Come Here To Me!

This was in the Metro Herald yesterday morning. It was one of two letters complaining about The Field at the Olympia. Unusually, I’ve spotted plenty of letters and commentary like it popping up over the last few days, the majority of it criticism not of the play itself but rather the theatre, and indeed the audience.

I have to say I attended The Field last week and thought it excellent, and loved the Olympia as a venue. It was my first time to see a play there, normally going for one of two extremes in the form of small independents or The Abbey. I did see one woman (elderly) moved to seats nearer the front owing to not being able to hear the actors (the things you hear during an interval eh?) but all in all it went without a hitch. Anyone else?