What do you eat at the theatre

[Mistlefrog]

I’m going to the theatre for the first time next month and I know it sounds silly but I don’t know what to expect.
Because of work and travel time I won’t have time to have dinner first, do I buy snacks there, or can I take food with me? Is it like the cinema? Or do i just need to be hungry until it’s over.

also do I have to get there much earlier than it starts? Or is 10 minutes to find my seat ok? I don’t have the tickets yet just the booking which says 7.30pm.

Tickets usually state what time to get there (usually 30 mins before curtain up).

Late comers annoy me much more than wrapper rustlers. It pisses me off that grown adults can't organise themselves in order to get to a performance on time! Same with toilet goers, stop faffing about and go before it starts, then if you need it again go in the interval.

Worse when they arrive just after the start time

I usually take a Pret sandwich or similar to eat in the interval. I don’t generally have time to eat beforehand, and I’d keel over if I had to wait until after the show.

Take a ham/ cheese sandwich. Have this in the office at 4:30.

Buy/bring another sandwich for the interval.

Well the bouncer who checked the bags last time I went to the theatre with a sandwich hadn’t read that memo.

That was to duplicate username

I’ve never eaten in the theatre. I’ve never let my kids eat in the. Ice-cream during the interval!

I’m not a big fan of people eating in the theatre.

Banana

Definitely just eat before or after depending on the time of the show. That’s one of the joys of the theatre, having an early dinner or a late one.

One of the many things I love about theatre is that it keeps me away from food for a few hours.

I hate it when I end up near someone who can’t even go for a few hours without pushing food into their face and chatting to their pals.

Please don’t eat a stinky banana in the theatre! Or a hard-boiled egg, or some ham, or any other silent but deadly food.

You could take a smoothie to help keep the rumbling tummy at bay

I meant before u go in

Maltessers, in a box for fancy.

No, not Maltesers. Not while you’re sitting watching the show.

It is possible to go 2 hours without eating, funnily enough.

Just eat a sandwich on your way from the car to the theatre. Easy

I would say aim to get there at around 7ish as there are usually quick eyes for the bag check and if you have to get your ticket from the box office.
Also depending on where you are sitting there are stairs to climb and you might need the loo, order a drink for the interval etc.
We always find it is quite slow to get in and move around and get to your seat
I would take a sandwich and drink for the drive there

Absolutely agree. It's so disruptive and disrespectful.

Eat a packed lunch on the way there.

Arrive at least 20 minutes before.

We recently saw wicked and there were so many people with giant buckets of popcorn. It was disgusting.

Never eat in the theatre, go on days when I can eat beforehand.

I cannot bear anyone eating noisily near me in either the cinema but especially the theatre. I once had someone eat Pringles behind me very noisily for the first half of a show. After putting up with it for half an hour, I turned round and asked them to eat more quietly and the friend I was with told ME off for being 'rude' and that they were entitled to eat as noisily as they liked!!

Dh runs a theatre. They do sell bags of sweets but they are deliberately priced extortionately high to dissuade people. They’re about £6.50 a bag.

Ice creams in the interval only. Loads of people sit there with drinks though (in plastic glasses) and you can pre order drinks from the bar for the interval.

Think you’ve got all the food advice you need, but just wanted to pop in and say I hope you enjoy your very first theatre trip! That’s so exciting, I hope you have a BRILLIANT time!