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Post by shady23 on May 10, 2018 21:45:06 GMT
He said he didn't have a ticket.
Theatre didn't let him in.
He complains.
Suddenly a ticket appears.
He slates the production.
Yawn!
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Post by Phantom of London on May 10, 2018 22:16:13 GMT
He said he didn't have a ticket. Theatre didn't let him in. He complains. Suddenly a ticket appears. He slates the production. Yawn! But did it have a toilet. |
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Post by dramallama on May 10, 2018 22:19:26 GMT
He said he didn't have a ticket. Theatre didn't let him in. He complains. Suddenly a ticket appears. He slates the production. Yawn! But did it have a toilet. If Mark Shenton started posting reviews about toilets (how many per customer, cleanliness, time it takes to get there from the auditorium, average queue length, etc.) I might actually be interested in what he has to say for once. |
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Post by rockinrobin on May 10, 2018 22:19:54 GMT
"The audience liked it". Oh those peasants, what do they know?
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 10, 2018 22:22:08 GMT
To be fair, I have sat in theatres where people have given standing ovations to utter dross on stage. Some audiences are very easily pleased. Two that spring to mind were the tours of 9 to 5 and Tonight's The Night - both of which were very poor pieces of professional musical theatre.
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Post by rockinrobin on May 10, 2018 22:32:44 GMT
I absolutely agree. That said, I believe the theatre critic should focus on a show itself.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 10, 2018 22:33:53 GMT
Was he there as a punter or as a critic? Difficult to draw a line when he uses one twitter account - but sometimes he is allowed to be off duty and still have an opinion. How he shares that is the issue though
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Post by meso77 on May 10, 2018 23:01:44 GMT
Got to agree with the review. I walked out at the interval, it really is terrible. Only booked to see Emma Williams and she was off.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 11, 2018 0:43:14 GMT
Now complaining that a venue he didn't have a ticket for didn't let him in... Ridiculous! It looks a nice modern house, that would have great guest facilities for ticket holders. |
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Post by d'James on May 11, 2018 0:53:30 GMT
Now complaining that a venue he didn't have a ticket for didn't let him in... Ridiculous! It looks a nice modern house, that would have great guest facilities for ticket holders. It’s OK. Not my favourite modern theatre (which is Milton Keynes) but the layout of the auditorium is good. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 6:59:18 GMT
"The audience liked it". Oh those peasants, what do they know? Oh good, not just me that thought that was incredibly patronising. Honestly, Mark, you're not special, you're not automatically entitled to special treatment Just Because, so *please* stop bitching and moaning all over your social media when you don't get your own way. What are you, five? Get. A. GRIP. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 7:33:19 GMT
"The audience liked it". Oh those peasants, what do they know? Oh good, not just me that thought that was incredibly patronising. Honestly, Mark, you're not special, you're not automatically entitled to special treatment Just Because, so *please* stop bitching and moaning all over your social media when you don't get your own way. What are you, five? Get. A. GRIP. Third for the 'patronising' reading. It totally read to me as 'but of course the idiot masses loved it, I however from my lofty enlightened throne did not' Like...it's fine to feel out of step with the audience, lord knows we've all been at a show EVERYONE seems to love and you hate but...there are ways to say that. Particularly if you position yourself as something of an authority on theatre. Regarding the Wycombe Swan. Many theatres, as we well know, are tightening security etc and they may well have a 'no admittance without a ticket policy'...to my mind that tweet also reads a bit 'DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM' (Which granted the usher might have and was trying to save the audience a bit) |
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Post by shady23 on May 11, 2018 11:21:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 12:25:21 GMT
The older I get, the less patience I have with such naked snobbery. I blocked Shenton on Twitter months ago, and all this has just served to reinforce what a good decision that was for me.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 15:59:32 GMT
The older I get, the less patience I have with such naked snobbery. I blocked Shenton on Twitter months ago, and all this has just served to reinforce what a good decision that was for me. Same and same. As a former Arts Council employee I also say to that comment: I WISH ACE funding was used more for things the public will actually engage with and enjoy rather than pretentious wank nobody but the artist gives a damn about. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 8:41:58 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on May 12, 2018 16:09:06 GMT
"The audience liked it". Oh those peasants, what do they know? I agree with SimomOxford here, it is a critics’ job to come over as truthful. I don’t know how Mark could put this over any gentler, ‘maybe the audience went with is, shame I didn’t’, anyway he couched it any different it would have came across as elitist, snobbish and crass. On Wednesday I saw Motown for the second and last time, at the end the whole audience were on their feet, after being beckoned by the cast, I wasn’t and I won’t defend the musical, sometimes you have to tell it as it is, I am sure the same could be said about Thriller and Strictly Ballroom. However I don’t understand why the ‘Stage’ reviews shows, the paper is just a small trade paper. I wouldn’t want to renew my subscription if I was told my show is crap. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 21:48:52 GMT
It's the sneeriness I can't stand. Lord knows if I want some of that, there's plenty of people here who can *more* than deliver on that front (she sneered), it's disappointing when some of the more prominent theatre writers decide to do the same. None of us are Kenneth Tynan for heaven's sake, and that tbh is a good thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 21:27:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 21:37:01 GMT
Anyone fancy a trip to the Wycombe? I mean I doubt they’re crying about Shark Menton not loving them, but I do love to be anywhere he’s not... |
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