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Post by Deal J on Dec 6, 2024 17:59:38 GMT
Another useful tip is that if you absolutely, absolutely have to check the time when the screen is blank, you can turn the digital crown and it will fade up gently so that you can light it up to the barest minimum to read the time, rather than tapping the screen and it going full brightness. Ooh my phone is often in theatre mode but I wasn’t aware of that tip, thanks! |
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Post by n1david on Dec 6, 2024 19:46:10 GMT
I don't have a smartwatch - do they have a sleep mode for the watch face lighting up? I guess they must or they wouldn't be very smart. So many ways for things to be difficult, eh? Yes - the Apple Watch has a mode which silences it and stops it from lighting up when you raise your wrist. Interestingly the icon for the feature is the comedy/tragedy theatre masks. Just worth a mention that I'm in South Wales at the moment and my smartwatch (and my phone) just sounded a siren because of the Red Weather Warning here. Silent mode, Do Not Disturb and Theatre Mode would all have been irrelevant in this situation as assuming the phone/watch was turned on at all, the alert will have sounded. Which must have made things at the Wales Millennium Centre, the Sherman, the Swansea Grand, Torch Milford Haven etc, a bit interesting for a few minutes as everyone's phone burst into life... |
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Post by jake on Dec 6, 2024 20:38:24 GMT
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Post by ceebee on Dec 6, 2024 21:00:28 GMT
Jackets draped over the back of seats stealing valuable legroom at Brnjamin Button. Yes, you in B11. Selfish cow.
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Post by lt on Dec 6, 2024 21:04:17 GMT
Another useful tip is that if you absolutely, absolutely have to check the time when the screen is blank, you can turn the digital crown and it will fade up gently so that you can light it up to the barest minimum to read the time, rather than tapping the screen and it going full brightness. Ooh my phone is often in theatre mode but I wasn’t aware of that tip, thanks! Why does anyone need to check the time during a production if they need to use light, even if it involves lower light levels, it's still disturbing. |
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Post by jake on Dec 6, 2024 21:18:08 GMT
Ooh my phone is often in theatre mode but I wasn’t aware of that tip, thanks! Why does anyone need to check the time during a production, it's disturbing even with lower light levels. I often use the fact that people are checking their watches as evidence that the performance is poor. To be fair, it's hardly scientific to presume a correlation between people looking at their timepieces and a desperate need to know how much longer they had to suffer. And, of course, if the performance is gripping I'm less likely to notice people checking the time. But, intuitively, I think there is often a connection - and I often find myself consciously resisting the temptation to look at my own watch (not illuminated but I can usually read it even with the lights down) if I'm finding it hard to engage with the performance. Fwiw, I never succumb to the temptation - probably because I like to sit at the front and I'm too polite to risk the performers seeing me yawn/check my watch etc - but the temptation does arise now and then. |
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Post by amyja89 on Dec 7, 2024 0:33:31 GMT
Had to deal with some pretty egregious manspreading at the Young Vic this evening, and those benches aren’t the best to begin with! imgur.com/a/oQoRnfY |
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Post by ceebee on Dec 7, 2024 8:11:14 GMT
Had to deal with some pretty egregious manspreading at the Young Vic this evening, and those benches aren’t the best to begin with! imgur.com/a/oQoRnfY People can be so lacking in self awareness. Did you say anything to them? |
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Post by amyja89 on Dec 7, 2024 8:44:27 GMT
Had to deal with some pretty egregious manspreading at the Young Vic this evening, and those benches aren’t the best to begin with! imgur.com/a/oQoRnfY People can be so lacking in self awareness. Did you say anything to them? I wasn’t particularly in the mood for a potential confrontation, but thankfully I was on the aisle so was able to sort of spread myself out into the space! |
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Post by Lemansky on Dec 10, 2024 16:05:40 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. So much so that the poor actor who threw it, after the onstage apologies and offer of ice were not listened to, came off the stage to talk to her again. All entrities were declined until a free drink was offered, which I really hope the cast member didn't have to pay with out of their own pocket.
It all just seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest!
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Post by hannechalk on Dec 10, 2024 16:55:00 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. So much so that the poor actor who threw it, after the onstage apologies and offer of ice were not listened to, came off the stage to talk to her again. All entrities were declined until a free drink was offered, which I really hope the cast member didn't have to pay with out of their own pocket. It all just seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest! The whole concept of 'accidents happen' seems to have gone lost on some people. And I mean just unfortunate silly accidents like this, not someone driving under the influence and causing an accident. |
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Post by ibilondon on Dec 10, 2024 20:05:19 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. So much so that the poor actor who threw it, after the onstage apologies and offer of ice were not listened to, came off the stage to talk to her again. All entrities were declined until a free drink was offered, which I really hope the cast member didn't have to pay with out of their own pocket. It all just seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest! At a Christman show! I would have brushed it off and signed a thumbs up....
If you can't tolerate these small accidents in a theatre don't go to see a play. It's not like the f***ing chandelier fell on your head. Honestly.... I feel for actors today.
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Post by jake on Dec 10, 2024 20:51:03 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. So much so that the poor actor who threw it, after the onstage apologies and offer of ice were not listened to, came off the stage to talk to her again. All entrities were declined until a free drink was offered, which I really hope the cast member didn't have to pay with out of their own pocket. It all just seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest! At a Christman show! I would have brushed it off and signed a thumbs up....
If you can't tolerate these small accidents in a theatre don't go to see a play. It's not like the f***ing chandelier fell on your head. Honestly.... I feel for actors today.
And at the Old Vic, too (unless it was a different ACC)? They were lucky they weren't at the Glenda Jackson King Lear where (I don't think I imagined this) someone a few seats from me got one of Gloucester's eyes in their lap. I suppose in an age when people are warned cigarette smoke might drift toward them from 20 metres away, it's not surprising that some people feel victimised by the slightest discomfort. |
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Post by ceebee on Dec 10, 2024 22:25:03 GMT
I was at the Old Vic on Saturday night when a satsuma was launched from the Baylis Circle on to the stage. It exploded on impact - luckily it didn't hit cast or audience members. Whoever threw it was an idiot - it could have seriously injured somebody from that height. Stage management looked seriously unimpressed as they cleared the mess. What a pity when the odd idiot or two risk spoiling it for everybody.
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Post by billy on Dec 10, 2024 22:30:27 GMT
Wow. Finally, after 16 years of West End theatregoing I’ve witnessed a show stop tonight, and it was at Macbeth at the Pinter with my £35 balcony ticket I bought way back in April.
All is going well for the first hour and we’re at a tense scene with David Tennant’s title character, but we slowly start to hear another voice rambling on in the background during the scene - is it part of the show, we wonder? Or a tech desk/usher radio that’s louder than it should be?
A stage manager suddenly runs on, explains the show has to be stopped due to an issue in the upper circle, and David calmly gets up and leaves the stage. Immediately followed by the sound of an idiot in said upper circle shouting “THE ISSUE IS I WENT TO THE TOILET AND THEY’RE NOT LETTING ME BACK IN!” and we immediately realise where that voice was coming from.
An entire audience groan, boo and eventually slow handclap him until he gets the hint and leaves, which he finally does after several agonising minutes to many cheers and the play can resume, David walking back on stage and effortlessly carrying on with the show like a pro. I’m fascinated by the idiot’s efforts to try and either ruin the show for everyone (the No Readmittance is emailed to everyone in advance and communicated clearly on entry and preshow) or possibly hope the ushers would just give up and let him back in if he caused enough fuss which would have made a mockery of the rule. I’m so glad all was eventually sorted and we thanked the staff for how well they dealt with him after the show!
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Post by jake on Dec 10, 2024 22:35:15 GMT
I was at the Old Vic on Saturday night when a satsuma was launched from the Baylis Circle on to the stage. It exploded on impact - luckily it didn't hit cast or audience members. Whoever threw it was an idiot - it could have seriously injured somebody from that height. Stage management looked seriously unimpressed as they cleared the mess. What a pity when the odd idiot or two risk spoiling it for everybody. Oh, sorry. I'd assumed the reference was to something soft drifting off the stage into the front row(s) - like Gloucester's eye or the water in Neville's Island (where the theatre issues ponchos to front row patrons but my hair still got a bit damp!). Throwing anything, even a soft fruit, from a height like that with no real idea who it might hit is a different matter. |
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Post by max on Dec 10, 2024 22:35:43 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. So much so that the poor actor who threw it, after the onstage apologies and offer of ice were not listened to, came off the stage to talk to her again. All entrities were declined until a free drink was offered, which I really hope the cast member didn't have to pay with out of their own pocket. It all just seemed a bit unnecessary to be honest! It could have been worse. Rather than a satsuma it could have been Ian McKellen. An audience member made some publicity about breaking Sir Ian McKellen's fall when he fell off the stage, and not being looked after enough by Front Of House, in their view. |
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Post by ceebee on Dec 11, 2024 6:21:39 GMT
I was at the Old Vic on Saturday night when a satsuma was launched from the Baylis Circle on to the stage. It exploded on impact - luckily it didn't hit cast or audience members. Whoever threw it was an idiot - it could have seriously injured somebody from that height. Stage management looked seriously unimpressed as they cleared the mess. What a pity when the odd idiot or two risk spoiling it for everybody. Oh, sorry. I'd assumed the reference was to something soft drifting off the stage into the front row(s) - like Gloucester's eye or the water in Neville's Island (where the theatre issues ponchos to front row patrons but my hair still got a bit damp!). Throwing anything, even a soft fruit, from a height like that with no real idea who it might hit is a different matter. No need to apologise - the actors at the OV throw satsumas to willing recipients in the audience. Unfortunately at my show somebody threw one back from high up. It was a different incident to the one originally mentioned. |
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Post by Lemansky on Dec 11, 2024 10:45:34 GMT
Oh, sorry. I'd assumed the reference was to something soft drifting off the stage into the front row(s) - like Gloucester's eye or the water in Neville's Island (where the theatre issues ponchos to front row patrons but my hair still got a bit damp!). Throwing anything, even a soft fruit, from a height like that with no real idea who it might hit is a different matter. No need to apologise - the actors at the OV throw satsumas to willing recipients in the audience. Unfortunately at my show somebody threw one back from high up. It was a different incident to the one originally mentioned. Yes I was at the Monday performance and sitting in the stalls. I think we were 4/5 seats away from the stage and the satsuma was softly thrown into the audience but didn't quite make it's mark. A different situation from launching one from the top of the theatre!! I just felt sorry for the poor cast member who'd had their pre-show disrupted and had to come off stage to make amends. |
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Post by nash16 on Dec 11, 2024 12:09:52 GMT
I thought throwing fruit at the stage was a time old tradition in the theatre?
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Post by SilverFox on Dec 11, 2024 13:19:14 GMT
I thought throwing fruit at the stage was a time old tradition in the theatre? .. and not just fruit. The Glaswegian shipbuilders used to take metal rivets from the yards, and the women from the fish market the heads and innards. |
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Post by ibilondon on Dec 11, 2024 15:01:02 GMT
I thought throwing fruit at the stage was a time old tradition in the theatre? Here, here!
And I hate to get all academic about this but part of the appeal of theatre is that it is "live" and with that comes the risk of something going wrong. You/Us the audience are part of that...
Honestly hope the actor is OK and the audience member feels like a tw** for making a fuss.
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Post by Samwise on Dec 11, 2024 16:33:14 GMT
I was at A Christmas Carol last night and one of the ladies in our row got knocked by an errant satsuma. I think it got the side of her head or her shoulder but she was so unnecessary about it. I read this in an Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" northern accent and am very amused. (I hope she was OK though) |
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Post by jake on Dec 11, 2024 16:34:19 GMT
I thought throwing fruit at the stage was a time old tradition in the theatre? Well, yes. But so was smoking, whoring in the alcoves and assassinating politicians. Some traditions just fade away! That said, I was rather surprised at T R Haymarket's The Libertine less than a decade ago to see ensemble members (all female as far as I could tell) selling kisses for charity. I'm not complaining, but I thought that kind of thing was a Village Fete tradition last seen in the 1960s. Since you ask, I gave a small donation while declining the kiss. |
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Post by richey on Dec 12, 2024 7:30:55 GMT
At Come From Away at the Lowry last night, encountered something I've heard of on here previously but never witnessed- the audience member who has to show everyone they know the show with their exaggerated responses.
As soon as she sat next to me I guessed she'd be that type from the way she was talking. When it started there were overly loud laughs, groans and "awws", many to lines which didn't warrant a reaction. As we were sat right at the front the cast must have heard her too.
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