Bad behaviour in a Show - Part 2 (Creatives)
Jan 25, 2019 23:17:10 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 25, 2019 23:17:10 GMT
I really hope this is going to be a very short lived thread, but fear it maybe the start of a new trend.
After the debacle of Katie Mitchell having her laptop out, for When We Have Tortured Each Other, which didn’t do her much good, as the reviews were dreadful. But having the laptop out incensed other audience members, as they say in art and lighting design your eye is automatically drawn to anything that is white, light or bright, that’s what makes it so very distracting. Theatre really is something you don’t want to be taken out of the moment.
The National offered the aggrieved audience members a refund, this doesn’t reimburse their time, which is precious, nor any hotel or travel costs.
So tonight ditto at Rules for Living, where I was distracted by the director and artistic director Edward Hall who felt fit to go on his mobile device for the whole show, even a couple of exasperated audience members called him out, but this didn’t withstand his smug entitlement, I was sitting just behind him. It was absolutely disgraceful and very distracting, ditto the same for Katie Mitchell.
With The creatives doing this, this set a poor standard of example and invites other audience members to get their devices out. Also makes a mockery of their policy, when they say they will not admit latecomers and turn mobile phones off, to give their brand some ‘kudos’ and then it is themselves that break it.
Anyway in the old days didn’t creatives be able to create great, breathtaking and groundbreaking theatre without the need for these fandango portable devices?
After the debacle of Katie Mitchell having her laptop out, for When We Have Tortured Each Other, which didn’t do her much good, as the reviews were dreadful. But having the laptop out incensed other audience members, as they say in art and lighting design your eye is automatically drawn to anything that is white, light or bright, that’s what makes it so very distracting. Theatre really is something you don’t want to be taken out of the moment.
The National offered the aggrieved audience members a refund, this doesn’t reimburse their time, which is precious, nor any hotel or travel costs.
So tonight ditto at Rules for Living, where I was distracted by the director and artistic director Edward Hall who felt fit to go on his mobile device for the whole show, even a couple of exasperated audience members called him out, but this didn’t withstand his smug entitlement, I was sitting just behind him. It was absolutely disgraceful and very distracting, ditto the same for Katie Mitchell.
With The creatives doing this, this set a poor standard of example and invites other audience members to get their devices out. Also makes a mockery of their policy, when they say they will not admit latecomers and turn mobile phones off, to give their brand some ‘kudos’ and then it is themselves that break it.
Anyway in the old days didn’t creatives be able to create great, breathtaking and groundbreaking theatre without the need for these fandango portable devices?
