Matthew Hemley: Madonna’s no-phone zone was heavenly, is it time for theatres to follow suit?
Something unusual happened at the London Palladium last Sunday, when I caught the closing show in Madonna’s three-week residency: there wasn’t a single phone to be seen in the auditorium. Not one. There was no filming her on stage, no horrid glare from the screens as people checked for messages and – perhaps most importantly…