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Post by Jon on Oct 12, 2019 17:56:35 GMT
I always wonder why some couples insist on getting it on in very public places like the theatre or cinema.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 13, 2019 3:55:02 GMT
Uhhh...
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Post by Penny on Oct 13, 2019 7:31:22 GMT
2 extremely drunk women at the matinee of Fame yesterday at the Peacock Theatre . They were drinking a bottle of wine that they kept getting out of their bag during the 2nd half , ( and a clear liquid out of a water bottle that I thought was actually water but it was probably vodka ! ) then they were swaying away to the songs and holding hands and waving them in the air ( they were 2nd row stalls )
Then one of them got up at the end of a song and started clapping and by the end they were sobbing and saying “ oh no she’s gone “ in a hysterical way . I was with my 14 yr old son who thought these women were badly behaved but he did say they were better than the show ! 😂
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Post by Kim on Oct 13, 2019 7:47:21 GMT
Granted I've never been at a performance of Grease where the audience have behaved well but this takes the cake Talking, singing along, texting with their phone screens at full brightness, one baby crying on and off (who brings a baby to the theatre?), one man shouted "we love you Peter!" while Peter Andre was singing Beauty School Dropout, and 2 women started having a loud argument mid act 2. I actually was at this show and next to said baby, i did go and ask at the box office if it was classed as a family show, and they said that they allowed the baby in as the babysitter had fallen through... funnily enough the story the mum gave was that she was breastfeeding. What annoyed me more was the box office staff askes if i'd prefer someone drunk or a baby next to me, funnily enough at todays prices neither
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 13, 2019 12:09:29 GMT
What a bizarre question. I hope it's not going to become part of the ticket buying process! "Would Madam prefer to sit next to a drunk, or a crying baby? We also have seat kickers and endless sweet eaters available."
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 13, 2019 12:41:55 GMT
I think I'd be putting in a complaint to the theatre management if I was asked that. What happened to being able to just sit among people who actually want to see the damn show?!
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2019 15:34:19 GMT
The man next to me shook his head at me after my water bottle crackled yesterday, I felt so reproved barely daren't breath after that.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 13, 2019 15:39:07 GMT
Sure you're not one of them, peģgs, but some annoying people sit there continually crackling their empty water bottles, seemingly oblivious to the irritation caused to others nearby. I long to slap their hands or seize the bottle.
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2019 17:16:04 GMT
Sure you're not one of them, peģgs, but some annoying people sit there continually crackling their empty water bottles, seemingly oblivious to the irritation caused to others nearby. I long to slap their hands or seize the bottle. Me too. I only had it out as I unexpectedly had to take some medication and as I was front row it seemed less movement to hold onto the bottle than put it back. People squeezing water bottles, arg!
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Post by hannechalk on Oct 14, 2019 11:14:29 GMT
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Oct 14, 2019 12:40:31 GMT
I've never known what is the etiquette to applaud a well known or acclaimed performer when they first appear. My thoughts are it should only really be in a comedy and it should not be if they are on stage at the start of the play. It would be when a Lady Bracknell or Madame Arcati type character enters. I always remember fondly seeing Jude Law in Hamlet...no entrance applause and not one person stood up at the end during the curtain call, though it was a fantastic performance. I thought it was the greatest compliment.
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Post by daisy24601 on Oct 14, 2019 12:49:07 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 14, 2019 12:50:56 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 14, 2019 13:02:11 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket?
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Post by daisy24601 on Oct 14, 2019 13:14:37 GMT
Sometimes shows run late though? Maybe you'd never see anything otherwise?
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 14, 2019 13:30:18 GMT
I thank the actors for their performance in advance, by paying for a ticket, which I usually do long before a production opens and when running times are still unknown.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 14, 2019 14:10:54 GMT
The show isn't over until the curtain is down and everyone's off the stage. Why leave before it's over?
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Post by Deal J on Oct 14, 2019 15:38:00 GMT
[...] Anyway, how many of us finish the day at our office desk / shop counter and expect a round of applause from the person paying us before we go home? I don't just expect it, I demand it!
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Post by peggs on Oct 14, 2019 17:03:46 GMT
Anyway, how many of us finish the day at our office desk / shop counter and expect a round of applause from the person paying us before we go home? That would make my day better, I could I suppose play myself some applause and see if it catches on? 😁
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 14, 2019 17:51:56 GMT
[ This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. Also most actors are likely to be living/staying somewhere in the same city where their show is playing, whereas audience members may need to get home to somewhere much further away. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? That's difficult to do if it's somewhere like the Royal Opera House (which is the only place where I sometimes have to dash out at the start of the curtain call) where there's rarely a runinng time provided when booking opens several months in advance. And no, you can't always tell by looking up the running time of other productions of the same piece as the number & length of intervals can vary depending on the technical requirements of a particular production.
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Post by eliza on Oct 14, 2019 17:54:02 GMT
This I'm not sure about. It does look rude when people rush out during curtain call, but there is such a thing as last trains so some people will actually have to leg it asap. And yeah actors have to get home but that's your job, you do it every night. It's rude and it's your opportunity to thank the actors for their performance. If you didn't look up the running time beforehand, why did you book a ticket? I've been in situations where I've been running out trying to catch a last train and it's normally because there's rail replacement buses or some other issue I wouldn't have known about when I booked the ticket and the last train is earlier than normal or it will take me much longer to get home. I didn't make it out quick enough one time and didn't get home til 3am despite leaving the theatre just after 10pm. The train journey is only normally an hour and a half! I tend to go to Saturday matinees now to try and avoid needing to rush out or being stranded somewhere at 3am again but I don't see the problem if people have to do it. They've paid for their ticket and now have to try get home at a reasonable time.
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Post by lynette on Oct 14, 2019 21:28:34 GMT
You do not have to stay in the theatre until the cleaners come in for goodness sake. You go when you like and as long as you don’t tread over someone, that can be any time. You cannot ‘police’ a reason for leaving which could be anything from wanting to wee, throw up or catch a train.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 14, 2019 23:15:48 GMT
Plenty of productions don’t know or announce their running time till press night, since plays are constantly being changed during previews.
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Post by marob on Oct 14, 2019 23:23:30 GMT
I've never left early, but I do feel really bad that I had to creep through the crowd during Puck's final speech at the Bridge's A Midsummer Night's Dream so I could get near the exit. But that place always takes an age to empty, I had to collect my stuff from the cloakroom, and get to Euston, in under an hour since it ran longer than advertised.
It might just be me being miserable, but I do think some shows drag the curtain call out a bit too long, musicals in particular. Yesterday I saw The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde at Storyhouse in Chester. The play finished, the cast bowed, left the stage, and then the house lights came up. That was it. It felt genuinely odd that there wasn't a second bow. They're pretty much standard now, no matter how halfhearted the applause is.
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 15, 2019 1:04:50 GMT
What!? That’s such an invalid argument. It’s their job, they’re being paid to be at the theatre while audience members are paying good money to attend. If they want to get up and leave whenever they want then they’re perfectly entitled to. I truly do cringe when I see posts like this. People in the industry really need to get their head’s out of their backsides and stop pretending they’re doing life changing work and they certainly don’t need to be “thanked” for doing a job they’re getting money for. Jesus.
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