Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRosamund Pike publicly admonished an audience member for texting during an emotional scene of her play Inter Alia at Wyndham’s Theatre in London. The actor, who plays a court judge in the production, returned to the stage during the curtain call to deliver a speech on theatre etiquette. Ms Pike expressed how the incident was upsetting, stating that such distractions make it difficult for performers to connect with the audience. The play explores themes of sexual assault and legal injustices, with Ms Pike having won an Olivier Award for her role. This incident follows similar criticisms of poor theatre etiquette by other prominent actors, including Daniel Craig, Patti LuPone and Lesley Manville. In full‘You know who you are’: Rosamund Pike calls out audience member for texting during showThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Rosamund Pike tells off audience member for behaviour during show
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRosamund Pike publicly admonished an audience member for texting during an emotional scene of her play Inter Alia at Wyndham’s Theatre in London. The actor, who plays a court judge in the production, returned to the stage during the curtain call to deliver a speech on theatre etiquette. Ms Pike expressed how the incident was upsetting, stating that such distractions make it difficult for performers to connect with the audience. The play explores themes of sexual assault and legal injustices, with Ms Pike having won an Olivier Award for her role. This incident follows similar criticisms of poor theatre etiquette by other prominent actors, including Daniel Craig, Patti LuPone and Lesley Manville. In full‘You know who you are’: Rosamund Pike calls out audience member for texting during showThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Rosamund Pike called out an audience member for texting mid-scene during her Olivier Award-winning play Inter Alia at London's Wyndham's Theatre. The incident joins a growing pattern of actors — Daniel Craig, Patti LuPone, Lesley Manville — publicly confronting phone use in live venues, signalling mounting pressure on theatres to enforce stricter device policies.
