Social Etiquette at the Theatre

Key Points To Remember:

1. Cough. Not all the way through, but just at those really poignant moments.

2. Do not take a tissue. It is fine to snort through your nose like a hog at the person sitting in front of you. Recommend a bitter-sweet West End production for doing this.

3. Be late, but before you are, buy your tickets right in the middle of a front row and do a bumper shop in Primark.

4. Talk every now and then. Make sure you share your questions and opinions with everyone.

5. Buy a big bag of noisy sweets or flashing wands. It’s a competition to trough, rustle, snort and cough all the way through the next two hours. It seems never a month passes without new social rules and faux pas becoming the norm. This month, we update you on the latest way of behaving on the pavement.