Dress code for the theatre?

Davepen

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Hi guys,

Its mine and the gf's year anniversary soon and she has always gone on about how much she wants to go see Evita, so as a surprise I have booked us tickets for a Saturday in October, along with dinner and a nice hotel.

Now I haven't been to the theater since I was about 7, and that was to watch peter pan so yeah.

My gf keeps asking me what she should wear. I haven't told her the surprise yet but I want to give her some idea of the dress code so she doesn't feel under/over dressed.

My question is: What would you suggest as dress code for the theater?

Thanks ^^
 
Wear what you like really. It's not such an event nowadays so you'll see people in whatever. If it's a special occasion for the both of you why not make a special effort and dress up a bit :)
 
smart casual, you will get some numpties show up in shirts and ties with the other half in ott dresses, personally I'd go for something you find comfy to sit about in like nice jeans and a shirt and the same sort of thing for her.
 
If you aren't going to be getting changed between dinner and the theatre then the question really is "What do I need to wear at whatever venue I have booked for dinner?"
 
Can you not have a root around her wardrobe and pick a few things she might like to choose from? You know where you're going so thats the next best thing as far as she will be concerned, you know what women are like when it comes to things like this ;)
 
What is with people these days - you do not have an aniversary - you are not married. If you were a normal man you may have a vague idea that you have been seeing your bird for about a year. While you're at it, why don't you give her your class ring and take her to the prom. Stop being american please.

If you must do this, the theatre tends to be fairly casual these days with the exception of opening nights. Spats, DJ and top hat should do it.
 
Skidder, the girlfriend knows when we got together, its an important date for her, therefore its an important date for me, gotta keep the lady happy :)

You can have an anniversary of anything. The first time you touched a girls fanjita, your first watching of die hard. I did not say it was a wedding anniversary.

How is that in any way "American"? gtfo plz
 
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Davepen said:
Skidder, the girlfriend knows when we got together, its an important date for her, therefore its an important date for me, gotta keep the lady happy :)

You can have an anniversary of anything. The first time you touched a girls fanjita, your first watching of die hard. I did not say it was a wedding anniversary.

How is that in any way "American"? gtfo plz
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You should probably be able to tell from the tone that I was joking. Oh well, way to take yourself too seriously and spit the dummy. GTFO indeed. Thanks for that

Americans get overly sentimental and go OTT on relationship stuff. I have notice a lot of young people in the UK copying this. Clearly you're not in the mood for humour so, if I'm still allowed to post, the last time I took my wife to the theatre, which was about two weeks ago, I wore jeans, shirt, shoes and that was fine. She wore similar. A very mainstream show like Evita is not going to be dressy.
 
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Sorry Skidder, but that was not a humorous tone, maybe try to accent it a bit harder with some sort of emote? This is a forum after all, I cant hear you :P

Apologies for the "gtfo" but the last thing I would want to be compared to is an American (no offence to any yanks out there)

Were not exactly that young, I'm 25 and shes 21.

Personally, I don't really feel the need to celebrate it, but she seems to like it and I want to make her happy.


Thanks for the input.
 
rover416i said:
Mankini.
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agreed, it can get hot in the theatre so you want to ensure that you get plenty of air circulating around your 3 piece suite

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