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Post by frosty on Aug 7, 2019 15:57:19 GMT
At 8 Hotels in the Minerva on Monday...towards the end during an intense scene, some really strange incidental music started. I thought what an odd choice to be using Miley Cyrus’s ‘The Climb’ in a play set in the 1950s. Then realised it was someone’s phone ringtone! Lordy.... this when on for about a minute while the woman in the front row rummaged in her bag to turn it off. The poor actors just ploughed on, but it must have been a hideous distraction, especially given how small the Minerva is, they were about 2 feet away from the offender.
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Post by firefingers on Aug 8, 2019 0:43:20 GMT
If you on a press ticket with free programme and drink the least you can do is NOT scroll aimlessly through tour phone for most of the show you balding waste of skin. Git.
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Post by Backdrifter on Aug 8, 2019 8:41:31 GMT
If you on a press ticket with free programme and drink the least you can do is NOT scroll aimlessly through tour phone for most of the show you balding waste of skin. Git. Excellent 'git' sign-off.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 10, 2019 18:33:38 GMT
Bad behaviour after a show. Urgh.
Apparently one was a dare from a hen party. I feel embarrassed for them thinking that is OK.
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Post by tmesis on Aug 11, 2019 7:58:58 GMT
Strange shenanigans at last night's Prom. This was given by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. The first half took place without incident. In the the second half was the Big Work: Bruckner's 4th Symphony. This begins with a famous horn solo and truth to tell it was a bit wobbly (it's very exposed and he sounded nevvous.) It's a very quiet opening and then a few seconds later a guy started shouting, and worse, singing Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi.' Now I'm one of Joni's biggest fans but I was there to hear Bruckner not a 70s folk-rock classic. He repeated, very loudly the phrase 'Don't it always seem to go etc.' It seemed to be a guy in the Gallery standing (promenading) area and then people obviously tried to shut him up so we heard him shouting 'Do want me to f***ing leave, do you?' By then we were about a minute into the piece and Salonen stops the performance! A bit more shouting and swearing from the idiot and he was obviously then evicted (shame I couldn't see from my seat) and the performance continued without further interruption.
All a bit baffling. The guy sounded drunk, or was it an environmentalist protest? the song being one of the first ever to highlight such concerns. Interestingly the horn player, on his second attempt, played his solo magnificently - Salonen gave him a hug at the end - and the whole performance was superb.
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Post by lynette on Aug 12, 2019 22:58:46 GMT
I know we have discussed this topic but I had not experienced it at that point. At The Swan this evening, in the interval, a woman came across the aisle in the stalls and asked to borrow my ‘booklet’. I asked her why. I know stupid question but I was quite surprised to be asked. She replied that she wanted to look up something. I gave it to her, wondering why she called it a booklet not a programme thinking she might have wanted to check a name or something, but she proceeded to put on her glasses and look through most of the pages. On returning it, she told me that there was an actor sitting by me. She didn’t mean her but a bloke I had already clocked. Random? So thinking this was a subtle way of making me realise she was somebody I should know, I asked her if she was an actor. ‘Sometimes’ she replied with a cute look on her face. So either I have missed one of the most famous performers in the world , to my embarrassment or she is one cheeky lass.
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Post by 49thand8th on Aug 13, 2019 14:07:19 GMT
You'd be surprised how many musical theatre performers say "soundtrack" when that's not what they're referring to.
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Post by d'James on Aug 13, 2019 16:00:39 GMT
You'd be surprised how many musical theatre performers say "soundtrack" when that's not what they're referring to. They probably don’t have that much time on their hands.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 8:08:17 GMT
It’s a fairly simple rule. If an act say it’s ok to get your phone out and use the camera during the show, that’s fine. It the act specifically ask you not to use your phone or camera - don’t take a video mid-show. One woman felt the wrath of Stewart Lee las night as he stopped his show, asked her to turn her phone off, she continued, he dropped his mic, came off stage through the audience to her and took it off her after a little back and forth, and proceeded to stick it down his pants and do the rest of the show with it there! Brilliant! So happy to see people made an example of. She won’t do that again in a hurry.
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Post by lynette on Aug 14, 2019 17:05:58 GMT
She didn’t stop! So she wanted to film him coming for her. Weirdo.
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Post by Xanderl on Aug 15, 2019 8:12:18 GMT
It’s a fairly simple rule. If an act say it’s ok to get your phone out and use the camera during the show, that’s fine. It the act specifically ask you not to use your phone or camera - don’t take a video mid-show. One woman felt the wrath of Stewart Lee las night as he stopped his show, asked her to turn her phone off, she continued, he dropped his mic, came off stage through the audience to her and took it off her after a little back and forth, and proceeded to stick it down his pants and do the rest of the show with it there! Hope he turned the camera off before he stuck it down there
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 15, 2019 8:54:47 GMT
Hope he turned the camera off before he stuck it down there I can't be the only one who googled Stewart Lee before agreeing with you?
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Post by floorshow on Aug 15, 2019 10:52:18 GMT
Hope he turned the camera off before he stuck it down there I can't be the only one who googled Stewart Lee before agreeing with you? ... has let himself go.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 11:03:56 GMT
Great response by Stewart. Why do people do things like this in a comedy show, anyone with any sense would know a sharp comedian would have some response ready.
At Grease last night, they announced no phones or filming during the show but feel happy to do so in the mega mix encore. Someone who was texting was told to put their phone away. A bit too much screaming when Peter Andre did his number so you couldn't hear his vocals for about 30 seconds.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 15, 2019 12:11:09 GMT
A bit too much screaming when Peter Andre did his number so you couldn't hear his vocals for about 30 seconds. Only 30 seconds!!!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Aug 15, 2019 20:11:17 GMT
Hope he turned the camera off before he stuck it down there I can't be the only one who googled Stewart Lee before agreeing with you? No way!! Thought he would be right up the alley of theatre intellectuals Out of interest, who do you watch when you want to have a giggle?
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Post by Backdrifter on Aug 15, 2019 22:07:21 GMT
Hope he turned the camera off before he stuck it down there I can't be the only one who googled Stewart Lee before agreeing with you? Meaning you prefer the pitch blackness of an attractive person's pants interior on someone else's phone screen? That's a staggeringly specific bit of partialsism.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 7:12:27 GMT
At a venue rather than a show specifically. Please tell me I’m not being irrational here. As you walk into Pleasance Courtyard (Edinburgh) on the right are some toilets, inside. I walk towards the open door (which has two signs on it: Maile Toilet, Female Toilet. Two girls stood outside, near the door, so I walk up and look through the door to suss out the situation, see 5 cubicle doors. As I do so first girl, about 20 at a rough guess, interrupts me abruptly with “errr Sorry were waiting here so you’ll need to queue behind us”... Slightly stunned by the abrasive reception I step back and move to their left and apologise (although at this point I don’t know why). Then she sighs, looks at her mate, and loudly continues “urgh, I get this all the time”. I was too stunned to respond or react.
What the hell. Did I do something wrong here? In my opinion two signs indicate separate sex toilets. I didn’t know that the toilets were mixed, or that all 5 cubicles were in use. So why would I unknowingly join a queue of women? I have no problem with doing so, but such an abuse response when, as an outsider, it looked like they were stood waiting for a friend. Been in a foul mood as a result of this this mid-afternoon yeaterday.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 16, 2019 7:51:44 GMT
Anyone starting an interaction with a stranger with the words “errr sorry but...” is clearly to be disregarded. Or you could have said “err who are you? The person in charge of the toilets?” Or some such quip.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 7:58:11 GMT
Anyone starting an interaction with a stranger with the words “errr sorry but...” is clearly to be disregarded. Or you could have said “err who are you? The person in charge of the toilets?” Or some such quip. Ha yes, in retrospect this morning I realised I should have replied “oh sorry thought you were the toilet attendant”.
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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 16, 2019 8:33:33 GMT
You're not in the wrong at all. I've had a similar situation where people were queuing (more like people hanging around) and it wasnt obvious at all and had someone snip at me.
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Post by christya on Aug 16, 2019 10:19:49 GMT
Expecting a man to automatically join a toilet queue behind women seems a bit weird - two signs usually means separate facilities. Also, they were snippy about it. I have a pet hate for people saying "You need to" when what they mean is "I want you to" though, so could just be me - I always want to respond with "I don't NEED to do anything, you WANT me to".
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Post by Backdrifter on Aug 16, 2019 15:20:15 GMT
At a venue rather than a show specifically. Please tell me I’m not being irrational here. As you walk into Pleasance Courtyard (Edinburgh) on the right are some toilets, inside. I walk towards the open door (which has two signs on it: Maile Toilet, Female Toilet. Two girls stood outside, near the door, so I walk up and look through the door to suss out the situation, see 5 cubicle doors. As I do so first girl, about 20 at a rough guess, interrupts me abruptly with “errr Sorry were waiting here so you’ll need to queue behind us”... Slightly stunned by the abrasive reception I step back and move to their left and apologise (although at this point I don’t know why). Then she sighs, looks at her mate, and loudly continues “urgh, I get this all the time”. I was too stunned to respond or react. What the hell. Did I do something wrong here? In my opinion two signs indicate separate sex toilets. I didn’t know that the toilets were mixed, or that all 5 cubicles were in use. So why would I unknowingly join a queue of women? I have no problem with doing so, but such an abuse response when, as an outsider, it looked like they were stood waiting for a friend. Been in a foul mood as a result of this this mid-afternoon yeaterday. Was it a queue for a unisex toilets? If the two signs referred to that, I'd probably also have been unsure enough to suss out the lay of the land. Her arsey comment was unnecessary and you were obviously not in the wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 16:43:46 GMT
Open door with two separate A5 signs either side of the door: “Male toilet” “Female toilet”. Only once through the doorway is there 5 doors with “unisex” toilet on each door. Any unsuspecting person walking over would need to walk through the first door to see the 5 indicated as unisex. Although she was abrasive to begin with it was the loud, snarky aside to her friend that really shocked me.
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Post by lynette on Aug 16, 2019 17:29:26 GMT
Tell venue to put up a notice saying these are unisex toilets. Not everybody would expect unisex toilets. They are assuming everyone would. Some of us come from a previous century. I wouldn’t have assumed.
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