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Post by Michael on Jun 12, 2016 0:40:40 GMT
Thing is, I wouldn't even know what to tell them. After all, they are complete strangers to me.
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Post by Steffi on Jun 12, 2016 1:23:16 GMT
If I'd known about Mateo Oxley I would have been following Punchdrunk shamelessly too...[ Mateo's Tuttle 1:1 in The Drowned Man was quite legendary... |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 12, 2016 3:27:09 GMT
Speaking of twitter and stage door reminded me of something at guys and dolls tour recently. Louise Dearman had Tweeted saying she was very sorry but she wasn't coming out between shows as she had interviews to do, her lunch to eat etc. What followed was one fan bombarded her with tweets saying how she had travelled an hour to see her, she was so upset and crying and really wanted to see her. To the extent that Louise felt she needed to go out and see her for five minutes as she sounded like she was having some kind of breakdown. She was not in watching the show and had met her two days earlier! That is overstepping the mark of what is acceptable in my opinion. This is terrible. I hate that some actors feel the need to tweet that they're not coming out the stage door at all, but this is too much. P.S. An hour?! Like that's a lot! |
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Post by d'James on Jun 12, 2016 3:34:03 GMT
I went past the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stage door last night in Newcastle and there were about fifty or so teenage girls there from the Carrie Hope Fletcher fan club. All, that I could see, waiting their turn, being polite and respectful, with maybe a little squeel of delight with their friends after they had met her. It was all quite sweet! I'm sure Carrie would've lectured us if they hadn't conformed to her definition of respect. I can only imagine what would've happened if no one turned up. |
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Post by shady23 on Jun 12, 2016 5:43:17 GMT
P.S. An hour?! Like that's a lot! She had travelled just to go to the stage door though, she did not watch the show. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 12, 2016 6:03:48 GMT
EVEN WORSE.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 12, 2016 7:56:50 GMT
I went past the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stage door last night in Newcastle and there were about fifty or so teenage girls there from the Carrie Hope Fletcher fan club. All, that I could see, waiting their turn, being polite and respectful, with maybe a little squeel of delight with their friends after they had met her. It was all quite sweet! I'm sure Carrie would've lectured us if they hadn't conformed to her definition of respect. I can only imagine what would've happened if no one turned up. "Hi guys? Just to let you know I won't be stage dooring today? Cos it's like really tiring being in a show? And we have loads of really important rehearsals and stuff? Like, people don't understand how tough it all is? So if you've travelled I'm super-sorry OK? And if there are any presents just leave them? But it's like really, really important you write my name on them? Love Carrie xxx" |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2016 11:11:51 GMT
If I'd known about Mateo Oxley I would have been following Punchdrunk shamelessly too...[ Mateo's Tuttle 1:1 in The Drowned Man was quite legendary... It was pretty terrifying, and when I went home that night, I was covered from head-to-toe in blood. And yet I didn't actually get that many odd looks from passersby... |
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Post by partytentdown on Jun 13, 2016 7:13:30 GMT
If I'd known about Mateo Oxley I would have been following Punchdrunk shamelessly too...[ Mateo's Tuttle 1:1 in The Drowned Man was quite legendary... What happened? Wouldn't say no to any kind of one to one with him... if ya know what I'm sayin'. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2016 8:43:59 GMT
I got touched by his Tuttle once...(hehe couldn't resist) didn't ever get the 1:1 though alas.
I used to stage door a lot as a teen, oddly I did it more on trips to NY because then it was still a bit more common there than in London. A few encounters with scary-fans over the years have slowly erroded my enthusiasm though. And now as an official Old Person I feel a bit odd- though occasionally still do it, though can't actually remember the last time I did!
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Post by Steffi on Jun 13, 2016 10:07:35 GMT
Mateo's Tuttle 1:1 in The Drowned Man was quite legendary... What happened? Wouldn't say no to any kind of one to one with him... if ya know what I'm sayin'. Won't go into detail (I don't discuss Punchdrunk 1:1s in public) but it involved a weird ritual with lots of fake blood in a dark room and Mateo doing a handstand. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 0:39:25 GMT
Hey guys, I'm new here!
I haven't seen a show more than 10 times (yet), but I consider myself a superfan. I live in Spain and I travel at least twice a year to London, just to see theatre. I spend there 7-10 days, going to the theatre every evening (and every possible matinee).
So far:
Book of Mormon: 9 times
Les Miz: 7 times
Wicked: 5 times
Matilda: 4 times
Phantom: 3 times
Memphis: 3 times
And a few other shows that I've only seen once or twice.
My next visit to the West End will be 28th August-7th September. Already got tickets for Into the Woods, Wicked (Rachel Tucker's "first" performance) and In the Heights. Any recommendation? I really wanna see Funny Girl and the Bank Robbery play.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 15, 2016 0:50:34 GMT
You sound like someone who is breaking into theatre, my tip and I did this, just sit back and enjoy the ride sometimes it can be bumpy, on the odd occasion you think you are going to crash, but most of the time it is nice and smooth, so enjoy!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2016 4:18:21 GMT
I'm seeing Wicked for the 13th time tonight, am very much excited as I haven't seen this cast yet!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 15, 2016 17:39:04 GMT
After seeing my 4th Wicked I thought "that's it, I never need to see this again"
I haven't played the OBC Since either.
Maybe one day.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 15, 2016 19:25:31 GMT
Hey guys, I'm new here! I haven't seen a show more than 10 times (yet), but I consider myself a superfan. I live in Spain and I travel at least twice a year to London, just to see theatre. I spend there 7-10 days, going to the theatre every evening (and every possible matinee). So far: Book of Mormon: 9 times Les Miz: 7 times Wicked: 5 times Matilda: 4 times Phantom: 3 times Memphis: 3 times And a few other shows that I've only seen once or twice. My next visit to the West End will be 28th August-7th September. Already got tickets for Into the Woods, Wicked (Rachel Tucker's "first" performance) and In the Heights. Any recommendation? I really wanna see Funny Girl and the Bank Robbery play. Nice post.
End of August visit? How about Globe theatre? A lovely summers evening... well, if we get a summer that is
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 16, 2016 19:22:55 GMT
Going do tell, I am curious?
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Post by shady23 on Jun 17, 2016 17:34:10 GMT
Carrie Hope Fletcher has posted this video on You Tube today about the Stage Door
A very interesting insight from the other side.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 17, 2016 17:46:35 GMT
Sounds like she has some total nutters as fans but sadly that message won't help because it's completely contradictory.
Tip for Carrie. Send a tweet knocking the whole stagedoor thing on the head. Here, I'll help:
"Hi guys, I won't be stagedooring for the rest of this run and the foreseeable future. Please do not wait after the show and especially don't travel to see me, it will be a wasted trip"
Then stick to it until it calms down. Or forever.
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Post by DuchessConstance on Jun 17, 2016 22:59:01 GMT
I do not know the actress in the video but she comes across incredibly well. Good for her on speaking out like that.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 17, 2016 23:37:49 GMT
Sounds like she has some total nutters as fans but sadly that message won't help because it's completely contradictory. Tip for Carrie. Send a tweet knocking the whole stagedoor thing on the head. Here, I'll help: "Hi guys, I won't be stagedooring for the rest of this run and the foreseeable future. Please do not wait after the show and especially don't travel to see me, it will be a wasted trip" Then stick to it until it calms down. Or forever. I can understand that idea, but at the same time she says it can be really nice to meet people when they are respectful and not, ya know, complete assholes. As always, it's the minority who spoil things. |
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Post by d'James on Jun 17, 2016 23:54:23 GMT
Look. I've never seen her in anything and I've disagreed with her on Twitter over the whole Laura Benanti thing, but of course the things she lists are completely unacceptable.
I do wonder why she has so many OTT fans? I'm sure she's perfectly talented but what has made her stand out from other actresses like her? She should maybe look at her social media presence and tone it down, if not delete them altogether. (She shouldn't have to but that's how it is nowadays.)
(I'm sure it's a theatrical thing us mere mortals are not privy to, but every time she said 'stage door' without the definite article before it, I shivered. I accept it as a verb but I draw the line at this. Haha.)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 18, 2016 4:56:23 GMT
(I'm sure it's a theatrical thing us mere mortals are not privy to, but every time she said 'stage door' without the definite article before it, I shivered. I accept it as a verb but I draw the line at this. Haha.)  |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 18, 2016 21:20:51 GMT
]I do wonder why she has so many OTT fans? I'm sure she's perfectly talented but what has made her stand out from other actresses like her? It's possible that her experiences are common to many actresses, and they just haven't talked about it publicly. That is very often the case with other types of boundary-overstepping behaviour. People commiserate and share their stories in private but rarely talk about it publicly. |
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 18, 2016 21:25:34 GMT
Lin-Manuel Miranda had an interesting series of tweets earlier today very much regarding this discussion!
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