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The audience from Hell

Sun, 8 Mar 2009, 02:14 pm

This week I heard of the latest nightmare to hit the theatre – school kids in the front row.

So what is new? As well as talking, texting and slouching, they pull faces or make gestures at the actors throughout the performance, hence trying everything in their power to throw the cast off course.

Children's Theatre

Sun, 8 Mar 2009, 08:25 pm

Amy Welsh

Having done children's theatre, I would say schools can be both the best and worst of audiences... 100 children screaming at Snow White to not eat the apple whilst the actor playing the Evil Queen gestures helplessly at them to shush... Or alternatively, 100 children sitting through your show with their gazes firmly fixed on the screen of their mobile phones... But same could be said for adult audiences too... Both good and bad depending on the day... :P

Thread (22 posts)

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The audience from Hell— Gordon the Optom8 Mar 2009

Lets not label everyone with the one tag shall we please?— kerri8 Mar 2009
- I agree! Coming from a— Garreth8 Mar 2009
Children's Theatre— Amy Welsh8 Mar 2009
- I'm actually thinking of— Garreth8 Mar 2009
Tags and Pidgeon Holes— Taurean9 Mar 2009
Experience— Logos9 Mar 2009
Student Audiences— Walter Plinge10 Mar 2009
The same can be said for— AeonMUA12 Mar 2009
Last night...— Freddie Badgery12 Mar 2009
- Curiouser and Curiouser.....— Taurean12 Mar 2009
  - Curiosity killed the Cat Prince— Freddie Badgery12 Mar 2009
    - History— Labrug13 Mar 2009
    - Merchant— Pamelas14 Mar 2009
      - ···
        Can we? Thanks for the— Walter Plinge14 Mar 2009
        ···
        Can, not May— crgwllms15 Mar 2009
        ···
        Ah yes, of course you can .— Tim Prosser16 Mar 2009
  - Ye Gods forbid that high— Garreth13 Mar 2009
    - One of the funniest— Pamelas14 Mar 2009
Speaking of graduates— Na12 Mar 2009
A R&J performance from days of yore— Rapunzel14 Mar 2009
Entering the school kid row...— crgwllms15 Mar 2009

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