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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 10:43:28 GMT
“That Julian Clary is a homosexual. That’s why he says those things.” Not exactly overheard as it is what the man in his 80s told me during the interval at the Palladium pantomime. I decided against commenting too strongly as he had kindly offered me a spare seat rather than leave me in the standing area. And I don’t think it was meant maliciously, rather more that I might be naive and unaware of such things. “No dahling, he’s a comedian. *That’s* why he says those things.” |
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Post by daisy24601 on Dec 14, 2018 16:28:04 GMT
At an off-Broadway theatre in New York this afternoon, before a performance of All is Calm (about the "Christmas Truce" during WWI): the performance time was 2 pm, at about 2:02 pm a man in the row behind me said to his wife that he was going to get something to drink at the concession stand, and asked her if she wanted anything. She said a Diet Coke would be nice. He came back empty-handed a few minutes later (fortunately, the performance hadn't started yet) and said, "They just had, like, healthy kind of stuff". She: "Oh wow, that's weird". I hate those places. |
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Post by lynette on Dec 15, 2018 23:24:11 GMT
At the Pinter tonight, lady in front turned and asked me, ' Did You understand that? What did it mean?' Once I told her she didn’t have to understand, she really enjoyed it all. Made me think that the breaking down of meaning was a very important mid twentieth century thing. Look how many explanations of pop songs we attempted! Stuff like Procul Harem etc. And the ART! We were bludgeoned into non meaning. Pinter took this on, more than his contemporaries like Osborne or Wesker, good though they are, and I think therefore will still be playing well into the future.
Also made me think how much better it would be if they set Pinter's short plays, a couple or three for GCSE instead of the rubbish they do set. No names, no pack drill.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2018 14:06:53 GMT
Also made me think how much better it would be if they set Pinter's short plays, a couple or three for GCSE instead of the rubbish they do set. No names, no pack drill. Oh that would be perfect. All those pauses should keep the young hooligans quiet for a bit. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 1, 2019 22:33:01 GMT
“I didn’t realise it was a musical” - heard going in.
“It was good how they made the songs into a kind of story” - heard on the tube after.
Both heard tonight at Bat Out Of Hell The Musical.
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Post by daisy24601 on Jan 8, 2019 22:52:06 GMT
Over tanoy "The auditorium is now open for this evenings performance of Ghost The Musical"
Woman nearby "It's a MUSICAL?!"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 19:49:47 GMT
There's a running theme here, I heard some people the other day, clearly on their way to the Matilda matinee nearby hotly debating whether or not it was a musical...despite the large posters in the vicinity declaring the answer. I hope after the first song one of them whispered 'I TOLD YOU SO' really loudly.
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Post by sf on Jan 11, 2019 20:53:06 GMT
Over tanoy "The auditorium is now open for this evenings performance of Ghost The Musical" Woman nearby "It's a MUSICAL?!"
Understandable enough. There's nothing musical about the score.
(GHOST wasn't my favourite show. Can you tell?)
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 13, 2019 14:45:59 GMT
Over tanoy "The auditorium is now open for this evenings performance of Ghost The Musical" Woman nearby "It's a MUSICAL?!"
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 7:11:30 GMT
“Ooh it’s easier when you come in when it’s light isn’t it?”
The people behind me sincerely realising that finding your seat before the show starts is in fact easier.
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Post by duncan on Jan 18, 2019 9:35:48 GMT
"Lets ignore the National this year, we havent seen anything even approaching good for a couple of years" - four ladies sat next to me planning their theatre trips for 2019.
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 18, 2019 9:50:47 GMT
"Lets ignore the National this year, we havent seen anything even approaching good for a couple of years" - four ladies sat next to me planning their theatre trips for 2019. Now that's a blog I'd read. I hope their names were Cynthia, Rosemary, Doris and Irmgard. |
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Post by lynette on Jan 19, 2019 15:37:18 GMT
They're not wrong. I’ve got my dates booked well into the year and the NT has one entry so far, 'tortured'.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 19, 2019 17:06:14 GMT
"Lets ignore the National this year, we havent seen anything even approaching good for a couple of years" - four ladies sat next to me planning their theatre trips for 2019. Now that's a blog I'd read. I hope their names were Cynthia, Rosemary, Doris and Irmgard. . I'm only seeing Follies this year, I'm going for some of the cast members and not because of the production or my desire to sit in brutalist concrete |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2019 16:22:22 GMT
Posted in the Caroline or Change thread but posting here too for full effect as some may not monitor that...
Older couple take their seats next to me and the husband asks her what the show is about as they sit down.... “a woman in her thirties, at her birthday. All her friends are taken or in relationships and she’s the odd one out. It’s snippets of all their lives around her. Caroline or change”
Wrong show love. This ain’t Company.
Interval came and she was suddenly complaining of Vertigo and looking for a reason to leave.
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 8, 2019 22:20:32 GMT
Posted in the Caroline or Change thread but posting here too for full effect as some may not monitor that... Older couple take their seats next to me and the husband asks her what the show is about as they sit down.... “a woman in her thirties, at her birthday. All her friends are taken or in relationships and she’s the odd one out. It’s snippets of all their lives around her. Caroline or change” Wrong show love. This ain’t Company. Interval came and she was suddenly complaining of Vertigo and looking for a reason to leave. AMAZING. |
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Post by david on Feb 19, 2019 23:29:27 GMT
At tonight’s performance of Caroline’s Kitchen at the Liverpool Everyman, one gentleman during the interval got his iphone out and started to take photos of the set. When told by the FOH staff member this wasn’t allowed. He replied - “I wasn’t taking a photo of the set, just of the sign your holding as we can’t read it.” The sign itself said - “No photography allowed”.
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Post by Backdrifter on Feb 20, 2019 7:27:44 GMT
At tonight’s performance of Caroline’s Kitchen at the Liverpool Everyman, one gentleman during the interval got his iphone out and started to take photos of the set. When told by the FOH staff member this wasn’t allowed. He replied - “I wasn’t taking a photo of the set, just of the sign your holding as we can’t read it.” The sign itself said - “No photography allowed”. Couldn't that have caused reality to fold in on itself? |
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Post by david on Feb 20, 2019 8:12:17 GMT
At tonight’s performance of Caroline’s Kitchen at the Liverpool Everyman, one gentleman during the interval got his iphone out and started to take photos of the set. When told by the FOH staff member this wasn’t allowed. He replied - “I wasn’t taking a photo of the set, just of the sign your holding as we can’t read it.” The sign itself said - “No photography allowed”. Couldn't that have caused reality to fold in on itself? I’ll admit, there was a moment where that did occur. Thankfully it didn’t last long. Thw whole situation really was weird. It certainly provided a memorable evening. |
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Post by Snciole on Feb 22, 2019 15:58:26 GMT
Posted in the Caroline or Change thread but posting here too for full effect as some may not monitor that... Older couple take their seats next to me and the husband asks her what the show is about as they sit down.... “a woman in her thirties, at her birthday. All her friends are taken or in relationships and she’s the odd one out. It’s snippets of all their lives around her. Caroline or change” Wrong show love. This ain’t Company. Interval came and she was suddenly complaining of Vertigo and looking for a reason to leave. She must have felt like such a fool. I bet her husband was looking her up and down. I love how she linked her synopsis of Company to the Caroline or Change title. "It is a prequel to the Wizard of Oz. Cats" |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 16:48:31 GMT
Posted in the Caroline or Change thread but posting here too for full effect as some may not monitor that... Older couple take their seats next to me and the husband asks her what the show is about as they sit down.... “a woman in her thirties, at her birthday. All her friends are taken or in relationships and she’s the odd one out. It’s snippets of all their lives around her. Caroline or change” Wrong show love. This ain’t Company. Interval came and she was suddenly complaining of Vertigo and looking for a reason to leave. She must have felt like such a fool. I bet her husband was looking her up and down. I love how she linked her synopsis of Company to the Caroline or Change title. "It is a prequel to the Wizard of Oz. Cats" Realistically though, had Bobbie been called Caroline, the title 'Caroline or Change' could have been an applicable alternative to Company. |
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Post by Snciole on Feb 22, 2019 17:12:49 GMT
"Mr Sondheim, you seem open to new ideas. I got a proposal for ya.."
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Post by longinthetooth on Feb 27, 2019 21:39:28 GMT
At the interval of Waitress matinee today, older man to teenage girl this afternoon: "Sorry to stare, but you have the perfect face for drawing - I'm a artist".
That's a new one! Just to elaborate, she wasn't alone, and the conversation went no further.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 28, 2019 6:55:41 GMT
At the interval of Waitress matinee today, older man to teenage girl this afternoon: "Sorry to stare, but you have the perfect face for drawing - I'm a artist". That's a new one! Just to elaborate, she wasn't alone, and the conversation went no further. Very creepy |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 28, 2019 13:09:01 GMT
I was very interested in listening in on a lady behind me at Waitress last night reciting an article about Bonobo Monkeys to her husband.
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