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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 8:25:56 GMT
Mark Gatiss and Amanda Abbington at Les Liaisons Dangerous Saturday matinee, supporting Sherlock co-star Una Stubbs. According to his twitter Mark made a day of it and went to Nell Gwyn later as well...(he looked terribly dapper and handsome I must say...)
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Post by Xanderl on Feb 15, 2016 9:24:24 GMT
Karl Collins out of The Bill and Hollyoaks at Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the National on Saturday #exciting
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Post by alexandra on Feb 15, 2016 9:51:20 GMT
Mark Gatiss is becoming the new Alan Rickman where theatregoing is concerned. I see him almost as often as I don't see him. He was in Stratford a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 10:53:23 GMT
I'll gladly see Mark Gatiss anywhere. Ahem. (yes, I may have a bit of a thing for him, somewhere between wanting him to be my nerdy big brother and him being a handsome ginger fellow )
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Post by olly on Feb 15, 2016 15:55:20 GMT
Esther Rantzen at Gypsy last year. Sat behind Victoria Wood at the Open Air Theatre years ago too!
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Post by Snciole on Feb 16, 2016 8:54:50 GMT
Denis Law at the Almeida last night.
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Post by dave on Feb 17, 2016 10:40:48 GMT
Seen a fair few 'famous people' at the theatre, but my 'actually sat next to' list consists of:
Judi Dench (and family) - Bracken Moor at the Tricycle Theatre (June 2013)
Bobby Crush - Whats It All About? Bacharach Reimagined at the Menier Chocolate Factory (July 2015)
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 17, 2016 11:20:13 GMT
Aww, Bobby Crush is an old family friend. He's great.
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Post by The Hoff on Feb 17, 2016 12:47:35 GMT
I was very fortunate to go to the Book of Mormon premiere and was sat in a box closest to the stage. As I'd already seen the show I thoroughly enjoyed people watching in the audience. There were too many names to mention but I did get to chat to Matt Stone and Trey Parker, got a wave from Graham Norton and a smile from Kate Winslet. My friend was fan girling over the cast of downton abbey and of Damien Lewis.
Others I've been sat in front of Brian may in WWRY, next to Bryn Terfyl in Sweeney Todd (Staunton and Ball version).
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Post by mattcheapseats on Feb 19, 2016 10:35:18 GMT
I went to see Spamalot very early in it's Broadway run and one person in the audience kept laughing in really odd places... couldn't work out who it was but afterward we went to the stage door and the guy my (now) wife was stood next to mentioned the same thing, paused then went "there he is... John f-ing Goodman laughing at all his mates!". Cary Ewles was in the audience that night too.
Elsewhere I attend most every Chichester press night and there are generally a few recognisable faces not associated with the particular show about, Julian Glover for one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 15:31:56 GMT
Colin Jackson at Henry VI at the WMC this week. Or to quote the friend with me "isn't that a famous running bloke"
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Post by RedRose on Feb 19, 2016 17:01:54 GMT
Some of my past encounters with the famous -lost in the old forum.
Sitting next to: Tim McMullan, Suranne Jones Sitting behind: Matthew Horne Sitting in front of: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard Sitting opposite: Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi Passing in the foyer or elsewhere in the theatre: Alan Rickman, Graham Norton, Iain Glen, David Walliams, Andrew Scott, Jack Black, Nicole, Kidman, Daniel Evans, Dominic Cooper, Rupert Grint, Shaun Dingwall, Tobias Menzies, Keeley Hawes ,tbc.
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Post by Raven on Feb 19, 2016 20:10:50 GMT
I bumped into Gloria Hunniford in the ladies' at the Royal Albert Hall when I went to see Phantom's 25th anniversary concert.
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Post by talkstageytome on Feb 20, 2016 6:04:48 GMT
Ran into Andy Mientus (Smash, amongst other things) and his fiance Michael Arden (hunchback of Notre dame) at a random Sunday matinee of assassins last year. We had a nice conversation in the foyer after the show (they clearly knew Aaron Tveit well and were waiting for him).
And I saw Alexandra Burke at Memphis in the last few weeks of the run.
Again both of these stories were left on the old forum but thought I'd repost them here.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2016 9:06:04 GMT
Ran into Andy Mientus (Smash, amongst other things) and his fiance Michael Arden (hunchback of Notre dame) at a random Sunday matinee of assassins last year. We had a nice conversation in the foyer after the show (they clearly knew Aaron Tveit well and were waiting for him). Aw! They were sat in front of me at City of Angels last year too!
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Post by foxa on Feb 20, 2016 9:37:17 GMT
I love Michael Arden. His version of 'Run Away With Me' is one of my all-time favourite musical moments:
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Post by juliem on Feb 22, 2016 8:36:52 GMT
Mark Wingett (Jim Carver from The Bill) at the Arcola for A Steady Rain on Saturday.
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Post by theinvisiblegirl on Feb 22, 2016 21:30:45 GMT
I sat next to the husband (Richard?) from Keeping up Appearances at Legally Blonde once and Nick Jonas was a few rows behind me another time I saw the show. I also sat next to Penny Smith at Dirty Great Love Story at Soho Theatre,
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Post by joem on Feb 22, 2016 22:21:48 GMT
Emma Thompson and Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond both at Hangmen tonight (separately).
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 23, 2016 0:06:56 GMT
Oh, Clive Swift. Infamously grumpy. I sat next to him at King Charles III.
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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 23, 2016 19:28:27 GMT
Just watching Lucy Briers on The One Show sharing memories of her father, Richard. I remember sitting next to him and his wife, Ann Davies, at Trafalgar Studios, watching Lucy in the one-woman show, 'Some Kind of Bliss'. Very proud parents - I wonder if his "I'm going to pass the baton on now..." comment was made after that show.
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Post by d'James on Mar 3, 2016 20:49:18 GMT
Derek Jacobi at today's Guys and Dolls matinee.
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Post by freckles on Mar 4, 2016 16:27:53 GMT
I *think* I saw 80s pop legend Paul Young at a Mrs Henderson matinee last week...
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Post by greenlantern on Mar 4, 2016 23:00:27 GMT
A couple of weeks ago at the last matinee performance of Grey Gardens I was sat next to Alison Jiear - and nearby were Linzi Hately and Clarie Burt. I was in theatrical heaven but my other half didn't have a clue! Neanderthal (but I do love him!)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 10:10:11 GMT
Micahel Grandage watching 'St Nicholas' at 'The Other Room' in Cardiff (the theatre, not just following him into a random room).
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Post by Xanderl on Mar 11, 2016 18:57:10 GMT
Zoe Wanamaker at Uncle Vanya this evening
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Post by basdfg on Mar 11, 2016 20:19:17 GMT
No one. I have only been to the theatre once or twice a year at most and usually shows that have been on for while or a matinee. Have travelled on the same train to a show with one of it's stars being in the same carriage. Have been to a sporting event where there were celebrities they through.
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Post by rumbledoll on Mar 11, 2016 21:01:27 GMT
My friend saw John Heffernan at Ma Rainey's Black Bottom in NT on Tuesaday mat. Don't care much about the production but now wish I was there with her
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 11, 2016 21:42:36 GMT
Helen George at tonights Sondheim Platform talk at The National.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 12, 2016 22:42:39 GMT
Simon Russell Beale at Luce tonight at the Southwark Playhouse.
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