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Post by glossie on Jul 20, 2018 18:13:19 GMT
And were wishin' and hopin' that no-one knew it was them.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jul 23, 2018 15:11:35 GMT
From Amber Ardolino, who's in Head Over Heels on Broadway:
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Post by nash16 on Jul 23, 2018 23:30:23 GMT
There was a guy eating sushi at the Gielgud the other day! It's clearly spreading. With Yoshino just a few doors up, I don't blame him!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 10:14:18 GMT
Bless me, theatreboard, for I have sinned.
I went to see my fellow uni coursemates' play at the Royal Welsh College in Cardiff last night before they take it to the Edinburgh Fringe next week. Despite the firm "no phones" announcement, I forgot that my phone was in my bag and switched on. My dad tried to call me in the middle of the performance, but luckily, it was on vibrate so there wasn't any noise... just a faint buzzing as the phone vibrated against the floor.
I don't think anyone noticed, but I have never been so mortified in my life.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 25, 2018 12:34:56 GMT
In the name of the Mackintosh, the Lloyd Webber and the Holy Friedman, I absolve thee. Sing three "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," and also two "The Room Where It Happens" and ring no more. Go in peace. ....unless Michael the Ball happens to be on stage...
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Post by LaLuPone on Jul 25, 2018 13:11:09 GMT
There was a woman in my row at Dreamgirls last night aggressively fanning herself with a flyer for half of Act II. It really is one of the most annoying things ever to have in your eye-line! The theatre was a lovely cool temperature, so much more comfortable than when I was at Miss Saigon in Bristol last month, and being down in the stalls probably helped too, so I really don’t get why she felt the need to do it. Realistically how much difference is waving a bit of card around your face going to make to your overall body temperature/comfort?
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 25, 2018 13:52:37 GMT
In the name of the Mackintosh, the Lloyd Webber and the Holy Friedman, I absolve thee. Sing three "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," and also two "The Room Where It Happens" and ring no more. Go in peace. Have you thought of setting yourself up in a booth next to the TKTS place in Leicester Square where you could hear theatre confessions?
Of course, in this case there should be no secrets of the confessional - we would want all the juicy gossip.
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Post by glossie on Jul 25, 2018 17:00:46 GMT
Ooh, there's a thought. Only if @ryan agrees to run it with me. Not just because I couldn't do it alone - I'd rather he was staff than a customer, is what I'm getting at. ..... Can't think what you mean, monkey. Well, actually, yeah....
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Post by longinthetooth on Jul 25, 2018 20:45:53 GMT
At Bat Out of Hell this afternoon …
As you may have seen in another thread, Meatloaf was in attendance this afternoon. As he quietly took his seat in one of the boxes, out came the phones, snapping away at him. Didn't seem right somehow. However, at the end, Andrew (Strat) announced that Meatloaf was there, the lights were put on him, he waved to the audience and photos seemed to be the order of the day.
One woman was taking photos of the show all through the first half. Didn't notice after the interval, maybe she was told to stop.
How are we placed on bodily fluids? Follicly challenged gentleman in front of me, mopped his brow (and the rest) with a sweatband on his wrist. Unfortunately not all was mopped up, and a couple of beads of his sweat flew onto my face!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 8:40:51 GMT
Now I know it's hot. We're all hot but for the love of Patti LuPone will you ladies PLEASE stop taking off your shoes and curling your bare, hot, sticky and no doubt stinky feet ONTO THE SEATS! By all means do it at home on your own sofa but keep 'em off the seats in the theatre. Heathens. Last night at the Barbican was the second time in as many weeks that I've seen this. It's undignified, impolite and frankly, just plain nasty.
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Post by gzornanplat on Jul 26, 2018 14:56:47 GMT
The Lion King. Saturday 21 July. Matinee. Row B. Woman insisted on her and her young daughter would sit in the wrong seats so the girl could “see better”. (The ladies they usurped took it very well.) The girl then spent most of the first half of the show playing noughts and crosses on her phone. And the woman could be seen regularly stooped over her own phone, reading and sending messages.
They didn’t do it quite so much after the interval, but why on earth would anyone spend £142.50 (plus booking fee, etc, etc) to ignore the amazing spectacle on stage? But then, why on earth would anyone be so selfish as to think nothing of spoiling everyone else’s enjoyment?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 26, 2018 17:59:19 GMT
Mark Shenton has just tweeted that Orlando Bloom made two unscripted interventions in Killer Joe matinee today - "I need YOU to put that iPad AWAY NOW" and again a few minutes later "Put that f****** iPad away now and I will wait".
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Post by 49thand8th on Jul 26, 2018 18:48:55 GMT
Mark Shenton has just tweeted that Orlando Bloom made two unscripted interventions in Killer Joe matinee today - "I need YOU to put that iPad AWAY NOW" and again a few minutes later "Put that f****** iPad away now and I will wait". Here's the tweet: Here are others:
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Post by grannyjx6 on Jul 26, 2018 21:43:09 GMT
I really don't know how it can be stopped, other than going through some sort of gadget like at the airport and of course everyone would be screaming about how they absolutely must have their phone within reach every minute of the day and night, just in case WW3 starts and someone forgets to tell them.
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Post by mistressjojo on Jul 26, 2018 22:14:53 GMT
It can be reduced by the use of Yondr lock pouches. Basically on entry you are given a lockable pouch into which goes your phone or whatever device. This pouch locks once you pass a certain point. Need to make an urgent call, you just leave the theatre exclusion zone and the pouch unlocks. Of course this would require an initial outlay for the tech. But Ive seen it used successfully, mainly for music & comedy acts and universities during exams.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 26, 2018 22:16:51 GMT
I really don't know how it can be stopped A clear announcement should be made before the show (none of this ineffectual waving of signs no-one notices as they are buried in their phones) stating that the theatre has a zero tolerance policy regarding anyone using a mobile device/iPad during the show and offenders will be tasered by ushers.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jul 26, 2018 22:55:54 GMT
Oh I am angry I am really angry. Regarless of what ever you think of Knights of the Rose. Stage faves did a Q&A with some of the cast and the director which was streamed btw. There was this couple who proudly stated they go to many shows and appreciated the show and got a lot of attention. Failed to mention to the cast director and everyone else that they appreciated enough to TALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHOW. I sat directly in front of them (moved for the q&a) and turned around several times with 😠 expression. They didn't just do it end of songs... no they contunied while the actors were talking on stage. I am just so angry and annoyed.
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Post by Rukaya on Jul 26, 2018 23:02:54 GMT
It can be reduced by the use of Yondr lock pouches. Basically on entry you are given a lockable pouch into which goes your phone or whatever device. This pouch locks once you pass a certain point. Need to make an urgent call, you just leave the theatre exclusion zone and the pouch unlocks. Of course this would require an initial outlay for the tech. But Ive seen it used successfully, mainly for music & comedy acts and universities during exams. I fully understand that more needs to be done to try and tackle the use of phones in theatres but honestly, this idea is SO condescending and if I entered a theatre and was told to put my phone in one it would make me furious. Side note, it's far too much faff for theatres so would never happen.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 23:10:53 GMT
It can be reduced by the use of Yondr lock pouches. Basically on entry you are given a lockable pouch into which goes your phone or whatever device. This pouch locks once you pass a certain point. Need to make an urgent call, you just leave the theatre exclusion zone and the pouch unlocks. Of course this would require an initial outlay for the tech. But Ive seen it used successfully, mainly for music & comedy acts and universities during exams. I fully understand that more needs to be done to try and tackle the use of phones in theatres but honestly, this idea is SO condescending and if I entered a theatre and was told to put my phone in one it would make me furious. Side note, it's far too much faff for theatres so would never happen. I went to a taping of The X Factor last year, and we all got told to give our phones to the AXS/ITV staff by every door. I just kept hold of mine because it was literally a plastic tray filled with phones and I was worried that it wasn't secure. This proved to be right because I heard some girls on the tube saying that their phones had been lost by the staff. I think we should be allowed phones on us but maybe turn them off inside the auditorium? Most places I've been to are fine with you taking photos of the curtain and the theatre interior, and there have been security guards patrolling telling people to switch off their phones pre-show and at the end of the interval. I do think that if you pay so much money to see a show, you should pay attention to it instead of scrolling through Instagram for the whole thing.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Jul 27, 2018 9:09:55 GMT
It can be reduced by the use of Yondr lock pouches. Basically on entry you are given a lockable pouch into which goes your phone or whatever device. This pouch locks once you pass a certain point. Need to make an urgent call, you just leave the theatre exclusion zone and the pouch unlocks. Of course this would require an initial outlay for the tech. But Ive seen it used successfully, mainly for music & comedy acts and universities during exams. I fully understand that more needs to be done to try and tackle the use of phones in theatres but honestly, this idea is SO condescending and if I entered a theatre and was told to put my phone in one it would make me furious. Side note, it's far too much faff for theatres so would never happen. Yeah, the pouches definitely wouldn't go for a walk and therefore definitely wouldn't be a gigantic waste of money, given the thousands of people attending venues like those in the West End each week For a smaller scale like a classroom it's a workable idea, but I think any theatre manager would be off their rocker to try it.
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Post by gzornanplat on Jul 27, 2018 9:17:16 GMT
Then there was the lady in the stalls at ‘Soul’ (the Marvin Gaye story) at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton a couple of years ago – who gave us all a loud running commentary on what was happening. And what she thought might be coming up next.
This was particularly helpful in the nail-biting scene where Marvin’s father had been so humiliated and angered that he was heading to kill his son. The tense silence was broken by this idiot bellowing, “Oh, he’s gonna get it now!”
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Post by MrsCondomine on Jul 27, 2018 9:22:40 GMT
^ reminds me of seeing a production of Noises Off couple of years back, when someone somewhere below me in the stalls kept doing an idiotic laugh (like "haaaaaah hahhhhh hahhhhhh" in a weird deep voice). I kept leaning over to see who it was and all I could see was a group of middle-aged women, so I assume it was actually one of them and not a stray cow.
One "hahhhhhh ahhhhhh hahhhhhhhhh" too many in the second half and I snapped, "Shut up". No idea why any of her(?) companions didn't tell her to belt up, unless they were all used to it.
She didn't do it again, though.
These people need to be corrected otherwise they don't get the message....
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2018 10:03:13 GMT
1. How do you not laugh even when told to shut up? 2. Phones were ‘lost’ eh? Sounds like a flourishing business to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 15:28:09 GMT
Phones were ‘lost’ eh? Sounds like a flourishing business to me Did you not see the ratings for the last series of "X Factor?" Cowell needs cash, and fast... Definitely! He's just bought the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and all his cash cows are leaving his record label! 1D is non-existent (thank god), Little Mix seem to be slowing down, Ella Henderson was shoved under the bus. I'm pretty sure he would sell his son if he needed to! The highlights of going to the auditions was definitely Sharon Osbourne showing up 15 minutes late, acting drunk and cackling for the whole show.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 15:34:04 GMT
The highlights of going to the auditions was definitely Sharon Osbourne showing up 15 minutes late, acting drunk and cackling for the whole show. I'd have thought the highlight of the auditions would be the vile Sharon Osbourne NOT turning up at all?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 17:09:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 17:22:13 GMT
I just realised the date of that article. Very sneaky, WOS!!!
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Post by richey on Jul 27, 2018 20:04:51 GMT
Lots of fan waving at the Lowry tonight from two women a few rows in front(reminds me of French & Saunders' take on Dangerous Liasons) right in my sight line. Plus the guy in front has a smart watch that lights up every time he moves his arm.
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Post by harrie on Jul 28, 2018 17:13:59 GMT
At the matinee for An Ideal Husband in Bath today, there was someone rustling sweet wrappers very loudly in the front row. It went on for so long and was so loud that Freddie Fox actually had to tell them to stop!
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Post by Dita on Jul 28, 2018 17:32:53 GMT
I was at the King and I recently and had to ask a woman to put her iPad away mid-show.
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