- Slow Horses actor Kristin Scott Thomas has highlighted poor theatre etiquette, revealing that the worst behaviour she has witnessed was a front-row audience member eating a ready meal during a performance.
- The 66-year-old actor expressed her strong preference for live theatre over screen work, describing camera acting as extremely lonely compared to the invigorating experience of working with a stage company.
- Scott Thomas is returning to London's Harold Pinter Theatre this month to play aristocratic landowner Lyubov Ranevskaya in Anton Chekhov's final play, Cherry Orchard.
- She stars alongside Stephen Mangan, who plays businessman Yermolay Lopakhin and recently admitted to kicking a theatregoer's feet off the stage, warning that actors can easily see and hear audience disruptions.
- Her remarks contribute to an ongoing debate over West End audience etiquette, following recent disruptions including Rosamund Pike calling out a texting viewer and the Royal Shakespeare Company asking a mother with a crying baby to leave.
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