Virtual Audience

[Tony Tony Tony]

Having been on the mailing list for tickets to BBC comedy shows (and having attended a few recordings) I keep getting invites to apply for recordings as a virtual audience. The invite says you are encouraged to laugh, clap and react as if you were in a regular audience. As yet I haven't bothered to apply as sitting in front of an iPad doesn't seem the same.

Anyone been part of one of these?

[Malcy]

I've had tons of these as well but haven't done it. Every time they send one I decide that I'll watch whatever is getting recorded once it's out and see what it's like but I always forget.

I don't really find it appealing. Like you say it's not the same and surely the only plus of it is seeing/hearing something early. Especially if there's varying amounts of audience member hardware quality meaning really shitty sounding clapping and there has to be at least one who is pissed and probably has the whole family joining in and making a racket.