Some Valuable Tips
Mumbai Theatre Guide
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Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024
Dear Reader,
Some Valuable TipsCritics from The Guardian have complied a list of how to be a better audience, and a couple of pointers for their theatre audiences apply to ours too. And we have people who not just let their phones ring, but answer them and chat while a show is on!
Writes Arifa Akbar:
Stop fake laughing
It might come from a place of generosity – sending out a reassuring signal to actors, making an effort to add to the atmosphere – but forced laughter is obvious, and en masse it has the ear-piercing sound of a road drill.
Don't dawdle
Standing stock still in the middle of the lobby with your companions, especially after the bell has gone, obstructs others trying to get to their seats. The pre-show bustle is all part of the excitement but not when there's a wall of bodies refusing to budge.
Stop clapping so much
I mean, after every song at a musical ... It's not Pop Idol. I have seen actors freeze and wait for it to end before they can get on with the next scene. ( For our audience we can add after every funny line!)
Put your smartwatch on dim
It's annoying to see them beaming around the auditorium every time someone moves a wrist.
Oh yes! You know who the offenders are!
"Theatre exists only because it is overwhelming, because its acting is astonishing. Where a theatre and its acting are merely 'good,' merely 'correct,' merely 'in the proper style,' theatre dies a slow death."
- Robert Cohen
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