People laughed at me on Thursday night. Admittedly, they may laugh at me more often than I notice, but this bout of hilarity was obvious. And it was all because of some pillows.

You see, I’ve sat through more hours than I care to recall on the benches at the Menier Chocolate Factory. And every time I have come out with horrendous pins and needles down my legs and a terrible pain in my lower spine. (After A Little Night Music, I ended up with a trapped nerve in my back.) And I never, ever, ever learn.

So this time, when I went to see Sweet Charity, which I knew I’d love and didn’t want ruined or marred in any way, shape or form, I took pillows. I created a little booster cushion for myself, with a nice lumbar support. My fellow audience members sniggered and doubtless whispered about the strange journalist lady who carries bedding around in her giant bag, but I was sure that I would be the most comfortable viewer. And indeed as I saw other people wriggle around and attempt to restore feeling in their numb limbs, my forward-thinking was proved to be most wise.

So I wondered about other people’s theatre-going quirks. Americans famously do not understand the concept of eating ice-cream at the interval (sorry, “intermission”) of a show. And speaking of food consumption in the theatre, two lovely ladies sitting behind me ate a big tub of noodles all the way through the last night of Too Close To The Sun.

So what preparations do you make? Do you pack yourself a coolbag full of edible goodies? Take a spare set of spectacles, just in case? Bring along your own binoculars?

Share those secrets with me in the comment box below. I won’t tell anyone. Honest.

Tagged as: a little night music, food, menier chocolate factory, noodles, spectacles, sweet charity, too close to the sun

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