Theatre only works if all audience members lose themselves in the play, and this can’t happen if people next to you are texting, munching or vaping, says Michael Simkins.
Kit Harington, star of the ubiquitous Game Of Thrones, and who has just finished a run of Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s theatre, has been making a bit of a splash in theatrical circles this week, after coming to the defence of the legions of his fans flocking to see their hero in the flesh; many of whom (or so it’s claimed by other disgruntled punters), are unschooled in the traditional protocol demanded of regular theatregoers, and whose consequently loutish behaviour has ruined the experience for those seated next to them.
One in particular, theatre producer Richard Jordan... Keep reading on The Guardian
Kit Harington, star of the ubiquitous Game Of Thrones, and who has just finished a run of Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s theatre, has been making a bit of a splash in theatrical circles this week, after coming to the defence of the legions of his fans flocking to see their hero in the flesh; many of whom (or so it’s claimed by other disgruntled punters), are unschooled in the traditional protocol demanded of regular theatregoers, and whose consequently loutish behaviour has ruined the experience for those seated next to them.
One in particular, theatre producer Richard Jordan... Keep reading on The Guardian