Edinburgh Up Close - "Playhouse Close"
Gavin Neate
Founder of WelcoMe. Empowering disabled people AND service teams by reducing anxiety and increasing confidence in their face to face interactions. #NationalDiversityAward Winner #DiversityPowerList top 50 #ABISurvivor
Enjoying your seats at the Edinburgh Fringe events? 250 years ago you may have had to fight for them! Here is an excerpt from the Edinburgh Up Close app story "Playhouse Close" :
“It was common at that time for riots to break out in theatres when audiences became over-excited. People didn’t form an orderly queue in those days, so there was often a rush for the cheap bench seats in the pits that could result in fights, then escalate. Or perhaps an actor’s performance was disliked, which could result in rotten fruit, bottles and other missiles being thrown at the stage.”
Learn more about Edinburgh oldest, and first, permanent playhouse with the Edinburgh Up Close app. FREE to download at the apple app store. https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/edinburgh-up-close-footsteps/id987836471?mt=8
[*A picture of plaque that states, "Playhouse and Old Playhouse Close led to theatre and hall where from 1747 to 1769 famous actors, actresses and singers performed. Homes *Douglas" was first staged here 1756*]
Founder of WelcoMe. Empowering disabled people AND service teams by reducing anxiety and increasing confidence in their face to face interactions. #NationalDiversityAward Winner #DiversityPowerList top 50 #ABISurvivor
8 年Great to have your interest gents. We have taken on commercial control of our beacon system on the Royal Mile. A super step forward which we hope will give us the opportunity to promote this tech. Thx .gavin.