ALW's Cinderella - Gillian Lynne / U.K. Tour (rumour)

I did read that, I just meant posting on the Cinderella thread seemed like singling one show out. But I agree on CHF posting the same bows all the time, it is a bit odd. Or at least I don't get the point of doing it so much, I'm sure there must be one and I just don't get influencers.

Much though I love the musical, especially the music, I would have been astonished if it had been a hit. A dark and perhaps more faithful version of Cinderella would likely have been a more promising bet from a purely commercial standpoint. However, I love the light and shade of this piece and its uniqueness. It would be interesting to me to know how ALW would have guessed this might perform at the Box Office. I have a hard time believing he would expect it to be anything more than a moderate success at best, even if he hoped for more. Quality is not the determining factor here unfortunately as it very often isn't. He surely couldn't have expected Stephen Ward (very much inferior to this but that's beside the point) to be a commercial success? I guess we will never know.

Some morons somewhere at the back of the stalls seemed to think it was time for audience participation. Yelling “Marry her!” during a quiet conversation at the end, etc. It wasn’t constant but still annoying as hell.

Stuff that. If people can’t behave, out they must go.

I think there is a very big difference between someone with a dsability and some pleb who hasnt got the attention span to sit quiet for an hour.

The whole 'elitist, gate keeping' nonsense on Twitter is infuriating. If you come to the theatre, then behave accordingly. If you cant do that, stay at home or wait for panto.

People wouldbt behave like that in someone else's house, so don't
behave like that in our house.

This.
Also just let the theatre staff deal with it? What’s with this show and the leads telling folk off every other day?
The publicity/storyline is like panto so I can see the confusion there.
However care should be taken with calling out audience members. How does Ivano know this particular person didn’t have a learning disability of some kind. Tourette’s? He wouldn’t. So actors just let front of house deal with it. It’s not your job to control the audience.
Also ‘don’t film’
I’ve discussed this further up. Once the west end allowed bows to be filmed, then plastered them all over social media then it’s inevitable some theatre goers will get confused.
They make NO announcement at the start of shows anymore so either bring back the announcement or accept folk are going to film or take photos. Not everyone is a regular or knows the etiquette. It is an elitist attitude to think they would automatically know in an age where everything is shared on SM.
Time for the actual theatre to take responsibility and sort this out. Bringing back the pre show announcement would be a start. Most people can follow simple instructions. Those that don’t can be dealt with accordingly.
All this bleating on social media by actors over this kind of thing ruins the magic for me Ivano. I want to remember you as the prince not some passive aggressive moaner

I think the power of social media to advertise the show by people taking pics of the front curtain and the bows has kicked concerns about copyright well into touch. So now the rubicon has been crossed we’re on the slippery slope to complete anarchy.

Carrie repeatedly posting clips of herself being applauded don't help. 

I find that argument questionable. Surely if you have a disability which entails you shouting out in a theatre you shouldn't go? What should the theatre management do in such a situation? Go over, ask them to be quiet, told by them or someone on their behalf that they have a disability, "okay as you were". If I had a disability that caused me to involuntarily shout out in public, one thing I would avoid is theatres. It's not a necessity like education, transport etc., or a place where noise in public doesn't matter, such as a restaurant, for example, where it would be perfectly reasonable and correct to expect other diners to accept something of that nature. People do need to work around their problems and manage them to some extent. It seems to me that Ivano had good reason to complain about this situation.  

I’ve sat in plenty of theatres where people have been filming blatantly during a performance. It might be entirely obvious to you, but it really isn’t to everyone!

I doubt this was anything to do with actors holding the audiences attention. We all know there’s a certain type of person who gets off on their voice being heard in a crowded room. They must have very small lives if that’s how they get their thrills but there you go.

As for Ivano’s tweet. If you’re going to berate the audience do it with conviction. The opener “Just want to say quickly” is more Mavis Riley than leading man. If you’re going to do it put some welly into it love. If you’re not sure how to go about telling your audience off for their misdemeanours then there’s a walking talking encyclopaedia of it very close by 😐

He doesn't seem to be describing 'heckling', which is usually defined as 'interrupting with loud unfriendly statements or questions'.  He's describing someone seeing a moment to make it all about attention on them, and spoiling a moment - often happens because someone's socially embarassed to notice/feel an emotion and so they have to puncture the moment.  It's more immature than a negative comment heckle.  It's this behaviour (not Ivano's) I would describe as "pretty pathetic".  I don't think he's "moaning" either - his tweet is a way of saying to other audience members: sorry that moment got spoiled for you, for no good reason.