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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2023 12:48:53 GMT
I've never really noticed which gender uses their phone more at theatre to be honest. At concerts filming songs it always seems pretty even IMO.
As regards getting drunk it may need less alcohol to intoxicate a woman than a man as often they are physically smaller although some of the lary women we see could often audition for the lead role in Hairspray!
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 2, 2023 14:23:53 GMT
They also love their mobile phones far more than men do...
From Gen Z onwards, it is a dependency or addiction. Hard-wired in. So it will get more and more prevalent as today's children grow older and begin to buy tickets. Theatres will have to become more and more explicit about the use of phones. Atm, we're in some middling place.
An interesting area might be the combination of alcohol and phones; booze increasing a desire to check your phone .. again.
I went to Abba Voyage about 2 months ago and as they were making the 'no photography or video' announcement, the blind drunk woman in front of me literally pulls out her phone and says 'omg I totally forgot to get my phone ready to film'. I leaned in and advised her what was just announced to which I got an angry drunken response along the lines of 'I paid for my ticket I'll do whatever the hell I want and no-one can stop me', to which I replied 'if your phone blocks my view at any point in the next 90 minutes, it'll end up on the stage next to Bjorn'. She glared at me and put her phone back in her pocket, I moved to save myself from a night in jail. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 2, 2023 14:30:05 GMT
I've never really noticed which gender uses their phone more at theatre to be honest. At concerts filming songs it always seems pretty even IMO. I have had ONE male ever pull out a mobile phone in my presence in the theatre, all the rest have been women. At Moulin Rouge, the woman beside me kept checking her Tinder messages throughout the whole of Act 1 and at interval I asked her if she was staying for the second half or going on that Tinder date? She didn't touch it during Act 2. The woman in front of her checked her phone constantly throughout both Acts. The woman in front of me and her male companion arrived 15 minutes late, plonked themselves down and she immediately pulled her phone out and started filming 'Santine on the swing'. I let her have that one, but the next time she did it, I kicked under her seat rather hard and she stopped and didn't do it again, then they both left at intermission. I guess that got what they went for, something to post on social media. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2023 15:43:21 GMT
Men I've seen checking sports scores on their phones in theatres occasionally and certainly at concerts. I had never noticed the difference between males and females for phones in the theatre before as you see all genders using them in everyday life but something I'll look out for from now on.
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Post by ceebee on Aug 2, 2023 16:10:47 GMT
Men I've seen checking sports scores on their phones in theatres occasionally and certainly at concerts. I had never noticed the difference between males and females for phones in the theatre before as you see all genders using them in everyday life but something I'll look out for from now on. I'd never check the football scores on my phone in a theatre. I've got my watch for that. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 2, 2023 21:24:30 GMT
Men I've seen checking sports scores on their phones in theatres occasionally and certainly at concerts. Yes that was my lone male experience...A-ha at the Royal Albert Hall, the guy in front of us had his screen on full brightness the whole concert checking football updates...unbelievable. |
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Post by lou on Aug 3, 2023 11:31:30 GMT
At the cinema and concerts I experience much more bad behaviour from males.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Aug 3, 2023 12:13:54 GMT
Men I've seen checking sports scores on their phones in theatres occasionally and certainly at concerts. I had never noticed the difference between males and females for phones in the theatre before as you see all genders using them in everyday life but something I'll look out for from now on. Ive only really seen it once, but potentially the best case scenario for it. A guy at Back To The Future was watching a live match on his phone before the show started (silent or with headphones can’t remember) but then put it away - he rechecked it during the interval. Thankful to him for being respectful and not checking it during the show |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2023 12:24:04 GMT
At the cinema and concerts I experience much more bad behaviour from males. I can understand that as they are much more likely to populate those establishments. I don't do larger concerts outside of seated concert halls due to how crowded it can get standing if you want a decent view and when there is a risk of moshing. |
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Post by ceebee on Aug 3, 2023 12:56:48 GMT
Men I've seen checking sports scores on their phones in theatres occasionally and certainly at concerts. I had never noticed the difference between males and females for phones in the theatre before as you see all genders using them in everyday life but something I'll look out for from now on. Ive only really seen it once, but potentially the best case scenario for it. A guy at Back To The Future was watching a live match on his phone before the show started (silent or with headphones can’t remember) but then put it away - he rechecked it during the interval. Thankful to him for being respectful and not checking it during the show That possibly might have been me...  I have been known to watch a game if it is on and the audience are taking their seats, but as soon as we get close to the show starting (or restarting) my phone goes in my pocket. I recall doing this once at BTTF - I don't think it's that uncommon tbh. Have you ever noticed from the higher levels as the lights go down how many phones are still being dimmed as the curtain goes up? |
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Post by toomasj on Aug 3, 2023 13:14:41 GMT
I usually use my phone right up to lights down, then turn it off completely by the time the DSM has finished their announcement. I’ve been given very anxious looks by people as they wonder if I’m going to use my phone when the show starts. The relief is palpable as the phone slides into my pocket 🤣
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Post by mrnutz on Aug 3, 2023 13:18:39 GMT
Lady across the aisle from me at We Will Rock You last night spent at least half of the performance flicking through her programme, at one point using her phone torch so she could see it better in the dark.
Very distracting!
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Post by ceebee on Aug 3, 2023 13:40:41 GMT
Lady across the aisle from me at We Will Rock You last night spent at least half of the performance flicking through her programme, at one point using her phone torch so she could see it better in the dark. Very distracting! Don't stop her now, she's having such a good time, she's having a ball. |
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Post by sph on Aug 3, 2023 14:31:24 GMT
I think that perhaps going to a jukebox musical with "the girls" has become the equivalent of going to a football match with "the lads", if you'll excuse the sweeping gender statement. The problem is that the two venues have VERY different expectations when it comes to etiquette.
I don't think the behaviour between men and women is that different, it's just that said behaviour suits one venue more than the other, and theatre is more likely to attract groups of women.
It really comes down to a lack of understanding of what is expected and a sense of entitlement that comes from feeling you can do what you want when you pay money to be somewhere. We put so much emphasis now on the needs of the individual, that we forget to remind people that they must also have an awareness of the many people around them.
It comes from the way staff treat people too. If the message is "you're special and we're here to accommodate your EVERY need in out venue." THAT customer then goes into an auditorium with 1,000 people believing that their needs are just so important that taking a phone call in the middle of a show is acceptable, because of course, it's important to THEM and they've just been told that they're important.
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Post by paulbrownsey on Aug 5, 2023 9:20:08 GMT
I usually use my phone right up to lights down, then turn it off completely by the time the DSM has finished their announcement. I’ve been given very anxious looks by people as they wonder if I’m going to use my phone when the show starts. The relief is palpable as the phone slides into my pocket 🤣 Would it not be considerate to save them that anxiety and not use it at all once you're in your seat? |
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Post by toomasj on Aug 5, 2023 11:22:10 GMT
I usually use my phone right up to lights down, then turn it off completely by the time the DSM has finished their announcement. I’ve been given very anxious looks by people as they wonder if I’m going to use my phone when the show starts. The relief is palpable as the phone slides into my pocket 🤣 Would it not be considerate to save them that anxiety and not use it at all once you're in your seat? No, I don’t think so Paul. You see, I have a very ill mother and being contactable is important. I have my phone on at all times, including at work - except for the few hours I get to escape into the world of theatre. Given that I’m often in my seat fifteen or more minutes prior to curtain up, and a call could come at any time, causing unfound anxiety to strangers is not at all important to me. |
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Post by properjob on Aug 5, 2023 12:14:50 GMT
I went to a jukebox musical at the Leicester Curve and they had a preshow announcement about respecting your fellow audience members and the ushers but what it completely failed to include was how that respect was to be shown rendering fairly pointless.
Theatres need to tell people the rules of how they should behave.
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Post by jr on Aug 5, 2023 12:30:08 GMT
I went to a jukebox musical at the Leicester Curve and they had a preshow announcement about respecting your fellow audience members and the ushers but what it completely failed to include was how that respect was to be shown rendering fairly pointless. Theatres need to tell people the rules of how they should behave. That should be enough. It just needs a lyrics update about mobile phones. |
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Post by paulbrownsey on Aug 5, 2023 15:42:10 GMT
Would it not be considerate to save them that anxiety and not use it at all once you're in your seat? No, I don’t think so Paul. You see, I have a very ill mother and being contactable is important. I have my phone on at all times, including at work - except for the few hours I get to escape into the world of theatre. Given that I’m often in my seat fifteen or more minutes prior to curtain up, and a call could come at any time, causing unfound anxiety to strangers is not at all important to me. You said you *use* your phone while in your seat, not merely have it on in a bag or pocket in case an urgent call comes through before you switch it off to enjoy the show without being disturbed. |
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Post by toomasj on Aug 5, 2023 16:58:31 GMT
No, I don’t think so Paul. You see, I have a very ill mother and being contactable is important. I have my phone on at all times, including at work - except for the few hours I get to escape into the world of theatre. Given that I’m often in my seat fifteen or more minutes prior to curtain up, and a call could come at any time, causing unfound anxiety to strangers is not at all important to me. You said you *use* your phone while in your seat, not merely have it on in a bag or pocket in case an urgent call comes through before you switch it off to enjoy the show without being disturbed. If you must know, I use my phone to let my brother know I am unavailable for the next few hours so to be on standby. But I rather think you’re derailing the thread, which is a shame. Let’s move on. |
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Post by sph on Aug 5, 2023 22:15:12 GMT
I'm ok with people using their phones in their seats up until the show starts and during the interval. As long as it isn't used during the show. Seems perfectly normally given that some people take their seats very early and remain in them for the interval. You can cartwheel down the aisle during the interval for all I care as long as you don't do it during the show.
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Post by richey on Aug 6, 2023 9:29:19 GMT
Well it was definitely two females using their phones about 20 mins into Miss Saigon yesterday.
Very distracting due to the layout of the Crucible seeing two faces opposite, clearly lit by their phones.
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Post by danb on Aug 6, 2023 14:22:45 GMT
Ive only really seen it once, but potentially the best case scenario for it. A guy at Back To The Future was watching a live match on his phone before the show started (silent or with headphones can’t remember) but then put it away - he rechecked it during the interval. Thankful to him for being respectful and not checking it during the show That possibly might have been me... I have been known to watch a game if it is on and the audience are taking their seats, but as soon as we get close to the show starting (or restarting) my phone goes in my pocket. I recall doing this once at BTTF - I don't think it's that uncommon tbh. Have you ever noticed from the higher levels as the lights go down how many phones are still being dimmed as the curtain goes up? ‘Higher levels’? Not the stalls? How very dare you! 😬 |
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Post by ceebee on Aug 6, 2023 15:55:48 GMT
That possibly might have been me... I have been known to watch a game if it is on and the audience are taking their seats, but as soon as we get close to the show starting (or restarting) my phone goes in my pocket. I recall doing this once at BTTF - I don't think it's that uncommon tbh. Have you ever noticed from the higher levels as the lights go down how many phones are still being dimmed as the curtain goes up? ‘Higher levels’? Not the stalls? How very dare you! 😬 Was a bit presumptuous, I know. I do choose to slum it sometimes just so I can observe how long it takes the posh seats to shut their phones down. 😂 |
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Post by capybara on Aug 8, 2023 8:27:48 GMT
The worst audience I’ve experienced at Mrs Doubtfire last night. I know it’s the summer holidays but come on.
If you are talking, using your phone to text, using your phone to receive a call *mid-performance* or too much of a greedy f***ing slob to go an hour without stuffing your face with noisy crisps or sweets, do us all a favour and stay on your sofa at home.
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I have been known to watch a game if it is on and the audience are taking their seats, but as soon as we get close to the show starting (or restarting) my phone goes in my pocket. I recall doing this once at BTTF - I don't think it's that uncommon tbh. Have you ever noticed from the higher levels as the lights go down how many phones are still being dimmed as the curtain goes up?
