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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 4:33:04 GMT
I object to being made to throw away a bottle of water I've also paid good money for. Legally, I wonder how this differs from theft. They're taking away your property and giving nothing in return. Would a shoe shop be allowed to say "If you come in here you have to give us your shoes and buy new shoes"? |
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Post by galinda on Aug 1, 2017 9:51:50 GMT
I bundled my water bottle in my cardigan and carried it under my arm - fine, they have jugs of water, but I can't take one of them with me after the show and into my evening show later! Exactly. Hope it doesn't become the norm. I spend enough at the theatre, taking food/drinks from home helps save a few pennies! |
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Post by danb on Aug 1, 2017 15:31:20 GMT
Legally, I wonder how this differs from theft.
Except that they aren't. If they were grabbing it from you and destroying it, that's "deprivation without intent to return," the Theft Act applies. If they are simply saying, "you can't bring that in, so up to you how you divest yourself of it" that isn't theft - you are doing it to yourself, albeit under duress.
Personally, I'd be inclined to buy a bag of ladies sanitary towels, empty it, put the stuff inside, seal it, and see if they want to take a look.
ETA: Didn't someone on here say they brought in the rule as they were finding people bringing in vodka disguised as water? It wouldn't surprise me. On my last visit several 'ladies' near the front seemed to have mistaken it for a hen night visit to Rocky Horror. |
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Post by danb on Aug 1, 2017 17:27:35 GMT
They are what tkts sell off Mon-Thu for £30...
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Post by CG on the loose on Aug 1, 2017 22:17:09 GMT
Legally, I wonder how this differs from theft.
Except that they aren't. If they were grabbing it from you and destroying it, that's "deprivation without intent to return," the Theft Act applies. If they are simply saying, "you can't bring that in, so up to you how you divest yourself of it" that isn't theft - you are doing it to yourself, albeit under duress.
Personally, I'd be inclined to buy a bag of ladies sanitary towels, empty it, put the stuff inside, seal it, and see if they want to take a look.
ETA: Didn't someone on here say they brought in the rule as they were finding people bringing in vodka disguised as water? So what were the Maltesers disguised as?! Fair enough, they do state on the ticket that no food and drink may be taken in, but what it *should* say is "we don't care how much food or drink you take into the auditorium as long as you buy it from us". PS Liking your smuggling strategy! |
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Post by danb on Aug 1, 2017 22:40:10 GMT
This is their strategy to avoid an auditorium that smells of Greggs Steak Bakes and cans of Kestrel Super to me! The ENO need to launch their own brand of baked savouries to meet demand whilst swelling their coffers, and lose the Obsidian lager in favour of something a bit more...how can I put this nicely...8% abv.
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Post by showgirl on Aug 2, 2017 4:57:35 GMT
I wonder if they're applying their policy intermittently, as though I was warned after buying my ticket at the TKTS booth in Leicester Square a few weeks ago, and advised to go straight to the theatre to check (inconvenient as I'd booked for a matinee and after queuing, needed to rush to see the film I'd already booked to fit in first), I didn't experience much of a check before the actual performance and certainly no issues.
I explained to the chap at the theatre that I was out for the whole day and had dissolved a day's allowance of medication in my bottle of water (which I showed him was therefore half-used), but I couldn't prove it because I didn't have anything from my GP to produce. He said it would be OK and that in the event of a problem, I should say I'd checked with him earlier. I still took the precaution of concealing the remainder of my day's rations in other items but my bags received only the most cursory glance - no rummaging.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 2, 2017 7:12:27 GMT
This is their strategy to avoid an auditorium that smells of Greggs Steak Bakes and cans of Kestrel Super to me! The ENO need to launch their own brand of baked savouries to meet demand whilst swelling their coffers, and lose the Obsidian lager in favour of something a bit more...how can I put this nicely...8% abv. There was much talk of sausage rolls at the eno in the period before Sunset B but I never saw sight nor sound of them. And I can sniff out a flaky pastry from some distance! |
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Post by danb on Aug 2, 2017 7:24:58 GMT
They strike me as more of a 'Ricotta and Pine Nut Filo Parcel' type shenanigan than purveyors of a tasty six incher but it would be interesting to be proven wrong. They could pop them on a tray next to the free water or sell them from the poorly staffed cloakroom?!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 2, 2017 7:39:21 GMT
Maybe Glenn blackballed hot pastries in an Imelda style strop.
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Post by danb on Aug 2, 2017 7:59:12 GMT
Maybe Glenn blackballed hot pastries in an Imelda style strop. Absolutely not. I have it on good authority from Mr Xavier that Glenn loved nothing more between shows than a corned beef pasty and a couple of yum yums. She'd let him and Siobhan have one each and she had the other two. Why do you think it took her so long to get up them stairs. One word...bloat. |
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 2, 2017 10:22:27 GMT
purveyors of a tasty six incher Paging @ryan!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 10:30:47 GMT
purveyors of a tasty six incher Paging @ryan !!!  |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 2, 2017 13:07:04 GMT
I don't think Ryan bothers with anything less than a foot!!!!
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 2, 2017 13:51:25 GMT
Podophilia, apparently.
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Post by wickedgrin on Aug 2, 2017 14:05:18 GMT
Now there's off topic and there's OFF TOPIC!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 14:12:58 GMT
Me: "Oh look, the Bat Out of Hell thread is active, I wonder if everyone is having a conversation about the nuances of the story and the cast's performances" *starts reading* Me: "Oh f**k"   |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 14:15:41 GMT
Wow, he's into that as well? Ummmmm. Excuse me?! That's a definite no I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 14:18:51 GMT
The story has nuances? That sounds even less likely than a TheatreBoard thread staying on topic! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 19:21:07 GMT
The story has nuances? That sounds even less likely than a TheatreBoard thread staying on topic! Strat, Raven, Sloane, Falco, Zahara, Jagwire, Tink, Ledoux and Blake don't spend almost 3 hours having zero meaningful character development to be shown this kind of disrespectful attitude |
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 2, 2017 19:29:00 GMT
The story has nuances? That sounds even less likely than a TheatreBoard thread staying on topic! Strat, Raven, Sloane, Falco, Zahara, Jagwire, Tink, Ledoux and Blake don't spend almost 3 hours having zero meaningful character development to be shown this kind of disrespectful attitude They would do anything for a musical, but they won't do that. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 16:27:07 GMT
Strat, Raven, Sloane, Falco, Zahara, Jagwire, Tink, Ledoux and Blake don't spend almost 3 hours having zero meaningful character development to be shown this kind of disrespectful attitude They would do anything for a musical, but they won't do that. They would confiscate your water, sandwiches and Malteser shaped bombs off you on the way in, AND charge you about £25 for a glass of wine though, and two out of three ain't bad |
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 17:11:20 GMT
They would do anything for a musical, but they won't do that. They would confiscate your water, sandwiches and Malteser shaped bombs off you on the way in, AND charge you about £25 for a glass of wine though, and two out of three ain't bad Yes. The way to get water in (learning from the Harry Potter play security) was to wear a coat with deep pockets for the water and carry a bag. Only the bag gets checked. |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 3, 2017 18:22:35 GMT
Apart from some brilliant singing from about 6 people, especially the girl playing Raven, this show was TERRIBLE. Unforgiveably bad script, dialogue, plotline. Frankly bizarre staging at times. Like the worst bits of We Will Rock You, Lazarus and Eastenders all mashed up. Appalling dancing (what were they thinking??? It was like an end of school term dance piece to express teen angst). Overall it felt like a school child had both written it, chosen the costumes and staged it. They would have been better off playing the songs back to back concert style. Frankly astounded how this got 4/5 star reviews.
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Post by richey on Aug 4, 2017 20:23:37 GMT
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