Rosamund Pike Keeps Performing After 1-Minute Front-Row Phone Alarm Disrupts Inter Alia
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 13
Rosamund Pike Keeps Performing After 1-Minute Front-Row Phone Alarm Disrupts Inter Alia
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 13
Summary
A front-row phone alarm rang for more than a minute during Saturday’s matinee of Inter Alia at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre, briefly distracting Rosamund Pike but not stopping the show.
Pike made no public comment afterward, though witnesses said she glared at the audience member when the phone was finally pulled from a handbag and silenced.
Front-of-house staff said policing phone use is difficult during performances, especially mid-row, and that at least one person takes out a device at every show.
The disruption came weeks after Pike rebuked another audience member for texting during the play, saying it broke the bond between cast and audience.
The incident adds to wider complaints about theatre etiquette, after Lesley Manville, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott all criticized audience phone use in recent West End performances.