To ask what poor theatre etiquette you’ve witnessed?

I once sat in front of David Walliams at the theatre - he kicked my seat all the way through. What a nob.

Oh I saw they were making a musical of Pride was it good it sounds like it. NYE is one of the best things I have seen on stage we did stand yes.

I go to the theatre a lot and find most people are actually fine.

I once sat behind a teenager on her phone. I told her off and she stopped.

People singing and humming along with the show. Too quiet for it to carry far enough for the stewards to say anything. I just can't handle it. It is pure rage.

I was once sat next to someone who was trying to translate the whole of Wicked to her mother!

We had this once too! The woman audibly said oh great as we sat down - there was 4 of us and her entire row was empty, I suggested she asked for move but she didn't even bother!

At Motown, a couple in the row behind us came in really late and totally pissed up. The woman could hardly walk. They slumped in their seats, bickering. By the second half the woman was asleep and snoring loudly, the usher had to wake her up and tell her to be quiet. At the end they staggered off. She left her phone behind. I handed it in, god knows if she got it back.

At Tina, the couple next to us were again very drunk and kept standing up singing/ shouting. There had been clear instructions to stay in seat and not sing along until the final number. At the interval they were in the bar and the manager came to speak to them. The man got really offended and stormed off. The lady watched the second half on her own and was better behaved.

Also at the Lion King there were two women and a little girl sitting next to us. The little girl was right next to my husband and though she was very well behaved she kept doing the foulest silent but deadly farts. He was breathing through his shirt cuff to try and filter the gas. When it came to the interval they got up from their seats and he remarked "I hope she's gone to drop a log" which is now a family catch phrase.

STOP 😂

Surely you mean Jizz us😂

I went to see stranger things and was in the dress circle.. so tiered seats and the people in front of having their heads quite obviously in our eye line.

The people in front were a mother and a son, the son being about 10/11 and it was absolutely bizarre. She was stroking him, his head, his hair, his chin, kept kissing him, it was so so inappropriate and uncomfortable. Everyone I was with commented on it. It was like he was an emotional support animal.

Was at The Jersey Boys. One woman clearly thought she was at a pantomime as she kept loudly answering questions asked by the actors on stage...

Maybe an actors mum being a bit too enthusiastic 😀

Unwrapping noisy sweets and undoing fizzy pop bottles midway through quiet parts drive me mad - absolutely no need!

This! There’s nothing wrong with enthusiastic applause and the odd whoop to show appreciation. Standing ovations should be for real take-your-breath-away performances that leave you overwhelmed and mere clapping and cheering simply doesn’t express it.
I remember going to a local touring performance of Brassed Off. It was very good, but there was a woman behind me who leapt to her feet at the end of every single musical number. Distracting and unnecessary.

Urg people with their phones out to take photos they will never see again. One time a lady next to me got her phone out and was looking through her photo gallery! Just leave. The light is so distracting.

More amusing than irritating - sat next to a couple. She was clearly loving the show, and he had a face like thunder and was huffing throughout. I thought I’d rather have gone on my own if he was my partner.

Peter And The Wolf animated film with live music by Manchester Camerata. Family rocked up with full Mcdonald's takeaway.

Oh my… I played the little match girl in my school production back when I was 8 or 9… I must have blocked this out, though I do remember crying (whilst in character so it was all good). Now you’ve mentioned the “sleeping” I remember the end involved me falling and lying down…

I wish producers would watch from other seats
I saw Evita and was in the second row in the upper.circle. every time something happened at the front of the stage we could barely see and neither could the front row.as they continually leant over completely blocking our view. Seemed odd to use that part of the stage for a pivotal part of the show.

Not so much poor etiquette but it did make me
I took DD to see "The Little MatchGirl" , it is quite sad at the end. There were the usual might not be suitable for child under 7 parental discretion etc.

A girl behind us got upset ,loudly , her Mum saying over and over "oh she's only sleeping^
I wanted to ask her if she'd read the story - the whole point is she dies , cold and unloved and dreaming of her grandmother to take her away from this grim life .

My theatre has several seats near the door to put latecomers in until the interval. They are only sold if every other ticket in the theatre has been bought, including the seats for wheelchair users which are only released to non-wheelchair users a day or two before each performance.

I only know this because I occasionally work there as a volunteer steward. I don’t know how many other theatres do it.

It’s people keep going to the toilet that piss me off. Everyone has to stand up for them to get through, drives me mad