--- title: Game of Thrones: Kit Harington's Play Disrupted by Fans description: The Jon Snow actor, who is currently performing in London's 'Doctor Faustus,' is drawing crowds. But their behavior is less than ideal. canonical: https://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-13T22:00:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:24.168Z og:title: Kit Harington's Fans Are Ruining the Live Theater Experience og:description: Jon Snow fans are bringing bad behavior with them to watch a London stage play. og:url: https://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5753156cedee632a/69889be08e06012c8a466afd/kit-harington-olivier-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The Olivier Awards With Mastercard - Winners Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kit Harington's Fans Are Ruining the Live Theater Experience twitter:description: Jon Snow fans are bringing bad behavior with them to watch a London stage play. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5753156cedee632a/69889be08e06012c8a466afd/kit-harington-olivier-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Are Totally Misbehaving At This Kit Harington Play > Sponsored content. 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Benett—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 13, 2016 10:00 PM UTC Kit Harington — the actor known to most [as Jon Snow](http://time.com/4386352/game-of-thrones-kit-harington/?iid=sr-link7) in _Game of Thrones_ — is spending his off-season performing on stage in London’s West End in a play called _Doctor Faustus_. But although Harington can try to [shave his beard](http://time.com/4356316/kit-harington-beard/?iid=sr-link1) and escape his reputation as King of the North by playing another character, his rabid fans aren’t fooled. Instead, they’re following wherever he goes — and that’s becoming a problem. Like when they decide to bring in McDonald’s chicken nuggets and french fries to snack on during the show. “What amazed me most was this audience, many of them Game of Thrones fans, could see nothing wrong in talking, eating and taking pictures throughout the show – or complaining when asked to stop,” he writes. “Have West End theatre audiences sunk to a new low?” asks theater producer Richard Jordan in an [op-ed for _The Stage_](https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2016/richard-jordan-is-this-worst-west-end-audience-ever/). He went to see _Doctor Faustus_ — and rates his experience as possibly the worst audience he has ever encountered. “The couple to my left ate their way through a large tub of popcorn during Act I, while the couple on my right chomped through a packet of crisps. It was like listening to eating in Dolby Stereo, and sadly at the expense of being able to properly hear the lines being spoken on stage,” Jordan writes. He also said that the “blatant” use of cell phones to record video and take pictures couldn’t even be stemmed by the ushers, who “in the end just gave up.” So while ticket sales may be strong, thanks to Harington’s star power, it looks like the Thrones fans may bring a whole other set of challenges. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Are Totally Misbehaving At This Kit Harington Play","datePublished":"2016-07-13T22:00:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:24.168Z","description":"You know nothing about watching live theater, Jon Snow fans.","url":"https://time.com/4405279/game-of-thrones-fans-are-totally-misbehaving-at-this-kit-harrington-play/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","game of thrones","Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5753156cedee632a/69889be08e06012c8a466afd/kit-harington-olivier-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5753156cedee632a/69889be08e06012c8a466afd/kit-harington-olivier-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Olivier Awards With Mastercard - Winners Room","caption":"The Olivier Awards With Mastercard - Winners Room","creditText":"David M. 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