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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2022 10:02:30 GMT
Really? I think as a Welsh person I’m allowed to make jokes like that, it’s basically self-deprecating! If we say these things about ourselves, then we are setting the standard for how other people can speak about us. Classic unconscious bias, too. What about all the Jewish comedians who tell Jewish jokes or so many other comedy performers who send up their culture, community, place of birth etc? |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 8:04:40 GMT
Passion on Saturday, three men at the interval went to speak to one of the FOH team. To cut a long story short one of them was complaining to her about the view from row C. Stating nowhere did it say it was "restricted view" but they couldn't see a thing. She replied with "I am really shocked you would say you can't see anything from Row C" Now most of us know the theatre, it is tiny, calling any seat there as restricted view is pushing it a bit. Depending where they were sat in the row, they MAY have missed the back corner of one of the sides, although all that would have been missed is Fosca doing some pacing up and down. OR right at the start when Giorgio and Clara are on the floor, but to be honest, anyone other than row A would have probably missed that. The conversation just went on and on with him moaning "I had a friend come the other night and he said the same, I'm not happy, it needs sorting!"
But then to top it all off and for me, make the whole thing redundant "This needs sorting, what else are we booked to see here that I want our seats changing for, Oh yes the Panto at christmas, Cinderella"
You know, that well known pantomime by Rodgers and Hammerstein......
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Post by southstreet on May 10, 2022 14:00:06 GMT
Passion on Saturday, three men at the interval went to speak to one of the FOH team. To cut a long story short one of them was complaining to her about the view from row C. Stating nowhere did it say it was "restricted view" but they couldn't see a thing. She replied with "I am really shocked you would say you can't see anything from Row C" Now most of us know the theatre, it is tiny, calling any seat there as restricted view is pushing it a bit. Depending where they were sat in the row, they MAY have missed the back corner of one of the sides, although all that would have been missed is Fosca doing some pacing up and down. OR right at the start when Giorgio and Clara are on the floor, but to be honest, anyone other than row A would have probably missed that. The conversation just went on and on with him moaning "I had a friend come the other night and he said the same, I'm not happy, it needs sorting!" But then to top it all off and for me, make the whole thing redundant "This needs sorting, what else are we booked to see here that I want our seats changing for, Oh yes the Panto at christmas, Cinderella" You know, that well known pantomime by Rodgers and Hammerstein...... To be fair, if it's the same set up as for Rent this year, the third row view is actually pretty restricted because the seats are close to the stage and on the same level as the seats in front and right behind each other, i.e. no slightly moved to the right or left so you can look through the gap of the two heads in front. It's the only row in that theatre with that problem though everywhere else there is a rake. I sat there a couple of times for Rent and it was REALLY annoying as you had to constantly look around heads and my friend had someone sit in front of them that wasn't a giant but tall-ish, so couldn't see large portions of the show, so I feel their pain. |
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Post by inthenose on May 10, 2022 17:46:05 GMT
Passion on Saturday, three men at the interval went to speak to one of the FOH team. To cut a long story short one of them was complaining to her about the view from row C. Stating nowhere did it say it was "restricted view" but they couldn't see a thing. She replied with "I am really shocked you would say you can't see anything from Row C" Now most of us know the theatre, it is tiny, calling any seat there as restricted view is pushing it a bit. Depending where they were sat in the row, they MAY have missed the back corner of one of the sides, although all that would have been missed is Fosca doing some pacing up and down. OR right at the start when Giorgio and Clara are on the floor, but to be honest, anyone other than row A would have probably missed that. The conversation just went on and on with him moaning "I had a friend come the other night and he said the same, I'm not happy, it needs sorting!" But then to top it all off and for me, make the whole thing redundant "This needs sorting, what else are we booked to see here that I want our seats changing for, Oh yes the Panto at christmas, Cinderella" You know, that well known pantomime by Rodgers and Hammerstein...... Yeah, as with the poster above I apologise for being that guy, but actually the first few rows can be really dreadful, depending on the show, I've had it myself and got quickly moved to an appropriate seat. |
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Post by vickster51 on May 10, 2022 23:30:15 GMT
It seems bad behaviour has been taken to a new level in nyc at Take Me Out. I can’t imagine going to a show, knowing there’s nudity, being required to lock my phone away before going in and then still sitting near the front and filming an actor naked on stage and then posting that footage online. Dreadful behaviour.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 8:04:50 GMT
Passion on Saturday, three men at the interval went to speak to one of the FOH team. To cut a long story short one of them was complaining to her about the view from row C. Stating nowhere did it say it was "restricted view" but they couldn't see a thing. She replied with "I am really shocked you would say you can't see anything from Row C" Now most of us know the theatre, it is tiny, calling any seat there as restricted view is pushing it a bit. Depending where they were sat in the row, they MAY have missed the back corner of one of the sides, although all that would have been missed is Fosca doing some pacing up and down. OR right at the start when Giorgio and Clara are on the floor, but to be honest, anyone other than row A would have probably missed that. The conversation just went on and on with him moaning "I had a friend come the other night and he said the same, I'm not happy, it needs sorting!" But then to top it all off and for me, make the whole thing redundant "This needs sorting, what else are we booked to see here that I want our seats changing for, Oh yes the Panto at christmas, Cinderella" You know, that well known pantomime by Rodgers and Hammerstein...... Yeah, as with the poster above I apologise for being that guy, but actually the first few rows can be really dreadful, depending on the show, I've had it myself and got quickly moved to an appropriate seat. No need to apologise at all! I bow down to both of your knowledge  I am definitely not one of those posters who say it is my opinion and nobody elses matters lol The three of them got moved to Row B in the interval |
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Post by sph on May 14, 2022 2:41:17 GMT
I had the most awful couple sitting behind me at My Fair Lady. Twittering and whispering to each other constantly throughout the show, kissing and canoodling and generally acting like a pair of teenagers in the back row of a cinema. Not cute when you're middle aged.
Honestly, just spend the money on a hotel room and a movie so we don't all have to listen to you.
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Post by alece10 on May 14, 2022 8:36:01 GMT
Last night at My Fair Lady a man sitting next to us decided to try and open a bag of Haribo just as the show started. As you know they are not the easiest of bags to open so that took a while. Then he started to fiddle around in the bag for sweets, passing it to the person next to him who also had a good rummage around in the bag. This carried on for most of the first act and always during very quiet bits of the show rather than when a song is in full swing. Eventually stopped after a woman in front and one of the creatives who was sitting in front told him to stop. Then at the interval he spilt the bag on the floor so everyone was stepping over Haribos to go to the bar. I suppose if he was going to eat them during act 2 it would have been quieter as they were already out of the bag.
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Post by marob on May 14, 2022 9:03:29 GMT
I had something similar a few weeks ago at Little Voice. The woman next to me was eating throughout, but then right near the end started rooting around in her bag, and when she finally produced some sweets couldn’t open them. She was trying to open this bag, then she’d angrily huff and puff because she couldn’t, then start straining to open it again. And again, and again. All during the final scenes where LV finally stands up for herself. 😡
It happened the other day too, as soon as the show started so did the rummaging, though they were better at opening them thankfully.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2022 9:27:58 GMT
Last night at My Fair Lady a man sitting next to us decided to try and open a bag of Haribo just as the show started. As you know they are not the easiest of bags to open They aren't? I always found them difficult to not open. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 14, 2022 10:41:46 GMT
Yeah, as with the poster above I apologise for being that guy, but actually the first few rows can be really dreadful, depending on the show, I've had it myself and got quickly moved to an appropriate seat. No need to apologise at all! I bow down to both of your knowledge  I am definitely not one of those posters who say it is my opinion and nobody elses matters lol The three of them got moved to Row B in the interval The first 3 rows are not tiered and not staggered so if you get sat behind a tall/wide person your view would be pretty badly impeded. They do sell them at a slightly lower price but it’s not apparent as to why on the booking page. They’ve also changed the seats so they are now bolted together. The old seats were uncomfortable but at least you could move the end one out into the aisle a bit when everyone had settled giving space for people to move their arms. Can’t do that anymore. I haven’t been to the HM for ages because they've put nothing on that I’ve considered to be worth the discomfort. |
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Post by d'James on May 14, 2022 14:50:22 GMT
I had the most awful couple sitting behind me at My Fair Lady. Twittering and whispering to each other constantly throughout the show, kissing and canoodling and generally acting like a pair of teenagers in the back row of a cinema. Not cute when you're middle aged. Honestly, just spend the money on a hotel room and a movie so we don't all have to listen to you. I had that once at Hairspray at the Shaftesbury. They’d booked their children on the other side of the auditorium. |
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Post by richey on May 14, 2022 17:15:29 GMT
Last night at My Fair Lady a man sitting next to us decided to try and open a bag of Haribo just as the show started. As you know they are not the easiest of bags to open so that took a while. Then he started to fiddle around in the bag for sweets, passing it to the person next to him who also had a good rummage around in the bag. This carried on for most of the first act and always during very quiet bits of the show rather than when a song is in full swing. Eventually stopped after a woman in front and one of the creatives who was sitting in front told him to stop. Then at the interval he spilt the bag on the floor so everyone was stepping over Haribos to go to the bar. I suppose if he was going to eat them during act 2 it would have been quieter as they were already out of the bag. How big was this bag of Haribo that it lasted most of Act 1? When I open a packet they're gone in ten minutes! |
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Post by alece10 on May 14, 2022 17:38:43 GMT
Last night at My Fair Lady a man sitting next to us decided to try and open a bag of Haribo just as the show started. As you know they are not the easiest of bags to open so that took a while. Then he started to fiddle around in the bag for sweets, passing it to the person next to him who also had a good rummage around in the bag. This carried on for most of the first act and always during very quiet bits of the show rather than when a song is in full swing. Eventually stopped after a woman in front and one of the creatives who was sitting in front told him to stop. Then at the interval he spilt the bag on the floor so everyone was stepping over Haribos to go to the bar. I suppose if he was going to eat them during act 2 it would have been quieter as they were already out of the bag. How big was this bag of Haribo that it lasted most of Act 1? When I open a packet they're gone in ten minutes! There was far more rustling than eating. |
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Post by richey on May 16, 2022 19:25:23 GMT
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Post by shady23 on May 18, 2022 1:25:22 GMT
What is wrong with people?
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Post by Jane Parfitt on May 18, 2022 7:01:43 GMT
What is wrong with people? The replies to this tweet are enough to make you never go to the theatre again, horrific behaviour! |
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Post by A.Ham on May 18, 2022 11:40:44 GMT
I know there’ll always be people who bring enough snacks to feed a small army with them, but what really annoys me about the rustling of sweet and crisp bags is that the theatre themselves actually sell them - endorsing if not encouraging the eating of a noisy item during the show. So irritating. I know they rely on the revenue but how about at least selecting stock carefully so the sweets aren’t of the individually wrapped variety!
On a more positive note, the lady next to me at Prima Facie a couple of weeks ago had sweets like this, and rather than just getting the unwrapping over and done with quickly, spent forever trying to do it quietly, but of course in reality this just prolonged the noise and irritation. I was delighted when an usherette asked her to stop!!
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Post by alece10 on May 18, 2022 17:45:46 GMT
If I take sweets to the theatre I always decant them into a plastic bag before I go and only take something like Percy Pigs so there is no rustling of cellophane.
The NT used to sell sweets in plastic cups which I thought was a great idea.
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Post by peggs on May 18, 2022 17:53:53 GMT
If I take sweets to the theatre I always decant them into a plastic bag before I go and only take something like Percy Pigs so there is no rustling of cellophane. The NT used to sell sweets in plastic cups which I thought was a great idea. But not when the sold them in containers that were very noisy to open and i sat next to some one who shut theirs after every sweet, waited 30 seconds and opened it again. |
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Post by adrianics on May 19, 2022 9:49:24 GMT
What is wrong with people? There was a very loud and very drunk gaggle of women sat across the aisle from me at Play That Goes Wrong in Birmingham on Monday, first act you could just about tune it out but they clearly sunk a few more in the interval and the second act it was unbearable, including constantly heckling the poor actor playing Trevor who was clearly doing everything in his power to not acknowledge them. I would normally say something but they really didn't look like the kind of people who would react well to confrontation and I decided I didn't want the aggro; who wants to end their precious evening out with a drunken yahoo screaming in their face? |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on May 20, 2022 13:20:03 GMT
Woman at Father and the Assassin press night last night.
Sat down, normal, put phone away, etc. The minute the lights went down and the play started she pulled an entire picnic out of her backpack, spread tupperware boxes across her lap, and spent most of first act happily chomping away. And some of it was pretty stinky (possibly fish?). Someone finally said something when she produced an apple and started loudly munching it.
Do people not realise they’re not in front of their telly?
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Post by peggs on May 20, 2022 17:50:54 GMT
The fact that she waited until lights were down suggested she knew it wasn't ok but clearly thought once dark rules no longer apply.
Though part of me is impressed if she managed to balance all that tupperware on her knees, I always tip it and that's when I'm in light and not not trying to hide it.
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Post by hannechalk on May 20, 2022 18:46:59 GMT
Last night at My Fair Lady a man sitting next to us decided to try and open a bag of Haribo just as the show started. As you know they are not the easiest of bags to open They aren't? I always found them difficult to not open. They are easy to open - the problem is people try to pull the front and back away from each other. Haribo bags you tear from the top downwards. Source: expert level sweets muncher |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2022 19:14:05 GMT
They aren't? I always found them difficult to not open. They are easy to open - the problem is people try to pull the front and back away from each other. Haribo bags you tear from the top downwards. Source: expert level sweets muncher I always used to try to open them by pulling the seam apart, and it kept bothering me that the bags would keep splitting down the side instead. It took longer than it should have for me to realise that if the bag wanted to split from top to bottom then perhaps I should just let it rather than trying to fight it. |
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I am definitely not one of those posters who say it is my opinion and nobody elses matters lol 
I am definitely not one of those posters who say it is my opinion and nobody elses matters lol 
