that nobody from the theatre was going to intervene, I leaned across my daughter and whispered loudly: "Oi! Puddemaway!" It felt somewhat rude to do this but they looked quite shocked and did as they were told. I've no idea if they hated me for it as they were speaking a language I don't understand at the interval, perhaps Japanese. I hate being so blunt, but I also hate the selfishness of people coming into theatres late and then tapping away on their vacuous social media feeds. So agree and why do people feel the need to keep their phone in their hands throughout the performance? So even if not actually using it, it will helpfully light up at various points throughout the show as messages etc arrive.
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Post by alece10 on May 13, 2024 18:37:28 GMT
Let’s face it. Everyone who goes to the theatre is a vile, disrespectful reprobate. Except for us 😬. Maybe we should ask theatres to do special performances exclusively for board members as we will be so well behaved and we are so influential. Doubt the bar takings will be that good though.
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Post by lt on May 13, 2024 21:02:28 GMT
Let’s face it. Everyone who goes to the theatre is a vile, disrespectful reprobate. Except for us 😬. Maybe we should ask theatres to do special performances exclusively for board members as we will be so well behaved and we are so influential. Doubt the bar takings will be that good though. I'm a member of BAFTA and by far the greatest benefit is going to member and private screenings and everyone remaining absolutely silent and staying until the credits have finished. When I take friends who don't work in the film and TV industry they always comment on the difference. So just need a theatrical equivalent! (But it does mean when I do go to the cinema, I'm even more aware of the difference!)
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Post by scarletmood on May 14, 2024 20:41:09 GMT
A no phone, no talking, no snacks, no alcohol performance for us more discerning theatre goers.
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Post by Jon on May 15, 2024 13:47:59 GMT
A no phone, no talking, no snacks, no alcohol performance for us more discerning theatre goers. Probably would be a loss making performance for the theatre!
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Post by manchestertheatrefan on May 15, 2024 15:16:10 GMT
A no phone, no talking, no snacks, no alcohol performance for us more discerning theatre goers. I like a glass of wine or 2 at the theatre, why am I being punished?
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Post by lynette on May 16, 2024 13:25:17 GMT
A no phone, no talking, no snacks, no alcohol performance for us more discerning theatre goers. Add ‘inside the auditorium space’ Ok in the foyers. I’m wondering if with these slightly shorter shows we might go for a longer interval so people can drink etc in the bars not when sitting inside. I have seen people go to sit with a bottle and two glasses , a sort of drinksie, private view experience but sitting next to strangers. Plays, shows could be become the add ons to the social experience; I’m thinking this was maybe what it was like in earlier times when you went to be seen and get the goss. Then the plays rather than the actresses became more interesting and so playdom came into being. So we need bigger and better foyer spaces, more drink, more food, more chat. I always think the real action takes place in the Soho theatre foyer for example, the theatre experience a bit of cool let down. And with this ‘working from home’ or rather ‘working where other people are paying for the heating’ we can now work, eat, socialise and culture grab all in the one space..the NT the obvious candidate for this. Theatre design will evolve again: tiny studios for the avant garde or perhaps for the nostalgic among us and open stages with easier ins and outs for everyone, lots of interaction with the audience, the Globe in fact.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 17, 2024 7:28:21 GMT
Last night was a big celebration at the Royal Opera House. Just as everyone's settling in we are delayed as a couple of old codgers (like me) wander into that big box that's always empty. Overture to get things going and the bloke whips out a torch/ phone to read the program. Distracting isn't the word. Then at the end, when the audience is enthusiastically paying its respects and giving thanks for the joy we've just shared, he wanders onto the stage and acts like HE deserves the ovation.
They do let some tossers in, don't they?
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Post by kallyloo on May 17, 2024 16:54:41 GMT
Worst behaviour I saw was from a young Spanish speaking woman in the front of the stalls at Lyonesse. During most of the second half she had her phone out with the brightness low and was looking down at her email or reading.
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Post by hannechalk on May 17, 2024 21:59:31 GMT
Granted this was at a live stream to a cinema rather than the theatre, but the woman who put her bare feet close to the headrest of the person in front, and then opened a large sushi tray, still lives in my head rent free.
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Post by ladidah on May 18, 2024 12:31:43 GMT
A key spot for bad behaviour, the Globe theatre.
Loads of the usual teens, bored after 2 mins so talking, on phones, moving around, arguing. Because they are standing, it's constantly distracting.
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