Imelda Staunton "if u eat il cut u"

I completely agree with her. I am not a barrel of laughs at home either!!

Is it you who sits behind me and puts the cap on so hard, that each regular sip elictis a "crack" as you next open it?

Then it has to be placed back in your bag under the crackly parcel you bought as you were up town.

Honestly I hardly mind at all as long as you only do it nomore than 3x per act.


(PS I had already added this to the Bad Behaviour thread. Along with a second post about someone who outed their own behaviour!)

Nah Mr Snow, I'm very quiet and considerate. I can even manage a glass of wine quietly. We should do Theatre badges like the scouts to sew on our outfits so people know how well we're capable of behaving.

Imelda Staunton is so tiny that she probably only needs to eat about twice a month.

Her opinions would have more weight out of the mouth of someone like Miriam Margolyes.

I just get whichever biscuits are half price that week, it's an easy method. I guess if Imelda doesn't like being confronted by hundreds of television channels, she could stick to freeview and only the significantly fewer channels that are available that way?

I like to have a few pints of gassy lager at half time and belch under my breath all the way through Act 2. Even better if Ive had curry for tea 

Definalty agree with banning food as it can be very annoying and in some cases smelly. I also thing drinks should be banned unless it is a small bottle of water or juice, any fizzy drink should be banned as well!!

To be fair I have a massive anxiety when I can't drink water and then my mouth goes dry and then I panic. So banning liquid wud be sh*t for me! I don't see it an issue taking a glug during scene changes/applauds/boring bits.

Water is good to have in case you cough, and some people do have medical conditions where they really do need water that frequently.

I can't for the life of me understand why theatres sell crisps.

I personally find corn chips/nachos (and in fact the smell of them) one of the most offensive fragrances I have ever encountered in my life and all of my family, friends and work colleagues know not to have there anywhere near my presence. In fact I find them so abhorrent that I often change train carriages just to avoid them so my greatest fear when sitting in a darkened cinema when seeing a film is someone coming in with a tray of the bloody things!

I remember also when my parents were visiting from Australia we saw Love Never Dies at The Adelphi Theatre and sat in the Dress Circle when amongst a group of Japanese business men, one of which had purchased a soft drink at intermission which they gave to him in a plastic cup. He then proceeded through the first half of the second act to chug ice from the plastic cup into his mouth which he then proceeded to crunch and chew which, when you're focusing on the performers can be surprisingly loud and incredibly annoying.

I agree about food but water is acceptable. Theatres can be very hot places especially when it's a sold out show and I think not having people faint from exhaustion outweights someone having a sip/glug of water once every often.

In all fairness it is my understanding that some of the older theatres have no air conditioning.