1 in 10 walk out of latest Chocolate Factory play
This from today's Guardian:
"Around one in 10 audience members are walking out of Philip Ridley's post 9/11 play Mercury Fur at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark. The show's graphic language, claustrophobic setting and two-hour, interval-free running time have tested theatregoers. "Sometimes it's people wanting to go to the bathroom, sometimes it's people who are genuinely disgusted with what is happening on stage," says the venue's artistic director David Babani."