Gillian Anderson has asked a group of superfans 'stop sitting in the front row' because it was distracting her when she spotted them waiting outside the theatre.
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The actress, 58, politely spoke to the group of women who had been to see the play '20 times' and made a request for them to stop buying front row seats.
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them → speak → seats
Gillian's comments were made outside the stage door at London's Soho Place theatre, after a performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Friday.
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The Sex Education star recognised several superfans and addressed them while signing autographs for those who had gathered outside.
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She told them: 'You guys cannot sit in the front row, you cannot.'
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In response, one woman can be heard saying: 'You made us cry so much.'
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Gillian Anderson has asked a group of superfans 'stop sitting in the front row' because it was distracting her when she spotted them waiting outside the theatre
Gillian laughed, and then said: 'I don't care, you cannot sit in the front row, it's so distracting.
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You can't come 20 times and sit in the front row, it's driving me mad.'
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After the viral video of Gillian speaking to the group circulated online, Gillian asked fans to be kind to the women while also requesting respect while the show is on.
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show → speak → respect
Sharing a statement on X, she wrote: 'The video doing the rounds is me talking with women I go back over 20 years with – so please don't say anything negative to or about them.
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We're thrilled to be doing this show but for people in the front row, please be aware that in such an intimate venue we can all see you and sometimes, it can be a tad distracting!
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In a separate video which has been uploaded online from a different night, Gillian can be heard saying to a fan who has asked for an autograph: 'Again?
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You've been taking one every day.'
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In the play, Gillian takes on the role of Martha, opposite Billy Crudup as George, in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Marianne Elliott.
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It is currently playing at Soho Place in London, in a very intimate in-the-round production, with its sold-out run wrapping on December 19.
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It's around 2am after a university party, and Martha has invited a younger new professor, Nick, and his wife, Honey, back for drinks.
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They continue drinking and playing games and over the course of one very long night, the four of them gradually expose – and weaponise – their resentments, ambitions, insecurities and secrets.
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Gillian's comments were made outside the stage door at London's Soho Place theatre, after a performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Friday
Sharing a statement on X, she wrote: 'The video doing the rounds is me talking with women I go back over 20 years with – so please don't say anything negative to or about them'
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Gillian's plea comes just weeks after Cate Blanchett begged the audience at the National Theatre not to film her on stage as it 'spoils it for the next group'.
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The actress, 57, is currently starring in Benedict Andrews' Electra/Persona, which combines the Sophocles tragedy Electra with Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film Persona.
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In a video shared on social media, Cate is seen urging theatregoers at London's Lyttelton Theatre to halt the filming of the production as she called for folks to 'be together and be present'.
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folks → share → production
There are currently calls for better etiquette in theatres, after stars including Rosamund Pike and Cynthia Erivo recently chastised audience members for using their phones during their productions.
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And Cate, still dressed in her stage costume of a black T-shirt and loose-fitting black trousers, echoed that sentiment when she addressed the audience after the curtain call, telling fans: 'There are few places on this planet where we can simply be together and be present.'
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The star continued: 'I understand you like filming the curtain call — and it is kind of flattering in a way — but for anyone who is filming the show, please don’t, because it spoils it for the next group of people who come in and are present with us.
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Her impassioned message was met with applause from the audience who had gathered to watch the play.
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Cate shares the roles of Electra/Elisabeth and Clytemnestra/Alma with Nina Hoss in the play, which encourages audience participation at the start when she asks a crowd member to flip a coin to determine which role they will play that night.
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The National Theatre’s synopsis reads: 'Electra.
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A daughter consumed by grief and rage, clinging to the idea of justice as her world comes apart.
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During a performance of Electra, an actress suddenly falls silent.
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What follows is a rupture: two women drawn into an intense, unsettling encounter where speech breaks down and the boundaries between self and role give way.
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Earlier this year, Rosamund Pike berated an audience member for texting during the finale of her 'devastatingly emotional' West End performance.
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Pike → berate → performance
The actress and producer, 47, who plays a Crown Court judge in Inter Alia at the Wyndham's Theatre, returned to the stage after the curtain had fallen.
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But instead of soaking in the applause, she hushed the audience and told the texter they had 'broken the bond' between cast and audience.
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In footage captured by a theatregoer in June, Rosamund could be seen gesturing to a corner of the room.
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She said: 'Somebody was texting in this part - you know who you are.
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I'm not going to single you out but you know it upsets the performance.
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I understand you like filming the curtain call — and it is kind of flattering in a way — but for anyone who is filming the show, please don’t, because it spoils it for the next group of people'
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Cate shares the roles of Electra/Elisabeth and Clytemnestra/Alma with Nina Hoss [both pictured] in the play, which encourages audience participation at the start
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Maybe you're a doctor and you're saving someone's life and I hope you are.
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'But we do see things - we do feel them and so when I feel that and see it it's hard.'
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