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Post by 49thand8th on May 18, 2018 15:29:09 GMT
I'm short so yes, this has been done!
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Post by Tibidabo on May 18, 2018 16:20:32 GMT
^Am I missing something? Why not simply put the coat in the carrier bag? ??
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 17:13:21 GMT
I'm short so yes, this has been done! Myself and daniel are both around six foot and we both had to sit on booster seats from the back row at the Noel Coward for Half a Sixpence. 😂😂
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Post by Dr Tom on May 18, 2018 17:42:20 GMT
One I forgot from a show a few nights ago (won’t say which).
A few people around audio recording as is usual, with varying degrees of stealth.
The person next to me (a young American woman) then played back her recording to her friend during the interval to check it. This was loud enough for people around to hear and without headphones.
The ushers either didn’t notice or didn’t say anything and it’s not something I have strong ethical views on, but I was surprised she was so blatant to play it back.
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Post by daniel on May 18, 2018 20:10:20 GMT
I'm short so yes, this has been done! Myself and daniel are both around six foot and we both had to sit on booster seats from the back row at the Noel Coward for Half a Sixpence. 😂😂 an utterly ridiculous situation ahah. I weigh almost 17 stone, so of course the bloody thing had all but deflated by the interval.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2018 22:10:25 GMT
I just use a carrier bag between my coat and the floor. What was in the carrier bag before and what did you do with it/them 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌😏
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Post by stagebyte on May 19, 2018 0:52:31 GMT
Woman mid of Row K at Hamilton arrives late then proceeds to check her phone - same just after lights down for Act 2 and again a bit later on 🙄 I know it’s been said ad-infinitum but the sudden glare of a screen and subsequent brief distraction can really take you out of the story. If you really need to check your phone that many times over a period of two plus hours I would suggest that whatever it is you’re checking should probably take precedence from attending the theatre at all tonight.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2018 7:40:37 GMT
So The Last Ship was barely half full. We had 4 in our row. Of course the loudest woman in the theatre, hellbent on narrating it for her partner sat right next to me.
She then put all her stuff on my seat when I went to the loo at the interval despite, you’ve guessed it, my coat still being on the floor underneath (it’s ok I know the WMC mop between shows 😂)
My favourite pre-show moment was her showing the fella pictures on her phone and saying “DOESN’T MY HAIR LOOK NICE” i didn’t hear his response but it seems anything other than the affirmative would have been fatal.
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Post by timothyd on May 19, 2018 8:14:08 GMT
The band/orchestra in School of Rock that couldnt stop talking about anything but the show during the scenes were they didnt have to play the instrument and the constant lights coming out their room when they were scrolling Facebook.
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Post by daisy24601 on May 19, 2018 19:40:07 GMT
So The Last Ship was barely half full. We had 4 in our row. Of course the loudest woman in the theatre, hellbent on narrating it for her partner sat right next to me. She then put all her stuff on my seat when I went to the loo at the interval despite, you’ve guessed it, my coat still being on the floor underneath (it’s ok I know the WMC mop between shows 😂)My favourite pre-show moment was her showing the fella pictures on her phone and saying “DOESN’T MY HAIR LOOK NICE” i didn’t hear his response but it seems anything other than the affirmative would have been fatal. Why would someone assume you've left because you got up during the interval?!
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Post by shady23 on May 19, 2018 21:03:11 GMT
Yes and I bet they huffed and puffed when you returned and they had to remove it...
Not a theatre but I left my seat on a train once to use the "facilities", got back and someone was sat in my seat, reading the paper I'd left open and had put my opened bottle of water in their bag!
This was about half an hour since the last station so not as if someone had got on when I was in the loo and just thought it was free.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2018 23:33:35 GMT
Drama at 42nd Street this afternoon. Couple in front not just chatting, but talking like they are on the tube, that loud, at the end of Act 1 after We're in The Money until the end. Then, continued on and off through Sunny Side and the following scene. As Clare walked forward at the train station, they piped up again and the man next to me asked them politely to be quiet. Once the applause started after Lullaby, the couple in front grabbed their coats, spun around and yelled "thanks for ruining it for us" and stormed out.
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Post by grannyjx6 on May 19, 2018 23:37:53 GMT
Went to see Matthew Bourne's Cinderella last week. I love his ballets but they are usually quite risqué and I don't think they are really suitable for children but that's up to the parents of course. In front of us came (I presumed) a mother, two little girls and the grandmother with the biggest back pack you could imagine. She unpacked it and took out various packages, including sweets and drinks and started handing them round, chatting loudly as well as (weirdly) both the little girls taking off their boots and sitting bare footed. The ballet began with an air raid siren so granny started explaining above the noise of the siren all about WW2 and throughout the first act they were passing sweets, whispering (very loudly) as granny continued with her dialogue (as she had seen it twice before you know). I shushed them twice and tutted and eventually the usher leaned over and asked them to be quiet, which they did for about 10 minutes. At the interval the lady next to me went to see the usher who found us two seats in the slips. Closer to the action but obviously with some loss of view from that side.
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Post by poster J on May 20, 2018 8:53:58 GMT
The usual phone nonsense at School of Rock last night - counted at least half a dozen people checking them in the stalls alone. Plus a plastic bag rustler behind me for most of Act 1...
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Post by stagebyte on May 20, 2018 13:25:05 GMT
Thoroughly impressed with the pre show announcement at Harry Potter along the lines of ‘Switch off your mobile phone ... like now please! Even dim lights and buzzing can be distracting so please switch all mobile devices off. No photography or recording devices. Aisles will be patrolled and anyone found doing so will have those devices removed. (And my favourite) Please do not eat snacks til the interval as the noise wrappers make can be distracting to those around you’ WOW The announcement seemed to go on for ages. Feeling SO secure after that literally no one would dare ... and of course we have the two people behind us and down a few (Row J) who obviously think they are exempt and 10 minutes in scrumple and nose bag their way through a bag of never ending sweets (after tearing the top off ever so slowly) flipping the top on and off their bottle of drink with the top of the bottle making a loud sucking sound when removed from the lips.
Interval of Part 1 now and they’ve not eaten anything. Obviously saving them for the quiet bits in Act2 What is WRONG with people?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 16:30:47 GMT
If you are someone who may need to be contacted and absolutely must check your phone Limited to medical professionals on 24/7 call. Also military and politicians. Can't think of any others. That is a good point but how could you monitor who is what profession and people could have family emergencies etc.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2018 16:55:45 GMT
Having seen Officer and a Gentleman earlier in the week in Birmingham whilst on my way to see Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in Wolverhampton yesterday I noticed several large groups of women and some groups of large women all in 1980's gear on their way to Birmingham Hippodrome in very boisterous mood and knocking back some wine. I have no idea what they were like in the theatre but this was just the type of scenario where show and audience could become very lively.
Anyway I got an excellent seat in 2nd row stalls for Some Mothers, the bloke next to me barely moved to allow me to my seat. Then just as the show was about to start he was snoring loudly. 10 minutes in his head fell against me, I pushed him off and he woke up a few times at loud moments then went off again. His head went onto the young woman the other side of me before the interval too. He was clearly worse for wear but woke up at the interval and just about made it out of the auditorium.
Everyone was laughing about him and someone actually thought he was with the young woman and her partner which they did find funny. The girl got her partner to swap seats with her which he did as he thought the guy wasn't coming back but he wondered back in with a plastic pint in hand and went into two wrong rows before finding our row. The girl was in bits by now and the bloke then spilt some of his pint over her partner. Luckily the partner had short sleeves on, he was only in his early 20's and the drunk guy must have been about 60, so if it was going to turn ugly I knew who my money was on.
I moved my stuff as far away from the bloke as possible and kept a half eye on him until he had finished his pint. Given nature of the show and how pissed this guy was, I felt it was only a matter of time, luckily he finished his pint so I could relax a bit. 10 minutes before the end of the show he decided to leave and staggered out.
I can see the funny side of it but if I'd got split with alcohol especially as a none drinker or the younger guy who was, I could have seen things turning nasty. Also why was a guy who was clearly under the influence allowed to buy another drink at the interval, surely an usher would have noticed him or the FOH security who do thorough back checks at the venue and seem on the ball when I've chatted to them.
For reference this guy was likely in his 60's and balding - think bastard son of TISWAS presenter John Gorman and Red Dwarf's Norman Lovett!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2018 9:07:00 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2018 9:19:13 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode. I liked that they originally called it “theatre mode” on the watch, but it got changed to “cinema mode” a few updates ago.
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Post by dramallama on May 21, 2018 9:46:26 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode. This is actually a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Especially the Fitbits that light up whenever you raise your arm which is very distracting. You can turn that off but rarely anybody does. I have a Fitbit myself (which also alerts me of texts and phone calls, etc.) but make sure I take it off when I go to the theatre because I don't want it to light up during the show and I actually prefer not knowing what time it is.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 21, 2018 10:05:26 GMT
how could you monitor who is what profession and people could have family emergencies etc As someone pointed out on here - if you are expecting an emergency, what are you doing at the theatre - it's too rare for something to come up totally unexpectedly. On monitoring, frankly, in the old days they knew who they were and everybody else had the manners to self-police too. And all of this really revolves around the concept that we are all required to be permanently “available” via our phones. Well, I’m not. I do not jump to answer calls or texts and I have the notification thing switched off so people can’t see I’ve read their latest trivia. It’s intrusive and bloody annoying, especially when you get another one 5 minutes later saying “did you get my text?”. Yes I did and I’m choosing not to answer. Bottom line, if you’re on call for your work, don’t go to the theatre. If you can’t stand the thought of not being instantly alerted when your child cries/farts or whatever, don’t go to the theatre.
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Post by firefingers on May 21, 2018 10:07:49 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode. Yes I have noticed them far too much sadly. They light up, you see the person look at them, then deactivate the notification. Very distracting, particularly if the person's head is in your eye line as you see the movements of that as well as the light. Airplane mode only please.
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Post by Lemansky on May 21, 2018 10:28:16 GMT
As someone pointed out on here - if you are expecting an emergency, what are you doing at the theatre - it's too rare for something to come up totally unexpectedly. On monitoring, frankly, in the old days they knew who they were and everybody else had the manners to self-police too. And all of this really revolves around the concept that we are all required to be permanently “available” via our phones. Well, I’m not. I do not jump to answer calls or texts and I have the notification thing switched off so people can’t see I’ve read their latest trivia. It’s intrusive and bloody annoying, especially when you get another one 5 minutes later saying “did you get my text?”. Yes I did and I’m choosing not to answer. Bottom line, if you’re on call for your work, don’t go to the theatre. If you can’t stand the thought of not being instantly alerted when your child cries/farts or whatever, don’t go to the theatre. My husband was, until very recently, in the army and when we saw Harry Potter last year he was on call. I asked on here how to deal with it, as I hated the fact that he said he would need to have his phone on, but on silent, when we were in the theatre. I got some very helpful replies, and in the end it was all fine. However, he was on 24 hour call for the last 2 years of his time in the army - it becomes tricky saying don't go to the theatre in that case. I know that's not how being on call usually works, but for the armed forces, especially with the World being how it is at the moment, they don't really have a choice.
I am, by the way, very against phones/disturbances in the theatre, so the fact that he wasn't going to turn his phone completely off was really stressful for me.
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Post by n1david on May 21, 2018 11:30:26 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode. Yes I have noticed them far too much sadly. They light up, you see the person look at them, then deactivate the notification. Very distracting, particularly if the person's head is in your eye line as you see the movements of that as well as the light. Airplane mode only please. Just a note - if you are asking someone to sort out their Apple Watch, Airplane mode won't do it - the watch will still light up if they raise their wrist (more of an issue in good weather when people aren't wearing long sleeves). They need to put them in Cinema Mode which means that they won't light up at all unless the screen or one of the buttons are pressed. And if you have a new Apple Watch and absolutely NEED to know the time, slowly turning the digital crown will 'fade up' the display so you can do it more discreetly than it coming on full brightness. I always put my Apple Watch in both Do Not Disturb and Cinema mode - that means no lighting up under any circumstances and no notifications. This automatically puts DND mode on my phone too so keeps that absolutely quiet during the show. Note that standard DND does allow calls from "VIPs" (people you nominate), so you need to change the default DND settings to allow no calls at all.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 21, 2018 14:38:18 GMT
What do you all think of Apple watches. I have one and it alerts me every time I receive a text or phone call. Have any if you ever noticed people checking their watches? I think they are discrete and you can put them on airplane mode. I don't have one, but it can't be all that hard to take it off and put it in your pocket during a show, right? Then again, once during Fun Home I thought someone across from me had one (this was at Circle in the Square) and it turns out she just had super reflective sequin accents on her scarf...
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Post by richey on May 21, 2018 19:58:54 GMT
Two new ones for me this evening at Blood Brothers in Manchester. A girl three rows in front with a bun so tall it's right in my sightline and just had someone loudly break wind near the end of Act 1.
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Post by grannyjx6 on May 21, 2018 20:11:03 GMT
Two new ones for me this evening at Blood Brothers in Manchester. A girl three rows in front with a bun so tall it's right in my sightline and just had someone loudly break wind near the end of Act 1.
Hahaha! Well when that gun shot goes off, it is very scary.
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Post by richey on May 21, 2018 22:30:21 GMT
Two new ones for me this evening at Blood Brothers in Manchester. A girl three rows in front with a bun so tall it's right in my sightline and just had someone loudly break wind near the end of Act 1.
Hahaha! Well when that gun shot goes off, it is very scary.
Haha. It was act 1 not 2. The gunshot was very loud tonight though. I was nearly guilty of bad behaviour too
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Post by tysilio2 on May 21, 2018 22:30:44 GMT
Two new ones for me this evening at Blood Brothers in Manchester. A girl three rows in front with a bun so tall it's right in my sightline and just had someone loudly break wind near the end of Act 1. It was probably Mickey...
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Post by crowblack on May 22, 2018 9:32:20 GMT
Actors on social media - please don't tweet about being annoyed you have to do a matinee on a sunny day, or talk about 'freedom' and getting your life back at the end of a (not even very long) run. I suspect there are thousands of actors who would love to be doing what you are doing.
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