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1 hour ago, CCL said:

Yes, I just checked- it was C76 and 77 so that’s £55 for SL. Quite a discrepancy in price. The view was very good, I have to say- nobody was blocking it in any way - perhaps I just got lucky.

What a shame.  I must have been behind you somewhere, then.  Either way, I'll put it down to the dingy lighting, but I was still struggling to read the dancers' faces in Different Drummer.

I think there were probably quite a lot of newbies at last night's performance, but the audience gave everything a rousing reception anyway, which is good, especially if it convinces them that there's more to ballet worth seeing than just the "big name" full-evening works.  And Different Drummer seems to be going down surprisingly well this time around.  Perhaps tastes have changed.

Okay, I suppose someone might be interested in this:

https://www.whatsonstage.com/shows/inner-london-theatre/giselle-remix_364307786/

Although I must admit that its "instant sell-out premiere at the Royal Opera House" had totally passed me by.

Friday Rush a total disaster today - don't know what was happening.  Asked for the seating map - got a blank screen.  Every time I tried to do a Refresh on the seating, I got landed in the Checkout.  Go back a couple of steps - blank screen.  Refresh.  Checkout.  Back to the Swan Lake page and go in again.  Blank screen.  Refresh.  Checkout.  Rinse and repeat. 

Just tried with the 14th.  Same thing.

Oh well, there was that nice-sounding concert I could go to tomorrow instead ...

1 hour ago, CCL said:

Incidentally, the tickets for myself and my daughter, in Row C of the amphi- quite far round but not restricted view - were £22 each. I think that is absolutely outstanding value for money.

Probably why they appear to be about in the £75 price range for Swan Lake?!  Or possibly £55, depending on exactly where you were sitting.

Yes, I must admit it was marvellous being able to make my earlier train last night.  15 minutes' earlier departure = nearly 30 minutes' earlier arrival home.

Welcome to the forum, Dancingonpointe.  I've merged your query with an earlier related one.

53 minutes ago, Sim said:

old men get beaten up and robbed....

Something I barely noticed in the last run, I must say.  It tended to feel more on the level of the townspeople roughing up Dr. Coppelius.  I don't know whether that was an intentional change.

... Unlike the person somewhere behind me in the concert last night (as soon as the quiet movement started) ...   

Ah, in that case it will be rather more restricted than you might think from the photo.  @Dawnstar can probably comment better than I can, but bear in mind that the stage is rectangular, so you will lose much of what's happening in the rear left-hand "corner".  I'd hazard a guess that you'll probably be able to see something like a triangle stretching from the proscenium arch on your side to the p. arch on the right and the rear right-hand corner of the stage.  Also, you'll have a vertical restriction from the lighting rig shown in the photo.

Welcome to the forum, Lucy. Is it stalls or stalls circle?

James Hay not in Different Drummer  

1 hour ago, Emeralds said:

They used to tape a cast sheet to the wall on each auditorium level. Has that disappeared now?  That's not good. Rather than giving away a printed cast sheet to each person who asks, they should pin them up.

It had when I was there, hence why I was asking whether that was still the case.

Thanks, Sheila.  On the other hand, that doesn't actually solve the problem I was asking about, which is that if you don't have a QR code reader you are stumped.  That could easily be remedied by replacing one of the QR posters, of which there have been several per floor, in my experience, with a printed cast sheet.

Welcome to the forum, Rachel.  I hope you'll get some other useful information here.

I must admit, I had originally assumed that "Scherzo Ensemble" might have been the name of the dance "company", unlikely as it seemed.

BTW, can anyone confirm if ENB have yet started putting up an actual cast list, rather than just a QR code for it?  #digitalexclusion

The Spurling probably need to be seen in the context of the set as well: IIRC, it was an old-fashioned swimming bath?

23 minutes ago, Emeralds said:

The same thing also happened to Darcey Bussell once- injury during the ballet - and her Lilac Fairy, Marianela Nunez (who was scheduled to dance Aurora later in the run, I think), stepped in to dance the rest of the ballet for her. 

Didn't something similar happen with Belinda Hatley replacing Bussell mid-performance, too?

Is Hirano still down for Requiem in this, bearing in mind his withdrawal from other roles?

IIRC, it was VERY last-minute, I was going to say for the cinema broadcast only, but I'm trying to remember whether Cuthbertson did the previous show.  I don't think she did, but did someone else cover?  Actually, I think she did pull out, but hoped to be back for the cinema, but wasn't.  I'm sure someone with a better memory than me will confirm.

I don't believe so, although the costumes/sets may be different, I suppose.

As was the one Ross Stretton introduced at the Royal Ballet around the turn of the century, and which was recorded.

1 hour ago, Linnzi5 said:

I feel the same way. The virtuosic moves can be thrilling but are short-lived for me.

I think the point of the original poster (capybara?) was that the double-doubles, while virtuosic, were used to express Siegfried's joy or whatever at having found the woman he loved, as he thought.

Oh good, thanks, Anna - I'd been hoping they would leave it up for a while, but couldn't see anything to confirm that.

Here's something which might be of interest:

https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/scherzo-ensemble