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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 22:29:09 GMT
I suppose you could go and see ‘Come From Away’ and talk constantly to your partner and father (one on each side of you) throughout.
You could also act like a complete baby when the person behind you taps you on the shoulder and asks you to shut up.
You could then be a complete cockwomble and sit up as tall as possible, blocking the view of the person behind you and continue to bend to each side, talking as much as you fancy and flicking your (admittedly beautiful) hair around.
There’s a special place in hell for you, lady in red.
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Post by paulbrownsey on Mar 13, 2019 12:56:37 GMT
Odd one on the front row of "Follies" today. Young woman, first 20 minutes crinkling a bag of sweets, tucks them away, leans forward to rest herself on the stage, sits back again. Takes any moment she isn't interested in to re-arrange her bag / coat / foodstuffs etc. BUT her face was a wonderment at the big numbers, and she was clearly not a regular theatregoer and not bright enough to realise she was disturbing anyone around her. Almost inclined to dish out a suspended sentence on this one. Amusingly, at the end, I moved into the aisle to give a standing ovation. Another youngster in the row behind saw me... and followed my example. They can be taught . Ah, a *civilised* standing-ovationer, someone who is aware that there are people behind whose view they will be blocking if they stand in their seat-space. You get a knighthood.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 13:33:00 GMT
Odd one on the front row of "Follies" today. Young woman, first 20 minutes crinkling a bag of sweets, tucks them away, leans forward to rest herself on the stage, sits back again. Takes any moment she isn't interested in to re-arrange her bag / coat / foodstuffs etc. BUT her face was a wonderment at the big numbers, and she was clearly not a regular theatregoer and not bright enough to realise she was disturbing anyone around her. Almost inclined to dish out a suspended sentence on this one. Amusingly, at the end, I moved into the aisle to give a standing ovation. Another youngster in the row behind saw me... and followed my example. They can be taught . Ah, a *civilised* standing-ovationer, someone who is aware that there are people behind whose view they will be blocking if they stand in their seat-space. You get a knighthood. Haha! Do you have an alert set up to let you know that someone has mentioned a standing ovation?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 14:26:11 GMT
At a concert on Monday night a couple of ladies stood near the front having an animated chat/argument during the support act and got shussed by several people. Anyway we didn't see them after the support act had finished.
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Post by lonlad on Mar 13, 2019 15:35:45 GMT
The sexy young man next to me last night at ADMISSIONS took off his shoes and proceeded for much of the play to rest his right foot (with sock) more or less on my right leg. He and his foot were charming, so I did nothing to resist .... (his companion by the way was a very well known actor, so who am I to complain?)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 10:39:17 GMT
The sexy young man next to me last night at ADMISSIONS took off his shoes and proceeded for much of the play to rest his right foot (with sock) more or less on my right leg. He and his foot were charming, so I did nothing to resist .... (his companion by the way was a very well known actor, so who am I to complain?) LEAVE A GIRL HANGING WOULD YA? You can’t not name names.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 14, 2019 21:00:52 GMT
At today's matinee of School of Rock, I could not believe the number of people filming the closing scenes - no pretence at all, phones held blatantly in the air. I had a lovely view through several screens. There were several school parties present, and they were well behaved - it was the adults doing the filming.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 1:45:57 GMT
Is it legally possible for ushers to confiscate phones as a blatant breach of copyright or would this lead to some unseemly and possibly violent scenes of phone tug-of-war? Why don’t people just enjoy the ‘moment’ instead of trying to be cut-price Spielbergs all the time?
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Post by jess173 on Mar 15, 2019 6:06:30 GMT
At today's matinee of School of Rock, I could not believe the number of people filming the closing scenes - no pretence at all, phones held blatantly in the air. I had a lovely view through several screens. There were several school parties present, and they were well behaved - it was the adults doing the filming. Well they do encourage people to film it. When I saw the show Dewey actually told the audience to get their cameras out and post to YouTube and Twitter. The same happened at Six this weekend and even at Waitress the ushers held up signs that filming was allowed at the curtain call. So that’s not really bad behaviour by the audience...
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Post by lynette on Mar 15, 2019 10:50:41 GMT
jess173, I’m liking your profile pic.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 15, 2019 12:50:14 GMT
When I was at School of Rock a fortnight ago (don't judge), like an owl in the night, an usher appeared out of the darkness and did snatch someone's phone off them during the penultimate scene.
But yes, the audience are not only permitted to film the very final scene, they are positively encouraged to do so.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 15, 2019 13:00:53 GMT
Well, I missed that, because I definitely heard the announcement at the start about NOT filming. Or maybe I'd been distracted by the young lady a few seats down (sadly just too far away to admonish) who spent half the show on Facebook.
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Post by poster J on Mar 17, 2019 0:22:38 GMT
Note to the woman on the other end of the front row at Tina tonight - it is exceptionally rude anywhere in the theatre, but above all in the front row, to get your phone out every 5 minutes and even listen to (presumably) a message at one point. And to rustle your stupid packet of sweets in what seemed like every single quiet moment.
It's also really rather rude not to applaud at all throughout the evening, even at the end - there was no recognition of any of the cast's efforts at all. Even if you hated it, a little polite applause doesn't go amiss given the cast have worked tirelessly for 3 hours for your entertainment.
And also in my book it's pretty rude to not even attempt to crack a smile or acknowledge in any way when the wonderful Adrienne Warren is looking you straight in the eye and singing her heart out directly at you.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 18, 2019 20:48:05 GMT
Sunderland Empire for Ghost last Saturday matinee. I would love to have words with the person who invented the "order at your seat" bag full of overpriced food/drink. Every few seconds (I was sat at the end of the row) I was having to pass those bags down the row. The ushers more concerned with flogging this service than with anything else. The lights went down, the band started. I was trying to listen but all I could hear was the usher still handing out those bloody bags and talking loudly across us "it's seat 28. Yes. Along a bit. Is that yours? Who ordered the wine?". THE SHOW HAS STARTED. SHUT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 19, 2019 22:27:24 GMT
If you get invited to a press night, don’t “surreptitiously” take photos of celebs in the bar. 🙄🙄
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 20, 2019 10:32:23 GMT
Sunderland Empire for Ghost last Saturday matinee. I would love to have words with the person who invented the "order at your seat" bag full of overpriced food/drink. Every few seconds (I was sat at the end of the row) I was having to pass those bags down the row. The ushers more concerned with flogging this service than with anything else. The lights went down, the band started. I was trying to listen but all I could hear was the usher still handing out those bloody bags and talking loudly across us "it's seat 28. Yes. Along a bit. Is that yours? Who ordered the wine?". THE SHOW HAS STARTED. SHUT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE! This is appalling. What a stultifyingly stupid idea. Have you put in a complaint?
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Post by adrianics on Mar 20, 2019 12:50:31 GMT
Sunderland Empire for Ghost last Saturday matinee. I would love to have words with the person who invented the "order at your seat" bag full of overpriced food/drink. Every few seconds (I was sat at the end of the row) I was having to pass those bags down the row. The ushers more concerned with flogging this service than with anything else. The lights went down, the band started. I was trying to listen but all I could hear was the usher still handing out those bloody bags and talking loudly across us "it's seat 28. Yes. Along a bit. Is that yours? Who ordered the wine?". THE SHOW HAS STARTED. SHUT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE! Had this exact problem when the wife and I went to Everyman Cinema; love the idea of getting booze and food with your film but it's so disruptive if they let you order it during the presentation!
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Post by peggs on Mar 20, 2019 15:53:43 GMT
Woman who thinks hugging her back will disguise fact her phone is loudly buzzing. It doesn't.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 20, 2019 16:30:06 GMT
Woman who thinks hugging her back will disguise fact her phone is loudly buzzing. It doesn't. Bag, or is she a contortionist? And can you be sure it's her phone that is buzzing? 😉
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 16:55:21 GMT
The audience I had at Ghost in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago. During a short period of technical difficulty, we got told over the tannoy to stay seated. Despite this, people went out to the bars. Then all through the song “With You” which came immediately as the curtain rose again, all you could hear was people opening cans and rustling bags of crisps. UGH.
I felt bad for the actors too. They did a brilliant job, and it was a tough audience, ie if I hadn’t started clapping after With You, nobody would have. Then in the bows, not a single person stood. I wanted to, but I didn’t want to be the only person, as it was clear that nobody else was going to.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 17:18:11 GMT
I don't think it could be considered "bad behavior" if the audience didn't enjoy it enough to erupt in a standing ovation at the curtain call...
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Post by daisy24601 on Mar 20, 2019 17:18:49 GMT
Sunderland Empire for Ghost last Saturday matinee. I would love to have words with the person who invented the "order at your seat" bag full of overpriced food/drink. Every few seconds (I was sat at the end of the row) I was having to pass those bags down the row. The ushers more concerned with flogging this service than with anything else. The lights went down, the band started. I was trying to listen but all I could hear was the usher still handing out those bloody bags and talking loudly across us "it's seat 28. Yes. Along a bit. Is that yours? Who ordered the wine?". THE SHOW HAS STARTED. SHUT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE! A lot of places are doing this now. I guess there are some good points to it, like reducing the queue at the bar, but surely there should be a cut off time, say 5 minutes before show start.
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Post by peggs on Mar 20, 2019 17:41:52 GMT
Woman who thinks hugging her back will disguise fact her phone is loudly buzzing. It doesn't. Bag, or is she a contortionist? And can you be sure it's her phone that is buzzing? 😉 Darn my fat fingers or autocorrect, which ever it was. Sadly I think bag since she then opened it, checked phone and presumably told her partner who rang. They didn't return after the interval so perhaps i could be charitable and think it was an emergency call.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2019 21:00:22 GMT
Sunderland Empire for Ghost last Saturday matinee. I would love to have words with the person who invented the "order at your seat" bag full of overpriced food/drink. Every few seconds (I was sat at the end of the row) I was having to pass those bags down the row. The ushers more concerned with flogging this service than with anything else. The lights went down, the band started. I was trying to listen but all I could hear was the usher still handing out those bloody bags and talking loudly across us "it's seat 28. Yes. Along a bit. Is that yours? Who ordered the wine?". THE SHOW HAS STARTED. SHUT UP FOR GOODNESS SAKE! This is appalling. What a stultifyingly stupid idea. Have you put in a complaint? I am tempted but it wasn't that long ago I put in another ATG complaint due to people taking photos and videos constantly (they were on an aisle seat so no excuse for ushers not to have an word) a crying baby being in the auditorium (who brings a baby to a musical) and for us all having to dodge on the stairs and all in the toilets sick everywhere (this was a matinee). They'll be thinking "oh it's her again..."
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 20, 2019 22:43:07 GMT
This is bad and good.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 20, 2019 23:06:47 GMT
Dramatic irony: when the first scene of a play has an emotional monologue intentionally interrupted by a character's phone ringing, and the last emotional monologue (of the first half at any rate) is unintentionally interrupted by an audience member's phone ringing. (Downstate NT.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 23:10:52 GMT
I mean... it wasn’t bad behaviour per say, but not many people seemed very engaged. There was plenty of checking phones too which just... ugh. Can people not even last 2ish hours without checking Facebook/WhatsApp?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 14:08:08 GMT
I mean... it wasn’t bad behaviour per say, but not many people seemed very engaged. There was plenty of checking phones too which just... ugh. Can people not even last 2ish hours without checking Facebook/WhatsApp? Again, an un-engaged audience is probably a fault with the production rather than patrons.
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Post by catcat100 on Mar 22, 2019 23:36:14 GMT
It wasn't your coat on my chair that made me throw it at you with a lot more vigour than was necessary.
It was the fact that you thought it was ok to also place your bare feet on my chair as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 12:19:00 GMT
Local Amdram last night. Now I'll let the chattering between scene changes go, we're all being a bit chill as we're in a church hall to see our mates. I will not however let the rustling for, and crunching of a bag of Walkers Cheese and Onion in my ear go. That one you're still in theatre audience jail for.
Shout out to my friend's 7 year old neice who managed to sit through a 2.5 hour Agatha Christie with more patience and less fidgeting than I managed (my arse, frankly was numb)
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