Kimberly Akimbo to stop serving ice in drinks

This seems a bit odd. Is it really suddenly that much of a problem



https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre-stops-serving-ice-in-drinks-to-prevent-distractions-during-musical_1510317/

Updated On: 7/12/23 at 08:59 AM

Great. Now start capping the amount of alcoholic drinks patrons can purchase.

ACL2006 said: "So if you order a cocktail, you're getting it room temperature? Ewww"

Literally says in the announcement that all drinks will be served pre-chilled.

Scott Rudin did this on his shows, too.

As long as the drink is more-or-less cool, I don't care and this is a quiet show.

It's a shame the drinks-at-seats phenomenon exists (health emergencies aside), but we have to adapt to the world.

OP/TheaterFan2, what is odd about this announcement? It's a theater trying to make the theater-going experience better for the audience. What is odd about that? We are in the summer months where presumably, people want more ice in their drinks so it seems like as good a time as any to implement this change.

I say anything we can do to make eating and drinking in the theater as difficult as possible. Raise the prices. Make the cups super super small. Keep the drinks warm. At intermission: have at it. Cold drinks, lower prices, etc. And then make everyone finish all of it before they go back to their seats. No more sippy cups either!

To me the thing that pushed me over the edge was the people walking around inside the theater selling stuff. Something you would have only seen at a ball game. I'm still shocked when I see them.

These days, so many audience members leave their trash around their seats when they exit the theater. People may finish their drinks, but many don't consume the ice, even if it melts. I wonder if the reason for no ice is that it's more difficult to clean the theater because of the melted ice rather than just picking up an empty cup. Just a thought.

Because I have never once sat in a theatre and thought 'wow that ice is making a lot of noise'.

I've sat next to many a chronic ice-shaker. For me and many others, it's very frustrating to be continually taken out of the moment by seatmates shaking ice, crinkling candy bags, etc.

Phantom4ever said: "To me the thing that pushed me over the edge was the people walking around inside the theater selling stuff. Something you would have only seen at a ball game. I'm still shocked when I see them."

Aisle sales have been a thing at London theatres for years. The first time I saw Love Never Dies at the Adelphi, I remember being surprised to see them hawking ice cream as soon as the lights came up at the end of the first act.

Lot666 said: "Phantom4ever said: "To me the thing that pushed me over the edge was the people walking around inside the theater selling stuff. Something you would have only seen at a ball game. I'm still shocked when I see them."

Aisle sales have been a thing at London theatres for years. The first time I saw Love Never Dies at the Adelphi, I remember being surprised to see them hawking ice cream as soon as the lights came up at the end of the first act."



Yeah but in London it's just different. It is cute the way they sell ice cream and I don't recall the people yelling like a Yankee Stadium hot dog or beer vendor to get your attention. I only thought of it as charming in London but at Broadway theaters, it just seemed like another chance to remind people they need to always be stuffing their faces with something.

Thank god someone did this, maybe it'll start a trend. The woman in front of me at Shucked last month kept lifting her cup every 1-2 minutes during all of act two to sip on the tiny bit of liquid that melted off the ice, all you heard was ice sliding up the cup, down the cup, up the cup, down the cup...