smoking

Sun, 12 July 2009, 11:47 am

Can I ask what people think of the special non-toxic cigarettes that are smoked on stage?

Do they taste the same as normal cigarettes?

Do the audience members find the the smoke created more offensive than the real thing?

By omitting smoking from a play, does the mood of the play change? Or can the smoking act be removed from plays completely?

Of course, the difference

Mon, 13 July 2009, 01:18 pm

grantwatson

Of course, the difference is that smoking on stage may put the health of the performers and audience at risk - swearing and staged fighting doesn't generally do that. I'm not a smoker, don't plan to smoke, don't plan on promoting smoking even peripherally, and wouldn't write a play with smoking or perform a role that required me to smoke. But that's just me and my choice. I certainly think there needs to be prominent notice of smoking in a play if it's going to be there - both in publicity materials (small print somewhere near the number for bookings) and in the theatre foyer.

Thread (35 posts)

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smoking— Gordon the Optom12 July 2009

Smoking on Stage— Walter Plinge12 July 2009
Agreed— jmuzz12 July 2009
other vices— mike raine13 July 2009
- Of course, the difference— grantwatson13 July 2009
- Of course, the difference— grantwatson13 July 2009
the cigarettes— Gordon the Optom13 July 2009
- That particular gentleman— Walter Plinge13 July 2009
  - One further point to this— Walter Plinge13 July 2009
Probably a relevant warning— Walter Plinge13 July 2009
- Probably a relevant warning— Norma13 July 2009
We have managed to stage— class act theatre13 July 2009
Goodness me, life must be— Tim Prosser13 July 2009
second hand smoke theory— ozzieparker14 July 2009
Agnes of God— Logos14 July 2009
"He who hath smelt wood— JoeMc14 July 2009
smoking gun— mike raine14 July 2009
- Why?? Don't we believe in suspension of disbelief?— crgwllms16 July 2009
  - smoke— mike raine17 July 2009
    - Get with the times— crgwllms17 July 2009
    - Misleading argument— Stephen W Hawking18 July 2009
What about...— Walter Plinge16 July 2009
Non-toxic— Tari-Xalyr17 July 2009
- You can't claim past ignorance as a defense.— crgwllms17 July 2009
  - Miscommunication?— Tari-Xalyr26 July 2009
    - Smoke screen— crgwllms26 July 2009
      - ···
        My Bad— Tari-Xalyr5 Aug 2009
It's all about the audience's experience— DazzaB17 July 2009
theatre practitioner! — Walter Plinge19 July 2009
All this debate about— Walter Plinge5 Aug 2009
- Which theatre has banned— Walter Plinge5 Aug 2009
smoking on stage— mbp9 Aug 2009
Harden Up— Walter Plinge27 Aug 2009
- Yeah, it's so 'cool' to— Na27 Aug 2009
I agree.— Targuus Taargus28 Aug 2009

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