Rosamund Pike used her curtain call to deliver a rebuke of one of the audience members, the BBC reports. At the end of Saturday night's performance of Inter Alia at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, the newly minted Olivier winner reappeared onstage alone to address someone who had been texting through the play's climactic scene. Without pointing them out other than to note the behavior took place in the seats closest to the stage, Pike said she hoped the message was an emergency—"maybe you're a doctor, and you're saving someone's life"—but stressed that phone use is felt on stage: "We do see these, we do feel them … when I feel that and see it, it's hard."
Witnesses said the audience first gasped, seeming upset to hear about the incident, then applauded Pike's remarks, which came during a portion of the legal drama dealing with a serious revelation. Pike plays a judge trying to reform what she sees as a flawed legal system, People reports. One theatergoer told the BBC she "wholeheartedly" backed Pike, calling phone use during the show inexcusable, even as she supported filming curtain calls. Another witness told the Times that Pike seemed "genuinely upset" while addressing the audience. Pike's comments slot into a wider backlash from performers, with Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman, Patti LuPone, and Lesley Manville all publicly criticizing phones in theaters and urging audiences to "take the digital out of it" and stay present in the moment.
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