Famous People You've Seen In The Audience

If it was, she probably had a comp ticket

Damien Lewis and Ciaran Hinds in one night, both at Patriots at the Almeida 

Ben Fogle and family at Sister Act tonight.

Wow that is such a lovely encounter. I’ve got the songs from Gigi stuck in my head now (not a bad thing!).

Last night at the Steve Page* gig at Omara David Baddiel was in the audience. I passed him on the way out. He even tweeted this morning as how great a show it was.

It seems many (many, many) Brits have no idea who Steven Page is and the ones who do are in the minority..

Steven Page was the frontman for one of the most successful rock groups too come out of Canada- The Barenaked Ladies. They had a hit with the single 'One Week'.

He has now gone solo and is about to release his fifth album.

I’ve got all BNL’s albums and Page’s solo stuff. Did he do “Wilted Rose” from The Vanity Project?

with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II this past week, it got me to thinking that, for me, the highlight of all my theatre trips to London over the years was the night we were at ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS sitting in the Dress Circle about 8 rows back ... I was reading the programme waiting for the show to start when my friend poked me and motioned to the aisle on our left and said "Doesn't that look like the Queen?" I turned and looked in that direction and said "It certainly does and the gentleman behind her sure likes a lot like Prince Philip." Sure enough, it was them and they were accompanied by one of their grandson's and his very pregnant wife. There were "Men in black suits" standing in all the doorways on that side of the auditorium but the Queen and Prince Philip walked down the aisle all by themselves and took their seats in, I believe it was, the 2nd row of the Dress Circle on the aisle. Nobody bothered them. Everyone was very respectful. There was a definite "buzz" around the Dress Circle as soon as people became aware that they were there but I don't seem to recall people jumping up with their cameras and cellphones trying to take pictures. At intermission the "Men in the black suits" cleared the people sitting in the row across the aisle directly to the left of them and then proceeded to escort the Queen's party out the side EXIT. I assume that they must have taken them to some private area during the intermission. Just before the start of the 2nd act they returned to their seats and then the people in the row opposite them across the aisle were allowed back in their seats. It was hard to concentrate on watching the show that evening as I found myself glancing over in their direction to see how their were responding to the show. They all seemed to be enjoying it and you could see they were all laughing right along with the rest of the audience. When the show was over everyone remained in their seats as they escorted the Queen's party out first then the rest of the Dress Circle exited. I remember being surprised that they had sat in the "regular seats" with the rest of us "common folk" and not in some special "Royal Box". I also remember the Queen walking down the steps in the aisle to their seats completely on her own with no assistance and back out again at the end of the evening. It all seemed rather surreal at the time but the next morning there was an article in the paper with photos telling of "Their Night Out To The Theatre." I still have a copy of that article in my scrapebook. Definitely a night I will always treasure and never forget!!

Were they together?

It is rather the fact that now the word celebrity is applied to those who really aren't.

Tim Rice sitting just behind me & Stuart Brayson in front at "From Here to Eternity" Saturday eve.

And Alan Davies! 😁