Cumberphone Campaign

Actors tackling Mobile Phones in Theatres, one Showtune & Soliloquy at a time. See our Manifesto: contact: [email protected]

[Cumberphone Campaign @cumberphone]

PERFECTION! "Turn It Off" VIDEO - An American in Paris Spoofs The Book of Mormon: #turnitoff 📵🎭👏🏻🏆📵 https://t.co/ShK9qXx2mt

[National Theatre @NationalTheatre]

@londontheatre Or worse, forget entirely to turn it on silent, then faff from an excruciating 30s when someone calls!

[LondonTheatre.co.uk @londontheatre]

@NationalTheatre - Make sure your phone is on silent, but still set to a vibrate setting that would register on the Richter scale

[National Theatre @NationalTheatre]

Five ways to make your home viewing experience more like you're at the theatre [a thread]

- Make someone late, and squeeze past you at 6.59pm.

- Order a drink for the interval from the person nearest the kitchen.

[The Stage @TheStage]

Madonna's no-phone zone at the Palladium was heavenly – @matthemley wonders if it’s time for theatres to follow the Queen of Pop’s lead https://t.co/3JYfjutBNr

[Cumberphone Campaign @cumberphone]

@westendwilma 📵

[West End Wilma @westendwilma]

I'm going to be writing a weekly theatre blog about Theatre Etiquette, focusing on a different thing each week. What are your biggest annoyances at the theatre?

[Bianca Del Rio @TheBiancaDelRio]

Dear blonde bitch with glasses,
Thanks for distracting the ENTIRE CAST and SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND YOU as you filmed during all of ACT ONE with your phone in your hand. This is not a concert, theme park or even a cruise ship...... it’s THE THEATRE! RESPECT IT ! @JamieMusical 🙄

[Joe Sugg @Joe_Sugg]

Put your phones away during the show please.

[JohnnyFox QC @johnnyfoxlondon]

This was @ComeFromAwayUK - hope producers speak about their phone policy. @cumberphone

[Jonathan Andrew Hume @MrHume]

To the woman in the 3rd row of the stalls filming almost the entire show: What you did was so disrespectful to the cast, and the rest of your fellow audience. It's DISTRACTING! I mean, you paid for a ticket. Watch the show with eyes, NOT WITH YOUR PHONE! 😡

…annnnd breathe… 🧘🏾‍♂️

[Cumberphone Campaign @cumberphone]

✈️ +🌙 = 🎭📵
#TheatreMode
#StealthPhone
👍🏻✅😘
https://t.co/NthtmufvnU

[Leslie Garcia Bowman @lesliegbowman]

Theatre goers - please become accustomed to these 2 buttons ASAP 🙄 when your phone rings in Quiet Uptown understand that you’ve ruined the moment for everyone watching the show and you’ve ruined our hard work up to that point in the show. Kmt

[Baz Bamigboye @BazBam]

Oh,and to the lady in row F of stalls whose phone went off TWICE during pivotal second act scene of #TheDoctor @AlmeidaTheatre on Saturday night - I say , please , please , in future, check your 📞 is off or on airplane mode before you take your seat. So simple.

[The Strad @TheStradMag]

"Either I will leave, or you will put away your phone"

... so, don't mess with Anne-Sophie Mutter, ok?

https://t.co/VLZv6d61rg

[Madonna @Madonna]

3 shows into Madame ❌ and Ive enjoyed every minute of this intimate experience! I ♥️ Looking into the audience and not seeing Iphone’s and cameras flashing but instead-eyes, smiles and happy human faces. However I am mystified and confused by some... https://t.co/svbt9Mvtwq

[Courtyard Playhouse @Court_Playhouse]

Today we launch our new NO PHONE ZONE in our auditoriums at the Courtyard Playhouse. The idea is to allow people to be swept up into a shared mood during our workshops & showcases without disruption.

[CleveSeptember @CleveRSeptember]

TURN OFF YOUR PHONES!!! This evening as I was doing Philip’s death scene, someone’s phone started ringing!! It’s one of the most distracting things for an actor when someone is either on their phone or their phone is ringing... just turn it off!!! Please! 🙏🏽

[The Stage @TheStage]

Ushers working in West End theatres have started to wear body cameras to help combat increasing levels of aggression from theatregoers https://t.co/juRoytGNv3

[Layton Williams @LaytonWilliams]

Eugh. What a nob! Sorry you had to deal with that... Ya’ll were a FAB audience (phone calls aside)🤗