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Post by lynette on Mar 8, 2019 12:18:27 GMT
Those tickets there, they’re their tickets. V useful example, thank you
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 12:27:28 GMT
Those tickets there, they’re their tickets. Try saying that after a few technical difficulties.
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Post by lynette on Mar 8, 2019 12:32:55 GMT
Those tickets there, they’re their tickets. Try saying that after a few technical difficulties. You mean before my gin and tonic?
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Post by n1david on Mar 8, 2019 14:16:50 GMT
Anyway, there's also a lot to be said for re-designing current tickets to make date, time and section far clearer for FOH, I think. Instead, it's getting worse as a lot of etickets, being shown on differently sized phone screens mean that key information appears in different places and may not be visible without scrolling - much slower that traditional tickets!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 14:54:15 GMT
Anyway, there's also a lot to be said for re-designing current tickets to make date, time and section far clearer for FOH, I think. Instead, it's getting worse as a lot of etickets, being shown on differently sized phone screens mean that key information appears in different places and may not be visible without scrolling - much slower that traditional tickets! Genuinely worries me that people can't remember/differentiate what level of a venue they'd have booked tickets in.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Mar 8, 2019 16:00:15 GMT
True, but you do have to allow for the fact that almost every venue has audiences entering on a different level to where the seating is. It is pretty easy to expect you would go straight on for the stalls, up one flight for the dress circle, two for the upper. Instead it's often a case of downstairs for stalls, ahead for the circle etc. First-timers do get a bit of a pass, those who simply abuse don't. Or, in the case, of the Lyric, Hammersmith, up for the stalls!
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Post by lynette on Mar 8, 2019 17:10:01 GMT
True, but you do have to allow for the fact that almost every venue has audiences entering on a different level to where the seating is. It is pretty easy to expect you would go straight on for the stalls, up one flight for the dress circle, two for the upper. Instead it's often a case of downstairs for stalls, ahead for the circle etc. First-timers do get a bit of a pass, those who simply abuse don't. Do you think a plan in the foyer would help? Colour code the tix to match the plan. Clear upstairs or downstairs directions and arrows also colour coded and of course emblem coded as not everyone sees colours. Simples.
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Post by lynette on Mar 8, 2019 18:46:02 GMT
A bit totalitarian to insist on uniform plan I suppose 🤪
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 19:38:50 GMT
Just clear signs and alert staff are needed, I feel. Point. FOH staff checking tickets, properly, would be a start. Not just a glance. I have previously gone to a theatre at showtime, brought a ticket a the box office for the matinee (but actually been mistakenly sold an evening seat). Gone into the auditorium, having had the ticked 'checked' and torn! and sat down, only to be told I'm in someones seat. Very awkward "Um.. no I'm in B20". "Well my ticket says B20". "So does mine". Todo continues until we compare performance details. Mortified, I leave, to get the right ticket. Anyway, I recognise there's a high volume of people to process in a relatively short amount of time, but that is what they're there for.
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Post by westended on Mar 8, 2019 23:10:36 GMT
I was at OFAH Musical tonight and there were numerous things that annoyed me !
1. People moving to better seats during the show 2. Constantly on their phones and taking photos 3. A GUY WAS VAPING IN FRONT OF ME
Even worse the FOH staff didn’t even do anything about it !
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 8, 2019 23:15:48 GMT
This evening at The Other Palace the woman sitting next to me decided to put 2 bags on the stage for a minute while she faffed around getting ready to exit at the interval. After she picked them up I saw a wet patch on the stage & realised there were a number of wet marks on the floor under her seat too. I can only assume she had something leaking in a bag or had spilled a drink over it. I went & told one of the FOH staff so they could dry the stage. The woman & the other 4 women she was with didn't reappear after the interval so I was worried in case I'd got them told off & they'd left in a huff but when I asked afterwards the FOH staff hadn't said anything to them. I'm relieved I didn't get them into trouble but even if I had you can't risk having any of the cast slipping on a wet patch.
Appropriately, I'd tweeted this before the show.
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Post by Jon on Mar 9, 2019 1:06:26 GMT
I was at OFAH Musical tonight and there were numerous things that annoyed me ! 1. People moving to better seats during the show 2. Constantly on their phones and taking photos 3. A GUY WAS VAPING IN FRONT OF ME Even worse the FOH staff didn’t even do anything about it ! I'm sure vaping is banned in theatres.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 9:41:10 GMT
And on a side note, when I knew I couldn't get to an earlier performance in the run, I thought to book front row centre. That way, when I do go, the annoyances are going to be 99% where I can't see them... Savvy move. You've been to the theatre before, haven't you!
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 9, 2019 12:33:31 GMT
Er, well, mummy and daddy once took me to a pantomime in the church hall when I was 6, so yes, I really have! Your part of the jungle had a church hall? With all those trees, the missionaries must really struggled to find a good position. 😉
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Post by shady23 on Mar 9, 2019 17:24:36 GMT
This kind of thing seems to be happening every show now. More needs to be done.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 8:58:58 GMT
This kind of thing seems to be happening every show now. More needs to be done. Well good for them. They should have done a LuPone on them and had them thrown out.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 10, 2019 9:12:22 GMT
If it was you sitting in F29, 30 or 31 at the Bloomsbury Theatre last night, I hope that mouse I saw scuttling across the foyer makes a nest in your trousers and feasts on the ants that were obviously multiplying in your pants throughout the evening.
Worst. Behaviour. EVER.
I know you are actually allowed to film your friends at these shows. At least you all sat still(ish. Very ish) during those bits, even if it meant we couldn't see from behind with 3 phones in the air. And, just so you know, those bits were crap anyway. But during the rest of the show, you know? The 90% of it you weren't interested in? Why didn't you just F off to the pub bouncy castle where you could have boinged around with cretins your own age?
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 10, 2019 9:49:51 GMT
I had a fidgeting woman sat next to me at the theatre the other evening.
She NEVER SAT STILL - not for ONE MOMENT! She constantly shifted her coat that was on her lap, kept diving into her handbag looking for something, fiddling with the phone (although not on), drinking from a bottle of water, moving in her seat. On the odd occasion she was actually sitting still she played with her long hair, twirling it around her finger. Her boyfriend(?) was sat the other side of her. Perfectly still. How does he put up with her I wondered? Does she fidget in bed? Is that a good thing?
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Post by lynette on Mar 10, 2019 14:20:09 GMT
Phew, I’ve got short hair
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Post by MrsCondomine on Mar 11, 2019 12:21:16 GMT
I had a fidgeting woman sat next to me at the theatre the other evening. She NEVER SAT STILL - not for ONE MOMENT! She constantly shifted her coat that was on her lap, kept diving into her handbag looking for something, fiddling with the phone (although not on), drinking from a bottle of water, moving in her seat. On the odd occasion she was actually sitting still she played with her long hair, twirling it around her finger. Her boyfriend(?) was sat the other side of her. Perfectly still. How does he put up with her I wondered? Does she fidget in bed? Is that a good thing? On behalf of the hair-fiddlers, I apologise. Often we don't realise we're doing it, and some of us do it when we're thinking!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 11, 2019 15:31:38 GMT
I had a woman once do a full on arm-up-in-the-air, bend-at-elbow and scratch-her-back thing for blooming ages utterly unaware how this would block the view of the patron (ME!) behind her. Good old scratch.
I had a woman once play very loudly and very deliberately with her charm bracelet while scowling at the stage. I didn't go to the theatre often back then (it was She Loves Me at the Savoy with Ruthie Henshall and John Gordon Sinclair and I was so looking forward to it) so didn't say anything but gave a few death stares. At the interval the man with her said something very quietly about the bracelet and she very loudly snapped "well you made me come to see this"! and stormed off to the bar... She was quieter in the second act, but bloody hell years later and I'm still festering.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 15:42:46 GMT
I had a woman once do a full on arm-up-in-the-air, bend-at-elbow and scratch-her-back thing for blooming ages utterly unaware how this would block the view of the patron (ME!) behind her. Good old scratch. I had a woman once play very loudly and very deliberately with her charm bracelet while scowling at the stage. I didn't go to the theatre often back then (it was She Loves Me at the Savoy with Ruthie Henshall and John Gordon Sinclair and I was so looking forward to it) so didn't say anything but gave a few death stares. At the interval the man with her said something very quietly about the bracelet and she very loudly snapped "well you made me come to see this"! and stormed off to the bar... She was quieter in the second act, but bloody hell years later and I'm still festering. He probably goes to the theatre with his new husband now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 16:59:52 GMT
I'll probably tweet this later in the week when it's confirmed, but as an advance warning: to save my hearing, I've now been allocated an "assistance dog" that I can take into theatres. A really beautiful black and tan Rottweiler. Like most of his breed, he's really lovable and passive... but he has been trained to react to anyone whooping like a smoke-alarm at the end of a song... Ooo, what are we off to see?
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Post by lynette on Mar 11, 2019 18:18:30 GMT
O excellent. What snacks shall I bring..for the dog? Very rustlely ones, very noisy, chewy, crackling ones. And a large pint of something with ice for me. He can patrol the rows. Someone might come late for a mid row seat after I’ve sat down. Off to A&E. Anyone whispers behind me, the dog growls please. Gonna be lovely.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 11, 2019 19:17:23 GMT
What snacks shall I bring..for the dog Nestlés Milky Bar k?
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Post by waybeyondblue on Mar 11, 2019 19:18:14 GMT
Front of House trained presumably.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 11, 2019 21:58:33 GMT
Oh Christ on a unicycle. I'll return to this thread when the canine puns have petered out. One year maybe?
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 11, 2019 22:27:07 GMT
I'll return to this thread when the canine puns have petered out. One year mayb Good idea to take a paws from this thread. Come back when your feathers aren't quite so ruff-led.
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Post by kimbahorel on Mar 11, 2019 23:02:23 GMT
I have had really bad cold or flu and the first day I was going out since tonight to Mis. I mean I go only now really for covers and randomly book. I was going to skip at the interval if I was coughing too much during the act 1. But Antony was on as Jean Valjean and I stayed. While I tried to keep cough to the claps. I had to leg it to the loo as soon as the curtian call was over. And no matter how much I pleaded with people no one would move so I was there stepping on peoples stuff they leave lying around. I have no shame that I was saying "Excuse me please I am going to p**s myself".
Not bad behaviour but just annoying for both sides of the party.
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Post by jess173 on Mar 12, 2019 3:59:00 GMT
Tonight at Betrayal I had a mouth breather sitting behind me. And I mean that literally... Apparently this woman had a blocked nose. A veeeey blocked nose by the sound of it. So she kept breathing through her mouth, wheezing and grunting through the entire 90 minutes. I couldn’t even turn around and glare at her but even if I could have there probably wouldn’t have been anything she could have done about it. Well maybe use some nasal spray next time... Thank god Tom Hiddleston was so sexy that he distracted me from her and the constant wheezing most of the time. 😜
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