[Kizzy]

Oh well due to the cuts there is no funding available for the severely disabled to have outings with a carer so ...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yes, but (and this is going to sound really awful)...if I was a carer for someone and I knew they had a disability that would make them disruptive somewhere where they are meant to be quiet, I would never have took them there to begin with. And if i took the chance (maybe some days it doesnt happen, or isnt as extreme) then if it happens when I was there, I would leave. I would do it with a child. I do know a disabled adult is not the same as a child though..

But the other people in the theatre have a right to watch the show too.

This is why its such a hard question to answer IMO. The disabled person has rights. However so do the other people who are there. Everyone has paid for their tickets...allowing the disruption is pretty much voiding lots of peoples tickets, whereas any other action is dicriminating against the disabled person as they cant help what they are doing.

I would say the blame lies with the carer in this situation :/

Personally I think it's the responsibility of the Theatre Staff (especially if you complain to the them) but then they're entering a mine field if they say anything to the disabled person or carer as they could be accused of discrimination. I think they should be obliged to either move you to another seat or give you a full refund on your ticket

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Personally I think it's the responsibility of the Theatre Staff (especially if you complain to the them) but then they're entering a mine field if they say anything to the disabled person or carer as they could be accused of discrimination. I think they should be obliged to either move you to another seat or give you a full refund on your ticket

To let it go, is positive discrimination too. They cant win either :S

I agree that a full refund should be given. But you would still feel like a bit of a twat asking for a refund/compaining in the first place about something that cant be helped.

[Roy Mars III]

Normally if there was a disruptive attendee the staff would ask that person to leave. Obviously it would be different with a disabled person if they can not help themselves. I would ask the staff to either give me a refund, or give me a ticket equal to the one I bought for a show on another date. In these kind of situations staff seem to take the safest route to avoid any negative attention and any possibility of getting in trouble with their boss, so I think you could get at least another ticket out of them.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

Normally if there was a disruptive attendee the staff would ask that person to leave. Obviously it would be different with a disabled person if they can not help themselves. I would ask the staff to either give me a refund, or give me a ticket equal to the one I bought for a show on another date. In these kind of situations staff seem to take the safest route to avoid any negative attention and any possibility of getting in trouble with their boss, so I think you could get at least another ticket out of them.

This

[Livia]

I'd have a word with the carer, and if that didn't work I'd have a word with the staff. Honestly though, I can't see this happening in a theatre. I've been in a theatre when someone's phone's rung and one of the actors stopped the play and had a word LOL...

[mizzy25]

id join in the whoops with the disable person.

[InOne]

I've had it happen in the cinema before, there was someone making loads of noises and people thought they were doing it purpose. They actually had people shouting at them telling them to shut up, felt quite bad for the person.

[Marsh.]

I don't think I could say anything to the person or their carer because I wouldn't know how to broach the subject without coming across offensive.

Which is ridiculous but that was my first thought.

[Petershaw1984]

Probably ignore it or move somewhere else then complain afterwords and try and get my money back

[Marcus.]

Would you sit through all the screaming until the end? - yes
Would you leave, after paying so much for the tickets? - no
Would you complain and ask the staff to remove the person? - no
Would you speak to the carer? - no
Would you do something else? - no

[sooty]

I do not think it is a good idea to bring disabled people who could make noise to the theatre whoever organised the outing.

Disabled people need to have entertainment of course, how about all audiences are disabled for a special day. Somebody could organise such thing for the disabled people.

This particular night, if I were the person with family, and no other seats were available, I wold have no choice but had to keep watching, but I might tempt to whisper to the carer that other audience including me were not happy about noise, but I may not have guts to tell the carer, if I actually saw the disabled people enjoying watching the show.

[GypsyGoth]

I think as suggested speaking to a member of staff and getting your ticket refunded might be the best thing to do.

[Shaun]

Put duct tape on his/her mouth.

[GypsyGoth]

[Ninastar]

this happened to me in mcdonalds, it was so pissing annoying

and i struggled not to laugh /heartless

[GypsyGoth]

[Niall]

I'm completely non-confrontational irl, so for me I would probably ask the staff if I could be moved elsewhere, tolerate it all, or just leave. I couldn't bear having to ask the carer to do something about it.

[EddyEagal]

This exact thing happened to me when I went to a concert. They sat right next to me and who I was with. There was two of them and they spoke to us and were actually quite friendly. We was just about to ask if we could be moved because we knew that while it's out of their control, the show would've been ruined for us. But thankfully, once the show had actually started with the main artist (the show was running very late) they had moved to the front of the stage. I suppose because they were disabled, they could've potentially been allowed to be moved to the front to enjoy the show a bit more? Or maybe someone else complained and got them moved. So to answer this, I would move seats if possible.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by EddyEagal

This exact thing happened to me when I went to a concert. They sat right next to me and who I was with. There was two of them and they spoke to us and were actually quite friendly. We was just about to ask if we could be moved because we knew that while it's out of their control, the show would've been ruined for us. But thankfully, once the show had actually started with the main artist (the show was running very late) they had moved to the front of the stage. I suppose because they were disabled, they could've potentially been allowed to be moved to the front to enjoy the show a bit more? Or maybe someone else complained and got them moved. So to answer this, I would move seats if possible.

wow what an incredible statement you make disabled people sound like they have just turned up from another planet.