Aborted mission to the Theatre
Evening everyone.
We have had tickets to watch a play at the New Vic Theatre for several weeks. It was a play written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn called Joking Apart.
It had a fabulous write up and was supposed to be really funny.
We get tickets free of charge periodically from a friend of our sons who works for the theatre. We do treat him to a selection of his favourite beers to say thank you. Its a deal that seems to work very well.
We do pick certain plays to watch that we think we would be interested in and if we can't get free tickets for that particular play we do still get a 50% reduced rate.
Today we made a mistake. We sat through the first half and then went to the cafe for our usual half time coffee. Hubby went to find a table and I stood in the queue for the drinks. Any regular theatre goers will know that this queue takes forever to go down and so whilst waiting patiently I had tome to reflect on the first half of the performance. Guess what? I really didn't enjoy it. I was bored and didn't find it remotely funny. I thought I was going to just be bored for the rest of the performance until I returned with the coffees and Hubby asked " So what did you think of the play?"
I had two choices here, lie and have to endure the second half in silence or be honest and ruin Hubby's enjoyment as he would feel guilty about making me sit through it knowing I wasn't enjoying it.
So I took the cowards way out and said "hmmm it was ok" to which he replied
" thought so, you looked bored stiff, I actually thought it was rubbish and not our cup of tea at all, lets go home. No point sitting through another 45 minutes"
Phew!! Thank goodness for that.
But, now, how do we walk out past our friend in the box office without having to confess we hated it after he told us it was so good just an hour earlier. There was nothing else for it, we sneaked out of the upstairs fire escape feeling like naughty children! I think in future we will need to be a bit more selective about what we ask to see. Thankfully it hadn't cost us anything or I may of had to force myself to see it through to the end.
Have you ever had to sit through something that you found boring. What would you do in this situation?
Just in case you're interested in the play. Here are the details.
Take care
Jules x
I will try to read all comments and reply. Please be polite and kind. Thanks :)
We went to see some stand up comedy recently that just wasn't funny. It was a tiny intimate venue and we had front row seats. We left at the break and had to walk past the compere and 'comedians' on our way out pretending we were going to the toilets!!
ReplyDeleteHaha Ali, glad I'm not the only one. Why is it that we feel guilty and feel the need to sneak out? Think its a British thing of being too polite and not liking to offend.
DeleteHaha Ali, glad I'm not the only one. Why is it that we feel guilty and feel the need to sneak out? Think its a British thing of being too polite and not liking to offend.
DeleteWe left a choir performance in our local church at half time....it was the songs/music not the singing, but couldn't stomach any more !
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame Frances. I bet the poor performers put a lot of effort in and then were let down by the director
DeleteWe went to see a play in London.part of a meal and theater package.The meal was...ok..and the play was rubbish!We did the same and came out at half time!,xx
ReplyDeleteOh goodness Debi I bet that was expensive too. What a disappointment.I'm so pleased that I'm not the only one who has walked, makes me feel so much better !
DeleteI've walked out before when something wasn't to my liking...no problem.
ReplyDeleteWell done. A woman after my own heart x
DeleteLife's too short to spend doing something you are not enjoying. Isn't that why many of us retired in the first place? Couldn't resist a chuckle at the thought of you sneaking out via the fire escape though.
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right. Life is too short and I think being slightly intolerant is something that comes with age. When I told my daughter she said " Oh my goodness mum, you actually did do a real back door boogie!" Haha. x
DeleteYou're absolutely right. Life is too short and I think being slightly intolerant is something that comes with age. When I told my daughter she said " Oh my goodness mum, you actually did do a real back door boogie!" Haha. x
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