Famous People You've Seen In The Audience

I think we should dedicate this thread to theatre great and long time theatre supporter Alan Rickman

Dedicating this thread to Alan Rickman

Many many years ago I sat next to Peggy Ashcroft at The Other Place in Stratford.

Saw Wallace Shawn at Waste on Monday, also seen Alan Rickman in the bar at the NT prior to Three Days In Summer, Miriam Margolyes at The Red Lion and a Ron Moody Platform at the NT, Julian Sands at Splendour at the Donmar, Dawn French and Gok Wan at Krapps Last Tape, was sat on the opposite side of the aisle to David Walliams and Miranda Hart at the BFI a few years ago, also had Richard Ayoade and Julian Barratt sat behind me there for a Peter Cook & Dudley Moore retrospective there, and Armando Ianucci was sat in the seat in front of me for the screening of Alan Partridge:Alpha Papa, also at the BFI - and not the theatre (or cinema), but Samantha Morton was sat next to me at a Death In Vegas gig at the Barbican, and Adam Buxton sat two seats along from me at Radiohead at the O2 in 2012.

Lovely idea to dedicate this thread to Alan Rickman. I actually did sit next to him once, at the Park Theatre, during a performance of Thérèse Raquin. I didn't realise it was him until the interval when I overheard him talking in that distinctive voice of his.

I've also sat near Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington at the National Theatre, and stood in the queue behind Jude Law in the Old Vic foyer.

My funniest moment is still sitting in Kara's (Maria on the recent 'The Sound of Music Live' ITV production) seat by mistake at 'Rent Remixed'.

She was still in 'Eastenders' as 'Dawn' I believe at the time!!

Oh and releasing it was Micheal Xiaver in the restroom at Southwark Playhouse for 'Carrie'!!

Eddie Redmayne, Anne Reid and Tim Minchin at Gypsy, Martin Freeman at Hangmen (Royal Court), Elaine Paige, Haydn Gwynne, Louise Gold and Fra Fee at Audra McDonald's concert, Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Suchet at Grey Gardens, Tom Rhys Harries at Farinelli and the King, Tom Stoppard at Hamlet (Barbican)

Michelle Collins was at Grey Gardens last night.

Su Pollard was in the audience when I went to see Soho Cinders. She is, as you say, completely dotty, but incredibly friendly. I commented that I had loved her performance in Godspell years and years ago, and she was very happy to stand and reminisce about the production. She then introduced me to her friends and came up to me in the bar at the interval to ask me what I thought of the show. I thought she was completely charming!

I stood next to her in a bar once. In Sheffield of all places. It was very crowded and she was jammed up quite close so I could hear her conversation. Yes dotty, and very tiny!

Clive Anderson at Escaped Alone tonight.

I saw Graham Norton at Gypsy quaffing on champagne.