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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2018 10:39:39 GMT
Does anyone still wear a hat?
*casts shady glance at Elaine Stritch*
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 20, 2018 11:48:47 GMT
My views on this matter are already well known by some. A gentleman should never, ever wear jeans or a T-shirt to the theatre. If you wouldn't wear it to a wedding, you shouldn't wear it to the theatre!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 12:24:23 GMT
I go to the theatre maybe three times a week, and I know that's nothing compared with others. I'm not going to get dressed up all fancy for something that's such an everyday part of my life. Frankly, theatre has enough of an elitism problem without people implying that there are unwritten dress codes...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 12:35:48 GMT
An old Gentleman once said to me that a chap should never wear shorts on a plane. He found the thought of a lady in a dress having a hairy legs brush against hers, quite upsetting. Call me an old ...git, but as old fashioned and stereotyping as that sounds, in practice it shows consideration for others in a practical way. I have no desire to sit next to acres of sweaty skin in the theatre. Dress up not down. The last real heatwave in London was a week in July 2013 when The Ring was feature at The Proms and it was hotter than hades in there. At the second night I saw the Daily Telegraph's Opera Critic, Rupert Christiansen wearing shorts with a Guerrilla Suit protruding from the bottom of them. I've never bought a copy since. How does he feel about my hairy legs in a skirt brushing up against the chap's? Static would probably be the made issue, I guess... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 12:47:44 GMT
My views on this matter are already well known by some. A gentleman should never, ever wear jeans or a T-shirt to the theatre. If you wouldn't wear it to a wedding, you shouldn't wear it to the theatre! Oh piffle! A gentleman? I mean, really . .  I've worn a t-shirt to a wedding before under my blazer and in place of a shirt at a summer wedding. And I looked rather delicious too. So if you only wear a suit to a wedding, would you only wear a suit to the theatre? Quite frankly, some of the rubbish I've sat through at the theatre hasn't even deserved a whiff of my Gieves & Hawkes thank you very much. And lots of people wear hats and (God help them) fascinators to weddings. I wouldn't want that to be plonked in front of me at the theatre either. I really think the only fashion rule that should apply at the theatre is my rule. If someone's look offends me, they should be thrown out. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Jun 20, 2018 13:24:51 GMT
I know I'm in for a crap evening if the people next to me are wearing each other.😳🙈
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 14:10:54 GMT
I don't really mind, but do take a shower please! My worst experience was at the New London when I saw School of Rock the second time. This old man next to me was disgusting! Everyone around him could smell his eau de pee. I was about to puke.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 14:15:34 GMT
And sorry for double posting but what's wrong with jeans and t-shirt? As long as the t-shirt doesn't have anything obscene on it, thats perfectly fine to wear it to the theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 15:21:49 GMT
Only three of us in shorts at the Almeida this afternoon, which surprised me as a) it was blooming hot and b) it’s ever so trendy in Islington.
Happy to report that no-one was wearing Guerrilla outfits, and nobody had legs like a gorilla. There was an old gent whose legs were smooth and speckled like eggs, and a lady whose rather short shorts revealed unshaven legs making her resemble a polar-bear.
Mine rather snug and dandy.
I did however spot a young man wearing grubby grey tracksuit bottoms (a big No-no in my book) and there was obviously something bobbing about but I didn’t stare long enough to work out what it was...
A 🐁 possibly.
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Post by vdcni on Jun 20, 2018 16:13:27 GMT
I generally go to the theatre after work which usually means I wear what I've been wearing at work so jeans and T-Shirt which is perfectly fine. You're sitting in the theatre for at least 2-3 hours and you need to be comfortable so objecting to jeans and t-shirt is bizarre.
I have worn shorts on occasion, if it's a Saturday matinee for example, and again that's because it's what I would be wearing anyway. I'm not going to dress up on a hot day just because I'm going to the theatre especially when I may have had to struggle through London's transport system. Most people are going to be nicer to sit next to if they have worn something appropriate to the weather outside rather than sweating through a suit.
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Post by david on Jun 20, 2018 16:58:40 GMT
I’m another jeans and t shirt at the theatre guy. With the jeans, I dont like those jeans that appear to have been completely shredded or where there is a gaping hole at the knees. They might look “trendy” ( though I seriously doubt this), but for me they are an absolute mess. Generally, a smart but casual look is for me.
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Post by jamb0r on Jun 20, 2018 17:20:07 GMT
Im currently sat opposite the Old Vic about to see Sea Wall. I’ve got my big hairy legs out and my grubby work boots on 😜 (Now I’ve given away my location I’m half expecting someone to run from behind a corner and try and put a pair of chinos on me)  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 21:45:47 GMT
Speaking of press nights at some we’re lucky if the director has showered in the last week...
Anyway, I love me a dress so I probably look what the old fashioned amp I would deem “smart” sometimes...but I also often rock up from work and in that case it’s frankly “it was clean and didn’t need ironing”
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2018 22:30:14 GMT
Im sure emily said something very valuable there ^^ but I’m afraid I’m still looking at those legs... 🤤🤓
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Post by showgirl on Jun 21, 2018 4:11:49 GMT
I wear what's comfortable (always layers to allow for varying theatre temperatures and British weather) and suitable for a long day out and travelling there and back, often in multiple stages, by public transport. So I factor in the possible need to run for a train or to escape someone dodgy in a less salubrious area. All those considerations trump any notions of sartorial style so jeans plus t shirt/blouse and maybe jumper and jacket it is. Anyway, I don't go to the theatre to be seen but to see.
A friend, who rarely goes to the theatre and then only to the local civic centre to see touring opera, remarked to me that people who didn't dress up were showing a lack of respect for the performers. I kept quiet but she drives to and from the venue and parks in their car park whereas I have a brisk hike to and from the station at each end and a lonely and uncertain wait for trains. I rest my case.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 21, 2018 4:54:24 GMT
It surprises me that people turn up at the theatre and still wear inappropriate apparel, I mean wearing a suit, shirt and tie.
It’s baking and humid as hell in Manhattan at the moment, so only polo shirt, shorts and sneakers.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 22, 2018 3:43:38 GMT
I wear jeans and T shirt even to press night. Nobody cares. So long as they are clean and not ripped, what's the problem? Wow, I didn’t realise you could get jeans in a 60” waist and how do you get a T shirt on past those gorilla arms? 😱😱😱 |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 22, 2018 12:42:19 GMT
As yesterday was the longest day, and the weather was nice, I spent yesterday evening outdoors, watching people arrive to see either One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the world-famous Crucible Theatre, or Jersey Boys at the adjacent Lyceum Theatre. Some fine Yorkshire ale may also have been involved. I was very, very impressed with the effort everybody had made. My hard work is clearly starting to pay off! Even David Blunkett arrived for Jersey Boys wearing a suit, and his black lab was wearing a fur coat.  |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jun 22, 2018 13:19:44 GMT
No mention of the up-do, or the man-bun?
Treated my kid to Hamilton front stalls, made him take the man-bun down. Courteous, innit.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jun 22, 2018 14:43:28 GMT
I like the fact you can go casually to the theatre. There is no dress code and everyone can just be themselves. I will say as long as they wear clothes I don't care. Everyone who knows me (including a board member here) knows I always look like I have lost my way to a metal gig and randomly turned up to a show - except when I went to see American Idiot! Although I was VERY underdressed for Rocky HPS 😂😂
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 9:30:02 GMT
TallPaul would have been apoplectic at 'The King and I' last night. There were not only lots of t-shirts on display but many shorts too. I have to admit that I do draw the line at cargo shorts so would happily have followed him around the theatre berating those particular crimes against style.
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Post by tmesis on Jun 23, 2018 20:20:33 GMT
At the Royal Opera House tonight three sightings of shorts (one a particularly vile paisley pattern) and, horror of horrors, one particular horrible pair of cargo shorts.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 24, 2018 20:07:24 GMT
Oh no, not Cargo Shorts!!!!!
You poor things.
Ryan I trust your steadied your resolve with a stiff one.....in a glass.
tmenis quick put Betty Blackhead on your CD.
There, their, they're....the shock will go away. Time is a great healer.
I can only be thankful I didn't see these atrocities, thank heaven for small mercies.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 24, 2018 20:24:55 GMT
I was very, very impressed with the effort everybody had made. My hard work is clearly starting to pay off! Even David Blunkett arrived for Jersey Boys wearing a suit, and his black lab was wearing a fur coat. He was absolutely vile to my mum once, in writing. Still got the letter. Nasty piece of work. I hope he hated Jersey Boys. |
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Post by learfan on Jun 25, 2018 16:46:45 GMT
Sat next to me at the National on Saturday were Father and son who kept their baseball caps on the entire time. What is it about these unnecessary hats that men and boys feel they can never take them off?
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