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Post by hannechalk on Sept 25, 2018 9:13:10 GMT
Last week at Blood Brothers, one lady asked her companion if the police at the end where the actual police. I was at one performance when a young lady panicked, because she thought real police had come in. It appeared she had learning difficulties, and just got confused as the action came from off-stage. |
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Post by david on Sept 25, 2018 9:29:26 GMT
Last week at Blood Brothers, one lady asked her companion if the police at the end where the actual police. I was at one performance when a young lady panicked, because she thought real police had come in. It appeared she had learning difficulties, and just got confused as the action came from off-stage. Hopefully she had someone to explain to her what was happening. It must have been distressing for her not knowing it was part of the show. |
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Post by hannechalk on Sept 25, 2018 9:33:47 GMT
I was at one performance when a young lady panicked, because she thought real police had come in. It appeared she had learning difficulties, and just got confused as the action came from off-stage. Hopefully she had someone to explain to her what was happening. It must have been distressing for her not knowing it was part of the show. Yes, she did, but she remained unsettled. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 17:59:04 GMT
Overheard at (on the tram on the way to) the theatre...
“Have you heard the latest about a No-Deal Brexit? We won’t get Netflix!”
Right, ok, sure...
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Oct 2, 2018 21:06:05 GMT
At the Miss Saigon US tour in Providence on Sunday, the lady next to me was discussing with her husband what the admittedly hard to read text on the curtain said. She insisted it was “fornication”, I pointed out “reunification” was far more likely. Though it is a show about prostitutes...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 7:44:08 GMT
At the Miss Saigon US tour in Providence on Sunday, the lady next to me was discussing with her husband what the admittedly hard to read text on the curtain said. She insisted it was “fornication”, I pointed out “reunification” was far more likely. Though it is a show about prostitutes... Ha thats a a great one for a muck-up matinee at the end of the run, swap out out the preset cloth. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 17:52:40 GMT
Not technically AT the theatre, but about it. One actor friend of mine about another mutual acquaintance "I don't say it lightly but he is the worst actor I've ever seen, and I'm someone who has watched a metric f***-tonne of porn'
I mean, fair, knowing both of them.
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Post by david on Oct 5, 2018 18:07:48 GMT
Not technically AT the theatre, but about it. One actor friend of mine about another mutual acquaintance "I don't say it lightly but he is the worst actor I've ever seen, and I'm someone who has watched a metric f***-tonne of porn' I mean, fair, knowing both of them. Funny, but at least their being honest! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 18:10:14 GMT
Not technically AT the theatre, but about it. One actor friend of mine about another mutual acquaintance "I don't say it lightly but he is the worst actor I've ever seen, and I'm someone who has watched a metric f***-tonne of porn' I mean, fair, knowing both of them. Funny, but at least their being honest! I mean both in their artistic assessment and how they rank actors, oscar worthy to not even porn worthy. I long to use it in a review one day. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 6, 2018 7:58:02 GMT
Overheard at (on the tram on the way to) the theatre... “Have you heard the latest about a No-Deal Brexit? We won’t get Netflix!” Right, ok, sure... Overheard a similar one last weekend that Britain couldn't compete in the Ryder Cup after Brexit so it made the win more poignant |
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Post by anthony40 on Nov 28, 2018 18:38:39 GMT
Two good looking young guys, early 20's, actors (I believe- possibly gay) sitting behind me last week before The Interitence-Part 1 discussing various shows. One says to the other "What's Cats about?" The response "It's like the X-Factor with Grizabella trying to be selected by Simon Cowell" WHAT!!!!!  (Honestly) I am speechless! Completely without speech! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 19:17:26 GMT
Two good looking young guys, early 20's, actors (I believe- possibly gay) sitting behind me last week before The Interitence-Part 1 discussing various shows. One says to the other "What's Cats about?" The response "It's like the X-Factor with Grizabella trying to be selected by Simon Cowell" WHAT!!!!! (Honestly) I am speechless! Completely without speech! That's not *entirely* rubbish though is it? I can actually see where they are coming from... It *is* like a set of audition pieces with the tyre being the prize instead of a record deal. Just with more leg warmers. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 20:08:50 GMT
Two good looking young guys, early 20's, actors (I believe- possibly gay) sitting behind me last week before The Interitence-Part 1 discussing various shows. Possibly gay? That was the gayest audience in history when I saw it. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 28, 2018 23:27:35 GMT
Two good looking young guys, early 20's, actors (I believe- possibly gay) sitting behind me last week before The Interitence-Part 1 discussing various shows. One says to the other "What's Cats about?" The response "It's like the X-Factor with Grizabella trying to be selected by Simon Cowell" WHAT!!!!! (Honestly) I am speechless! Completely without speech! More likely in training for musical theatre than Shakespeare then? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 3:38:02 GMT
Hopefully she had someone to explain to her what was happening. It must have been distressing for her not knowing it was part of the show. Yes, she did, but she remained unsettled. I can see that being quite common for a person like that. I would take her out of the theatre and helped her. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 6:15:48 GMT
Two good looking young guys, early 20's, actors (I believe- possibly gay) sitting behind me last week before The Interitence-Part 1 discussing various shows. Possibly gay? That was the gayest audience in history when I saw it. No matter what you do on the stage Keep it light, keep it bright, keep it gay Whether it's murder, mayhem or rage Don't complain, it's a pain, keep it gay |
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Post by Marcus on Dec 2, 2018 8:50:16 GMT
At the inheritance part 2 last night.
An older couple chatting to an American couple in front. They spoke in depth about the state of the west end now (so much better now it’s not all just full of ALW - one comment)
Their conversation was really interesting but this moment stood out.
‘I always wanted to see Chess, I had the album before the show was released because of Elaine Paige’
‘Is she still alive?’
‘I don’t know...’
Poor Elaine!
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Post by harrietcraig on Dec 8, 2018 22:46:17 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".
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 11, 2018 23:46:54 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.
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Post by mistressjojo on Dec 12, 2018 3:10:09 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. Now I'm wondering what Julian Clary could have said in a panto that qualified him as a homosexual?? He's behind you? |
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 12, 2018 7:53:06 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. Now I'm wondering what Julian Clary could have said in a panto that qualified him as a homosexual?? He's behind you? What didn’t he say? It was innuendo after innuendo, lots about the things he was getting up to with the “boys” on the stage. I’m sure he found the rear entrance for everyone working at the Palladium. |
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Post by richey on Dec 12, 2018 8:04:59 GMT
Now I'm wondering what Julian Clary could have said in a panto that qualified him as a homosexual?? He's behind you? What didn’t he say? It was innuendo after innuendo, lots about the things he was getting up to with the “boys” on the stage. I’m sure he found the rear entrance for everyone working at the Palladium. Good god, he's been making a career out of recycling variations on that one line for over 30 years now |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 8:44:54 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. Could it have been Norman Lamont? He's only 76 though. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 12, 2018 9:06:03 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. Could it have been Norman Lamont? He's only 76 though. No, we weren’t in a private box and I didn’t spot much fisting going on... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 10:32:16 GMT
What didn’t he say? It was innuendo after innuendo, lots about the things he was getting up to with the “boys” on the stage. I’m sure he found the rear entrance for everyone working at the Palladium. Good god, he's been making a career out of recycling variations on that one line for over 30 years now But when one does it as well as Julian does, it's fine and dandy by me. |
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