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Post by fiyerorocher on Jun 3, 2024 8:51:07 GMT
The royal Albert Hall seems to be very selective on policy. At the recent Richard marx concert filming was allowed with small notices as you went in asking people to be respectful and not use flash. At the raiders of the lost ark film in concert three days later it was a strict no filming which was enforced with ushers rushing to stop anyone taking a picture. The Sarah Brightman concert couple of years back was strictly no filming. They can certainly limit it if they want to At the event I attended, supposedly no flash allowed, but in practice, this was widely ignored. The usher said that the Albert Hall had different levels of photography allowed for different events. And the event I attended allowed "moderate level" of photography. It's always down to what the production wants, rather than what the Hall wants. The ushers would much rather no photography at all - so much easier to enforce than the partial or moderate policies. |
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Post by lt on Jun 3, 2024 11:01:19 GMT
At the event I attended, supposedly no flash allowed, but in practice, this was widely ignored. The usher said that the Albert Hall had different levels of photography allowed for different events. And the event I attended allowed "moderate level" of photography. It's always down to what the production wants, rather than what the Hall wants. The ushers would much rather no photography at all - so much easier to enforce than the partial or moderate policies. I know the usher encouraged me to contact customer services because they are not supportive of current approach. Are you sure the Albert Hall is not involved in the decision making too? Because in its FAQs: Can I take photographs or video the performance, it says: "We want everyone to enjoy the performance, and this may mean taking a few photos or a short video at an appropriate moment. Please do not persistently photograph or record a performance and never use flash. Please show consideration for other people. Stewards may ask you to stop any activity that they believe is adversely affecting the experience of other members of the audience". |
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Post by fiyerorocher on Jun 3, 2024 11:53:27 GMT
It's always down to what the production wants, rather than what the Hall wants. The ushers would much rather no photography at all - so much easier to enforce than the partial or moderate policies. I know the usher encouraged me to contact customer services because they are not supportive of current approach. Are you sure the Albert Hall is not involved in the decision making too? Because in its FAQs: Can I take photographs or video the performance, it says: "We want everyone to enjoy the performance, and this may mean taking a few photos or a short video at an appropriate moment. Please do not persistently photograph or record a performance and never use flash. Please show consideration for other people. Stewards may ask you to stop any activity that they believe is adversely affecting the experience of other members of the audience". It's definitely the production that can set the photograph rules. I'm sure the Hall has thoughts (they probably like the free promo of photographs being posted to social media), but the production gets to dictate what policy they want, even when it's annoying for front of house to have to enforce and the staff complain. |
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Post by Jon on Jun 3, 2024 11:55:15 GMT
The Royal Albert Hall is primarily a concert venue so I'm not too surprised their photography rules vary from show to show.
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Post by lt on Jun 3, 2024 12:18:36 GMT
The Royal Albert Hall is primarily a concert venue so I'm not too surprised their photography rules vary from show to show. Personally in a classical music concert I think its incredibly distracting and completely unacceptable for ballet performances too. |
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Post by justfran on Jun 5, 2024 18:26:10 GMT
Where to start?? I went to the matinee of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Newcastle today - there were two ladies sat in front of us with a small child aged 3 ish and a baby, no more than 9 months old. During the whole show the mother didn't sit still or be quiet for more then 5 minutes at a time. Passing the baby back and forth with the other adult, constantly leaning over to talk to, kiss or touch the little girl, rummaging in her bags, bouncing the baby up and down on her knees, pick it up to check if the nappy needed changing. . . I appreciate this is a family show but the baby would have got nothing from the experience and even the little girl was probably too young - clearly bored during the second half and with the show being 2 hours 40, it isn't exactly short. Completely rude and totally oblivious to the distraction they were causing to those around them.
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Post by sph on Jun 5, 2024 22:01:50 GMT
Where to start?? I went to the matinee of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Newcastle today - there were two ladies sat in front of us with a small child aged 3 ish and a baby, no more than 9 months old. During the whole show the mother didn't sit still or be quiet for more then 5 minutes at a time. Passing the baby back and forth with the other adult, constantly leaning over to talk to, kiss or touch the little girl, rummaging in her bags, bouncing the baby up and down on her knees, pick it up to check if the nappy needed changing. . . I appreciate this is a family show but the baby would have got nothing from the experience and even the little girl was probably too young - clearly bored during the second half and with the show being 2 hours 40, it isn't exactly short. Completely rude and totally oblivious to the distraction they were causing to those around them. I very strongly oppose bringing babies to live shows. It's a totally inappropriate environment for them on every level and theatres should be more assertive when enforcing a "no babes in arms" rule. |
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Post by peggysue on Jun 6, 2024 7:29:03 GMT
I was also at the matinee yesterday and the baby was very close to the stage. It’s a show with quite a few loud bangs which isn’t good for any baby. Bad parenting all round. I agree all babies should be banned.
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Post by longinthetooth on Jun 6, 2024 16:26:14 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Jun 6, 2024 16:42:48 GMT
Bet the dog was better behaved than many adults in the theatre.
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Post by Steffi on Jun 6, 2024 18:04:01 GMT
Reminds me of my trip to NYC in May. A guy was sitting a few rows behind me at Hell‘s Kitchen with his emotional support dog (at least I suppose that’s what it was - the dog was tiny and he was carrying it around). The dog didn’t make a sound throughout the performance. However, the show is very loud and the poor dog looked completely stressed out in the interval. So definitely bad behavior because the guy should never have brought his dog into a situation that made it uncomfortable. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 7, 2024 20:54:23 GMT
What’s the correct thing to say when you return from the interval and the lady in the row behind has her feet up on your chair?
(she did remove them with just a look in her direction - but always surprised people think it’s ok to do that in the first place)
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Post by nick on Jun 8, 2024 7:59:19 GMT
Reminds me of my trip to NYC in May. A guy was sitting a few rows behind me at Hell‘s Kitchen with his emotional support dog (at least I suppose that’s what it was - the dog was tiny and he was carrying it around). The dog didn’t make a sound throughout the performance. However, the show is very loud and the poor dog looked completely stressed out in the interval. So definitely bad behavior because the guy should never have brought his dog into a situation that made it uncomfortable. Absolutely. My wife has a assistance dog but we'd think very carefully about taking somewhere like that. We did go to a dog friendly film at a Picturehouse - the sound was turned down and the lights left a little on - he loved it. |
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Post by kallyloo on Jun 8, 2024 13:11:30 GMT
Reminds me of my trip to NYC in May. A guy was sitting a few rows behind me at Hell‘s Kitchen with his emotional support dog (at least I suppose that’s what it was - the dog was tiny and he was carrying it around). The dog didn’t make a sound throughout the performance. However, the show is very loud and the poor dog looked completely stressed out in the interval. So definitely bad behavior because the guy should never have brought his dog into a situation that made it uncomfortable. Absolutely. My wife has an assistance dog but we'd think very carefully about taking somewhere like that. We did go to a dog friendly film at a Picturehouse - the sound was turned down and the lights left a little on - he loved it. Picturehouse dog friendly Sunday screenings are really welcoming and accommodating. |
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Post by steve10086 on Jun 8, 2024 13:18:01 GMT
What’s the correct thing to say when you return from the interval and the lady in the row behind has her feet up on your chair? (she did remove them with just a look in her direction - but always surprised people think it’s ok to do that in the first place) ”Shift ‘em, skank!” |
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Post by blamerobots on Jun 8, 2024 18:57:18 GMT
I mean... I suppose this could fit this thread. Anyone know what this is about?
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Post by richey on Jun 8, 2024 18:59:34 GMT
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Post by blamerobots on Jun 8, 2024 19:02:56 GMT
I suspected it was about The Finellis. That seems utterly abysmal. God, I feel so bad. Utterly mortifying. I couldn't imagine what's running through his mind to think it is right to say such things. About your co-star, too. |
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Post by ceebee on Jun 9, 2024 11:06:49 GMT
Two big-boned people stuffing their faces from their little trough bag of delights throughout Kiss Me Kate last night... Rustle rustle crunch crunch munch munch all the way through the dialogue sections. Sitting as if on a sofa at home, feet up occasionally. Felt like I was next to Mr and Mrs Twit.
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Post by Jon on Jun 9, 2024 11:16:27 GMT
Two big-boned people stuffing their faces from their little trough bag of delights throughout Kiss Me Kate last night... Rustle rustle crunch crunch munch munch all the way through the dialogue sections. Sitting as if on a sofa at home, feet up occasionally. Felt like I was next to Mr and Mrs Twit. Did you offer them worm spaghetti? |
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Post by ceebee on Jun 9, 2024 11:21:43 GMT
Two big-boned people stuffing their faces from their little trough bag of delights throughout Kiss Me Kate last night... Rustle rustle crunch crunch munch munch all the way through the dialogue sections. Sitting as if on a sofa at home, feet up occasionally. Felt like I was next to Mr and Mrs Twit. Did you offer them worm spaghetti? I feared when the bag ran dry that Mr Twit might start nibbling my ears in desperation. The lines between theatre and cinema are now so blurred, I think many people can't tell the difference. Though the cinema seems marginally tidier at the end of a film... I often wonder what overseas visitors think when they visit a show and then see the amount of crap left on the floor by very many people. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 9, 2024 12:11:42 GMT
Two big-boned people stuffing their faces from their little trough bag of delights throughout Kiss Me Kate last night... Rustle rustle crunch crunch munch munch all the way through the dialogue sections. Sitting as if on a sofa at home, feet up occasionally. Felt like I was next to Mr and Mrs Twit. Sounds like Silky Nutmeg Ganache was in the house! |
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Post by lt on Jun 9, 2024 15:17:03 GMT
Yesterday at a matinee of Animal Farm at the Greenwich Theatre, I had the audience member from hell sitting on my left beside me. He had overwhelmingly bad BO, that was so appalling I could smell his arrival even before he sat down and when he took off his coat the odour was horrific. My friend on my right hand side - so slightly further away - had to go out in the interval to get some fresh air as she said it was making her feel quite sick.
Then towards the end of the interval, he got out his lunch in a tupperware container, but I couldn't actually smell this due to the BO, and he continued to eat this noisely during the first part of the second half. Then when he had finished, was audibly gulping down his drink and spent much of the rest of the play picking bits of fallen food off his clothing and eating them.
Never before after a performance has it been such a relief to get into the fresh air again...
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Post by marob on Jun 9, 2024 16:01:35 GMT
ceebee I went to see Spirited Away a few weeks ago. I had a front row seat, next to a man, woman and kid of about 12/13. The woman was clearly a fan of the film, anticipating it would make her cry, and said at one point “this is f***ing awesome!” Despite that they ducked out during the bows and when the lights came up I’ve never seen anything like the amount of rubbish they left behind. Going to sound snobby now, but I’d expect it at something like Frozen, not so much one entirely in a foreign language.
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Post by marob on Jun 9, 2024 16:17:39 GMT
If I can be slightly off-topic for a moment, went to a screening of Rear Window yesterday. Couldn’t hear any talking, but could hear someone aggressively shushing someone repeatedly.
At the end he was shouting at them “why didn’t you stay at home and watch Netflix if you wanted to talk? Have you finished now? You had more lines than James Stewart!”
I assume he was addressing it to the woman who said “w**ker” as she exited the other way.
I thought the James Stewart jibe was quite funny, but it was such an incredibly awkward moment. Possibly made worse by everyone else in the room suddenly being terribly British and acting like we couldn’t hear it. 😂
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