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  1. Thalia
    I noticed the usher addressing the audience in that area but I hadn’t heard anything untoward during Infra. During Symphony in C, however, there was something that sounded like someone shouting – a wordy shriek. I thought it had come from the stage area.
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    I suppose they’ll study whatever is on the curriculum. They looked like GCSE dance students to me - both tonight and Tuesday. They were certainly with teacher-type figures.
  3. Thalia
    They could be studying Infra. A bit like when a Shakespeare play on the curriculum is on at a theatre and all the school children descend upon it.
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    I think the ballet is ultimately about Florence Billington and her thoughts/memories rather than a generic statement of what the public believed back then. I am still mulling it over but I did find the ballet to be a more simplistic interpretation of the interviewee’s words than I thought it would be. I wasn’t expecting it to be so literal.
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    I noticed those seats were empty but they were occupied later on during yesterday’s programme. Whether by the ticket holders for those seats, I couldn’t say.
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    It’s not easy either to split them off if you want to pass one onto a friend.
  7. Thalia
    Looking for a SCS or centre Balcony standing ticket for either 22 or 26 Nov.
  8. Thalia
    It was Calvin Richardson.
  9. Thalia
    The ticket is now spoken for.
  10. Thalia
    Yes it is still available.
  11. Thalia
    I’ve just replied to your PM
  12. Thalia
    I have a ticket going spare for 17 Nov - Cuthbertson, Ball, Magri cast. Amphitheatre B39 £16 It’s a paper ticket but I’ll be there so can arrange to meet to hand the ticket over.
  13. Thalia
    I have sent you a PM.
  14. Thalia
    And sometimes they can make it disappear entirely! I think there must be a space for it behind the wall at the back.
  15. Thalia
    Just an update about this being screened at the ROH tomorrow (11/11). It’s being shown twice and there will also be a Q&A with Francesca Hayward, Matthew Ball, Valentino Zucchetti and Alice Pennefather.
  16. Thalia
    Depending on the angle you are looking at the stage, you can sometimes see the “weave” of the scrim, which is highly annoying when it is down for such a long time as in La Bayadère. It’s like watching through a net curtain. No wait, it is watching through a net curtain!
  17. Thalia
    We had a cursory glance into our bags by a harassed member of staff by the Piazza entrance (the door was held so you could walk straight though) and tickets were sort of checked by the door to the area where we were sitting in the afternoon. In the evening, there was no bag check but tickets were half-heartedly checked again. No tickets were checked after the intervals at any point, though, for which I was grateful. I hate having to fish about for my ticket once I’m in the building!
  18. Thalia
    I should add that Valentino Zucchetti was a total delight as the Bronze Idol in the afternoon.
  19. Thalia
    I found Hirano’s dancing to be lovely yesterday, if rather restrained. For me, he seems quite reserved so I do often struggle to get a sense of characterisation from him. It’s almost as if there’s a shyness or modesty about him. I find I enjoy him more in abstract roles. The connection between Solor and Nikiya was stronger for me in the evening performance. It was great to see McRae back and going for it without any trepidation after only recently returning to the stage. Takada was particularly expressive in Act I although I feel that tailed off in Act 2. I thought Naghdi was fabulous as Gamzatti; a powerful yet nuanced interpretation from her.
  20. Thalia
    I found the “experience” of going to the ROH was lessened somewhat by staff waiting all gloved up with vacuum cleaners as everyone streamed out last night.
  21. Thalia
    Solor: Hirano Nikiya: Lamb Gamzatti: Calvert
  22. Thalia
    It wasn’t until my fourth visit this season that I saw it and even then it was only when a friend pointed it out to me! 😂🤷‍♀️
  23. Thalia
    It’s in the downstairs caff. It’s a big screen behind the counter/bar with a ticker going along a bit like on the rolling news channels. Rolling cast changes...
  24. Thalia
    I noticed last night that the “in” and “out” doors have been changed back. Someone is listening!
  25. Thalia
    I actually had a nightmare about this the night before last, not that it has ever happened to me but I’ve been close a couple of times – is there still a screen for latecomers to watch?
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