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Post by profquatermass on Mar 12, 2016 10:51:18 GMT
Fox was on the Today programme and he more or less said the ushers weren't very experienced. But similar things do go on in the WE - there often aren't any ushers in the auditorium (and it's difficult to get to someone in the middle of a row) |
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Post by terrylondon79 on Mar 12, 2016 16:06:31 GMT
I hate it when your watching a sho... And it's the production crew behaving badly.
Watching miss atomic bomb, and the couple in front of me are both constantly on there ipads trying to fix the show.
When you've got a paying audience in why not at least stand at the back!
Same thing happened in pipped at the meniee a few years back, Stephen Swhartz was chatting all the way through the first act. Told him he was being rude, when people have paid to see the show I don't want to listen to the crew dissecting loudly in front of you.
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 12, 2016 16:16:52 GMT
Wow! Did he say something back?
Theatre creatives can be the worst at times like this. I sat in front of Bernie Telsey at Carrie and almost shushed him before deciding to eavesdrop instead.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Mar 12, 2016 18:40:28 GMT
Swartz apologised and said they'd try and keep it down in act 2. I was quite angry at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 8:46:10 GMT
At Mark Watson's show in Cardiff on Saturday firstly the show was 20 minutes late starting because people hadn't turned up/were in the bar. Mark made a joke of it blaming 'The Rugby' which despite not actually being in Cardiff and having a 4pm kick off seemed to mean people were incapable of turning up on time.
A man walked into my row (D, so pretty close to the stage) carrying 4 bags of crisps. My companion and I eyed them up. And yup he opened them in the loudest possible fashion mid-act 1, which at least got him told off/mocked by Watson.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 14, 2016 23:44:43 GMT
Same thing happened in pipped at the meniee a few years back, Stephen Swhartz was chatting all the way through the first act. Told him he was being rude, when people have paid to see the show I don't want to listen to the crew dissecting loudly in front of you. If anyone is allowed to talk though the first act of Pippin its Mr Schwartz. Perhaps you should have focussed on him instead of the show, it might have been more informative!  |
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Post by Jon on Mar 15, 2016 0:30:55 GMT
Jerry Mitchell and Cyndi Lauper sat in the boxes during the first preview of Kinky Boots while the producers of the show stood in the back while at Miss Saigon, I saw Laurence Connor sitting in the middle stalls notebook in hand. In a smaller venue it must be tricky for the creative team to make notes while with a paying audience but I think any discussions should be at the interval and at the end of the show.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Mar 15, 2016 20:33:14 GMT
Jerry Mitchell must like the boxes. Saw him a few times at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 12:29:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 12:46:41 GMT
They should drop an anvil on them. Effective and comedy gold.
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Post by d'James on Mar 17, 2016 12:47:25 GMT
I was going to say, laser + eyes = lawsuit waiting to happen.
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Post by jaqs on Mar 17, 2016 13:08:01 GMT
Jerry Mitchell must like the boxes. Saw him a few times at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Probably the most comfortable place for him given the length of his legs, even if the view isnt great. |
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Post by Snciole on Mar 17, 2016 15:27:44 GMT
I was going to say, laser + eyes = lawsuit waiting to happen. With my eyesight though? Free surgery! *stands up and waves phone around* |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2016 9:37:30 GMT
I was surrounded at 'The Last Tango' in Cardiff last night. Man next to me ate 2 cans of Pringles (the small ones) luckily only before and during the interval, but still loudly crunching in my ear. Women behind me insisted on rustling sweets the entire time, talking over overture and loudly letting everyone know what an authority on dance they were (they weren't). Several flash photographs and a general lot of drunken sounding howling in act 2 from the circle...Other than that it was a nice evening...
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Post by max on Mar 18, 2016 11:09:44 GMT
Laser pointers at the tiny Jermyn Street Theatre?? Surely they could just poke people with a long stick.
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Post by stuartww on Mar 18, 2016 14:16:20 GMT
I was at the final evening performance of Miss Saigon on Saturday with my husband. Behind us were two ladies, with think by the accent and language they were Scandinavian, talking very very loudly. I was mentally preparing comments in case their conversation continued (as happened on the previous Wednesday when two French teenagers held a full volume conversation behind me for near enough the entire show!). However, they remained silent throughout which was wonderful. What wasn't wonderful was the fact that the woman behind me decided the back of my chair was her footrest, then she moved her feet off and her legs were pushing my seat, then she would move again - it was almost constant! We were in the Dress Circle, so the leg room isn't really an issue... In the interval they went off for a drink, and then guy sat next to her said to his companion "she hasn't stopped fidgeting!" so she was clearly annoying someone else. We also noticed an eggy smell every now and then throughout the first act - was weird as it just came in waves every now and then. However, when the ladies behind us went for their interval drinks, the smell disappeared - until they returned for the second act. When she started with the pushing of the back of my seat with her legs, I found the best way of stopping it...lean forwards slightly then throw yourself back into your seat. She stopped pushing my seat and no doubt had bruises on her shins. Back at our hotel, i popped down to reception as our telephone wasn't working and we wanted food....and got back into the lift to go up to our room...and my leggy friend from the theatre was in the lift!!!! i coulnd't help but smirk Have we confirmed whether this is leggy or eggy? Can I be the first to say if there are any leggy Scandinavians they can put there legs on the back of my seat anytime Let's go with L-Eggy...and not in an Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson kinda way... |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 18, 2016 14:32:32 GMT
"Clean oop!"
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Post by adrianics on Mar 21, 2016 10:38:31 GMT
Was introduced to a new one at the Showtime Challenge production of Thoroughly Modern Millie last night - Digital watches (iWatches etc). Like a constantly lit phone screen except permanently on display and checked very regularly.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 11:02:12 GMT
Was introduced to a new one at the Showtime Challenge production of Thoroughly Modern Millie last night - Digital watches (iWatches etc). Like a constantly lit phone screen except permanently on display and checked very regularly. I have an iWatch and i am so paranoid of it!! As soon as i sit down i put it on to airplane mode, but also every time you clap it will light up to show the time! So i now either make sure I am wearing long sleeve shirts or if not, I will not wear it when I go to the theatre! |
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 21, 2016 16:21:23 GMT
I was at Phantom a couple years ago and a guy several rows ahead of us had a smartwatch that he CHECKED a few times until an usher stopped him, but then it kept lighting up later anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 13:13:21 GMT
I have now decided never to go to the theatre again. Matilda a few days back. Saturday night evening. Rear stalls, familly arrive 30 seconds before curtain up. they take off their coats and get themselves comfortable. so comfortable that they pull out a full M&S picnic and all four of them eat their way through sandwiches and bags of crisps. the entire first act ruined by the sounds of crunching from four people simultaneously and the rustling of wrappers. even my icy cold stare couldn't stop them. Just had enough of people who think this is acceptable and it's put me right off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 13:33:58 GMT
I have now decided never to go to the theatre again. Matilda a few days back. Saturday night evening. Rear stalls, familly arrive 30 seconds before curtain up. they take off their coats and get themselves comfortable. so comfortable that they pull out a full M&S picnic and all four of them eat their way through sandwiches and bags of crisps. the entire first act ruined by the sounds of crunching from four people simultaneously and the rustling of wrappers. even my icy cold stare couldn't stop them. Just had enough of people who think this is acceptable and it's put me right off. I rarely go to the theatre on a Friday or Saturday night. In my experience that's when people with no manners and those who hold The Jeremy Kyle Show up as a benchmark of acceptable behaviour go out to the theatre. Scum. You should have just told that family that your friend Stuart Hall was on his way to his seat and he loves crisps. That would have probably shut them up. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 22, 2016 13:51:05 GMT
Was introduced to a new one at the Showtime Challenge production of Thoroughly Modern Millie last night - Digital watches (iWatches etc). Like a constantly lit phone screen except permanently on display and checked very regularly. I have an iWatch and i am so paranoid of it!! As soon as i sit down i put it on to airplane mode, but also every time you clap it will light up to show the time! So i now either make sure I am wearing long sleeve shirts or if not, I will not wear it when I go to the theatre! You could just take it off and put it in your pocket? |
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 22, 2016 19:46:32 GMT
I hate it when your watching a sho... And it's the production crew behaving badly. Watching miss atomic bomb, and the couple in front of me are both constantly on there ipads trying to fix the show. When you've got a paying audience in why not at least stand at the back! Same thing happened in pipped at the meniee a few years back, Stephen Swhartz was chatting all the way through the first act. Told him he was being rude, when people have paid to see the show I don't want to listen to the crew dissecting loudly in front of you. Reminds me of this famous story from a while back "The Stage newspaper's Mark Shenton encountered similar insouciance from a theatre professional at the Donmar Warehouse. During Uncle Vanya a man near Shenton kept receiving text messages, each causing a loud "bleep". "We complained to him afterwards," says Shenton. "The guy said: 'Oh, I think Chekhov's robust enough to cope with that, don't you?'." The offender was Michael Colgan, director of Dublin's Gate Theatre." www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/quentin-letts-never-mind-the-play-just-listen-to-the-audience-856914.html |
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Post by DuchessConstance on Mar 22, 2016 23:32:48 GMT
Two phones went off during A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. Impossibly rude, considering it's a tiny black box and an intense solo show with no music or SFX so silence is really crucial. Anytime anyone crossed their legs you could hear it. The ushers did really make a big deal about how crucial total silence was to the play, but still people didn't listen!
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