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Post by highonahill on Mar 20, 2022 20:32:47 GMT
Discovered today that even a smaller theatre's audience can't give up their mobile phone use for 2 hours. I was at the matinee of Broken Wings at Charing Cross Theatre, one lady walking around the set and filming it during the interval. The row in front of me had 2 people checking their phones maybe a dozen times throughout, and one woman who filmed 3 different segments with her phone brazenly up in the air. I tapped her on the shoulder on the third occasion and whispered please don't, she stopped, but then just chatted to her friend randomly through the second act instead!
Rant over!
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Post by hannechalk on Mar 21, 2022 17:51:45 GMT
Why would he press charges for assault when he was tapped on the shoulder? I'm on a UK Legal subreddit, and people have such an Americanised view of the UK legal system, it's absurd. 'They said something mean to me, which upset me, can I press charges?' 'They accidentally bumped into me, causing something to spill, can I press charges?' 'The whole ordeal left me upset, can I press charges?'. And they get so upset when told there is no such thing as 'pressing charges' in the UK, never mind compensation for emotional distress only.
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Post by pomegranate on Mar 24, 2022 8:18:14 GMT
At Heathers last night. Appalling.
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Post by jojo on Mar 24, 2022 10:02:56 GMT
That's shocking. I saw people alluding to something bad happening, but they didn't say what, so it's good (?!) to find out.
Why would anyone think that was OK? I would consider it a basic human values issue, rather than etiquette, so are they suggesting it was already a rowdy audience and the abusive language was part of that with a drunk person thinking they were being funny? Or a bigot feeling they could get away with it because they weren't the only one being disruptive?
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 24, 2022 10:17:23 GMT
I hope that person was removed from the auditorium? If you're going to be a homophobic arse, you do not get to enjoy the show.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 24, 2022 10:20:40 GMT
The need that some audience members have to be “heard” by the rest of the room is a mystery to me.
In this clip from Sunset Boulevard Patti performs an impromptu song during a show stop. Listen to the absolute plonkers making themselves heard at the start of it. It starts at about 5.00
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Post by alece10 on Mar 24, 2022 11:18:09 GMT
Plus who even uses the word "faggot" these days? It's very American.
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Post by Deal J on Mar 24, 2022 11:29:45 GMT
Sadly I'm still hearing that word in use in the UK. Horrible. What a ghastly person they sound.
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 24, 2022 13:54:24 GMT
I'm guessing his parents dropped him on his head a lot when he was a child. And I can't say I blame them.
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Post by sfsusan on Mar 25, 2022 20:28:28 GMT
The need that some audience members have to be “heard” by the rest of the room is a mystery to me. This also bugs me in concerts, when people scream out "we love you!" or call out a song suggestion (unless the performer has asked for requests, of course). And these idiots usually time it during the performer's intro to a quieter song, so as to better make themselves heard.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2022 0:12:46 GMT
I totally agree about song requests nearly all the time an artist has a set list. Occasionally at more intimate concerts an artist may ask for a suggestion for an extra song or which out of a couple the audience would like to hear.
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Post by jojo on Mar 26, 2022 8:34:51 GMT
Some folk are just deluded. I saw George Michael at Earl's Court at a concert that very clearly had a set running order AND was a long, long way from the stage. And still the woman behind me kept shouting for him to sing a particular obscure song. There's no way he could hear her, and if he could he wouldn't have thanked her for interrupting him while he was giving his all for one of his reflective, emotional ballads she presumably had no interest in hearing.
Luckily for him he couldn't hear her, but everyone around her could.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2022 12:48:38 GMT
Talking of people shouting out songs I once went to see The Skids in concert a few years back after they had reformed. Audience in their 50's mainly given the bands vintage. Packed room, everyone having a good time but someone kept shoting out for one of their best known songs from early in the set. Lead singer Richard Jobson said "Don't worry it's coming". But a song or two later the person was still shouting for it and it was annoying Richard who was just chatting between songs as band changed/tuned up guitars. He then said "If you don't stop shouting it out, we won't play it". Person carried on shouting and Richard said "I mean it don't try me, you'll **** off this great crowd but if you think I'm joking you clearly don't know me".
All eyes turned to this person who never shouted for said song again and when it was played as last but one song afterwards Richard looked at guy in crowd and said "Good job you stayed quiet"
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Post by scarpia on Mar 27, 2022 18:56:03 GMT
The need that some audience members have to be “heard” by the rest of the room is a mystery to me. In this clip from Sunset Boulevard Patti performs an impromptu song during a show stop. Listen to the absolute plonkers making themselves heard at the start of it. It starts at about 5.00 That wasn't a show stop; it was after the curtain calls of Patti's final night in Sunset. The Adelphi was packed with LuPone fans and supporters cheering her on. I didn't feel that anyone in that audience had behaved particularly badly.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 27, 2022 19:04:58 GMT
Regardless of where in the show it was they were interrupting her performance and pulling focus away from her with ridiculous whooping and noises. Totally unnecessary. If people love her that much, shut your gobs, listen and make your noises at the end when it’s time for applause.
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 27, 2022 19:19:14 GMT
Going off topic but I’m almost certain Burly is right about it being during a show stop, it’s in Patti’s autobiography that she improvised a song during a show stop in her final performance. Unless maybe the show stop happened at her final matinee and then she sang the same song again after the curtain call of the evening show as well.
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Post by vertigotheatrep on Mar 28, 2022 17:54:08 GMT
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Post by inthenose on Mar 28, 2022 18:27:02 GMT
I was at a show in the States last night, and some guy at the front jumped up and slapped the host after he took offence to an ill-judged joke about his wife. This would never have happened at the Eastbourne Congress. Where have the standards gone???
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Post by ahaz on Mar 30, 2022 14:06:51 GMT
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Post by richey on Mar 31, 2022 20:20:42 GMT
At the Lowry for Les Mis and I have a whooper sat next to me- after every song. This is alongside drinking a can of lager and eating the smelliest crisps in the world which he opened and started to munch during Fantine's death. Also had someone get up to go to loo just as I dreamed a dream started and someone in middle of gallery lighting up his phone as One Day more started. Ah well...on to Act 2
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 14, 2022 18:13:35 GMT
From an interview with the chief exective of ENO:
Given how hard it can be for "ordinary" FOH to deal with badly behaved audience members, I'm not sure that hiring a number of disabled FOH staff is going to help on that front. While the majority of opera audiences are usually reasonably well-behaved, one can only hope that next seasons musical(s) at the Coliseum won't be the sort to attract rowdy & drunken audience members.
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Post by richey on Apr 15, 2022 8:27:23 GMT
This has been picked up on by a few different accounts on social media and is generating quite a bit of discussion
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 15, 2022 9:57:47 GMT
Anissa sounds like a piece of work.
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Post by richey on Apr 15, 2022 10:47:48 GMT
Anissa sounds like a piece of work. Incredibly there are actually some actors on Twitter who are defending her
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 15, 2022 11:14:14 GMT
I mean, it depends. Obviously no actor should feel obligated to stop for photos or autographs, but equally “blanking” fans - especially when they’re children - is just rude. It’s easy to walk past quickly while saying “thanks for coming sorry can’t stop.”
Of course it’s very possible the actor did just that, and the fan is angry because they wouldn’t stop for photos. I also wonder how old Anissa is.
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Post by jojo on Apr 15, 2022 11:59:46 GMT
From an interview with the chief exective of ENO:
Given how hard it can be for "ordinary" FOH to deal with badly behaved audience members, I'm not sure that hiring a number of disabled FOH staff is going to help on that front. While the majority of opera audiences are usually reasonably well-behaved, one can only hope that next seasons musical(s) at the Coliseum won't be the sort to attract rowdy & drunken audience members.
That's interesting. I wonder if that percentage is for people of working age? Don't forget that there are a lot of invisible disabilities, such as asthma or diabetes that most people would never know about. Rightly or wrongly, A lot of people with invisible disabilities don't like to mention it in a job application as they worry about employers who might assume it's too much hassle. The other side of things is that someone who might think it's OK to be awkward or abusive to someone who seems fully abled, might be more circumspect if the member of staff has a visible disability.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 15, 2022 12:02:57 GMT
Anissa can’t be that young if she’s loved his work for years. Im totally with Alex and I don’t think people should be encouraged to visit the stage door at all so I think he’s doing the right thing by blanking them. The minute you give something people will want more and more. Take,take, take. Just ban the whole ridiculous Stage Door thing. Kids? I don’t care! Get yourself home and go to bed. It’s late! 😌
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 15, 2022 12:25:58 GMT
The other side of things is that someone who might think it's OK to be awkward or abusive to someone who seems fully abled, might be more circumspect if the member of staff has a visible disability. While it would be nice if people felt like that, I fear that audience members who are prepared to be abusive to FOH staff may well be even worse to someone who has a visible disability because they feel they might be able to intimidate them more easily.
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Post by inthenose on Apr 15, 2022 14:22:48 GMT
Pre social media really were the halcyon years.
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Post by marob on Apr 15, 2022 14:40:27 GMT
People have been asked since theatres reopened not to show up at stage doors, so what are they expecting? They should be grateful that anyone gives them the time of day. Clearly people are taking as much notice of the signs telling them to go away as they are of the ones asking them to wear masks. Whoever mans the stage doors need to have a few words.
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