just venting!
Thu, 19 Aug 2004, 11:03 amWalter Plinge7 posts in thread
just venting!
Thu, 19 Aug 2004, 11:03 ameven in days like these i would think that we would observe a few simple rules in the theatre society, now maybe i am being more than a little old fasioned but i think that it just comes down to etiquette and either people just arent informed or they choose to ignore completely some simple civilities... ie.
-no eating or drinkning in the theatre whilst the production is in progress
-no cameras, mobile phones (or any other technology that makes noises) turned on during the performance
-and how about refraining from talking during performance
now again i may be old fashioned (at the tender old age of 20) but i think that observing these few rules really does make the theatre a much more enjoyble experience.
i recently attended a performance where not only did audience members bring in food and drink (let alone to say that it was some unusually crunchy crisps and bottles of coke that were unceasingly opened and closed) but others used camera phones etc to take pictures and one member of the audience could be heard talking three rows in front! not only do these distract the other audience members who have paid to enjoy the night but also the performers, luckily they were of course proffesional enough to proceed undaunted but surely this cant be acceptable...
oh and by the way this was a performance of FAME the musical in londons west end...
-no eating or drinkning in the theatre whilst the production is in progress
-no cameras, mobile phones (or any other technology that makes noises) turned on during the performance
-and how about refraining from talking during performance
now again i may be old fashioned (at the tender old age of 20) but i think that observing these few rules really does make the theatre a much more enjoyble experience.
i recently attended a performance where not only did audience members bring in food and drink (let alone to say that it was some unusually crunchy crisps and bottles of coke that were unceasingly opened and closed) but others used camera phones etc to take pictures and one member of the audience could be heard talking three rows in front! not only do these distract the other audience members who have paid to enjoy the night but also the performers, luckily they were of course proffesional enough to proceed undaunted but surely this cant be acceptable...
oh and by the way this was a performance of FAME the musical in londons west end...
Re: just venting!
Sun, 22 Aug 2004, 08:16 pmWalter Plinge
I couldn't agree with you guys more! As a performer I am SO concious of it, I swear people must think i'm al little odd with the number of times I'll check that my phone is off whenever i'm at a performance!!
On the whole radio thing, I was incredibly embarrased one night after finishing a performance to come out to see my family who were in the audience and discovered that my brother had sat there during the whole show with his discman going the whole time! What's worse is that is was noted by production team members. Not a nice thing when you're working with a company for the first time. He clearly didn't want to be there so I've now taken to asking him to not bother coming.
Maybe that's it, we've kinda got a society that are scared to go out by themselves, people don't like going to movies or shows by themselves so instead we drag along people that have no desire to be there at all??
I have no idea what could be done about that though!! hehehe
:)
On the whole radio thing, I was incredibly embarrased one night after finishing a performance to come out to see my family who were in the audience and discovered that my brother had sat there during the whole show with his discman going the whole time! What's worse is that is was noted by production team members. Not a nice thing when you're working with a company for the first time. He clearly didn't want to be there so I've now taken to asking him to not bother coming.
Maybe that's it, we've kinda got a society that are scared to go out by themselves, people don't like going to movies or shows by themselves so instead we drag along people that have no desire to be there at all??
I have no idea what could be done about that though!! hehehe
:)
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