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Post by wickedgrin on Apr 29, 2019 16:08:08 GMT
A friend of mine who occasionally goes to the theatre saw this BBC article and was utterly appalled that this sort of thing was encouraged!!
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Post by xanady on Apr 29, 2019 18:01:57 GMT
Booking the very front row and wearing blinkers might be the only way forward.I swear I am seeing worst behaviour in theatres than in the cinema atm which sounds ludicrous.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 29, 2019 18:27:18 GMT
I too book front row when affordable partly to avoid having to look at the the rest of the audience, though even front row doesn't help for certain issues (see my post at the end of the previous page).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2019 21:28:07 GMT
I really enjoyed sitting in a box for Company (first time I've ever done that!) where I didn't have anyone else to annoy me (just my friend, and she never rustles sweets, plays on her phone or takes her shoes off!) I would definitely sit there again to avoid the idiots.
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Post by paulbrownsey on Apr 30, 2019 11:17:51 GMT
I don't know if it's the weather, this city, this (and actually my) generation or just a general paradigm shift towards a culture of self-absorbed, selfish narcissism but I'm getting to the point where I question even bothering wasting money booking shows when I'd say at least half the time there is some distraction or another. Not even just theatre, anything where you need to focus and pay attention to fully appreciate - cinema, opera, classical music, art galleries whatever. They get told in schools they are special, and there is all this emphasis on building their self-esteem, which reaches the point of their thinking, "If I do it, it cannot be other than wonderful."
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Post by shady23 on May 1, 2019 16:12:44 GMT
Seems there may have been a few issues in Edinburgh if they have to issue this
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Post by kimbahorel on May 1, 2019 16:17:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 19:04:39 GMT
Seems there may have been a few issues in Edinburgh if they have to issue this It is the only Edinburgh theatre where I’ve had that problem. Never experienced anything like it at the Festival, Kings, Lyceum or Traverse. Worst audience was definitely Grease. Drunk singalongs. Ditto for Jersey Boys.
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Post by lynette on May 1, 2019 21:58:32 GMT
Just funny this evening at the Bridge. A bloke says, 'we're in row D.' Woman replies 'no we're in row B' She sits in row A. Has to moved by usher to row B. And somebody else, after struggling to identify row E said 'they should have designed this theatre better'
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Post by peggs on May 1, 2019 22:11:16 GMT
Just funny this evening at the Bridge. A bloke says, 'we're in row D.' Woman replies 'no we're in row B' She sits in row A. Has to moved by usher to row B. And somebody else, after struggling to identify row E said 'they should have designed this theatre better' At duke of York this afternoon people wandering all over the place looking for seats, couple decided row a was in fact b. Latecomer and I agreed if you're at the royal court where they hide numbers everyone needs help otherwise we'll it's fairly straight forward. Unfunny funny laughers out this afternoon and chatters in scene changes.
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2019 0:02:28 GMT
At the matinee of Lion King today, three women decided to upgrade themselves from the back of the upper circle to the front of the upper circle as there were two rows empty. I felt so smug when a class of school children were led in to the two empty rows after "circle of life." The women had to come back to their original seats, apologising to everyone on the way past as they were in the middle of the row.
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Post by harrietcraig on May 2, 2019 2:13:29 GMT
Just funny this evening at the Bridge. A bloke says, 'we're in row D.' Woman replies 'no we're in row B' She sits in row A. Has to moved by usher to row B. And somebody else, after struggling to identify row E said 'they should have designed this theatre better' They must be related to a woman who was in the audience when I saw King Lear (the one for which Glenda Jackson did not get a Tony nomination) on Broadway last week. An usher told the woman, “You’re in the very first row”, whereupon she proceeded to take a seat in the second row. It’s a conventionally configured Broadway theatre, so there couldn’t possibly be any confusion (except that there was) about which was “the very first row”.
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Post by Backdrifter on May 2, 2019 6:41:14 GMT
Recently saw an elderly lady with a luggage trolley pushed aside as she was trying to get on a train by a well-dressed city gent. I love that this image persists of the well-dressed man getting on a train, who is therefore a city gent. Please tell me he had a bowler hat and furled umbrella. Even if he didn't, I still want you to tell me he did. And was carrying a copy of the FT.
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Post by Backdrifter on May 2, 2019 6:47:31 GMT
I too book front row when affordable partly to avoid having to look at the the rest of the audience, though even front row doesn't help for certain issues (see my post at the end of the previous page). Yes I book front row for everything mainly as I don't want to have people in front me. I can't bear looking at people - I mean, actual real people. You know, the public.
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Post by Backdrifter on May 2, 2019 6:50:34 GMT
I would expect that if someone cares enough about seeing a performance to pay over £100 for a ticket then they'd also care enough to have bathed before attending. Unfortunately the woman I was sat next to at the ROH yesterday afternoon evidently didn't think that. I spent the performance leaning as far away from her as I could - fortunately I had a wall the other side of me so could do that without inconveniencing anyone else, although it made my view worse & gave me back ache - and sprayed loads of perfume on myself just before each act started. Luckily it's been a while since I've had a Mr or Ms Stink near me. As I mentioned a while ago in another thread I always carry a pot of tiger balm with me to combat Theatre Stench.
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Post by Polly1 on May 2, 2019 8:00:04 GMT
Just funny this evening at the Bridge. A bloke says, 'we're in row D.' Woman replies 'no we're in row B' She sits in row A. Has to moved by usher to row B. And somebody else, after struggling to identify row E said 'they should have designed this theatre better' Slightly off-topic here but I was thinking on Wed eve that for a new theatre, the Bridge is very poorly designed. Not sightlines, which are brilliant, but all those very long rows round to the side with only one entrance.
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Post by peggs on May 2, 2019 9:58:28 GMT
Just funny this evening at the Bridge. A bloke says, 'we're in row D.' Woman replies 'no we're in row B' She sits in row A. Has to moved by usher to row B. And somebody else, after struggling to identify row E said 'they should have designed this theatre better' Slightly off-topic here but I was thinking on Wed eve that for a new theatre, the Bridge is very poorly designed. Not sightlines, which are brilliant, but all those very long rows round to the side with only one entrance. Yes was sat right on end nearest stage of I think gallery 1 for the Alan Bennett play and it took an age to get out, lots of people were determined there must be another route and went off down what I suppose must be a fire escape and were firmly sent back.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 10:09:08 GMT
The head wants to say they must have been limited by the fact that the theatre is but a part of an overall complex, but the heart just can't quite believe there was NO scope for a few extra doors in the auditorium filtering even into just one long corridor on either side like at the Young Vic.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 10:35:17 GMT
There is another way out! In the stalls at the end nearest the stage there are doors at the side, these lead to a corridor which takes you up to the dowstairs lobby where the loos are. I was directed this way by an usher when I saw "A Very Very Dark Matter"
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Post by vdcni on May 2, 2019 10:38:00 GMT
Agreed, from my one visit the Bridge was a pain to get in and out of, random queues blocking the stairs & that long long wait to be able to leave.
Even the foyer which is spacious enough so that you'd expect it to be easy to navigate becomes a bit confused as people drift aimlessly around.
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Post by Polly1 on May 2, 2019 12:10:31 GMT
There is another way out! In the stalls at the end nearest the stage there are doors at the side, these lead to a corridor which takes you up to the dowstairs lobby where the loos are. I was directed this way by an usher when I saw "A Very Very Dark Matter" Yes, someone mentioned this before, but you still have to get out of your row! I was in row E and there is no exit from the seats nearest the stage so you still have to wait for everyone to file out.
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Post by peggs on May 2, 2019 13:27:43 GMT
The revolving main door seemed to be causing problems as well last night, do they fear we'll escape?
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Post by Dawnstar on May 2, 2019 18:15:34 GMT
Yes I book front row for everything mainly as I don't want to have people in front me. I can't bear looking at people - I mean, actual real people. You know, the public. I realise you (probably) mean this sarcastically but that is pretty much how I do feel about people en masse.
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Post by xanady on May 2, 2019 18:28:38 GMT
Hey Backdrifter just seen your message saying I ASSUMED that the guy who pushed his way on the train was a city gent.Not that I have to explain anything but I had been standing next to him on the platform for ten mins and his mobile phone conversations gave him away.End of.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 2, 2019 18:44:10 GMT
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