Have you ever been late to a show?

fiyero
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 6, 2019 20:20:26 GMT

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Post by fiyero on Oct 6, 2019 20:20:26 GMT

I don't think I've ever actually been late (I aim to be there 30-40 minutes before curtain) but its been close a few times.
I seem to be unlucky in Paris and realise I don't know it as well in the dark as I do in the light and get to The Mogador 10 minutes before curtain then have to navigate my way in in poor French. I think the French Jinx came with me for 2 recent visits to Amelie. On Wednesday I got out of work late and missed the train, the next one was late too. After grabbing something quick to eat I got to the theatre and heard a 3 minute call! literally went up the stairs and heard the one minute call!! Too stressful for me. Then on Saturday for the matinee I had dinner with a friend first. Booked 2 hours before curtain, he was slightly late but the service was soooo slow. When ordering the desserts we said about our time restraint and asked for the bill before it came to help expedite our exit. 15 minutes to curtain our dessert came! This wasn't a restaurant in the theatre so we had to wolf it down and made it for the 5 minute bell!
I think this week will help me be less judgemental on the latecomers!

vickyg
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 7, 2019 8:43:26 GMT

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Post by vickyg on Oct 7, 2019 8:43:26 GMT

I have only been late once when I lived in Oxford and was seeing The Sound of Music at the playhouse. There had been terrible snow and buses were only running intermittently so I had to walk to the theatre in calf level snow. I was about 10 mins late and, understandable wasn't let in until a suitable point in the performance. One other person was there who was also late but was kicking off about not being able to just waltz right in as she arrived, she looked to me for backup but when I said that, having been late I would think I'd be more polite than to argue with FOH staff, she was quite surprised!

longinthetooth
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 7, 2019 9:24:39 GMT

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Post by longinthetooth on Oct 7, 2019 9:24:39 GMT

I was 20 minutes late to Aladdin. Thanks to flooding on the line, a 40 minute train journey took two-and-a-half hours. The train crawled, then stopped halfway along the route and threw out all passengers. I queued for an hour at a nearby bus stop until someone offered to share her cab to the nearest Tube station (on the outer reaches of the District Line). I had decided that if I was going to be more than 20 minutes late I wouldn't go in, but made it by the skin of my teeth. The FOH were great, took me to a room to watch on a screen until a suitable moment, then escorted me to my seat.

I hated the show, but not sure how much of this was due to the fact that, arriving 20 minutes in, I hadn't a clue what was going on, and then found it extremely difficult to concentrate on the rest of it.

talkingheads
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 7, 2019 9:55:32 GMT

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Post by talkingheads on Oct 7, 2019 9:55:32 GMT

Oh actually I do recall one now. I'd booked to see Arthur Smith in Salisbury, but it was a snow day. I left Poole in Dorset at midday. After a bus replacement that didn't turn up, an hour to wait for the replacement replacement, finally left Poole at 2. Then a train from Southampton that was delayed by one and three quarter hours that then we were then stuck on for a further two and a bit hours, I arrived in Salisbury on the dot of 7.30 just as the show would have been starting. I was so cold and tired from the day that I turned right around and got back on the train, knowing that if I didn't I could well have been stuck in Salisbury after dark.

indis
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 9, 2019 19:20:28 GMT

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Post by indis on Oct 9, 2019 19:20:28 GMT

Yes, thanks to Eurowings
wanted to fly from London to Düsseldorf to watch Tarzan, but Eurowings cancelled my flight
so with loads of luck i arrived at the theatre (with my suitcase and no chance to check in at the hotel first) for
the 2nd act just as it started - never enjoyed a 2nd act more

undeuxtrois
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Have you ever been late to a show? Oct 14, 2019 16:59:03 GMT

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Post by undeuxtrois on Oct 14, 2019 16:59:03 GMT

I was close! Came out of Oxford rd early, so walked to the Royal Exchange to pick up a WSS tote bag since I had the time and money. Genuinely got lost since I was on my own and have only been manny a few times anyway. Ended up in Salford, somehow, and had to ask for directions from multiple people and leg it back to the Palace to see Mormon in my heels with a can of G&T in my hand. Made it there about 15 mins before curtain up, thankfully