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Post by jaqs on Mar 6, 2019 11:42:36 GMT
I had someone sat in front of me repeatedly shake out and refold their giant scarf the other week. They waited until the show had started to perform this ritual totally blocking my view, and their own as they held it in front of their face, arms outstretched.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 12:12:48 GMT
Are we supposed to drop a curtsy as you go past Ryan? No, we are supposed to fall to our knees! That only applies to selected mens from London's glitzy West End. A curtsy is sufficient for anyone else.
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Post by peggs on Mar 6, 2019 12:48:31 GMT
Are we supposed to drop a curtsy as you go past @ryan ? You should if you know what's good for you, that would be lovely. I also rather like a tug of the forelock or even an over enthusiastic theatrical bow if you're that way inclined. I'm not a dictator about it, just so long as you demonstrate that you know your place in the pecking order. I have the right kind of hair for forelock tugging but do worry a mistimed theatrical bow could send you flying into the next row, space awareness not being my strong point. What about if I lie my coat on the floor for you to trample on?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 15:29:35 GMT
I could imagine Ryan making his regal entry into the Royal box and having men go down before him to pay their respects.
It seems that because Vicki Vox called out a performer people maybe don't agree with what Vicki did. Would said performer have liked people taking photos in a show she was in.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Mar 6, 2019 16:20:32 GMT
having men go down before him to pay their respects. Lord I read that wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 16:24:39 GMT
having men go down before him to pay their respects. Lord I read that wrong.Nope, thats exactly how @ryan behaves.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2019 16:40:00 GMT
You should if you know what's good for you, that would be lovely. I also rather like a tug of the forelock or even an over enthusiastic theatrical bow if you're that way inclined. I'm not a dictator about it, just so long as you demonstrate that you know your place in the pecking order. I have the right kind of hair for forelock tugging but do worry a mistimed theatrical bow could send you flying into the next row, space awareness not being my strong point. What about if I lie my coat on the floor for you to trample on? To be honest peggs, if your coat is anywhere near the floor in the first place I'll probably trample on it as I sweep by anyway but it's a nice thought all the same. Mucho appreciated as they say in downtown Madrid. I could imagine Ryan making his regal entry into the Royal box and having men go down before him to pay their respects. Only the attractive mens though. There's always room in my box for Tom Bateman and Jonny B. Oh I do love a box. Looking down on the great unwashed. *sigh* Happy days.
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Post by peggs on Mar 6, 2019 20:00:07 GMT
I have the right kind of hair for forelock tugging but do worry a mistimed theatrical bow could send you flying into the next row, space awareness not being my strong point. What about if I lie my coat on the floor for you to trample on? To be honest peggs , if your coat is anywhere near the floor in the first place I'll probably trample on it as I sweep by anyway but it's a nice thought all the same. Mucho appreciated as they say in downtown Madrid. . Fair enough. Please take note people if a slightly mad looking woman throws her coat on the floor in front of you it's only okay to stomp all over it if you are @ryan, no imposters please.
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Post by peggs on Mar 6, 2019 22:31:20 GMT
Presumably @theatremonkey when you accidently twitch your leg and their wine goes flying that's fair play? Why do people think you want to share your small allotted space with their bag, legs, arms etc?
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Post by richey on Mar 7, 2019 13:36:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 13:58:06 GMT
Knew I was in the presence of intellectual greatness at "Waitress" this afternoon, when two young women turn up, lean over to read the numbers on empty seats B 28 and 29, check their tickets and say to each other, "we are in B 28 and 29 - I think they are this way" and head off to the other side of the house. They return after a minute or two (presumably after upsetting the occupants of B 2, 8 and 9, not to mention 22) and take the seats. One toddles off to the bog dead on the 2.30pm start time. Returns and moans she missed the start of the show (which was 7 minutes late). Then the usual sly phone checks, shuffling bags into the pleasant person next to me's space. Then putting her half full wine glass right where aforementioned nice person's legroom is. Sound like the sort of people who have their names tattooed on them so they can remember it.
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Post by winonaforever on Mar 7, 2019 14:24:32 GMT
Sergio talked about this on his Instagram story. Unbelievable!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 14:30:26 GMT
It's kind of funny I suppose but what they've essentially done is to say that it's OK so it'll make it very hard for them to stop someone else in the future.
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Post by richey on Mar 7, 2019 14:54:34 GMT
It's kind of funny I suppose but what they've essentially done is to say that it's OK so it'll make it very hard for them to stop someone else in the future. Yes it did seem like they were almost endorsing it.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 7, 2019 15:29:30 GMT
having men go down before him to pay their respects. Lord I read that wrong.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 7, 2019 15:41:05 GMT
It's kind of funny I suppose but what they've essentially done is to say that it's OK so it'll make it very hard for them to stop someone else in the future. Yes it did seem like they were almost endorsing it. That's how it came across to me, that it was a quirky and amusing thing rather than stupid and inconsiderate.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 16:08:08 GMT
Yes it did seem like they were almost endorsing it. That's how it came across to me, that it was a quirky and amusing thing rather than stupid and inconsiderate. Gotta love a bit of free promotion. Bet Bill Kenwright has upgraded his EasyJet seat for his next trip to Majorca as a result.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 17:27:44 GMT
Knew I was in the presence of intellectual greatness at "Waitress" this afternoon, when two young women turn up, lean over to read the numbers on empty seats B 28 and 29, check their tickets and say to each other, "we are in B 28 and 29 - I think they are this way" and head off to the other side of the house. They return after a minute or two (presumably after upsetting the occupants of B 2, 8 and 9, not to mention 22) and take the seats. One toddles off to the bog dead on the 2.30pm start time. Returns and moans she missed the start of the show (which was 7 minutes late). Then the usual sly phone checks, shuffling bags into the pleasant person next to me's space. Then putting her half full wine glass right where aforementioned nice person's legroom is. Sadly this is very much in line with how I imagine the Waitress audience (and, in fairness, most West End musicals these days). I must admit when watching people trying to find seats I do find the number of people too stupid to follow the alphabet then a number amusing/worrying/ridiculous! (Though once in my theatregoing history I did myself sit in the wrong seat at Starlight Express - which was MORTIFYING!)
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 7, 2019 17:46:50 GMT
I blame the teachers on the rest Oi! What do you want? Blood? We teach adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying. That's all 3 basics covered innit.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 7, 2019 23:09:18 GMT
I must admit when watching people trying to find seats I do find the number of people too stupid to follow the alphabet then a number amusing/worrying/ridiculous! Being confused by the letter-number combo is one thing. But how about this. We arrived at our Lyttleton stalls row A seats to find them occupied. I politely told the couple they were in our seats. The wife, NOT politely - in fact in a very snooty "go away you silly man" type of way - flapped her ticket in my face and pointed out they had the correct seat numbers. Which in a sense they did, but oh the satisfaction on pointing to the word CIRCLE and then pointing up and behind them to show and calmly inform her where they should be. I mean, if she hadn't been so shirty about it... They snatched up their things and wordlessly left at speed. Whoever checked their tickets should have spotted it but ultimately they're THEIR tickets.
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Post by richey on Mar 7, 2019 23:12:49 GMT
Surrounded by idiots at Les Mis in Manchester tonight. Guy to my left checking his phone every five minutes in Act 1 and blatantly recording act 2. Guy in the middle of our row decided to get up and leave just as 'One Day More' started. Old couple behind, the guy gave running commentary and "ooh I like this one" when he recognised tunes and his wife kept shoving her foot through the gap in my seat and jamming it in my bum. We did get minor revenge though as I heard him moaning during the interval that it was difficult to see past my hubby's head
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Post by hannechalk on Mar 7, 2019 23:17:31 GMT
We did get minor revenge though as I heard him moaning during the interval that it was difficult to see past my hubby's head That was an unexpected twist. Just me? I'll get my coat...
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Post by n1david on Mar 8, 2019 0:03:38 GMT
Whoever checked their tickets should have spotted it but ultimately they're THEIR tickets. This is what I can't get over. Once I've arrived at a performance on the wrong day, and once I've been in the wrong part of the theatre. These are both my mistake and I take full responsibility, but on both occasions I wondered what the person checking the tickets on the way in to the auditorium was actually doing (apart from reciting "please turn your phones off, first half is one hour, no readmittance if you leave"....)
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 8, 2019 6:36:20 GMT
To be fair to the ushers, when you're checking hundreds of tickets and most of them are correct your attention will be on the parts that most matter and are different every time rather than on the parts that shouldn't change and should be checked by the customer so it's easy to tune out the unimportant stuff. And your attention will also be on the child that's running round at risk of hurting itself and the person loitering nearby who might be trying to sneak in without a ticket and the coach party that's turned up five minutes before the curtain and is heading straight for the bar the bastards and oh ffs I've already told you where the toilets are three times now and no I don't sell programmes that would be at the stand over there with all the programmes on it and damn it would be great to have a baseball bat right now.
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Post by eliza on Mar 8, 2019 6:43:13 GMT
Whoever checked their tickets should have spotted it but ultimately they're THEIR tickets. This is what I can't get over. Once I've arrived at a performance on the wrong day, and once I've been in the wrong part of the theatre. These are both my mistake and I take full responsibility, but on both occasions I wondered what the person checking the tickets on the way in to the auditorium was actually doing (apart from reciting "please turn your phones off, first half is one hour, no readmittance if you leave"....) My friend used to work as an usher and said she really only checked the seat number and you could show her tickets for the completely wrong date and she probably wouldn't have noticed. Although I misread my ticket at Company and tried to get into the Dress Circle instead of the Grand Circle and they definitely noticed there, luckily.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 8:43:19 GMT
I once saw a show at the National where I was at the right show, in the right auditorium, in the right seat, on the right level, at the right performance, on the right day, and it was only on my way out that I realised I'd been waving around completely the wrong ticket. So it's a good thing I'd checked my confirmation email for details on the way in 'cos if I had ended up in the wrong seat and been challenged, it would've been harder than it needed to be to defend myself...
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 8, 2019 9:11:04 GMT
To be fair to the ushers, when you're checking hundreds of tickets and most of them are correct your attention will be on the parts that most matter and are different every time rather than on the parts that shouldn't change and should be checked by the customer so it's easy to tune out the unimportant stuff. And your attention will also be on the child that's running round at risk of hurting itself and the person loitering nearby who might be trying to sneak in without a ticket and the coach party that's turned up five minutes before the curtain and is heading straight for the bar the bastards and oh ffs I've already told you where the toilets are three times now and no I don't sell programmes that would be at the stand over there with all the programmes on it and damn it would be great to have a baseball bat right now. This is why I hesitate to completely blame the ushers. The owners of the tickets should be aware of whether they're in the stalls or the circle at the very least!
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Post by tysilio2 on Mar 8, 2019 10:09:50 GMT
I must admit when watching people trying to find seats I do find the number of people too stupid to follow the alphabet then a number amusing/worrying/ridiculous! Being confused by the letter-number combo is one thing. But how about this. We arrived at our Lyttleton stalls row A seats to find them occupied. I politely told the couple they were in our seats. The wife, NOT politely - in fact in a very snooty "go away you silly man" type of way - flapped her ticket in my face and pointed out they had the correct seat numbers. Which in a sense they did, but oh the satisfaction on pointing to the word CIRCLE and then pointing up and behind them to show and calmly inform her where they should be. I mean, if she hadn't been so shirty about it... They snatched up their things and wordlessly left at speed. Whoever checked their tickets should have spotted it but ultimately they're THEIR tickets. Ooh good work Backdrifter. Potential grammatical banana skin their they're there!
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Post by Xanderl on Mar 8, 2019 10:57:10 GMT
Those tickets there, they’re their tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 11:03:18 GMT
Yes as much as Ushers ARE checking date/time/seat, if it's all 'kicking off' nearby, or one of those moments where an entire bar full of people descend at once it is difficult to be ON IT.
Also there's a certain crowd (WNO audience I'm looking at you) who will barge past an usher with an 'I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING' ....and invariably sit in the wrong seats. I once had a woman, and her admittedly elderly mother do that to me, who then proceeded to shout at me for 'making them walk all the way down when it wasn't the right seat'...well m'am if you'd let me read your ticket in the first place we'd all have saved ourselves some time...
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