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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 13, 2019 12:41:55 GMT
I think I'd be putting in a complaint to the theatre management if I was asked that. What happened to being able to just sit among people who actually want to see the damn show?!
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2019 15:34:19 GMT
The man next to me shook his head at me after my water bottle crackled yesterday, I felt so reproved barely daren't breath after that.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 13, 2019 15:39:07 GMT
Sure you're not one of them, peģgs, but some annoying people sit there continually crackling their empty water bottles, seemingly oblivious to the irritation caused to others nearby. I long to slap their hands or seize the bottle.
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2019 17:16:04 GMT
Sure you're not one of them, peģgs, but some annoying people sit there continually crackling their empty water bottles, seemingly oblivious to the irritation caused to others nearby. I long to slap their hands or seize the bottle. Me too. I only had it out as I unexpectedly had to take some medication and as I was front row it seemed less movement to hold onto the bottle than put it back. People squeezing water bottles, arg!
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Post by hannechalk on Oct 14, 2019 11:14:29 GMT
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Oct 14, 2019 12:40:31 GMT
I've never known what is the etiquette to applaud a well known or acclaimed performer when they first appear. My thoughts are it should only really be in a comedy and it should not be if they are on stage at the start of the play. It would be when a Lady Bracknell or Madame Arcati type character enters. I always remember fondly seeing Jude Law in Hamlet...no entrance applause and not one person stood up at the end during the curtain call, though it was a fantastic performance. I thought it was the greatest compliment.
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Post by daisy24601 on Oct 14, 2019 12:49:07 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 14, 2019 12:50:56 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 14, 2019 13:02:11 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket?
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Post by daisy24601 on Oct 14, 2019 13:14:37 GMT
Sometimes shows run late though? Maybe you'd never see anything otherwise?
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 14, 2019 13:30:18 GMT
I thank the actors for their performance in advance, by paying for a ticket, which I usually do long before a production opens and when running times are still unknown.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 14, 2019 14:10:54 GMT
The show isn't over until the curtain is down and everyone's off the stage. Why leave before it's over?
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Post by Deal J on Oct 14, 2019 15:38:00 GMT
[...] Anyway, how many of us finish the day at our office desk / shop counter and expect a round of applause from the person paying us before we go home? I don't just expect it, I demand it!
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Post by peggs on Oct 14, 2019 17:03:46 GMT
Anyway, how many of us finish the day at our office desk / shop counter and expect a round of applause from the person paying us before we go home? That would make my day better, I could I suppose play myself some applause and see if it catches on? 😁
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 14, 2019 17:51:56 GMT
[ This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. Also most actors are likely to be living/staying somewhere in the same city where their show is playing, whereas audience members may need to get home to somewhere much further away. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? That's difficult to do if it's somewhere like the Royal Opera House (which is the only place where I sometimes have to dash out at the start of the curtain call) where there's rarely a runinng time provided when booking opens several months in advance. And no, you can't always tell by looking up the running time of other productions of the same piece as the number & length of intervals can vary depending on the technical requirements of a particular production.
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Post by eliza on Oct 14, 2019 17:54:02 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? I've been in situations where I've been running out trying to catch a last train and it's normally because there's rail replacement buses or some other issue I wouldn't have known about when I booked the ticket and the last train is earlier than normal or it will take me much longer to get home. I didn't make it out quick enough one time and didn't get home til 3am despite leaving the theatre just after 10pm. The train journey is only normally an hour and a half! I tend to go to Saturday matinees now to try and avoid needing to rush out or being stranded somewhere at 3am again but I don't see the problem if people have to do it. They've paid for their ticket and now have to try get home at a reasonable time.
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Post by lynette on Oct 14, 2019 21:28:34 GMT
You do not have to stay in the theatre until the cleaners come in for goodness sake. You go when you like and as long as you don’t tread over someone, that can be any time. You cannot ‘police’ a reason for leaving which could be anything from wanting to wee, throw up or catch a train.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 14, 2019 23:15:48 GMT
Plenty of productions don’t know or announce their running time till press night, since plays are constantly being changed during previews.
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Post by marob on Oct 14, 2019 23:23:30 GMT
I've never left early, but I do feel really bad that I had to creep through the crowd during Puck's final speech at the Bridge's A Midsummer Night's Dream so I could get near the exit. But that place always takes an age to empty, I had to collect my stuff from the cloakroom, and get to Euston, in under an hour since it ran longer than advertised.
It might just be me being miserable, but I do think some shows drag the curtain call out a bit too long, musicals in particular. Yesterday I saw The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde at Storyhouse in Chester. The play finished, the cast bowed, left the stage, and then the house lights came up. That was it. It felt genuinely odd that there wasn't a second bow. They're pretty much standard now, no matter how halfhearted the applause is.
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 15, 2019 1:04:50 GMT
What!? That’s such an invalid argument. It’s their job, they’re being paid to be at the theatre while audience members are paying good money to attend. If they want to get up and leave whenever they want then they’re perfectly entitled to. I truly do cringe when I see posts like this. People in the industry really need to get their head’s out of their backsides and stop pretending they’re doing life changing work and they certainly don’t need to be “thanked” for doing a job they’re getting money for. Jesus.
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Post by poster J on Oct 15, 2019 7:11:10 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? No, it's not rude, their performance has finished and they are not entitled to anyone else. If they're fixated on a few people leaving as opposed to the majority of the audience still there applauding it says a lot more about them than the people leaving. Most shows start late, quite often there are train problems or the trains aren't late enough really to start with. Yet the audience member still bought a ticket and made the effort not only to go to the show but to stay until it ended - at the end of the final scene. They are not obliged to stay for the curtain call and should not be vilified for having to leave.
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Post by The Matthew on Oct 15, 2019 8:17:11 GMT
I assume that when performers look for work they make sure they can travel to and from that place of work as part of the process so it's hardly reasonable to compare that with the situation of someone having a one-off night out, and of course performers who rely on public transport doubtless also have coworkers who can give them a lift in an emergency or perhaps even put them up for the night. And performers don't have to get up early to go to work the next day.
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Post by talkingheads on Oct 15, 2019 9:28:17 GMT
Yeah, this is one I have to vehemently disagree with. I book so far is advance running times are not available, if a show starts at 7:30 I'll aim for a 22.35 train, which is usually tight but I'm certainly not being rude by leaving during the curtain call. As far as I'm concerned, the show's over, I've paid my money, sat and watched it respectfully, that's as much as you can reasonably ask. For me that extra ten minutes can be the difference between watching a curtain call or being stranded overnight at Waterloo
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 15, 2019 10:22:31 GMT
And performers don't have to get up early to go to work the next day. Good point. If I want to see something that only has weeknight performances then I'm jolly well going to get the earliest possible train because I'll quite likely have to be up at 6am the following morning, though being a temp I often won't know when booking tickets months in advance whether or not that will be the case.
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Post by edi on Oct 15, 2019 12:57:08 GMT
Not exactly bad behaviour but irritated me to no ends yesterday at Ghost Stories.
The couple next to me kept rubbing their palms together for the whole duration of the first story. It was a constant movement in the corner of my right eyesight. Grrr.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 15, 2019 13:37:35 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? I think it's safe to assume that leaving during the bows is no-one's first choice. Needs must, sometimes.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 15, 2019 14:28:23 GMT
People casually walk out during Broadway Cares speeches all the time. They are garbage people.
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Post by poster J on Oct 15, 2019 16:20:48 GMT
People casually walk out during Broadway Cares speeches all the time. They are garbage people. You seem to be the one with no regard whatsoever for other people's personal circumstances, the possibilities of which about a dozen people have now explained in various ways in this thread. Not everyone can afford to donate to Broadway Cares (or the UK equivalent) and that does add unanticipated time to the length of time patrons expect to be in the theatre.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 15, 2019 16:32:32 GMT
You don't have to even donate! Stick around for the speech at least. If you have the option to stay, then stay to listen.
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Post by poster J on Oct 15, 2019 16:42:52 GMT
You don't have to even donate! Stick around for the speech at least. If you have the option to stay, then stay to listen. If you have the option to, then of course yes, but your original post called people "garbage" for leaving without any consideration whatsoever for what their reasons for leaving might be, and that is not ok.
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