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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 17:09:07 GMT
A few years back some items were taken inside for Paloma Faith to sign before a concert, a fan had put a photo in and she had signed it "To Ebay buyer/winner" as a joke or trying to be clever. The fan was a bit upset when she saw it but an EBayer who had sent some CDs in actually offered to buy it from her as he said it would be a great thing to sell.
Clever stars link a dedication into their signature as a dedication can easily be wiped using a dry wipe marker.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 14, 2019 18:23:56 GMT
That article amused me especially the bit about the Take That fan who camped out for an album signing and took some carpet home that she was told Take That stood on. I was also camped in that alley and the skip at the end of the alley (behind HMV in Manchester. The glamour!) had a load of squares of carpet in. Security took piles out for us to sit on all night rather than sit on the cold pavement. I bet one of those is what she has! That is nothing through. I know some fans who travel all around the world for Take That appearances and concerts, it has become a competition to be the "top fan" and to be recognised by them! There is a particularly obsessed woman who scales hotel walls and crawls on the ground on stadium gigs biting ankles to get people to move out of the way so she can get to the front. I wish I was joking! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 19:36:58 GMT
"Cake prober" should be listed as one of the theatre staff in the programme alongside the stage door keepers.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 15, 2019 7:53:08 GMT
How many people try and get programmes signed from years ago when you've missed people?
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2019 17:36:04 GMT
How many people try and get programmes signed from years ago when you've missed people? I don't generally collect autographs but I do sometimes tell actors how much I enjoyed seeing them in such-and-such show several years ago. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 15, 2019 18:28:34 GMT
How many people try and get programmes signed from years ago when you've missed people? I've done this and I've never had a bad reaction. Usually there's a gasp and then a wave of nostalgia. One time I asked Troy Kotsur to sign a Big River program after I saw him in Pippin several years later. Troy is Deaf, and my ASL isn't very good — I had taken two semesters in college but was about a year out of practice — but he looked at it, gasped, signed something that I believe translated to "This was so long ago!" and proceeded to go through it and sign all the photos of himself. I loved it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 20:08:33 GMT
How many people try and get programmes signed from years ago when you've missed people? I don't generally collect autographs but I do sometimes tell actors how much I enjoyed seeing them in such-and-such show several years ago. Yes I’ve done the same and always resulted in a nice little chat of “oh goodness you saw that” etc (oh and one memorable “oh god I’m so sorry that was awful”) |
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Post by SageStageMgr on Feb 15, 2019 20:35:47 GMT
I went to buy tickets for a few upcoming shows at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow on my lunch the other day and I noticed two older gentlemen standing near the stage door with bundles of programmes for different shows. On my way out the theatre, I noticed that there was a lady standing, chatting, laughing and happily signing the bundles they had. It was Jodie Prenger who was on her way in for a matinee. She seemed almost jovial with these two punters who had clearly been waiting on her turning up. Not often you see someone wait at stage door before a show, is it? Jodie is really nice from anecdotal and personal experience. I wasn’t there but my friend who is disabled and uses a wheelchair was actually helped into her car by Jodie, who stopped to help her. My friend wasn’t there to see Jodie Prenger specifically but it was a classy gesture from a very solid and, in my opinion, hugely underrated performer. |
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Post by SageStageMgr on Feb 15, 2019 21:19:20 GMT
I think when it's a "name" they often don't do photos as if someone is selling a signed item an accompanying photo makes the item more authentic. I also like when people insist on writing "to ...." on the autograph to prevent it being sold. It's also really nice for the genuine fan to have a personalised item. I think you're right about the photos which is kinda sad for the genuine fans.
I don't mind dedicated autographs...they're only for me! 
Just an experience on this - I split up with my ex-partner of 10 years. Every photo with people, including performers, and every autograph was dedicated to both of us as we came as a pair. When we split up this made the items’ personal value essentially zero to either of us... |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 15, 2019 23:04:31 GMT
Get another one with the same name.
Simples!
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2019 23:48:14 GMT
Yes I’ve done the same and always resulted in a nice little chat of “oh goodness you saw that” etc (oh and one memorable “oh god I’m so sorry that was awful”) Did you agree that whatever it was had been awful? I once had an opera singer I'm acquainted with apologise to me right after a performance for how bad the production was! (It was pretty bad but I've seen even worse ones.) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 8:53:43 GMT
Yes I’ve done the same and always resulted in a nice little chat of “oh goodness you saw that” etc (oh and one memorable “oh god I’m so sorry that was awful”) Did you agree that whatever it was had been awful? I once had an opera singer I'm acquainted with apologise to me right after a performance for how bad the production was! (It was pretty bad but I've seen even worse ones.) Haha I didn’t remember it being truly terrible- truly middling perhaps! Clearly didn’t put me off seeing anything they were in again! |
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 16, 2019 12:46:56 GMT
Hehe i'm glad to hear that it is not just me who gets things signed. I recently asked someone to sign a programme from 12 years ago!
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 16, 2019 13:12:02 GMT
On the subject of actors being asked to sign stuff at stage door...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 15:22:24 GMT
While we're on this tangent, and I was thinking of Roger Allam (as I often am) one thing I really would like is him to sign my What the Night is For programme, it being the play that got me into theatre in the first place, and my love of la Allam having grown and grown.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 18, 2019 8:03:59 GMT
While we're on this tangent, and I was thinking of Roger Allam (as I often am) one thing I really would like is him to sign my What the Night is For programme, it being the play that got me into theatre in the first place, and my love of la Allam having grown and grown. Next time he does stage you should try. When I saw him in The Modest Soprano I also brought along a Boeing Boeing programme...he was happy to sign it for me too  |
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 20, 2019 14:55:34 GMT
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 20, 2019 15:00:18 GMT
What makes me think this isn't a normal theatregoing audience?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 16:08:40 GMT
"Can I have a tissue sample so I can grow my own clone?"
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 20, 2019 17:37:41 GMT
I feel compelled to ask what is a ‘boomerang’ because I’m thinking it’s not the curvy thing thrown by Australians?
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Post by Jon on Feb 20, 2019 17:39:54 GMT
I feel compelled to ask what is a ‘boomerang’ because I’m thinking it’s not the curvy thing thrown by Australians? Instagram feature, used for videos. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Feb 20, 2019 17:40:57 GMT
I feel compelled to ask what is a ‘boomerang’ More specifically, a "funny" one. Yes thank you, me too! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 20, 2019 17:47:41 GMT
I feel compelled to ask what is a ‘boomerang’ because I’m thinking it’s not the curvy thing thrown by Australians? Instagram feature, used for videos. Thanks. That’s clear now 😐 |
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 20, 2019 17:49:50 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 20, 2019 17:59:18 GMT
Got it. Thanks. Another reason to despise instagram! |
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