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Post by jojo on Mar 7, 2024 16:50:28 GMT
The other thing about cinemas is that the seats in the modern ones at least are more spread out than theatres, and a lot of the time you don't have to sit next to anyone not in your group, meaning you are less likely to have someone munching right in your ear or eye-line. Good for other cinema-goers, but perhaps creates a false sense of it being normal for all outings?
There's also more resentment about having a live theatre experience diminished by rude behaviour. It's usually more expensive, took you longer to get there and you might not have the opportunity to see it again.
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Post by lynette on Mar 7, 2024 17:53:54 GMT
I think it is probably safe to leave bags of shopping at the cloakroom to collect afterwards. Crinkly bags to step over along the rows not a good idea. Odd you couldn’t take in a sandwich. For the interval. When with the gkids I take a bag of sweets, chocs, biscuits, drinks and fruit ( usually all gone by the time show starts 😂) but I’m discreet and have them in my large handbag or pockets of coat haven’t been told not to yet. . Just me and it is a bottle of water and jelly babies, maybe a bit of choc for interval and possibly a packet of polos. 🤪
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Post by criticalprole on Mar 7, 2024 22:21:11 GMT
I always bring my own snacks and drinks, but I only ever eat and drink during the interval. I think that's the standard - certainly I consider venues that bar bottles of water to be a bit much. |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 7, 2024 22:43:07 GMT
I must add to this debate that anything from Sugar Sin in Covent Garden is exempt from the rules because the bags are so quiet and soft to the touch and the sweets are lovely and mostly wrapper free... Or is this my guilt talking?
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Post by Jon on Mar 7, 2024 23:24:32 GMT
I know people frown on theatres having any sorts of sweets or snacks but I was impressed that when I saw Backstairs Billy a few months ago that the staff were selling chocolate and dispensing them into cups which I thought was a great idea.
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Post by joem on Mar 8, 2024 1:05:24 GMT
I did manage to prepare a Korean barbeque during a performance of Bernard Shaw once but the slow-roasted pot au feu wasn't ready before the end of Hamlet which was very frustrating.
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Post by ladidah on Mar 8, 2024 9:21:14 GMT
Karma was laughing at me last night, the guy next to me kept slooowwwllyyyy dragging his hands into his packet of mini eggs. Unbearable.
But then he left at the interval!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 8, 2024 9:51:00 GMT
I did manage to prepare a Korean barbeque during a performance of Bernard Shaw once but the slow-roasted pot au feu wasn't ready before the end of Hamlet which was very frustrating. I hear people are taking their slow cookers along to Player Kings. |
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Post by fiyero on Mar 8, 2024 9:51:28 GMT
I always take my multi-pack of pickled onion monster munch and open one at each sad moment. I ran out in Falsettos.
Seriously though, I also have a long train ride home and will often try and plan to have something in my bag ready for it in case of short connections. I always have water or a soft drink, though for shows where I know they might be hot on sneaking alcohol I make sure it is a sealed plastic bottle to avoid potential drama.
As mentioned the main issue is inconsistency. I have had a chicken wrap put in the cloakroom of the Adelphi but seen others with take-aways. It goes for sports grounds too - the rule is often no bottles, not even water bottles, then I've seen families with metal thermoses!
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Post by Peter on Mar 8, 2024 10:48:02 GMT
The only time I got stopped with food was at the Sondheim - I had bought packet sandwiches for the lengthy train ride home, and despite stating that I had no intention of eating them at any point in their theatre, I was told to get rid of them. I had to bolt them down having just eaten a full dinner, which ironically increased the risk of a mid-show vomit event. It was frustrating, but I understand that with the slide in audience behaviour not everyone is necessarily truthful when they say they won’t be eating during the show.
Door staff at the Bristol Hippodrome also checked that my water bottle was still sealed to make I wasn’t bringing alcohol into Wicked - thankfully I’d given the gin to my ten year old daughter so we could both get trollied whilst being blasted with power ballads (joke, obviously - but do they really get that many people filling water bottles with spirits before taking children to the theatre that they need to check?)
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Post by jojo on Mar 8, 2024 12:10:30 GMT
You can get pretend umbrellas and the like for sneaking booze into events. I know someone who is a big fan and has smuggled drink into festivals and concerts for years.
It all seems like a lot of hard work to me. I do enjoy an interval G&T, but the thought of being actually drunk at a show or festival sounds awful.
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Post by distantcousin on Mar 8, 2024 14:44:36 GMT
I always find it astounding just how much people can't bear to be parted from food for 3 hours.
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Post by Jon on Mar 8, 2024 15:13:01 GMT
People seem surprised that people eat at all in entertainment establishments. In Shakespeare's day, they ate fruit which they would use to throw at performers if they didn't like it.
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