Theatre etiquette
We went to see Miss Saigon last night (which, by the way, was a fantastic production) and we’d like to add an item to the Official Handbook of Theatre Etiquette…
If you are blessed with voluminous hair, it is your moral responsibility to reduce the volume of your hair in consideration of patrons seated behind you. Plait it, braid it, put it up in a bun….do whatever you need to to reduce the viewing space your hair takes up.
The Poolboy was seated behind a woman who a) was very tall and b) had a magnificent mane of wild hair. He said he had to restrain himself from leaning forwards, gathering up her hair in his hands, twisting it and tucking it into the collar of her shirt, but instead resigned himself to viewing the perfomance through a crimped, blonde curtain.
