The Courtyard Theatre — Attraction in London

Turned up to queue because of a first comes first serve gig. Told me there was tickets and a qr code to get in (the artist said there were no tickets but that’s fine, misunderstandings can happen). Was told to go home and I completely understood and was going to leave but one of the people kept telling me off instead of letting me just leave, telling me to not come back and that because of me the gig was going to be probably cancelled (just because I turned up early from what he said). It was quite a big over reaction in my opinion, as again, I wasn’t really arguing and I was going to leave. Also, I wasn’t able to find anything saying we couldn’t queue or I wouldn’t have tried that at all. Very confused by the whole situation and rudeness.

Edit: as confirmed weeks ago by the artist, at the time I turned up there were no tickets and it was supposed to be a first come first served, but they were introduced after I turned up. I understand being concerned about 2000 people turning up at the same time and being concerned about your license, but there was no need to lie and make me feel bad for a gig being cancelled (it was not cancelled in the end, but it still made me feel horrible because I felt like I ruined it for everybody just by being there). Furthermore, I appreciate a voucher being offered, but I don’t think I would ever like to step in a place where, instead of just being honest, people will just yell and get mad at you until there is a big enough crowd to who they can’t say anything to (because at that point it wasn’t one woman against two men). I would like to also make it clear that I was there on my own, nobody else was there, and being told off and yelled at, considering I’m a woman, by a man twice my size wasn’t the best. There was another man with him but he just stayed in silence while the other yelled at me to go home and to not dare to come back. I felt quite intimidated and embarassed and I wouldn’t wish to risk meeting this person again, not even for an apology. Please learn to treat people with respect instead of trying to excuse yourself with reasons that could have been explained in the beginning instead of just yelling and lying about tickets and...

I attended the workshop with Kate Bone on the 12th February, Kate Bone is the Casting Associate on Netflix The Crown has worked on casting a vast range of feature films and television series at Nina Gold & Robert Sterne Casting. Kate will use her experience and expertise to help improve your audition technique. Participants will be sent a script prior to their workshop, and asked to perform – Kate will be giving live feedback, and working with each actor throughout the workshop. Kate will be sharing some recent experiences she has had with actors and share advice on techniques you can take forward with you. This workshop is a chance to learn from your peers, so please be prepared to perform in front of all workshop participants.

About Kate: Originally trained as an actress, Kate Bone moved into the Film industry nearly 20 years ago. From Production Coordinator on many major projects including World War Z, Sherlock Holmes & Maleficent she then went into casting and has been working for Casting Directors Nina Gold & Robert Sterne for nearly ten years.

Kate currently continues casts on the multiple awarding winning Netflix’ The Crown and has done from the very first season. Other recent casting projects include Chernobyl, Succession (UK casting), The Little Stranger, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Game of Thrones and The Imitation Games amongst...

It's a nice space and has some potential, as a school mainly, but is run by a theatre 'manager' who knows little to nothing about theatre. The place is constantly double booked, you get practically no assistance, the front of house is a mess, there are LOTS of mice in the auditorium, rubbish all over the place, no real ventilation, no real dressing rooms, no real stage entrances and exits, no black curtains, no real soundproofing, and the most bizarre layout. Most of all there is no sense of 'theatre' about the place.

I think it's probably a great little music venue but not suitable for any serious theatre companies to hire and not what I would call a professional theatre. We were in running a tech and the staff from the school and students were constantly walking across our space, and through our 'dressing room' where people were naked without the slightest hesitation. In the evening the theatre office was full of people singing and smoking dope and the whole building stank.

Basically it's like a venue in Royston Vasey. On the plus side the technical staff were excellent... When...