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  1. Scheherezade
    Bear in mind, though, that apart from the 2nd run of Beauty, the only RB offering until September is the McGregor/Corybantic Games/Anastasia triple bill. Although I'm surprised that Frankie hasn't been cast in the McGregor as I thought he was rather keen on her.
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    I'm not too keen on the moveable sets either. Or the costumes. All a bit of a beige-fest. I much prefer the BRB sets and costumes, which bring much more of the colour and vibrancy that, for me, should characterise Don Q.
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    They would indeed bring fireworks to Don Q; I would certainly be there. And, yes, they did rather bring the house down at the Nureyev gala.
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    And she is good. Loved her all those years back with Rupert Pennefather.
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    How about Hamilton and Muntagirov? And let's not forget, she does dance with Roberto Bolle ...
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    Yes to mixing things up. And yes to more Richardson too.
  7. Scheherezade
    Looking for one or ideally two tickets. Please message if available.
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    If interested, please message me or will return to box office Friday afternoon.
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    It does seem as though Bracewell is the 'go to' partner at the moment - Kaneko, Hayward, Nunez - and I have to say, I would love to see his continuing partnership with all of these. More Naghdi/Corrales please (really like these two together and disappointed that their planned Cinderella partnership didn't happen) and Naghdi/Muntagirov (post-Mayerling). Although Sambe and O'Sullivan seem to be almost as inseparable as Osipova and Clarke, I do think that Hayward and Sambe work well together and would like to see Hayward renew her early, successful Rhapsody partnership with James Hay. I would also like to see Clarke develop a partnership with someone other than Osipova. Clarke and Nunez works, although, perhaps not surprisingly, not quite the chemistry of her partnership with Muntagirov. How about Clarke and Magri? And despite not generally favouring real life couples together on stage, from what I've seen of them together, Magri and Ball are magical. And is there a reason why we haven't seen more of Lamb with Campbell or Muntagirov with Hamilton?
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    I so agree with this, Sim. It all sits together so well when viewed as a magical allegory from the get go. And also something of a cautionary tale. Cinderella is quintessentially kind hearted and would be generous to anyone, and the mysterious FG did, after all, bring a bunch of violets and should therefore receive something in return - which Cinders, who is not judgmental, ensures that she does. The stepsisters’ behaviour is governed entirely by self-interest, they are extremely judgmental, and they have lessons to learn - which, at least in part, they do. But the one-off audience member is, then, surely likely to be captivated by the overall aesthetic of the sets, designs, costumes and projections and the undeniable beauty of the happy ever after ending. And they will be familiar with the caricatured step sisters through panto.
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    I felt that too, LinMM. There was a definite sense of fear, initially sensed more by the more timid sister and borne out by FG’s reaction to the more bossy sister.
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    This is very true but I did find the Arthur Rackham-like incarnation very pleasing from an aesthetic angle. She slotted in very effectively with the act 1 set design and gave off an aura of mystery that served as an effective scene-setter for the subsequent transformation. And now that you mention it, there’s something rather appealing about the idea of Carabosse’s better behaved twin sister. Just saying …
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    Agreed. With Boswell, he also had something of the MC about him: there to make sure that everything runs smoothly from a temporal as well as magical angle.
  14. Scheherezade
    Yes, yes, yes! This was the one. It worked on every level. Fumi and Will’s engagement with each other and with the audience was heart-meltingly gorgeous and quite extraordinary given the relatively short time they had on stage together. Just beautiful! And I so agree, Jenny, with your comments about the stepsisters. Hay and Gartside were pitch-perfect. For the first time, I didn’t feel that we were being given too much of them. They - and it - just worked. Caricatures, yes, but ones that we could empathise with. I was also mightily impressed with Liam Boswell’s jester. Again for the first time, I felt some characterisation here. His was a jester with humanity and a sense of purpose beyond pure mischief-making or malevolence. A lovely, benevolent Fairy Godmother from Melissa Hamilton and plaudits to the entire cast from me. Oh, and I should also mention that I didn’t have that sense of “lovely, but not enough dancing” that came across with other performances. For me, last night the balance felt much stronger.
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    And if so, is everyone expected to kneel and make the sign of the cross? (Even more sorry!)
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    Benjamin, people on this forum do like to have a laugh, as per zxDaveM's post; it isn't malicious. And you have to admit, they do both have seats and a stage and everything ...
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    I think my phrasing was probably ambiguous, Pas de Quatre - comes from rushing out the post and not checking the content. I’m pretty sure we were both making the same point - that class is or should be, determined by behaviour and not wealth or position and any generalised assumption that people from a deprived background are more likely to behave inappropriately than those who are better placed because they don’t know any better is patronising and condescending in the extreme. I would add that some of the most crass and inappropriate behaviour that I have ever witnessed - and the most snobbish, uninformed and judgemental - has come from the cash-rich parents (some but not, of course, all) at my children’s schools.
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    Incredibly patronising and equally untrue. The most wonderful ‘gentleman’ I ever knew came from an extremely poor Irish family and could have shown anyone how to behave: kind, tolerant, courteous, considerate and non-judgmental. Real class in my view.
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    She looks utterly radiant in your photos.
  20. Scheherezade
    It was lovely to meet you and John S for the first time yesterday evening, Dawnstar, and, of course, to meet Sim and To the Pointe again - so glad you’ll be keeping up the podcast, To the Pointe! There’s really nothing I can add to Sim’s review of the evening performance. Frankie and Alex do have a very special connection onstage and both engage so naturally with the audience, something that makes their performances so convincing. I couldn’t make my mind up about the stepsisters. They were definitely more real - and possibly less objectionable - in act one but the act two panto pastiche felt a tad uncomfortable without the en travesti element. My daughter, for whom this was her first Cinderella, remarked that she would have preferred to have seen the men, so I guess the jury’s still out for me. I now have Kaneko and Bracewell to look forward to on Friday. And I have to say that I am loving the sets and projections and I’m pretty much on board with the costumes too - dumpy yellow daffodil apart.
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    I would be very happy to see Les Sylphides back, although I have to say that it is now one of those pieces that I find increasingly difficult to disassociate from The Trocks.
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    And at the massively inflated prices charged for this production!
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    The entire left side of the auditorium iirc.
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    I lean heavily towards 'not probably' over 'possibly'. Am also not entirely sure how the live broadcast would be improved by delaying the fix.
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    The ROH ought to be pleased at being notified of, and given the chance to rectify, matters that might have escaped their attention, although, quite honestly, these problems should have been identified and remedied before the production aired. If, on the other hand, they were already aware of these problems and have made no attempt to put them right, something is seriously wrong with their priorities.
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