Last night we were at a musical tribute act in a theatre. 99.9% of the audience remained seated throughout the performance. About 3 people were dancing by their seats, but they were up near the back with no one behind them. There was one very drunk woman dancing near us, but she had an empty seat behind her, although i would imagine it was very annoying for the ones sitting in the row behind, watching her jumping about, waving her arms up high.
Directly in front of me was a girl probably about 9 or 10, who was encouraged to stand up and dance by her mother, who turned round to me and asked if that was ok. I replied that no, i couldn’t see, so the girl sat down again. After another few songs, the drunk lady was encouraging everyone to dance along, at which the point the mother pushed the girl into standing, where she then remained, jigging about for the rest of the performance.
I considered complaining to the staff on the door, but as i was in the middle of a row, i would have had to disturb about 12 people (twice). I didn’t want to complain to the mother directly, partly because she already knew i couldn’t see, but i didn’t want to embarrass the girl who’d been told to dance by her mother.
So, aibu to be annoyed, or is it the norm these days to block other people’s view of the stage?