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Wuthering Heights Opens at Harbour...

Sat, 10 May 2008, 12:23 pm
stinger5 posts in thread
.. to a full house with another tonight and tomorrow. Book early or miss out! Would you believe it though - despite the usual warnings, there were a couple of meatheads in the third row who played games on their mobile phones all through the second act?! They must have spent interval at Clancy's, because right in the middle of the most poignant scene, one of them decided he had to go to the toilet, slamming the front door loudly as he did so. Why do people like this bother coming out to live theatre? Is it because their culture-loving girlfriends drag them along? If they were there to support friend in the cast, they certainly did them no favour by their presence.

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stingerSat, 10 May 2008, 12:23 pm
.. to a full house with another tonight and tomorrow. Book early or miss out! Would you believe it though - despite the usual warnings, there were a couple of meatheads in the third row who played games on their mobile phones all through the second act?! They must have spent interval at Clancy's, because right in the middle of the most poignant scene, one of them decided he had to go to the toilet, slamming the front door loudly as he did so. Why do people like this bother coming out to live theatre? Is it because their culture-loving girlfriends drag them along? If they were there to support friend in the cast, they certainly did them no favour by their presence.
Gordon the OptomWed, 14 May 2008, 07:57 am

audience members

I went to see Wuthering Heights on Saturday night, only to find a full house and so had to return on Monday. This is a risk one has to take when just turning up at a theatre, but I find it very hard to accept not getting in, when good seats in the auditorium are taken up by useless, waste of space audience members.

On Monday night there were dozens of school kids at the play - many to see their teacher act - as Stinger has said, a few sat playing on their phones and whispering throughout. One little darling with a stud in his eyebrow, paid a dollar for a cup of tea then blantantly emptied three large plates of biscuits into his pockets. The same loser shouted that he had won the raffle when the ticket was announced, the raffle lady climbed the stairs to the back row only to be told 'Just joking!'

With a magnificent show like Wuthering Heights is is a shame that interested clients are being turned away because the seats have gone to these social misfits.

Walter PlingeWed, 14 May 2008, 10:13 am

Just to clarify a few

Just to clarify a few things, yes there were NINE students at Monday night's showing of Wuthering Heights, all there to see some well produced community theatre. Our boys were all extremely well behaved and appreciated the play for what it was. At the interval, our students occupied themselves discussing the characters' relationships and the merits of the actors' performances. Instead of stuffing their pockets with cheap biscuits, my boys preferred to eat their mum's home made soup from a themos. The three youths you refer to were not part of our group, but were, from what I can gather, friends of one of the young stars of the show. I also found them highly annoying and disrespectful to what was essentially a fantastic and educational (for my boys) show.
Walter PlingeThu, 15 May 2008, 12:49 am

I went to see the show also

I went to see the show also on Monday night. I think that not only was the young man with the mobile's behaviour rude and inconsiderate but the constant chatter from older members of the audience was distracting and totally inconsiderate towards the actors. The actors I must say, were fantastic and did not let this get to them. Bravo! Lets have a bit more respect from the public all around!
Walter PlingeThu, 15 May 2008, 12:51 am

By the way the show was

By the way the show was absolutely AMAZING!!!! Acting and direction was SUPERB!!!
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