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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 19:52:28 GMT
OMGosh. The great unwashed are out in force at 'Chicago' tonight. Talkers, phone checkers, the lot. And if you are the inconsiderate, selfish waste of space in seat A14 in the Grand Circle I hope you miss every train and bus on your way home and that your hair falls out. It's the least you deserve. Scum.
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Post by distantcousin on Jun 25, 2018 19:58:42 GMT
Older man next to my friend at Miss Saigon who decided that the many instrumentals where nobody is actually talking but lots of action is going on on-stage were not part of the show and good times to say things like “oooh” “I wonder how they did that” about the helicopter and various other things I’ve forgotten. My friend heard him a lot more than me, it’s lucky I sat away from him because I don’t have the patience of my friend with people like that! Another one of his loud comments was “Uh-oh” when John says “first Ellen has to know”. There’s a panto on at the Hippodrome at Christmas hun, if you want to join in and cheapen the show with “uh-oh”s and “ooh-ahh”s maybe that’s where you should be xxx My Dad does similar. I think it comes from older people sorta forgetting where they are. They are probably so used to commenting at the TV, that they forget that they are in company and people are listening. I don't believe it's deliberately obnoxious - although it is, of course, annoying.
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Post by distantcousin on Jun 25, 2018 20:00:30 GMT
Two men old enough to know better but clearly still young enough to be completely in the grip of testosterone nearly got into a punch up at the Bridge last night over the fact that one of them was wearing a baseball cap and the other one asked him to take it off but neither of them liked the other's tone, or something... It's the second time I've seen a near fight at that theatre and it's only the fourth production. Is it something they're putting in the madeleines?? 2 words = male ego
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Post by d'James on Jun 25, 2018 22:43:09 GMT
OMGosh. The great unwashed are out in force at 'Chicago' tonight. Talkers, phone checkers, the lot. And if you are the inconsiderate, selfish waste of space in seat A14 in the Grand Circle I hope you miss every train and bus on your way home and that your hair falls out. It's the least you deserve. Scum. What did they do?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 22:47:03 GMT
OMGosh. The great unwashed are out in force at 'Chicago' tonight. Talkers, phone checkers, the lot. And if you are the inconsiderate, selfish waste of space in seat A14 in the Grand Circle I hope you miss every train and bus on your way home and that your hair falls out. It's the least you deserve. Scum. What did they do? Kept leaning forward blocking the view of other people despite being asked several times to sit back. Her response? "Well I can't see because of the rail if I sit back".
Well that's OK then. So long as you're alright! Some people. I hope her eyebrows fall off too.
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Post by ruby on Jun 25, 2018 22:49:24 GMT
Best behaved audience I've ever been in at the Bristol Hippodrome tonight for Flashdance. I'm normally a stickler for good theatre behaviour, but I guiltily found myself hoping for some bad behaviour to distract from the awful production.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 7:53:09 GMT
We should issue all board members with cards they can hold up which say "Please be quiet" "I paid to hear the show not you" "STFU" etc. I'm sure the fellow board bitches could come up with some other suitable insults we could print on them! Ushers should wear t shirts with those slogans on.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 9:21:33 GMT
Kept leaning forward blocking the view of other people despite being asked several times to sit back. Her response? "Well I can't see because of the rail if I sit back".
Well that's OK then. So long as you're alright! Some people. I hope her eyebrows fall off too.
This winds me up no end. She will have been informed about the rail restricting view on booking, and booked regardless! Definitely deserves a round of alopecia.
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 26, 2018 19:46:45 GMT
Best behaved audience I've ever been in at the Bristol Hippodrome tonight for Flashdance. I'm normally a stickler for good theatre behaviour, but I guiltily found myself hoping for some bad behaviour to distract from the awful production. Maybe they were well-behaved because they had been bored to sleep.
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 26, 2018 20:29:27 GMT
Went to the cinema to watch Matthew Bourne's Cinderella.
When we arrived there were other people in our seats - the woman got quite gobby about it, despite us saying we'd all move two seats, but if anyone came for those seats they'd have to move. Ten minutes in she's still furiously whispering to her partner. Turns out they were in the wrong screen altogether. You would have thought that when the title came up on the screen it was the first clue they were at the wrong movie, never mind when the ballet started, but they still felt the need to have a discussion about it.
So they were gone. Then a whiff of something fishy came to me. A woman was eating sushi whilst resting her bare feet on the top of the chairs in front of her.
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Post by tysilio2 on Jun 27, 2018 8:50:44 GMT
Went to the cinema to watch Matthew Bourne's Cinderella. When we arrived there were other people in our seats - the woman got quite gobby about it, despite us saying we'd all move two seats, but if anyone came for those seats they'd have to move. Ten minutes in she's still furiously whispering to her partner. Turns out they were in the wrong screen altogether. You would have thought that when the title came up on the screen it was the first clue they were at the wrong movie, never mind when the ballet started, but they still felt the need to have a discussion about it. So they were gone. Then a whiff of something fishy came to me. A woman was eating sushi whilst resting her bare feet on the top of the chairs in front of her.*..sighs of relief all around...*
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Post by MrsCondomine on Jun 27, 2018 10:49:59 GMT
Went to the cinema to watch Matthew Bourne's Cinderella. When we arrived there were other people in our seats - the woman got quite gobby about it, despite us saying we'd all move two seats, but if anyone came for those seats they'd have to move. Ten minutes in she's still furiously whispering to her partner. Turns out they were in the wrong screen altogether. You would have thought that when the title came up on the screen it was the first clue they were at the wrong movie, never mind when the ballet started, but they still felt the need to have a discussion about it. So they were gone. Then a whiff of something fishy came to me. A woman was eating sushi whilst resting her bare feet on the top of the chairs in front of her.*..sighs of relief all around...* Glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking this...
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 27, 2018 20:18:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 21:08:46 GMT
Loved, loved, loved this! Especially the M&Ms... NB- Tony’s chomping loudly on his peanut M&Ms; I’ve a feeling Tony’s ass is gonna suffer for it... (Just to prove I can use apostrophes in Tonys! )
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Post by tonyloco on Jun 27, 2018 22:13:06 GMT
NB- Tony’s chomping loudly on his peanut M&Ms; I’ve a feeling Tony’s ass is gonna suffer for it... (Just to prove I can use apostrophes in Tonys! ) Must be some other Tony. I never eat or drink in the auditorium of a theatre (and rarely in the bar) and every time I see people taking their seats with glasses of beer or wine in their hands I wish I knew a spell whereby I could make them pour the entire contents of those glasses right down their fronts, although that would probably inconvenience other people sitting next to them but it would be OK if the other people also had full glasses in their hands!
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Post by floorshow on Jun 28, 2018 7:22:47 GMT
Amanda Duarte may be my favourite person in the world right now 'Sit down, shut up and clap' should be printed on every ticket.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 7:59:45 GMT
NB- Tony’s chomping loudly on his peanut M&Ms; I’ve a feeling Tony’s ass is gonna suffer for it... (Just to prove I can use apostrophes in Tonys! ) Must be some other Tony. I never eat or drink in the auditorium of a theatre (and rarely in the bar) and every time I see people taking their seats with glasses of beer or wine in their hands I wish I knew a spell whereby I could make them pour the entire contents of those glasses right down their fronts, although that would probably inconvenience other people sitting next to them but it would be OK if the other people also had full glasses in their hands!
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 28, 2018 8:28:20 GMT
Excellent comprehensive listing except:- “You are not so important that you can’t wait at your seat until the applause has ended. We all have homes to get back to and lead busy lives. The theatre gods extract a terrible revenge on people who push past everyone else and then stand in the aisle clapping. They all die horrible painful deaths the day before the most expensive tickets they’ve ever bought are due. Next time you see two empty stalls seats...”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 10:42:30 GMT
Worse I ever experienced was at SUNSET BOULEVARD at HAROLD PINTER THEATRE when the woman next to me was cutting her nails. Fortunately she was catching the clippings into her handbag (for later?!)
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Post by floorshow on Jun 28, 2018 11:42:27 GMT
Worse I ever experienced was at SUNSET BOULEVARD at HAROLD PINTER THEATRE when the woman next to me was cutting her nails. Fortunately she was catching the clippings into her handbag (for later?!) She saves them for the train home.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 20:51:19 GMT
Worse I ever experienced was at SUNSET BOULEVARD at HAROLD PINTER THEATRE when the woman next to me was cutting her nails. Fortunately she was catching the clippings into her handbag (for later?!) Perhaps for a bizarre Voodoo ritual in the interval?
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 29, 2018 5:20:21 GMT
When I was at Les Mis the other day the woman who seat next to me took her shoes off and rested her foot on the seat in front unbeknownst to the woman that was sitting there. If it had been the 1st act I would have told the lady in front at the interval. At least this one kept her socks on!!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 29, 2018 6:32:22 GMT
When I was at Les Mis the other day the woman who seat next to me took her shoes off and rested her foot on the seat in front unbeknownst to the woman that was sitting there. If it had been the 1st act I would have told the lady in front at the interval. At least this one kept her socks on!! A visiting Pigmy, presumably?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 29, 2018 8:16:46 GMT
When I was at Les Mis the other day the woman who seat next to me took her shoes off and rested her foot on the seat in front unbeknownst to the woman that was sitting there. If it had been the 1st act I would have told the lady in front at the interval. At least this one kept her socks on!! On what planet does she think this is acceptable behaviour?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jun 29, 2018 12:15:44 GMT
There was a guy eating sushi at the Gielgud the other day! It's clearly spreading.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 29, 2018 14:18:40 GMT
When I was at Les Mis the other day the woman who seat next to me took her shoes off and rested her foot on the seat in front unbeknownst to the woman that was sitting there. If it had been the 1st act I would have told the lady in front at the interval. At least this one kept her socks on!! On what planet does she think this is acceptable behaviour? Lord knows but if she had during act 1 I would have told the woman in front. Still not as bad as the woman who sat next to me front row at Mis who took not just shoes but socks too rubbing her feet right near my leg! And when I did that you know sigh of "Why God Why?" She huffed and said she had a back and needed too. Why do I get these people sit next to me? 😣
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Post by MrsCondomine on Jun 29, 2018 14:25:17 GMT
A conundrum - if you are seated next to someone who is continuously farting - are you allowed to say something?? Should you say something? WOULD you say something?
My mum was once sat next to a child that kept farting and it STUNK, and we felt quite sick, even before curtain up. The temptation was to tell the kid's guardian to take it to the toilet but we ended up doing the old fashioned British thing of shutting up. It was disgusting though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 14:59:55 GMT
I haven't even figured out the nice way to tell my co-worker who I share an office with to just go to the loo and get it over with rather than sit there farting little and often all morning, and lord knows I've certainly gently spoken to them about other annoying habits in the past. I think in a theatre your best bet would be to find the FOH manager and ask to be re-seated. Sure, you *could* adopt your friendliest tone of voice and a "sorry to bother you" air and politely request that the tyke be taken to the loo, but as you say, it *is* awkward and you do run the risk of creating a conflict where previously there had only been a smell.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 15:09:29 GMT
Turn to the parent and say "if this was 1943, I'd have a gas mask at hand but as this isn't 1943 I'm afraid I don't. Pick up the kid and take it to the toilet, it stinks! Stop farting or fart off!".
Problem solved. Now excuse me, I'm required in Gaza.
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Post by The Matthew on Jun 29, 2018 15:23:18 GMT
I haven't even figured out the nice way to tell my co-worker who I share an office with to just go to the loo and get it over with rather than sit there farting little and often all morning, Put a cage containing a live canary on your desk early in the day and later surreptitiously swap it for a dead one. If the message still doesn't get across then try it again with a badger.
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