Uncle Vernon Gets Stroppy.
Tue, 29 Nov 2005, 10:17 amWalter Plinge7 posts in thread
Uncle Vernon Gets Stroppy.
Tue, 29 Nov 2005, 10:17 am"F**k Off!" Griffiths Tells Audience Member.
When an audience member's mobile phone went off for the third time in the matinee of Heroes at Wyndham's on Saturday (19th November), actor Richard Griffiths, in the middle of a long speech towards the end of the play, lost his temper and asked if it was going to ring again or if he could finish the play.
"ThereÂ’s 750 people sitting in here, and if I was them IÂ’d sue you for spoiling their afternoon," he said. "In fact, why donÂ’t you leave the theatre now? F*** off!"
Another mobile had rung twice in the previous night's performance, which led the play's producer David Pugh to tell SOLT's website, “We are fully supportive of Richard, and if anybody’s mobile phone rings we shall tell them to f*** off out of the theatre!”
The audience clearly supported him too: he received a standing ovation for his words."
When an audience member's mobile phone went off for the third time in the matinee of Heroes at Wyndham's on Saturday (19th November), actor Richard Griffiths, in the middle of a long speech towards the end of the play, lost his temper and asked if it was going to ring again or if he could finish the play.
"ThereÂ’s 750 people sitting in here, and if I was them IÂ’d sue you for spoiling their afternoon," he said. "In fact, why donÂ’t you leave the theatre now? F*** off!"
Another mobile had rung twice in the previous night's performance, which led the play's producer David Pugh to tell SOLT's website, “We are fully supportive of Richard, and if anybody’s mobile phone rings we shall tell them to f*** off out of the theatre!”
The audience clearly supported him too: he received a standing ovation for his words."
Re: Uncle Vernon Gets Stroppy.
Tue, 29 Nov 2005, 07:15 pmThe last show I saw about 6 people, in their early twenties, walked in about 5 minutes into the show. They then walked from the front row to the back - up the stairs at the side of the audience. They were then asked not to video the play due to copyright. The noise was unbeliveable. They explained, during the performance, they had come to see a friend in the show. They didn't return for the second act despite the play being very funny and well presented.
The previous play I saw a week ago, a similar aged group - same bunch? - came in and their phones rang. They texted messages. then they too didn't show up for the second act. they went to the pub across the road.
Do these people think they are doing their friends a favour?
The previous play I saw a week ago, a similar aged group - same bunch? - came in and their phones rang. They texted messages. then they too didn't show up for the second act. they went to the pub across the road.
Do these people think they are doing their friends a favour?
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