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Post by paulbrownsey on Jun 27, 2024 15:23:34 GMT
“On the West End!” Just no. ON Broadway. IN the West End. This. It annoys me far more than is probably reasonable! An increasing number of those in the industry seem to have started saying it - makes me lament. It's like those who use the American "exhibit" instead of "exhibition". I want to say: "No, an exhibit is one of the things you get in an exhibition." |
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Post by alece10 on Jun 27, 2024 16:06:34 GMT
Used to get annoyed at Zoe Wannamaker when announcing the nominees at the Oliviers. She never put "The" in front of the theatre name. However I noticed this year she has finally listened to me shouting at the TV and now says "the".
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 27, 2024 16:57:18 GMT
Saw on a regional theatre pantomime poster about the local radio presenter 'back by popular demand'
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Post by theatregoer22 on Jun 28, 2024 21:59:30 GMT
Calling press night opening night, when the show has usually been open to the public for at least a week or two before then.
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 29, 2024 13:07:32 GMT
My bugbear is the hyperbolic language many fans employ these days, especially on social media. Stuff like "I ugly-cried through the whole show" or "I am absolutely deceased how good it was" - yea, maybe you got moist eyes for a few seconds or walked out, thinking it was a great night, but stuff like this just annoys me. When it comes to the producing side, it's the tedious claim by creatives how "this is the version they had always wanted" or "this is the best cast ever assembled" - not only is it rubbish to begin with, I wonder how it makes former cast members and creatives feel. You forgot 'The scream I just scrumped'. 😀 |
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Post by justfran on Jul 3, 2024 17:38:43 GMT
Whenever someone uses the word insane to describe a performance - eg. X person’s vocals were insane 🙄🙄🙄
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Post by christya on Jul 5, 2024 23:41:15 GMT
Anything referring to 'reimagined for a modern audience'. I've never yet come across an instance where it didn't turn out to mean 'a cheaper, worse version than the one you saw before, probably with some really terrible ideas/changes'.
And I'm not sure if it applies, but things like "Tickets from £25!" when the £25 ticket is in the gods, behind a pillar, and to get a decent view you're paying 5-10 times that.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 6, 2024 9:32:15 GMT
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Post by crabtree on Jul 6, 2024 10:00:15 GMT
'when we did it.......', guilty there sadly. Or 'when they did it in the west End they stood there'. Not guilty there.
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Post by marob on Jul 6, 2024 12:49:45 GMT
The “Important information about your visit” (or similar) email header.
Had two emails from Delfont MacKintosh this week about Slave Play. All kinds of stuff about content warnings, luggage, bars etc. What it doesn’t contain? The ticket. Surely that’s the MOST important thing about your visit, why not include it? Had trouble finding the actual ticket.
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Post by Talisman on Jul 6, 2024 17:08:53 GMT
Anything referring to 'reimagined for a modern audience'. I've never yet come across an instance where it didn't turn out to mean 'a cheaper, worse version than the one you saw before, probably with some really terrible ideas/changes'. And I'm not sure if it applies, but things like "Tickets from £25!" when the £25 ticket is in the gods, behind a pillar, and to get a decent view you're paying 5-10 times that. Never sure why modern audiences need things to be reimagined for them. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 8, 2024 10:35:49 GMT
I propose an upgrade of the yellow card to red |
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Post by Jon on Jul 8, 2024 11:52:39 GMT
The “Important information about your visit” (or similar) email header. Had two emails from Delfont MacKintosh this week about Slave Play. All kinds of stuff about content warnings, luggage, bars etc. What it doesn’t contain? The ticket. Surely that’s the MOST important thing about your visit, why not include it? Had trouble finding the actual ticket. You would have gotten the ticket before that email, there's no need for them to send it again. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 9, 2024 9:33:41 GMT
The “Important information about your visit” (or similar) email header. Had two emails from Delfont MacKintosh this week about Slave Play. All kinds of stuff about content warnings, luggage, bars etc. What it doesn’t contain? The ticket. Surely that’s the MOST important thing about your visit, why not include it? Had trouble finding the actual ticket. You would have gotten the ticket before that email, there's no need for them to send it again. I went to Chichester last week and a week before they sent out an email with getting here, restaurant bookings and so on and this contained the tickets again. Then a day before they text the tickets through. I quite liked the service |
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Post by Jan on Jul 10, 2024 20:02:00 GMT
Visceral
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Post by happysooz2 on Jul 12, 2024 17:09:40 GMT
The “Important information about your visit” (or similar) email header. Had two emails from Delfont MacKintosh this week about Slave Play. All kinds of stuff about content warnings, luggage, bars etc. What it doesn’t contain? The ticket. Surely that’s the MOST important thing about your visit, why not include it? Had trouble finding the actual ticket. This kills me too. Same happened for R&J. Multiple emails about preordering drinks made it next to impossible to find the actual ticket. |
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Post by lolalou on Jul 12, 2024 21:47:59 GMT
Anyone that refers to vocals or a performance as ‘insane’
Any actor that refers to non theatre jobs as ‘muggle’ jobs.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jul 12, 2024 22:32:00 GMT
“You cannot leave a single seat”
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Post by stagebyte on Jul 12, 2024 22:59:59 GMT
“You cannot leave a single seat” This. Just ridiculous and time for theatres to get with the programme and realise that any ticket sale is better than empty auditoriums. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 13, 2024 8:27:29 GMT
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