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  1. It was the number of words they had left for eachother at the end of the day. But in another way it also kind of spoke about energy levels to me. How much do we all have to give our nearest and most loved at the end of a work day. Sometimes you are running on empty. The play speaks about many things really.
  2. Really enjoyed it. I think I was really inventive and quirky. Really great at the acting and as always they just slot together for the years of working together and they have that short hand and comfort together. I wonder when they look back on their careers how influential will they consider the other.
  3. It was lovely tonight. My first visit since Manon 2019. Any bookings over lockdown got cancelled. The production itself looks just glorious. The production design is define. Everyone was on top form. Jester was wonderful. Hayward and Campbell are as always gorgeous together and she in particular has really grown and takes a lot of the technical difficulty in her stride now. Their on stage relationship has really blossomed and grown. As in all the best they seem to have grown around eachother and it just fits.
  4. What a super thing to do. Great idea and beautifully executed.
  5. Watched it last night. Some bits were great. Some not. It was put together badly with little coherance. Sambi, Corrales and Hayward just appeared silly and immature and actually should have been left out. Corrales in particular just seemed young and flippant (and that would have been interesting to look at too. The flippancy at the relative beginning of your career when you have some security) and their part in it was jarring. It was at its beat when it dealt with McRae and Watson and the older dancers. Ball was good too. Zucchetti would have been I teresting if it was done better. I wonder if the pandemic interfered with the ability to edit it even adequately.
  6. I think this was never a good weekend to release it. People being busy finialising Christmas etc. The weekend between Christmas and New Year would be the best I think. That post 26th time when a lot of people are still off so we will see ho it does then.
  7. Well Cats is an acquired taste. A saw a programme about the musical and the people who put it together didn't expect it to be a success. But it was...but it is marmite. And a film of it. Given it is Cats was probably a suspension of disbelief a bit far. I mean what if they had made the film of warhorse with a puppet. ALW is very good at his job and was perfect for the 80's big musicals. He is perfect at what he does
  8. That may be a good thing. The film is turning into a bit of a laugh stock. It won't touch the careers of the huge stars but for someone like Francesca it may affect any career ambitions she has going forward.
  9. I am not sure about preference but height is always the first consideration. I would presume they would cease to continue if the personalities involved were volatile together or made things difficult for each other and everyone else. Or if it just didn't really work between the. It depends how high up you are I guess but I really don't know. The RB are interested in their dancers though. They give them opportunities and seem interested in what they want from their lives vis a vis giving time off last year to those in Cats. Promoting Campbell and McNally with their presenting interests. Maybe they do listen to them.
  10. It was last minute because she could do everything they wanted, she was a hugh star and they were desperate. Of course even the people behind it thought Cats would flop.
  11. All art is subjective and sometimes its really hard to be mindful of that. Sometimes dancers are seen as direct competition to people's favourites and I think that causes strife. Because you know they are really, for publicity and opportunities and things but it is unfortunate. Seen Hallberg with Osipova. He was fine and she trusts and wants him to partner her and you know maybe that personal trust and partnership is the most important thing. I can't say that I always feel that Osipovas style compliments well with the others in the RB but she is so well known that those issues are probably long past caring about.
  12. To be honest, I believe in Hayward and Campbell's love for eachother everytime they step on stage together. It just works for them and I am sure is a combination of hardwork, physical compatibility, mutual respect and affection and luck. Of course it could all be by chance and they really cannot abide working together. And that is what makes any couple who perform together and have 'chemistry' magical because you cannot create through will, you can't pinpoint it. It just is.
  13. Saw it today. Missed first act due to Marylebone fire and things but as an added bonus Sambe was on the platform at Covent Garden getting on the train as I got off. A wonderful performance from all today. I have seen Hayward's Manon before and she was born to do. She was wonderful with Campbell as per usual and the two just emote something together which makes you buy into everything they do. Audience adored them. Cesar made a wonderful brother and was great with his mistress. All round a great performance. Ending was powerful.
  14. Casting looks promising and I will be pleased to see Hayward and Campbell together again. Well Hayward full stop really. To be honest, and it is great they give their dancers other opportunities, the absences for a large part of the year have been f3lt ain't Hinks. Although ai loved the Christmas triple bill, a lot of the other stuff I have been a bit lacklustre about.
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