- You are relieved to find out that the play is only 90 minutes long
- You know which 'restricted view' seats are actually not very restricted
- You know the quick route to the loos to beat the interval queue or in the case of the National, which loos to go to where there is never a queue
- Some of the actors you get excited about seeing on stage your non-theatre friends have never heard of
- You join discussions on Twitter about the various merits of the different theatres membership schemes.
- You share membership schemes with theatre friends to save money.
- Getting into town to sit on the cold step of a theatre for two hours or more to secure a day seat doesn't seem mad.
- You'll jump on a train for two hours to attend a matinee outside London
- You buy tickets for whole seasons in one go and get a little bit stressed
- You discuss ticket buying trials and tribulations on Twitter.
- Actor/director spotting in the audience becomes an almost regular occurrence and you have at least one story to tell about when you sat next to/behind/in front of someone famous
- You recognise the theatre critics.
OK what have I missed, there must be loads more?
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