Will you PLEASE be quiet??!!
Mon, 26 Aug 2002, 09:26 amLeah Maher32 posts in thread
Will you PLEASE be quiet??!!
Mon, 26 Aug 2002, 09:26 amHey kids,
Not wanting to take attention away from the interesting three way romance developing in the "Reviewers in the Missed" thread, an interesting point has been raised way down there in the Reviews forum; what do you do about noisy audience members?
The amazing Mr Kelso in the equally amazing Copenhagen at the Octogon very recently apparently employed the simple break of character and "Would you please be quiet, the rest of the audience is tying to listen." before returning to character and picking up from where he had been so rudely interupted.
Is this the best way to go about it? Or should you just ignore it and hope it goes away? Or send a runner out in the interval to hunt down the culprits and have a quiet word? Or get the cast and crew together in the car park afterwards to make sure these inconsiderate audience members never bother another actor again?
Suggestions? Stories? Annecdotes?
Leah
Not wanting to take attention away from the interesting three way romance developing in the "Reviewers in the Missed" thread, an interesting point has been raised way down there in the Reviews forum; what do you do about noisy audience members?
The amazing Mr Kelso in the equally amazing Copenhagen at the Octogon very recently apparently employed the simple break of character and "Would you please be quiet, the rest of the audience is tying to listen." before returning to character and picking up from where he had been so rudely interupted.
Is this the best way to go about it? Or should you just ignore it and hope it goes away? Or send a runner out in the interval to hunt down the culprits and have a quiet word? Or get the cast and crew together in the car park afterwards to make sure these inconsiderate audience members never bother another actor again?
Suggestions? Stories? Annecdotes?
Leah
Re: Will you PLEASE be quiet??!!
Tue, 27 Aug 2002, 11:12 pmIs it because we are conditioned by going to the major cinemas?
The programme in the paper says the film starts at 8, but you KNOW that you have at least 15min of commercials and trailers for other movies before the feature actually starts, so you don't have to worry about being late.
Maybe theatres should adapt, rather than buck this trend, and fill the first 15 minutes of waiting for latecomers with little skits promoting their sponsors, and invite performers from other shows to do short excerpts, before the play proper...?
Cheers,
Craig
The programme in the paper says the film starts at 8, but you KNOW that you have at least 15min of commercials and trailers for other movies before the feature actually starts, so you don't have to worry about being late.
Maybe theatres should adapt, rather than buck this trend, and fill the first 15 minutes of waiting for latecomers with little skits promoting their sponsors, and invite performers from other shows to do short excerpts, before the play proper...?
Cheers,
Craig
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