The article 'Theatre trips for parents should be child's play' was published on the website of the newspaper 'The Guardian' on March 21, 2013. It was written by Lyn Gardener.
The author of the article rises the problem of how people with children could visit theatre not leaving their offsprings. Here the answer: to take children with them. And at one of such perfomances Lyn Gardener had a chance to be present at Camden People's theatre in central London on a Thursday morning.
Lyn tells that such shows are for parents who would like to see it, but who would need a babysitter if they came out in the evening. Instead, they can pitch upcome at mid-morning with their babies, safe in the knowledge that everyone else in the theatre will have a baby with them too, and that performers and other audience members are not going to look askance if their child is vocal, needs a feed or wants a nap. It's really a good idea especially for theatregoers with children who is busy at night and couldn't leave them with baby-sitters.
Nevertheless, the author warns that although it's a good idea, there can appear some problems. As it's already happening widely in the cinema, but it couldn't work out with live performance.
Further Lyn Gardener reports how such idea come to the mind of Mugridge. She is a theatre maker of Camden People's theatre. Visiting the Globe, where another member of the audience complained that she had brought her baby, she noticed that neither ushers, nor actors was against the baby in the audience. The Globe one of the few theatres that has always been child-friendly.
The author notes that why an unhappy baby might be as off-putting to other theatregoers as a mobile-phone user, but a happy baby or child is quite another proposition. If a child is fond of theatre and and behaves well why can't he visit it?
Concluding, the author tells that even in Greece and Italy babies, children and teenagers make up part of the audience. That's why she's sure that Mugridge's initiative is a step in the right direction. So do I. I fully agree with the author. Nowadays it's really important to children and teenagers to be enlightened in such way. As most of them don't read, don't watch films or programmes which can help them in studies, they just become degraded by playing in the computer games, watching foolish films and surfing in the Internet.
The author of the article rises the problem of how people with children could visit theatre not leaving their offsprings. Here the answer: to take children with them. And at one of such perfomances Lyn Gardener had a chance to be present at Camden People's theatre in central London on a Thursday morning.
Lyn tells that such shows are for parents who would like to see it, but who would need a babysitter if they came out in the evening. Instead, they can pitch upcome at mid-morning with their babies, safe in the knowledge that everyone else in the theatre will have a baby with them too, and that performers and other audience members are not going to look askance if their child is vocal, needs a feed or wants a nap. It's really a good idea especially for theatregoers with children who is busy at night and couldn't leave them with baby-sitters.
Nevertheless, the author warns that although it's a good idea, there can appear some problems. As it's already happening widely in the cinema, but it couldn't work out with live performance.
Further Lyn Gardener reports how such idea come to the mind of Mugridge. She is a theatre maker of Camden People's theatre. Visiting the Globe, where another member of the audience complained that she had brought her baby, she noticed that neither ushers, nor actors was against the baby in the audience. The Globe one of the few theatres that has always been child-friendly.
The author notes that why an unhappy baby might be as off-putting to other theatregoers as a mobile-phone user, but a happy baby or child is quite another proposition. If a child is fond of theatre and and behaves well why can't he visit it?
Concluding, the author tells that even in Greece and Italy babies, children and teenagers make up part of the audience. That's why she's sure that Mugridge's initiative is a step in the right direction. So do I. I fully agree with the author. Nowadays it's really important to children and teenagers to be enlightened in such way. As most of them don't read, don't watch films or programmes which can help them in studies, they just become degraded by playing in the computer games, watching foolish films and surfing in the Internet.
Well done!
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The author notes that why an unhappy baby. It's not logical!