Sneezing whilst acting

[YT]

<XMP>I heard yesterday that it is impossible </XMP><XMP>for a person to snneze whilst performing</XMP><XMP>on stage. Is this true?</XMP>

[Scarlett]

You would have to have some sort of stimulus, like sniffing pepper! I think it would be much harder to sneeze at will than to, say, burp.

[Octavius]

Do you mean to 'act' a sneeze, or the physical impossibility of sneezing?

 

In the first instance I think that anyone can pretend to sneeze.  In the second, I doubt it, as most stages will have a lot of dust floating around and natural sneezes are spntaneous

[YT]

Sorry, badly phrased question. Obviously peoplecan act a sneeze, I was questioning whethera sneeze could occur naturally. I've beento many productions and can't ever recall it happening.

[Scarlett]

I have certainly sneezed whilst singing on stage. Does that count?

[Octavius]

There you go, concrete evidence that it is possible!