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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 8:40:11 GMT
It goes without saying that I'd already lumped you with the group I mentioned.
In fact, I've always assumed that you were a woman of a certain age. (Your 'name' and that 'eyebrow' avatar you once had don't fool me, you know...)
As in, "Check my balls!" ?
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Post by stuart on Jun 13, 2018 19:44:05 GMT
I feel the need to recognise the ushers at Mean Girls last week who were ridiculously vigilant with people on phones during the show. Someone in my row had barely taken their phone out of their pocket before they were at the end of the row.
If anything it became a bit distracting, but great to see a show which is going to draw an audience used to being attached to their mobiles such vigilance.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 19:47:33 GMT
So I'm in the interval of 'Monogamy' at the Park Theatre. I'm in the circle looking down on people (natch) and there is a woman on the front row in the stalls who has taken her shoes off and has curled her legs up on the seat IN HER BARE FEET. Is it wrong for me to shout from the circle to take her filthy feet off the seat and show some respect?
It's a rhetorical question. She will feel my wrath in around 2 minutes. I sense tears.
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Post by vdcni on Jun 14, 2018 7:05:26 GMT
So I'm in the interval of 'Monogamy' at the Park Theatre. I'm in the circle looking down on people (natch) and there is a woman on the front row in the stalls who has taken her shoes off and has curled her legs up on the seat IN HER BARE FEET. Is it wrong for me to shout from the circle to take her filthy feet off the seat and show some respect? It's a rhetorical question. She will feel my wrath in around 2 minutes. I sense tears. I was there last night too, devastated I missed you. I didn't notice her but there was some loud snoring along our row at one point.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 7:19:34 GMT
So I'm in the interval of 'Monogamy' at the Park Theatre. I'm in the circle looking down on people (natch) and there is a woman on the front row in the stalls who has taken her shoes off and has curled her legs up on the seat IN HER BARE FEET. Is it wrong for me to shout from the circle to take her filthy feet off the seat and show some respect? It's a rhetorical question. She will feel my wrath in around 2 minutes. I sense tears. I was there last night too, devastated I missed you. I didn't notice her but there was some loud snoring along our row at one point. Oh no, what a shame! And I was looking rather scrumptious yesterday too. You snooze you lose vdcni. I'm sure there will be a next time. The foot woman was right in the centre of the front row. I hope she gets a verruca.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 12:38:54 GMT
Went to see Summer Holiday at Alexandra Theatre Birmingham and there appeared to be a delegation of Cliff fans in the front few rows. The usual Tena Lady wearing women of a certain vintage who clapped along to a number of songs and one who even held a Cliff scarf up on several occasions.
I know a lot of the songs are sing-a-long types and the end part is certainly audience participation but not all the way through.
I'm sure there are similar issues with Jersey Boys, We Will Rock You and Mamma Mia etc.
If people have seen Summer Holiday they'll know Bobby Crush wears a comedy wig in it. Within earshot of the Cliff fans at the interval, I said " I wonder if that is one of Cliff's wigs" and got a few daggers back given Sir Cliff is a rumoured rug wearer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 8:47:37 GMT
Two men old enough to know better but clearly still young enough to be completely in the grip of testosterone nearly got into a punch up at the Bridge last night over the fact that one of them was wearing a baseball cap and the other one asked him to take it off but neither of them liked the other's tone, or something...
It's the second time I've seen a near fight at that theatre and it's only the fourth production. Is it something they're putting in the madeleines??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 17:42:01 GMT
I was in the front row at the Crucible today for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and on my way in they warned me not to walk on the stage or put anything on the stage. "Of course not!" I say, horrified, but the lady tells me that people do. Unfortunately, they do, more than I've ever seen there before. Drinks on the stage. Handbags on the stage. Ladies SITTING ON THE STAGE TO TAKE A SELFIE. The poor usher lady had the patience of a saint. "Please don't walk on the stage. Please don't walk on the stage. Please don't walk on the stage. Thank you. Thank you." I'd have bloody shouted at them and told them what uncouth bastards they were being. One of the characters kept sweeping the stage during the play and I kept hoping he'd sweet my neighbour's feet right off the edge, but sadly he didn't.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 18, 2018 10:50:19 GMT
Went to "School of Rock" yesterday afternoon. Had an Augustus Gloop lookalikey sat by me who spent the entire first half consuming a whole bag of party sized Doritos, followed by a whole bag of party sized Butterkist popcorn, and then an unending assortment of unidentifiable treats from his bottomless Tesco carrier bag. Occasionally offering one to his adult companion, the kid seemed oblivious to his own personal "School of Rustle", nor the creak of his seat presumably under the calorific intake that would defeat most adults. The slurping of the drink added to the ambience, making me feel like I was on stage inside Dewey's cup. Second half was slightly better, as the never-ending trough hit famine mode (possibly the kid hadn't budgeted for the second half). I pitied the folk directly in front as their ears were at the optimum level for maximum plastic rustlage, and the shine of the screen from his phone as he tried taking pics mideay through the second half wasn't that annoying really... I don't blame the kid for having the munchies, but I think his accompanying adult might do well to curb his excesses for his own good (and health). Aside from the bulging bag of goodies which were decanted into his gullet with spectacular ease and speed, the excessive noise and smell of the snacks was the worst kind of sensory feedback that could be experienced at the "School of Rock". Still a great show, despite the gastronomic marathon being undertaken in real time next to me.
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 18, 2018 11:50:34 GMT
Maybe this would be better served in the Bad Behaviour or School of Rock threads? BurlyBeaR @theatremonkey
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Post by david on Jun 18, 2018 11:52:20 GMT
Bad manners from the kid. He could of at least offered some of the goodies around!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 18, 2018 13:33:27 GMT
Threads merged.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 18, 2018 15:33:41 GMT
I liked your post ceebee but not the behaviour of the child! I would have gone into full childcatcher mode! Sweets would have been the least of his health issues if he had been sat next to me!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 21:59:07 GMT
Tiffany Graves who is a veteran of many West End shows most notably as Velma in Chicago, was moaning on twitter tonight about a woman taking photos at a play she is currently in.
"Fun show tonight. Shame a lady thought she needed to incessantly take photos, especially as there are fab production shots in the foyer."
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 20, 2018 16:50:11 GMT
I cannot believe that this sort of offer will help theatre behaviour standards. Offering unlimited cocktails is just asking for audience members to be drunk & badly behaved.
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Post by lynette on Jun 22, 2018 9:43:53 GMT
How many cocktails can you swallow in say fifteen minutes? We should test, publish results...
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Post by david on Jun 22, 2018 9:46:32 GMT
How many cocktails can you swallow in say fifteen minutes? We should test, publish results... Send @ryan in as a test subject. I’m sure he would be willing to find out!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 9:59:25 GMT
I think unlimited cocktails are probably the only way you could impair my judgement enough to book yet another production of King Lear...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 10:37:38 GMT
How many cocktails can you swallow in say fifteen minutes? We should test, publish results... My bottomless brunch experience suggests that when alcohol is unlimited you can very much get your money's worth in a short amount of time...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 10:44:49 GMT
Challenge accepted. Cocktails are usually diluted with something or another. Amateurs.
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Post by mrbluesky on Jun 22, 2018 10:51:51 GMT
Fun Home last night. Terrible audience, talking, checking phones etc. It’s 1 hour 40. Turn your damn phones off!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 11:08:34 GMT
I cannot believe that this sort of offer will help theatre behaviour standards. Offering unlimited cocktails is just asking for audience members to be drunk & badly behaved. To be fair, as with most "unlimited" offers theres usually a limiting factor. Drink-based offers such as this are usually not a test of how many can be consumed in a given time, but how many can be produced. Cocktails aren't the quickest of drinks to assemble, especially for groups of orders. At a guess I recon the average person would get 3 down in 45minutes, based on the time to make drinks and then drink them. Hardly binge territory given the alcohol to non ratio of the standard cocktail.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 11:14:29 GMT
At a guess I recon the average person would get 3 down in 45minutes
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2018 11:39:06 GMT
At a guess I recon the average person would get 3 down in 45minutes Hahah. 90% limited by service. Theatre bars are not exactly known for their quick turnaround. Now if you could pre-order your unlimited drinks, like you do for the interval, that could get messy!
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Post by poster J on Jun 22, 2018 23:21:59 GMT
The usual rubbish in the Grand Circle at The King and I tonight - half the theatre talking over the overture and entr'acte, lots of rustling and loud opening of sweet packets in quiet moments, and one phone going off. Fewer latecomers though - the email reminding people of the 7pm start time seemed to have worked!
The worst though was a clearly drunk, loud rude idiot making racist remarks about some Japanese people in the row in front of him at the end because they dared to ask his mother to stand up to let them exit given she was closer to the aisle and not making any efforts to leave. It was utterly despicable. I wasn't close enough to say anything to him but thankfully someone else did.
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Post by d'James on Jun 22, 2018 23:55:02 GMT
The usual rubbish in the Grand Circle at The King and I tonight - half the theatre talking over the overture and entr'acte, lots of rustling and loud opening of sweet packets in quiet moments, and one phone going off. Fewer latecomers though - the email reminding people of the 7pm start time seemed to have worked! The worst though was a clearly drunk, loud rude idiot making racist remarks about some Japanese people in the row in front of him at the end because they dared to ask his mother to stand up to let them exit given she was closer to the aisle and not making any efforts to leave. It was utterly despicable. I wasn't close enough to say anything to him but thankfully someone else did. GoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Brexit!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 23, 2018 10:57:47 GMT
Yes, LOTS of old women yacking throughout the overture at Kiss Me Kate in the Dress Circle the other evening. It's not just a 3 piece band but a FULL orchestra - listen FFS! I turned round in my seat at one point and was quite honestly going to say "will you shut the f*** up!" but the expression on my face and the fact that I had turned round shut them up anyway! I should hire myself out as a "shut the f*** upper!"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2018 0:34:06 GMT
We should issue all board members with cards they can hold up which say "Please be quiet" "I paid to hear the show not you" "STFU" etc.
I'm sure the fellow board bitches could come up with some other suitable insults we could print on them!
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Post by LaLuPone on Jun 24, 2018 7:08:27 GMT
Older man next to my friend at Miss Saigon who decided that the many instrumentals where nobody is actually talking but lots of action is going on on-stage were not part of the show and good times to say things like “oooh” “I wonder how they did that” about the helicopter and various other things I’ve forgotten. My friend heard him a lot more than me, it’s lucky I sat away from him because I don’t have the patience of my friend with people like that! Another one of his loud comments was “Uh-oh” when John says “first Ellen has to know”. There’s a panto on at the Hippodrome at Christmas hun, if you want to join in and cheapen the show with “uh-oh”s and “ooh-ahh”s maybe that’s where you should be xxx
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2018 9:01:41 GMT
I remember when I was in an amateur production of Evita, there was a family in the front row on opening night, definitely a stage mom of one of the children. During the balcony scene/Don’t Cry For Me Argentina the Mum was singing along to the words really loudly and it definitely threw the actress playing Eva off a bit. I was playing one of the guards up on the balcony, so gave her an angry look then she stopped.
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