What is the strangest time, that you have attended a play to begin?

Question

And I think you shoud know what I mean by this question, but what is the strangest time that you have attended a play to begin? And I have one, and currently that they are still in running, but closing in the next few weeks. There is a play called Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and it is currently in production at Drurly Lane Oakbrook Terrace, http://www.drurylaneconferencecenter.com/live_theatre/schedule.shtml . And on Saturdays they have 2 shows, the first one at 5:00 P.M. (I kid you not), and then at 8:30 P.M. and I am not getting on either start time, check the link, and last month I attendded the show on a Saturday at it was the 5:00 P.M. show. And they do have a diner/show pacakges where dependin on the time of the day of the show, they would reccomend you to eat at a certain time, either 90 muinutes to 2 hours before showtime.

Answer 1

I have worked on professional theatre shows which have started at 10.30 a.m., then the next show was at 5.00 p.m., some shows where there have been three a day (11.00 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 7.30p.m.), years ago I toured to Italy where the show started at 9.30 p.m. and finished at midnight.  Not every show is at 7.30p.m.!

Answer 2

In some measure it might relate to the venue and optimal traffic. STRANGE might not define it at all.

   I've been to Rocky Horror all night; Midnight show start times.