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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleActor Stephen Mangan has questioned whether audience members understand that “they’re in the same room” at the theatre.Mangan, who is returning to the West End for The Truth, told The Times: “If they pull out a phone and start texting, we’re right there. We can see it. If they lean over and whisper something to their friend, we can hear it.” He recounted an experience during a 2009 Broadway play, when someone in the front row put their two feet on the stage.His comments come after Rosamund Pike pointed out that someone had been texting during a pivotal scene in her West End play, Inter Alia. The issue of disruptive audience behaviour has become a renewed topic of debate, with another recent incident involving the Royal Shakespeare Company asking a woman to leave The Tempest after her baby repeatedly interrupted the production. In fullStephen Mangan shares shocking instance of audience member’s terrible theatre etiquetteThank 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
Stephen Mangan adds to theatre etiquette debate after Rosamund Pike controversy
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 inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleActor Stephen Mangan has questioned whether audience members understand that “they’re in the same room” at the theatre.Mangan, who is returning to the West End for The Truth, told The Times: “If they pull out a phone and start texting, we’re right there. We can see it. If they lean over and whisper something to their friend, we can hear it.” He recounted an experience during a 2009 Broadway play, when someone in the front row put their two feet on the stage.His comments come after Rosamund Pike pointed out that someone had been texting during a pivotal scene in her West End play, Inter Alia. The issue of disruptive audience behaviour has become a renewed topic of debate, with another recent incident involving the Royal Shakespeare Company asking a woman to leave The Tempest after her baby repeatedly interrupted the production. In fullStephen Mangan shares shocking instance of audience member’s terrible theatre etiquetteThank 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
