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Post by greeny11 on Jun 1, 2019 13:51:28 GMT
I was there last night - a clearly drunk woman shouted out 'Aww' just before Heart of Stone - then 'Come on girl' twice before Maiya started 'I Don't Need Your Love'. I was near the front, and she was near the back, but it was really loud, and in parts of the show which were really quiet.
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Post by daisy24601 on Jun 1, 2019 15:39:00 GMT
You should have about humming and singing along... so many times I have had to endure someone singing or humming out of tune renditions of I Dreamed a Dream or Do You Hear the People Sing. Omg, can't remember if I wrote it in this thread but I once had a woman behind me who said, not sang, said, in a thick cockney accent "I dreamed" in the pause before the final phrase. Yes we all know the words, let Fantine say it please.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 1, 2019 15:49:01 GMT
You should have about humming and singing along... so many times I have had to endure someone singing or humming out of tune renditions of I Dreamed a Dream or Do You Hear the People Sing. Omg, can't remember if I wrote it in this thread but I once had a woman behind me who said, not sang, said, in a thick cockney accent "I dreamed" in the pause before the final phrase. Yes we all know the words, let Fantine say it please. Oh dear Lord! 😲 Early on this cast year Dean singing the last note of Bring Him Home someone screamed out "YES" really loudly and it was met with chuckles. 🙈🙈🙉
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 16:21:23 GMT
I heard that a very good singer called Thea Gilmore had an unfortunate experience at The Stables near Milton Keynes last week. Thea has always been a very friendly lady and comes out and signs after a show. She had no problem with hugs etc but whilst posing for a photo she was apparently gropped by a man who incredibly had his wife stood on the other side of Thea in the photo.
She has said that she "froze" when it happened thinking "this cannot be happening" but maintained her "public face" and didn't say anything. She now regrets not calling out this lowlife in front of everyone.
The details are on her twitter if people want to see further details.
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 1, 2019 17:00:53 GMT
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Post by duncan on Jun 1, 2019 21:09:10 GMT
Person behind me last night one minute into the second act decided that was the appropriate time to open a bag of crisps and start crunching - how stupid do you have to be to not open them during the interval?
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Post by tysilio2 on Jun 1, 2019 21:27:56 GMT
I was delighted that the lady behind me at Little Shop of Horrors at Storyhouse had decided to bring her approximately 7 year old with her last night. Constant seat banging and asking what was going on and no, don't give him a bag of crisps to keep him quiet especially during 'Somewhere that's Green'
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Post by peggs on Jun 1, 2019 21:47:07 GMT
Now I thought raspberries and blueberries rather odd food to take to a theatre last night but in fairness they were quiet for my neighbours to eat, why would you eat crisps in a theatre?
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Post by marob on Jun 2, 2019 1:36:32 GMT
I was delighted that the lady behind me at Little Shop of Horrors at Storyhouse had decided to bring her approximately 7 year old with her last night. Constant seat banging and asking what was going on and no, don't give him a bag of crisps to keep him quiet especially during 'Somewhere that's Green' It's such a small space in its current setup that it must have been distracting to most of the audience and the actors too. I had a similar experience a couple of years ago when I went there to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. There was a couple sitting on one side of the thrust stage who had decided to take their kids with them. Fair enough. But why take their entire family to see a Shakespeare play when their eldest is maybe 4 or 5, and another was in the mother's arms. The little girl spent most of the first hour or so loudly asking some variation of "what's going on Mummy?" It was kinda funny in a way because it got to the point where even one of the actors was glaring at them. They must have got the message eventually because they left before the interval. Damage was done by then though because I really could not get into it after that. It's a public space operated by a charity so obviously they have to be open and welcoming to everyone. I get that they try to be very family friendly (I've seen their Artistic Director there a few times with his own family.) I just wish they would stick a bit more information on the website about which shows may or may not be suitable for young kids. Or failing that, that the ushers would be a bit more active.🔦
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Post by shady23 on Jun 2, 2019 6:49:11 GMT
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Post by Xanderl on Jun 2, 2019 16:35:40 GMT
I’ve never ever been asked to show my ticket at any theatre after the interval, and it’s ridiculous to deny someone entry when you’ve already checked their ticket once. Pure jobsworthism and part of why the Globe ushers are so notoriously terrible. Whenever I've been at the Globe and gone from the yard back into the foyer where the shop is, the ushers on the door have told everybody going through to make sure they have their tickets to get back in. Suspect the Globe in particular does get people wandering in to have a nosey at the theatre and due to the standing area they'd have no way of knowing if people were there without a ticket. If your friend was warned on the way out, that's her fault I'd say! If she wasn't, then she has a legitimate complaint. Does annoy me when the Old Vic does the same thing though.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jun 2, 2019 19:06:37 GMT
Hmm, never experienced that at either the Globe or the Old Vic.
I still think it’s jobsworthness when it’s someone you spoke to two minutes earlier and know full well has a ticket.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 6, 2019 7:18:17 GMT
You should have about humming and singing along... so many times I have had to endure someone singing or humming out of tune renditions of I Dreamed a Dream or Do You Hear the People Sing. Omg, can't remember if I wrote it in this thread but I once had a woman behind me who said, not sang, said, in a thick cockney accent "I dreamed" in the pause before the final phrase. Yes we all know the words, let Fantine say it please. Y’know what would go down an absolute storm though..... Singa-Longa-Les Mis! Not for the quiet bits of course, but when theres a rousing chorus in Do You Hear the People Sing, or Red and Black and all of those, chuck the words up on a screen and let the audience go for it. It would sound amazing. It’s supposed to be rough commoners singing those songs anyway, not posh actors! In fact, get it out on tour. Singa-Longa-Les Mis In Concert, strap line: Do You Hear The People Sing? 🇫🇷 Les Miserables 🇫🇷 The Singa-Longa Concert It’s a no brainer. Someone from Cam Mack’s office is probably reading this right now and putting a call in to him.
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Post by richey on Jun 6, 2019 12:43:12 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 6, 2019 12:50:46 GMT
😡😡😡😡
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 6, 2019 18:22:24 GMT
It's singing along to bands converts/gigs that put me off some of them. I never forget went to see Velvet Revolver and someone I used to know was standing next to me and howled badly out of tune all the way through. It was awful.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 6, 2019 20:34:39 GMT
I never forget went to see Velvet Revolver and someone I used to know was standing next to me and howled badly out of tune all the way through. It was awful Why didn't you stop standing on their foot then? I don't get it?
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Post by shady23 on Jun 7, 2019 22:24:08 GMT
Phones in theatres are becoming such a huge problem!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 18:22:27 GMT
Mormon in Manc. Shows not even started and I can already smell it...
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Post by missthelma on Jun 8, 2019 19:16:31 GMT
Mormon in Manc. Shows not even started and I can already smell it... So is there a special aroma attached to Mancunian Mormons?
Please say more about this phenomena
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Post by Xanderl on Jun 9, 2019 9:26:09 GMT
Absolute scenes at the "Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices" concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday night. Slightly odd audience anyway as it was I think a mix of a classical/ folk audience and rock gig auidence with different expectations of behaviour. (Part of the concert featured Lisa Gerrard of 80s goth act Dead can Dance)
Anyway, a few people filming which was getting annoying. Then near the end I heard some form of altercation behind me, followed by someone leaving, followed by someone running out and back in again, followed by shouts of "F*CK YOU!! F*CK YOU!!" coming from the foyer.
From someone on twitter who was closer to the incident, this is what happened .. kicked off when someone took exception to the person next to them filming.
All while this sort of thing was on stage
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 9, 2019 9:51:48 GMT
I had a grab bag dipping tourist immediately behind me at The Globe last night - never mind photography, those Dorrito bags should be banned! You'd think the eating would be less noisy than than the bag dipping but this guy crunched for the Americas. Virtually echoed around the Thames Estuary.
I thought afterwards to be a little more relaxed at The Globe becasue it really is Tourist Central but i did turn fully 180, paused like Pinter, and said hello just as he had a gobful.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 7:01:47 GMT
Petition to have this kid police every theatre where rogue feet-bearers may attend.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jun 13, 2019 23:36:10 GMT
Midsummer Night's Dream. Oliver Chris' arse came out and so did a dozen camera phones. The Bridge made a real error in allowing photos during some of the dancing and acrobatic bits, it only encourages bad behaviour. If the ushers weren't so busy escorting latecomers and people going to and from the loo every 30 seconds they'd have been able to monitor phone use!
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Post by David J on Jun 16, 2019 20:43:04 GMT
First time I’ve seen an rowdy argument in a theatre up close.
I was up in the gallery for Death of a Salesman at the young Vic and right after the show finished and I was shuffling along the row to the nearest exit this group starting shouting each other. They got into the corridor before me where they stopped to continue shouting at each other
No way of getting past in the narrow corridor and I was standing there holding everyone else up watching this happen
Thankfully they quickly calmed down and moved on, with the insistence of the usher (acted professional in this rare occasion)
You’d think they could wait till they got outside to have this confrontation. I half worried it was going to turn into a punch up in that corridor
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Post by xanady on Jun 19, 2019 18:45:19 GMT
An usher story....At the theatre in Brum and had to wait in the foyer for my wife and daughter.As the crowd came in,the usher beckoned people to him with a nice one-liner which was, ‘Over here,please,I promise I don’t bite’.....hello,I thought,I am in for a comical ten minutes listening to this guy....however,that was his one and only one-liner and after hearing it another twenty or thirty times,I decided to wait for the fam outside the theatre as my teeth were grating a little.When we went up to him with our tickets,I was expecting the quip and warned my wife that it was coming.All I got was ‘Do you know where you are going,Sir?’ My witty wife said that he must have thought I was care in the community....Gee thanks!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 19, 2019 19:28:39 GMT
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Post by xanady on Jun 19, 2019 19:42:24 GMT
^Unbelievable....and to make it worse,the trainers are very last season.
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Post by david on Jun 19, 2019 19:54:04 GMT
Why people feel the need to do put their feet on the back of the chair, particularly in a public space completely baffles me. If you want to do stuff like that, do it in your own home and nowhere else. It shows a complete lack of respect for other people. I really do feel sorry for the individual who had to then sit in that seat.
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Post by lynette on Jun 20, 2019 12:23:59 GMT
OMG. Let's not think about where those shoes may have been.
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