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Ticket now taken. Thanks, Bruce. 

I have a spare ticket for tonight’s performance of Sleeping Beauty with Naghdi/Ball. 
It is SCS D6 £11 and a paper ticket but I will be there to hand over. 
Please note that it is a 7pm start. 
 

if interested, please message me. 

Ticket no longer available. 

I have SCS D29 going spare for the 12 Dec 7.30pm performance of Sleeping Beauty with O’Sullivan/Hay. Ticket is £11 and can be sent electronically. 
 

Please send a pm if interested. 

If anyone has a spare ticket for this with a good view, I’ll be happy to take it off your hands.

13 minutes ago, JNC said:

The apple/smart watches certainly don’t help the mobile phone situation. ROH is one of the few places where other audience and ushers are quite good at clamping down on this thankfully. 

I’m not sure what the ushers can do about the smart watches as they tend to light up inadvertently; I just wish the wearers would be more aware of it and perhaps wear long sleeves!

2 minutes ago, JNC said:

 

I think the clanging bells are effective (especially if it can be hard to hear the voice over) but I think it would be more effective if they started utilising bells at 5 mins rather than 10. People often have a tendency to start ignoring these things if they think they’re not as urgent and still have 10 minutes! 

 

I agree that ringing them at 5 minutes would be preferable, however I would rather they had a the ringing via speakers/sounders like they do in some other theatres. I find the hand bells far too harsh. 
And yes, I ignore the bells being rung at 10 minutes along with nearly everyone else! 
I think especially with a ballet the length of Sleeping Beauty they should give us a chance to stretch our legs/sit down/take a sip before starting to herd us back in! 

The person doing the calls yesterday spoke in a low, drawn out manner and it was quite hard to hear them clearly above the hubbub; their voice was rather quiet. Having both clear diction and an urgency to the tone would help to get people moving.

I do wish they’d dispense with the awful clanging bells, though. When you’ve just sat down to enjoy your drink (they start ringing 10 mins into 20 min interval) and then it ”chimes” at ear level at goodness knows how many decibels as they walk past, it’s frankly painful. 
 

I was one of those who had their view disturbed by the couple taking their seats and it was highly irritating. They were back in good time for the second interval - pretty sure they had been given an earful by some of their Row A neighbours. 

I noticed lots of people being told to shut their phones off by ushers yesterday. Many more than usual. Also people’s Apple watches lighting up all over the place - one man was clearly checking his notifications (yes, I saw you!) but others just light up whenever people move their arms because they have them set on ‘raise to wake’. 

Have sent a message re 7 Dec.

I have sent a pm. 

I have C87 Stalls Circle going spare for the Concerto mixed programme on Monday 28 October at 7.30pm.

£26 - it is marked as restricted view/bench seat

It is an e-ticket so can easily transfer it. Please pm if interested. 

It’s per performance. I’ve definitely gone over 9 tickets for a production. 😬 

I understand it’s three working days for an exchange but for returns it’s as @oncnp says. 

I’m interested in the ticket. Have sent a pm. 

Ticket now claimed. 

This is awful for him, especially after being out for so long. Tonight should have been a triumphant return. 

I have central balcony standing D32 going spare for the performance of Manon tomorrow (Thu 17 Oct) at 7.30pm. 
The cast is Cuthbertson/Ball.

The ticket is £9 - I will be there so can arrange handover. 
 

Please PM if interested. 

I noticed the casting for Onegin has gone a bit squiffy with the update... It is still all there but not displaying consistently - some are out of order. 
 

I am still not impressed with the new website and wonder why they’ve spent so long tinkering about with it for such reduced functionality. I cannot see how it serves as an asset for the ROH; if I was a casual visitor to the website I would be completely put off as it is so unwieldy to navigate. 

And does anyone know what the point is of the sliding visuals when you click on an event? 

Here’s the link on here from 2017:

https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/15450-sir-roger-moore-rip/?tab=comments#comment-213360

11 minutes ago, Fiz said:

Seriously, can you “be in love” with a dancer? I have several favourites who always move me tremendously and others who dance equally well, if not better yet they do not move me anything like the same way. “In love” is the wrong expression, I’m sure, but it’s akin to it. Is there even a proper expression for it?

I certainly think there are dancers who speak to me as an individual better than others. Dancers who create a great emotional impression that others do not. Not sure I’d describe it as “in love” but I do know where you are coming from! 

It must be the rehearsal on Monday. The webpage for that insight has always said it is being filmed, although it doesn’t actually specify that the rehearsal is for the triple bill. 

15 minutes ago, bridiem said:

 

I can't at the moment remember how many Manons I'm going to (all a big blur, like so many other things), but I haven't received any further emails about it either. Which is odd; why would some people be getting emails about it and not others??

I too haven’t been getting any emails about Manon. I hardly get any emails about ballet despite booking solely for that, but I get lots and lots about each and every opera (which I’m not interested in and am unlikely to book for).  I can’t see any way of making my contact preferences more specific as there doesn’t seem to be a way of differentiating between dance and opera. 🤷‍♀️ 

15 minutes ago, SPD444 said:

Do the BBC still make programmes paid for by them, I don't think so, certainly not movies.

At the bottom of the film ‘poster’ it says BBC Two, so they must have contributed to it somehow. It also suggest it will be shown on TV at some point. 

Ticket taken. 

49 minutes ago, Tony C said:

Hello is this still available?

It is - I have sent you a message.