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Post by robertb213 on Sept 22, 2019 12:01:46 GMT
Whilst watching a Bollywood themed musical Stardust in the B2 Theatre at Belgrade Coventry last night, someone walked out when two male characters kissed and apparently complained to the box office that it should have been advised that show contained a gay storyline. I was going to post about this, I was there that night! Couldn't believe he just walked out, crossing the front of the performance space, in the middle of a dialogue scene! So rude. You could tell he wasn't happy. The show's blurb on the website doesn't mention anything about it being an LGBT story, but when they emailed about it (which persuaded me to book last-minute), they definitely mentioned the gay storyline, even mentioning that it was in celebration of the anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. The show itself was dreadful, and I myself left at the interval, but I would never have dreamt of leaving when and how he did!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 17:20:52 GMT
Whilst watching a Bollywood themed musical Stardust in the B2 Theatre at Belgrade Coventry last night, someone walked out when two male characters kissed and apparently complained to the box office that it should have been advised that show contained a gay storyline. I was going to post about this, I was there that night! Couldn't believe he just walked out, crossing the front of the performance space, in the middle of a dialogue scene! So rude. You could tell he wasn't happy. The show's blurb on the website doesn't mention anything about it being an LGBT story, but when they emailed about it (which persuaded me to book last-minute), they definitely mentioned the gay storyline, even mentioning that it was in celebration of the anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. The show itself was dreadful, and I myself left at the interval, but I would never have dreamt of leaving when and how he did! The story was wafer thin and I had noticed a few people hadn't come back. But at least you made an informed decision at the interval and didn't leave because something had "offended you".
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 22, 2019 18:14:47 GMT
I was going to post about this, I was there that night! Couldn't believe he just walked out, crossing the front of the performance space, in the middle of a dialogue scene! So rude. You could tell he wasn't happy. The show's blurb on the website doesn't mention anything about it being an LGBT story, but when they emailed about it (which persuaded me to book last-minute), they definitely mentioned the gay storyline, even mentioning that it was in celebration of the anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. The show itself was dreadful, and I myself left at the interval, but I would never have dreamt of leaving when and how he did! The story was wafer thin and I had noticed a few people hadn't come back. But at least you made an informed decision at the interval and didn't leave because something had "offended you". I'd leave if somethings offended me
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 22, 2019 18:43:36 GMT
I was going to post about this, I was there that night! Couldn't believe he just walked out, crossing the front of the performance space, in the middle of a dialogue scene! So rude. You could tell he wasn't happy. The show's blurb on the website doesn't mention anything about it being an LGBT story, but when they emailed about it (which persuaded me to book last-minute), they definitely mentioned the gay storyline, even mentioning that it was in celebration of the anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. The show itself was dreadful, and I myself left at the interval, but I would never have dreamt of leaving when and how he did! The story was wafer thin and I had noticed a few people hadn't come back. But at least you made an informed decision at the interval and didn't leave because something had "offended you". I was only offended by the dreadful acting, dreadful songs and dreadful singing 😂
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 24, 2019 17:30:59 GMT
I was the victim of man-spreading last night. The guy's legs were wide enough to straddle a rhino. Honestly, keep them together. Im 6'6", if I can keep my legs under control, so can you.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 24, 2019 18:41:16 GMT
I was the victim of man-spreading last night. The guy's legs were wide enough to straddle a rhino. Honestly, keep them together. Im 6'6", if I can keep my legs under control, so can you. I find the really exaggerated sit down kicking their legs away usually works
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 24, 2019 21:16:54 GMT
I was the victim of man-spreading last night. The guy's legs were wide enough to straddle a rhino. Honestly, keep them together. Im 6'6", if I can keep my legs under control, so can you. I find the really exaggerated sit down kicking their legs away usually works He was fine when I first sat down, he just got wider and wider as he got more comfortable. It was like that scene in Basic Instinct but in slow-motion over 2 hours!
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Post by xanady on Sept 24, 2019 21:28:12 GMT
^A weird mating ritual?...🤢
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Post by peggs on Sept 25, 2019 15:21:38 GMT
People are getting friendly these days aren't they. They offer your friendship with their elbows, their legs, their giant bags.
I do find either giant bags that have somehow navigated the no large bags policy seem to think that because their bag or bags have taken up all their leg space you should reasonably give them yours.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2019 22:42:07 GMT
People are getting friendly these days aren't they. They offer your friendship with their elbows, their legs, their giant bags. I do find either giant bags that have somehow navigated the no large bags policy seem to think that because their bag or bags have taken up all their leg space you should reasonably give them yours. Theatres should really have a maximum bag size rather than type which they allow in. I've have to covertly smuggle a nearly empty rucksack into some venues which don't allow them but I see people with much bigger shopping bags and handbags being allowed in. Some concert venues will give a maximum bag size online. Maybe theatres should follow.
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Post by kimbahorel on Sept 26, 2019 14:43:43 GMT
People are getting friendly these days aren't they. They offer your friendship with their elbows, their legs, their giant bags. I do find either giant bags that have somehow navigated the no large bags policy seem to think that because their bag or bags have taken up all their leg space you should reasonably give them yours. Theatres should really have a maximum bag size rather than type which they allow in. I've have to covertly smuggle a nearly empty rucksack into some venues which don't allow them but I see people with much bigger shopping bags and handbags being allowed in. Some concert venues will give a maximum bag size online. Maybe theatres should follow. I hate this I went to the National Theatre a few years ago and I have one of those draw string bag that goes on your back. The thing once closed is a bit bigger than a5 size. I wasn't allowed to take it into the show. I usually keep all my stuff in a bag in my bag in autumn and winter in case it rains. So she let me in after I took all my out of the bag in the plastic bag I had. A bag that is a lot bigger than the thing I had on my bag. They let in people with massive shoulder bags but I wasnt allowed.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 26, 2019 19:31:38 GMT
Just pull the old airport trick - hide the bag behind your legs when passing the ticket check. Stare the usher in the eye and they won't look down. Turn away, bring the bag round in front of your legs so they can't see it as you walk in. Or down your shirt and look pregnant. Nobody risks asking that question
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Post by peggs on Sept 26, 2019 19:52:57 GMT
Just pull the old airport trick - hide the bag behind your legs when passing the ticket check. Stare the usher in the eye and they won't look down. Turn away, bring the bag round in front of your legs so they can't see it as you walk in. Did this last time I was there on another board member's advice, my bag wasn't big, it was fine on the previous size restriction but technically a wee bit bigger than current size though much smaller than other bags that get in, it worked. I'm one of those people who look guilty so you have to try channelling someone more confident.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 26, 2019 20:14:10 GMT
When I went to my local theatre on Saturday it was the first time since I'd got a new handbag & I'd completely forgotten about their bag restrictions. The box office assistant said when I got my ticket that I'd have to check it in. I went & did a bit of shopping before the show, put my shopping & the non-essential-for-3-hours items I had into a tote bag which I handed into the cloakroom. I then arranged my handbag so it was over the opposite shoulder to the side where the usher was & therefore partly hidden by my body & went into the theatre with no query. Given a) the bag fitted under my seat & b) it'd be generous to say the theatre was a quarter full, it's not as if my handbag inconvenienced anyone else.
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 26, 2019 22:26:34 GMT
I was at Wicked a few years ago, and a couple of Japanese tourists came in with two boxed dinner services obviously purchased just before the show (if they'd had more time, surely they would have popped back and dumped their haul back at their hotel!). It took them ages to work out the best way to stow their stuff and sit down (plus almost knocking unconscious the people in the row in front of them as they hoisted the boxes across them). Little or no security checks in those days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 7:18:09 GMT
The Barbican were being very strict on "you may only take one bag into the auditorium" last time I turned up there with a tote bag and a handbag. I rearranged the contents of the tote bag, put the handbag inside it, and they were happy to let me in.
When I take cushions into the NT, I have been known to squish it between my arm and stomach as much as possible with a jacket draped over the top so it hopefully looks like I'm only carrying the jacket (and maybe a few extra pounds around the middle). It would be phenomenally pointless to carry a cushion all the way into London in an attempt to make Lyttelton seating bearable only to have to leave it in the cloakroom because I am absolutely not going to leave my handbag in the cloakroom in order to meet the "one item of hand baggage only" requirement. It probably wouldn't be impossible to do the same for a single bag that shouldn't be an issue but the ushers take against for some reason (for example, if you use a small backpack as your only bag, and sizewise it's fine, but the mere fact of it being a backpack sets off their warning radar).
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 27, 2019 13:31:09 GMT
Yesterday, at Big matinee, a young lady took the "turn off your phones" moment as a personal signal to start taking photos. Then her friend decided to move up a space into an empty seat. This didn't stop them from leaning across the gap to chat whenever the need arose.
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Post by peggs on Sept 27, 2019 16:48:24 GMT
Rucksacks do seem a no no doubt they even when they're the same size or smaller than accepted shoulder bags which is a pain as it's much more comfortable and better for you if you're out all day to have a rucksack than a shoulder bag and people are just as capable of wiping you out with one of those.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 27, 2019 19:42:55 GMT
The National now has signs up showing the maximum bag size, rather than banning rucksacks. I regularly go in there with a small backpack and have never had a problem - same with the Barbican.
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Post by peggs on Sept 28, 2019 7:14:13 GMT
Good to know. Can I justify owning another rucksack I wonder, seven at last count and all the wrong size.
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Post by tysilio2 on Sept 28, 2019 7:59:08 GMT
[quote author="@theatremonkey" source="/post/313578/thread" timestamp="1569582901"......lend someone a carrier bag..... [/quote]
Is there a musical in there somewhere?
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 28, 2019 8:23:08 GMT
Good to know. Can I justify owning another rucksack I wonder, seven at last count and all the wrong size. The one I tend to use is this size which strictly speaking is bigger than the National's limit (which is 30cm * 30cm * 15cm) but it's close enough that I've never been questioned. Unless it's packed full of stuff you can squash it so it will fit their size guide picture if challenged! Also had no problem using this as a second piece of hand baggage on BA flights. I've also got this one which does fit the National's policy but I find too small to actually be any use (plus only one decent size compartment so if you have a tablet & a bottle of water with you for instance, bit useless)
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Post by peggs on Sept 28, 2019 8:26:46 GMT
Good to know. Can I justify owning another rucksack I wonder, seven at last count and all the wrong size. The one I tend to use is this size which strictly speaking is bigger than the National's limit (which is 30cm * 30cm * 15cm) but it's close enough that I've never been questioned. Unless it's packed full of stuff you can squash it so it will fit their size guide picture if challenged! Also had no problem using this as a second piece of hand baggage on BA flights. I've also got this one which does fit the National's policy but I find too small to actually be any use (plus only one decent size compartment so if you have a tablet & a bottle of water with you for instance, bit useless) What a star, I could feel some more rucksack shopping coming on. Now just need a house to store them all in.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 28, 2019 12:37:05 GMT
Probably not. If I'd lent them a tenor, it could have been different. I still miss that show! I was musing last night on whether leaving in the interval when sitting in the front row counts as bad behaviour or not? The couple I was sat next to at Groan Ups last night did that. While I generally don't have a problem with people leaving at the interval, if people do so when sitting in the front row then it must be a bit depressing for the actors having to look at their empty seats for the rest of the performance. (Obviously medical emergencies are different but this didn't appear to be anything like that.)
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Post by shady23 on Sept 28, 2019 23:12:02 GMT
This is a new one...
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Post by eliza on Sept 29, 2019 7:01:09 GMT
Really strange that no-one else realised and they all let them sign the programme considering they'd presumably just seen the show that this person wasn't in.
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Post by daisy24601 on Sept 29, 2019 7:49:51 GMT
That's actually quite funny! Maybe one person mistook them for an actor and they thought they'd go with it? 😂 Probably not. If I'd lent them a tenor, it could have been different. I still miss that show! I was musing last night on whether leaving in the interval when sitting in the front row counts as bad behaviour or not? The couple I was sat next to at Groan Ups last night did that. While I generally don't have a problem with people leaving at the interval, if people do so when sitting in the front row then it must be a bit depressing for the actors having to look at their empty seats for the rest of the performance. (Obviously medical emergencies are different but this didn't appear to be anything like that.) There are many reasons people could leave at the interval, not necessarily because they weren't enjoying it, so I'd say it's fine.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 29, 2019 9:32:02 GMT
Really strange that no-one else realised and they all let them sign the programme considering they'd presumably just seen the show that this person wasn't in. Especially as it is such a small cast and a small theatre.
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Post by littlefluffychick on Sept 30, 2019 0:22:50 GMT
I saw the most obnoxious group of people at Waitress (Adelphi} last night use the stage as a bar during the interval. Chatting, leaning, socialising and acting as if they were the only people there. Literally as the music began for the second half, a member of staff actually had to ask the privileged socially unaware muppets to take their glass of fizz of the actual stage and take their seats. It truly beggars belief!!
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 30, 2019 7:12:44 GMT
Both the Criterion and The Other Palace have put up signs on the edges of their stages in the last year telling people not to put anything on the stage in response to the large number of selfish audience members who are under the impression the stage is their personal drinks-table-cum-coat-rack.
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