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When the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a feminist opened new Yorkthe audience had to do something unusual.
They were asked to put their phones away – not in their bags, but in specially designed bags, which can only be opened during breaks or after the show.
One of the show’s producers, Eva Price, confirmed to the Guardian when Liberation – five Tony Award nominees – he arrived in Londonaudience members will be asked to “put down” their mobile devices throughout the performance.
Price and the Liberation production team of Whitney White, the play’s director, and Bess Wohl, the writer, initiated the ban to protect the performers during the nudity. But what started out as a way to make sure the actors weren’t photographed or filmed while in danger turned into a fun time. Broadway.
When asked if he wanted to repeat it London“That’s our goal,” Price said.
Many in Britain will welcome the move. A row about the culture of the audience erupted after Rosamund Pike spoke to the National Theater group when someone used their phone in the process. mention of Inter Alia.
After his performance, Pike – who won an Olivier recently – returned to the Wyndham’s Theater stage on Saturday. He said: “You know who you are and I will not exclude you. “Maybe (using the phone) was very important, and maybe you are a doctor, and you are saving someone’s life, and I hope you are doing that, but we see this, we hear it.
Meanwhile, theatergoers in the UK are being told to turn off their phones and respect the musicians. There are usually several reminders to turn off the phone before the job starts, but using the phone and being interrupted by bleeping devices is not uncommon.
Following Pike’s intervention, Ian Rickson, former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre, called for a complete ban on mobile phones, saying that audiences should be encouraged to keep their phones away for maximum benefit. He said: “I think that if we really take the owners and say: ‘We invite you to this special event. It will be a place without phones, come and participate,’ and people want to do that?”
Price said Liberation’s “banned” phone helped “make it happen for the common people” and that the process was very simple. Actors scanned their tickets and placed their phones in bags designed by onwhich was printed with a magnetic strip. This could only be opened by the Yondr staff, who remained in the theater and gave access to those who asked during the break before reopening everyone’s bags after the curtain call.
Price said he has not been notified of anyone refusing to use the fund. “There was an occasional person who asked why, but the answer was: ‘I’m sorry, but this is the policy of this movie theater, and we promise you that if there is an accident, you can reopen it.'”
The Liberation method will be welcomed by many players.
In April, Lesley Manville – who is in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, also at the National Theater – said “rude” to record during the phone call on the curtain.” “We are all in this room, we are telling you a story, you are listening – clap or don’t clap, but don’t just put your phone in your face,” he said.
But London’s theaters don’t want to ban phones altogether. Directors and producers, for the most part, hate to even talk about it. Many are afraid to look elite or untouchable, and others are worried to distinguish new players who are not au fait with the conventions and hope – at some point – to be able to use their phone, especially to record the players during the blocking.
Price acknowledges that for some purposes, the use of mobile phones can be, and is encouraged. He’s making it too TitanicCéline Dion jukebox music. Audience members are encouraged to record the first part. “This is a very different situation where we invite people to get their phones out,” he said. “The story is important.”
Despite Manville’s protests, the idea of banning people from taking pictures of the theater they often pay large sums of money to see falls on the wrong side of the line for many.
“For most people there is balance,” said one inside theater reporter. “Phones are missing during the show, so you give them something during the closing. Social media and word of mouth come from that and it’s part of our environment. It’s how we share, enjoy and sell work.”
