Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
#1Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/9/15 at 6:24pm
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/benedict-cumberbatch-urges-fans-to-switch-off-cameras_38482.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=09aug2015
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Margo319
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
#2Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/9/15 at 6:26pm
loved that. i hope they listen to him.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#3Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:13pm
It was anticipated that the Cumber community might not understand theater etiquette, and it seems to be coming to pass. I am curious about the measures that will be taken to identify and evict those who are recording. If it is successful, can it be used everywhere? Just hoping.
#4Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:23pm
I want to hear more about the devices he says the National Theatre is getting next week... how fast can we install them on Broadway?!
#5Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 4:07am
Good luck with that...
Emma MK
Stand-by Joined: 2/28/15
#6Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 4:55am
I hope they do stop people taking pics/recording as from my personal experience at the Barbican, they have been terrible at doing so when ever ive been.
The last time i was there i saw Hugo Weaving in Waiting for Godot and there was a pair of women in their late 30s 4 rows in front of me taking pics all through the show. You would have thought they would have some sort of idea about theatre etiquette at that age. I can sort of understand teenagers doing it, but not grown women!
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#7Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:05pm
Especially because it's being recorded for NT Live. Literally no reason for people to bootleg it.
Updated On: 8/10/15 at 01:05 PM
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#8Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:40pm
I really hope that's true about the Barbican getting devices, because my experience here has been awful. Ushers seem to not give a crap about anything happening. At King Charles III in the very very front of the mezz, the guy next to me took a phone call. No one stopped him. That's actually the least offensive thing of the past year I can recall right now.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#9Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:42pm
I'm pleading with the entertainment industry to stop forcing this charisma-free mediocrity on audiences.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
sparepart973
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/12
#10Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:52pm
Devices to do what, exactly? People will bring in all sorts of electronic gadgets with them (and just about every single body will have a cell phone on them). They won't ask people to check in their phones, will they? (I have been to a concert that actually did that and barred phones from entering the auditorium).
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#11Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/10/15 at 9:42pm
probably an actual security team with night vision goggles.
#12Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/11/15 at 11:54am
I think theatres are sending out mixed messages. It's like Please join us on Facebook, Twitter and Our Web Site but do not photograph in the theatre.
In my day when I walked 10 miles to school photos were reserved for family gatherings and vacations because it was expensive to get film developed. Now people take pictures of their every move and mundane action. It is a different world.
I do think some will respect Cumberbatch and it is good for stars to speak out.
#13Cumberbatch pleads with audiences not to record during the performance, wants plea to go viral
Posted: 8/11/15 at 12:11pm
"I think theatres are sending out mixed messages. It's like Please join us on Facebook, Twitter and Our Web Site but do not photograph in the theatre."
It seems to be a pretty big stretch to think they are encouraging you to do that DURING the show, though.
