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Post by longinthetooth on Jun 20, 2019 22:35:10 GMT
Reminds me of the young city type on the bus, who put each foot in turn on the seat opposite in order to tie up his laces. When a lady remonstrated with him, he looked at her insolently and said "I might trip over if I don't do them up"! He might also have tripped over if I'd been sitting slightly closer within foot reach .....
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 22, 2019 15:09:43 GMT
Reminds me of the young city type on the bus, who put each foot in turn on the seat opposite in order to tie up his laces. When a lady remonstrated with him, he looked at her insolently and said "I might trip over if I don't do them up"! He might also have tripped over if I'd been sitting slightly closer within foot reach ..... Yep nasty side of the Tory party. Boris behaviour that
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Post by walterplinge on Jun 22, 2019 16:23:12 GMT
The Light in the Piazza, Royal Festival Hall June 19th 2019
A foreign couple, the man talking to his partner throughout Act 1. This man had a very deep voice and when he talked, which was quite often, I was abruptly distracted as was the lady next to me. His partner decided she was bored and I kid you not, started to play some mind numbing game on her phone and the screen shone like a beacon. Thankfully, the gentleman sitting next to her firmly shut her down, telling her to turn it off immediately. They didn't come back for Act 2. God is good.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 16:26:30 GMT
Lucy O'Byrne has just posted the following on her Twitter after this afternoon's Matinee of Little Miss Sunshine:-
"To the lady who took a phonecall during that matinee and the audience who stopped the show to laugh at her.We understand our show is not for everyone,but just leave instead of being needlessly rude.We can hear you.
Also,don't forget you said you'd call back!Don't keep em waiting!"
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Post by walterplinge on Jun 22, 2019 17:18:40 GMT
Lucy O'Byrne has just posted the following on her Twitter after this afternoon's Matinee of Little Miss Sunshine:- "To the lady who took a phonecall during that matinee and the audience who stopped the show to laugh at her.We understand our show is not for everyone,but just leave instead of being needlessly rude.We can hear you. Also,don't forget you said you'd call back!Don't keep em waiting!" I have just googled to find out where Little Miss Sunshine currently is in the UK. And let's just say; I'm not surprised it happened there.
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Post by peggs on Jun 22, 2019 21:57:11 GMT
Took myself quite by surprise by shushing couple at young vic this afternoon. The one further away had already lit up their phone several times by the time they decided to have a loud chat and I snapped. Needless to say they looked at my as if I was deranged. Spent rest of time to interval fearing they'd say something and be difficult, they didn't but sadly their behaviour wasn't brilliant after the interval and I appeared to have lost my nerve. They seemed so disinterested that I was surprised when they then ovated at the end.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 22, 2019 22:06:11 GMT
Lucy O'Byrne has just posted the following on her Twitter after this afternoon's Matinee of Little Miss Sunshine:- "To the lady who took a phonecall during that matinee and the audience who stopped the show to laugh at her.We understand our show is not for everyone,but just leave instead of being needlessly rude.We can hear you. Also,don't forget you said you'd call back!Don't keep em waiting!" Here's the tweet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 12:58:04 GMT
A lot of people almost wandering onto the stage at Fiddler on the Roof yesterday and ushers having to yell at them to "get off the stage!".
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 23, 2019 13:20:35 GMT
A lot of people almost wandering onto the stage at Fiddler on the Roof yesterday and ushers having to yell at them to "get off the stage!". That's actors for you. They always want to be in the limelight! 🙂
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 23, 2019 15:50:58 GMT
They seemed so disinterested that I was surprised when they then ovated at the end. A friend's theory is that people have so much invested in going to the theater (time, money, effort) that they need to respond as if what they've just seen is the best thing ever. And it's amplified if they're seeing a tv/movie star, because 'how could whats-their-name possibly be in a terrible show?' Hence the ovations. I don't think it's as bad in London as it is in San Francisco, as audiences in London very seldom do a universal ovation unless it's deserved. And if I'm a little unsure of the show, it's usually reflected in a mixed audience response at the end. (I saw dancer Sergei Polunin a few weeks ago, was seated next to a woman who'd flown from New Zealand to see the show, and it was so bad even SHE didn't give a standing ovation!)
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Post by stuart on Jun 27, 2019 20:50:07 GMT
One from last night’s Jessie Buckley concert in Glasgow (full review in the Wild Rose thread).
The crowd were very well behaved and respectful throughout. However, there were a few people talking very loudly behind me. We quickly realised that it was the two sound people working at the gig! The people who were meant to be optimising sound levels were talking over what they were meant to be fixing! You couldn’t make it up!
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Jun 28, 2019 9:14:36 GMT
Went to see Michael Palin (Sir) on his Erebus and Python tour last night. Very informative and enjoyable, but then I expected nothing less from someone with the calibre, charisma and charm as Palin.
But some of the audience I had to deal with clearly weren't used to being inside a theatre.
Despite having the ushers walk down the gangways with massive signs telling the audience to turn off their phones 5 minutes before it started, THREE of them went off. Michael didn't seem too phased by it, at least on the outside, but at one point he stopped talking and said "Answer that" when the first mobile rang. And then during the interval, a guy took out his camera to take pictures of his friend standing in front of the stage (the friend remarked something like "We're gonna get into trouble".) and the flash was eye-blinding and sure enough, an usher immediately rushed over from her ice cream duties to give them an almighty telling off. "I told ya!" laughed the cameraman's friend.
*sigh*
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Post by lynette on Jun 29, 2019 13:11:13 GMT
Couple talking in front of us at the RSC Other Place last night. Had to say ‘shush’. Tense moment. Then i noticed she couldn’t find the spoon in the ice cream carton she had bought in the interval. You know the ones with the little plastic spatula in the lid. So catty bitch that I am, I’m thinking never mind.....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2019 13:56:01 GMT
I went to a classical concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall the other night. There was a interesting note in the programme saying people were welcome to take photos before and after the show and during applause between pieces but NO photography during the performance and to ensure ALL flashes are off. This seems a sensible compromise.
During the 1st half of the concert the conductor's baton broke and the top half flew into the first row of the audience. Luckily it didn't hit anyone. At first I thought the baton had just slipped as he was getting very animated during a powerful piece of music and his hands would have been getting sweaty. But the bottom of the baton was then seen on the floor in front of the podium. He just carried on conducting with his hands and then bought out a new baton for the 2nd half. Apparently this has happened to him a number of times but he didn't have a spare baton on his podium which was interesting.
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Post by david on Jun 29, 2019 21:20:16 GMT
At today’s matinee of the Hired Man at the Oldham Coliseum, 2 mobile phones rang early on in Act 1. Thankfully, they got switched off pretty quickly.
As a counterbalance to the bad behaviour, it was great to see one theatre patron pre-show reminding individuals in the group she was with to make sure that their phones were off before the show started. This really did bring a smile to my face. It’s just nice to see that there are still theatre goers still around who actually practice theatre etiquette and encourage others to the same.
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Post by missthelma on Jul 1, 2019 18:03:12 GMT
Think I had a porn star sharing my bench at the Young Vic. It's one of the only two explanations I can think of for his "manspreading." The other is simply that indeed he really was an enormous d**k... I usually find offering to apply Germolene or Savlon to the clearly very chapped areas that are causing the spread is a very effective way of reducing the offending posture.
If that fails offering to start a convo on sweaty knackers is your next step
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Post by missthelma on Jul 1, 2019 18:10:43 GMT
It's not really bad behaviour but the person next to me at Laura Benanti yesterday made very loud expressions at all her stories, talk of the baby produced an 'Aaaah', an illness 'ooooooh', a splinter 'eeek'. Who, pray tell, was this aimed at? Laura can't hear you. It felt almost like an alien mimicking human expressions to blend in. i suppose it could be a symptom of social anxiety as it was clear that other social interaction was forbidden
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Post by lynette on Jul 1, 2019 19:40:30 GMT
Think I had a porn star sharing my bench at the Young Vic. It's one of the only two explanations I can think of for his "manspreading." The other is simply that indeed he really was an enormous d**k... I usually find offering to apply Germolene or Savlon to the clearly very chapped areas that are causing the spread is a very effective way of reducing the offending posture.
If that fails offering to start a convo on sweaty knackers is your next step
I wanna be there when you do that.
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Post by missthelma on Jul 2, 2019 11:01:45 GMT
I may simply take along a pair of surgical gloves and a tube. My guess is merely snapping one glove on should produce the desired result. Thanks missthelma .
Always happy to help Monsieur Monkey. I am giving thought to starting a blog with little suggestions like the above to ease the stress of daily life
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 10:38:50 GMT
John Barrowman politely calling out an audience member for texting in the middle of his show in Cardiff. Turned out the man in question was texting his daughter who was about to give birth to his grandchild, which resulted in a rather fun exchange where John took the phone and called the daughter on FaceTime from the stage to congratulate her. He handled it like a pro, but I could tell he was a bit miffed at having his show interrupted.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 12:36:25 GMT
Expecting the worst from the superfans at Wicked cast change... watch this space in 3 weeks time.
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Post by missthelma on Jul 4, 2019 19:01:28 GMT
John Barrowman politely calling out an audience member for texting in the middle of his show in Cardiff. Turned out the man in question was texting his daughter who was about to give birth to his grandchild, which resulted in a rather fun exchange where John took the phone and called the daughter on FaceTime from the stage to congratulate her. He handled it like a pro, but I could tell he was a bit miffed at having his show interrupted. Dear Lord, childbirth can be traumatic enough without having a gurning John Barrowman face timing you in the middle of it, in front of an audience of hundreds!
In other news, why are you at a concert rather than being a support for your daughter........? Just me, okay then
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Post by d'James on Jul 4, 2019 21:08:09 GMT
A new one for me, but maybe not for this thread, a tall woman at Noises Off tonight had her glasses on her head tonight. It was very distracting as every time she moved her head another little bit of the stage became distorted. I got a little respite when she put her glasses over her eyes to check her fully lit phone halfway through the act though. (Circle B1, just in case.)
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on Jul 6, 2019 20:20:28 GMT
Ok just returned from joseph maitenee. I enjoyed it by the way. how would u deal with the annoying kid sat kicking the back of the chair. I did not pay 80.00 to get bad back!🤣🤨😁
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Post by poster J on Jul 6, 2019 21:42:23 GMT
Ok just returned from joseph maitenee. I enjoyed it by the way. how would u deal with the annoying kid sat kicking the back of the chair. I did not pay 80.00 to get bad back!🤣🤨😁 Turn around at the first opportunity (e.g. applause at the end of a song) and say sharply "stop kicking the seat please", while glaring at the parents.
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Post by d'James on Jul 10, 2019 1:14:53 GMT
Not bad behaviour, but bad planning or something making a large group of teenagers sit wearing blazers for a whole show. London was particularly sticky today and inside an auditorium was not great either. Let ‘em wear shorts and take off their blazers . . . please.
My companion, who never complains about anything even commented on the stench, and she was further away than me.
(The kids were extremely well behaved and polite (apart from a few phone checkers) so I felt sorry for them for what must’ve been uncomfortable for them.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 9:35:05 GMT
Oh God, Lehman Trilogy audience last night... So many ice cubes clinking and sweet wrappers, so much deafening coughing and throat clearing. Plus a guy three seats away from me who literally didn't stop texting throughout. I finally got my courage up to ask him to stop but not until the third act when he actually starting passing his phone around to his companions to enjoy. They gave me a filthy look and mostly kept the phone off after that though he did occasionally check it in what he clearly thought was a discreet way.
I hate West End audiences. I am never booking for anything in any West End theatre ever again.
On the plus side - the £20 NT Rush ticket I got was excellent; row O so quite far back but excellent sight lines.
And the pub next to the theatre has Paulaner on tap.
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 12, 2019 11:06:31 GMT
A new one for me, but maybe not for this thread, a tall woman at Noises Off tonight had her glasses on her head tonight. It was very distracting as every time she moved her head another little bit of the stage became distorted. I got a little respite when she put her glasses over her eyes to check her fully lit phone halfway through the act though. (Circle B1, just in case.) It's not great that the respite comes from her indulging in a different form of bad behaviour! Tall and with glasses perched on her head... All it needed was for the glasses to be gigantic Elton John style novelty ones, perched atop a big Marge Simpson/ Mari Wilson hairdo. And with the tall woman inexplicably sat on a booster cushion. I had no idea where your blazered schoolkids anecdote was going. Adolescents can generate a fair amount of stench, grease and stickiness just generally, but imprisoned in blazers in a theatre on a hot humid day... I hate West End audiences. Me too. I concluded this a number of years ago. For me it's largely the preponderance of middle-aged middle-class types who seem to have no concept of etiquette or any indication of awareness of other people's existence. Being in WE theatres frequently makes me think wistfully back to my childhood fantasy of being able to simply look at people who annoyed me and vaporise them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 11:35:33 GMT
I hate West End audiences. Me too. I concluded this a number of years ago. For me it's largely the preponderance of middle-aged middle-class types who seem to have no concept of etiquette or any indication of awareness of other people's existence. Being in WE theatres frequently makes me think wistfully back to my childhood fantasy of being able to simply look at people who annoyed me and vaporise them.
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 14, 2019 0:21:49 GMT
Could have put this in 'Famous People...' too but fits better here - Katy Manning, formerly of Pertwee-era Doctor Who, was wearing an annoyingly jangly bracelet at Death of a Salesman tonight. Very distracting for a while during the first half but I think somebody had a word during the interval.
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