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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 12, 2017 13:39:46 GMT
^Oh LOL! Brain-seize or what? I was imagining a massive production like 42nd Street! Thanks @mrmusicals
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Post by CG on the loose on Apr 12, 2017 15:19:29 GMT
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 12, 2017 20:08:15 GMT
Mind you, it somehow reminds me of the type of entitlement expressed by people on those property shows, who turn up at a house and say (about a perfectly clean and reasonable kitchen)- 'Oh, I couldn't live with that kitchen. I am not interested in the property.' It's a kitchen for goodness sake. Live with it until you can afford to update it. What is the matter with people! It amazes me the number of people who buy a house & completely re-do it, including kitchen & bathroom, before moving in, especially as most people do up their houses to a certain extent before putting them up for sale anyone so the house is probably being redecorated twice in a matter of months. How can people afford to buy a house & then immediately spend tens of thousands on changing it? We moved into this house in 1994 & still have the same kitchen & bathroom it came with. They may not be the latest decor trends but they're still useable 23 years later!
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Post by The Matthew on Apr 12, 2017 21:05:17 GMT
It amazes me the number of people who buy a house & completely re-do it, including kitchen & bathroom, before moving in, I imagine it's some sort of marking their territory thing. Micturating up the walls is cheaper and makes for a memorable house-warming party, but may occasionally be considered something of a social faux pas.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 14, 2017 17:59:41 GMT
Does it save time to pre-pay for drinks at plays? Or will the line for pre-paid be longer than the regular lines at interval?
Thanks!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2017 18:16:06 GMT
^^^ if I'm having one at the interval I want it freshly made, not some nasty old thing that got slopped out by a barman with one finger up his nose 45 minutes ago!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 18:33:35 GMT
^^^ if I'm having one at the interval I want it freshly made, not some nasty old thing that got slopped out by a barman with one finger up his nose 45 minutes ago! Or that they skimmed the top off to make a gin-and-cider-larger cocktail to down before doing interval service. In answer to the question, most theatres set them out in an 'area' so it's more of a mill around/scrum depending on the show than a queue. The issue is a) finding the drink b) the tiny probablity someone will swipe it. The latter has never happened to anyone I know but I'm paranoid enough not to chance it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2017 18:44:58 GMT
The ice has always melted and the beer is always flat.
As for the raffle tickets....
Just. No.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 19:01:44 GMT
On my interval drinks, I quite liked the tables at The Harold Pinter (when Sunny Afternoon and Nice Fish were there) as FOH waited on you fetching drinks from the bar avoiding all the scrum,
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 14, 2017 19:05:56 GMT
I'm a wine drinker so no worries on ice and such but still sounds like it's not such a good idea. Thanks everyone
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2017 19:07:25 GMT
Has anyone actually stayed in a theatre bar until they were chucked out because it was closing? I realise that this would require significant funds, but how desperate are they to flog overpriced drinks to the point where they keep the barstaff on? A friend and I were asked to leave The Lowry bar a few months ago, I think it was about 10.45 but I can't quite remember the details...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2017 19:08:44 GMT
I'm a wine drinker so no worries on ice and such but still sounds like it's not such a good idea. Thanks everyone What do they do in US theatres sherriebythesea is there a "system"?
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 14, 2017 19:11:36 GMT
I don't have any experience at larger theatres to say. The regional productions I've been to just had the rush at interval to bar.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 19:49:53 GMT
Has anyone actually stayed in a theatre bar until they were chucked out because it was closing? I realise that this would require significant funds, but how desperate are they to flog overpriced drinks to the point where they keep the barstaff on? A friend and I were asked to leave The Lowry bar a few months ago, I think it was about 10.45 but I can't quite remember the details... How many theatres keep bars open after the performance? Few I can think of - places like National, Royal Court, Soho and, of course, pub theatres.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 14, 2017 20:29:45 GMT
Maybe because the Lowry has a restaurant attached.
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Post by d'James on Apr 14, 2017 21:29:11 GMT
I've never had a problem with ordering interval drinks (not that I often do it). If you're with someone order a bottle of wine before the show and ask them to keep the second half of the bottle for the interval. I've never had anything less than a perfectly chilled drink.
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Post by mistressjojo on Apr 14, 2017 23:18:37 GMT
Has anyone actually stayed in a theatre bar until they were chucked out because it was closing? I realise that this would require significant funds, but how desperate are they to flog overpriced drinks to the point where they keep the barstaff on? A friend and I were asked to leave The Lowry bar a few months ago, I think it was about 10.45 but I can't quite remember the details... Yes, but at the RSC in Stratford not the West End. A few times they did all but turn off the lights on us in the Swan Bar.
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Post by firefingers on Apr 14, 2017 23:32:00 GMT
Has anyone actually stayed in a theatre bar until they were chucked out because it was closing? I realise that this would require significant funds, but how desperate are they to flog overpriced drinks to the point where they keep the barstaff on? A friend and I were asked to leave The Lowry bar a few months ago, I think it was about 10.45 but I can't quite remember the details... Yes, but at the RSC in Stratford not the West End. A few times they did all but turn off the lights on us in the Swan Bar. Done it at theatres I work at, but the cheeper ones where they give you a discount if you are on a show at the time.
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Post by daniel on Apr 15, 2017 2:55:02 GMT
My favourite trick for interval drinks at ATG venues is to use their happy hour...runs from 90 until 60 mins before the show and drinks are half price - I pop in around 6 for a half price drink and interval order, and then bail into the Wetherspoons* next door once the offer stops to carry on *other varieties of pub are available
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 15, 2017 3:34:00 GMT
My favourite trick for interval drinks at ATG venues is to use their happy hour...runs from 90 until 60 mins before the show and drinks are half price - I pop in around 6 for a half price drink and interval order, and then bail into the Wetherspoons* next door once the offer stops to carry on *other varieties of pub are available Now I know to show up for Hamlet at 6 pm.
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 15, 2017 8:44:00 GMT
I've never had a problem with pre-ordered interval drinks either, can be a real scrum at the bar at the interval if you don't pre-order. On the very rare occasions my drinks have been missing I just go to a vacant bit of the bar and wave my receipt around and they will replace the drinks with no question
And thanks for the ATG happy hour tip, what a great idea!
To answer the other question - I've been in the National and the Barbican till kicking out time. Also got booted out of the bar at the Theatre Royal Haymarket after an interval when chatting to a friend we'd bumped into rather than drinking
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 15, 2017 17:26:00 GMT
I've never been kicked out of a closing theatre bar, as a non-drinker I don't go in them, but I was so late out of the auditorium of my local theatre last month that I had to leave by the stage door because all the other doors were locked up! There was a post-show Q&A and afterwards one of the cast, recognising me in the audience, came down from the stage to say hello. By the time he, I & another fan had finished chatting all the rest of the audience had left.
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Post by Jon on Apr 16, 2017 0:21:54 GMT
What does the in association with credit mean as in the National Theatre in association with Sonia Friedman Productions present Three Days in the Country.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 16, 2017 9:41:33 GMT
I don't know but I'd like to hazard a guess before someone gives an authoritative answer.
I expect that "in association with" can mean quite different things in different cases. In this instance, was it that SFP had originally developed the project, and perhaps had also commissioned Patrick Marber, and then granted the NT the right to produce the play whilst maybe retaining a degree of creative producer input in the eventual NT production? And, despite not actually co-producing the NT production, did SFP also have certain rights over any future commercial exploitation of it or other later productions after the NT run?
Or not?
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Post by daniel on Apr 16, 2017 11:01:15 GMT
I don't know but I'd like to hazard a guess before someone gives an authoritative answer. I expect that "in association with" can mean quite different things in different cases. In this instance, was it that SFP had originally developed the project, and perhaps had also commissioned Patrick Marber, and then granted the NT the right to produce the play whilst maybe retaining a degree of creative producer input in the eventual NT production? And, despite not actually co-producing the NT production, did SFP also have certain rights over any future commercial exploitation of it or other later productions after the NT run? Or not? I think you're pretty much spot on, HG - from my understanding, "in association with" in the loosest sense just implies co-involvement. Whether this is as a full-blown co-producer, somebody putting some money in to just get their name on the project, or any of the examples you mentioned above.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 11:09:05 GMT
It was brought up in the Wonderland thread, but I am generally curious so any promotions people out there, help me out... if you are including quotes from press, do you legally have to include where the quote came from and who wrote it? Because the Wonderland trailer included many quotes, including ones specific to the leads, but never included any credit to the publication or writers of the quotes so now im confused?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 11:19:18 GMT
I've never had a problem with ordering interval drinks (not that I often do it). If you're with someone order a bottle of wine before the show and ask them to keep the second half of the bottle for the interval. I've never had anything less than a perfectly chilled drink. Just to defend bar staff and interval drinks a little bit, I can't speak on behalf of long runners, but I am a bar supervisor at a major venue in a town in the UK that gets alot of touring one night only shows and it is difficult to sometimes do interval drinks as the timings of the show always chamge, people complain if drinks are not as cold as they want because the timings of the show are wrong so naturally they get a bit less chilled, and then they complain at the bar rather rudely in my experince and hold up the other customers. I know it sounds ridiculous, and yours wasn't a complaint haha, but it was the last one so I just quoted yours. If anyone has issues with interval drinks at a one night only type venue, do understand half the time promotors give staff the wrong times and it causes issue for everyone involved haha
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 16, 2017 12:12:01 GMT
It was brought up in the Wonderland thread, but I am generally curious so any promotions people out there, help me out... if you are including quotes from press, do you legally have to include where the quote came from and who wrote it? Because the Wonderland trailer included many quotes, including ones specific to the leads, but never included any credit to the publication or writers of the quotes so now im confused? Caveat Emptor. You can't misattribute quotes or use a person's name connected to a quote without agreement (with a newspaper review there is already a tacit understanding) but putting quotation marks around words isn't strictly breaking regulations. It puts you into the same category as fake news though and, as we know, people will believe the biggest rubbish if it they emotionally 'believe' it. Germany, at least, is introducing legislation to make fake news illegal. Buyer beware.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 12:15:02 GMT
It was brought up in the Wonderland thread, but I am generally curious so any promotions people out there, help me out... if you are including quotes from press, do you legally have to include where the quote came from and who wrote it? Because the Wonderland trailer included many quotes, including ones specific to the leads, but never included any credit to the publication or writers of the quotes so now im confused? Caveat Emptor. You can't misattribute quotes or use a person's name connected to a quote without agreement (with a newspaper review there is already a tacit understanding) but putting quotation marks around words isn't strictly breaking regulations. It puts you into the same category as fake news though and, as we know, people will believe the biggest rubbish if it they emotionally 'believe' it. Germany, at least, is introducing legislation to make fake news illegal. Buyer beware. An appropriate day to make that joke.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 16, 2017 12:19:24 GMT
Caveat Emptor. You can't misattribute quotes or use a person's name connected to a quote without agreement (with a newspaper review there is already a tacit understanding) but putting quotation marks around words isn't strictly breaking regulations. It puts you into the same category as fake news though and, as we know, people will believe the biggest rubbish if it they emotionally 'believe' it. Germany, at least, is introducing legislation to make fake news illegal. Buyer beware. An appropriate day to make that joke. Why today especially? :confused:
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