Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 10, 2023 5:10:55 GMT
I had no idea there was such violence happening. If it is the pandemic that has brought this on, I wonder how long before audience members right themselves and reacclimate to being in a theatre setting?
Theatre etiquette in the spotlight after The Bodyguard incident in Manchester
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65224777
April 10, 2023
But this is not just about singing.
One person who identified themselves on Twitter as a Palace front of house supervisor wrote: "The police were not called because of a few patrons singing along, they were called because of the UNPRECEDENTED levels of VIOLENCE asking them to stop caused."
Bad audience behaviour in general has become an increasing problem, according to many performers and theatre workers.
Actor Charles Brunton told BBC Breakfast: "It's been really [worse] since the pandemic, since theatres have reopened up. It seems to be on a weekly basis [that] I hear a horror story of some instance and an audience member going crazy, or some situation that disrupts the performance on stage.
"Pre-pandemic, it was pretty rare that instances would happen. In lockdown, we were sat watching television shows or theatres' productions that were put on television, and obviously we were doing that in our lounge. We could chat away, we could argue, we could fight, we could do what we like. And people seem to have brought that into the theatre."
Theatre etiquette in the spotlight after The Bodyguard incident in Manchester
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65224777
April 10, 2023
But this is not just about singing.
One person who identified themselves on Twitter as a Palace front of house supervisor wrote: "The police were not called because of a few patrons singing along, they were called because of the UNPRECEDENTED levels of VIOLENCE asking them to stop caused."
Bad audience behaviour in general has become an increasing problem, according to many performers and theatre workers.
Actor Charles Brunton told BBC Breakfast: "It's been really [worse] since the pandemic, since theatres have reopened up. It seems to be on a weekly basis [that] I hear a horror story of some instance and an audience member going crazy, or some situation that disrupts the performance on stage.
"Pre-pandemic, it was pretty rare that instances would happen. In lockdown, we were sat watching television shows or theatres' productions that were put on television, and obviously we were doing that in our lounge. We could chat away, we could argue, we could fight, we could do what we like. And people seem to have brought that into the theatre."
