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  1. Lizbie1
    They've now issued casting in pdf format: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/static.roh.org.uk/for/pdfs/The-Royal-Ballet-Casting-Summer-Season.pdf
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    I saw this pairing the other week at Munich: do we know whether this was because there was no possibility to prepare a Munich pairing or at the insistence of Neumeier?
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    I noticed this, in Lyndsey Winship's Guardian review, talking about the Alerts Collins piece: "...and – unusual this – the dancers look like they’re having a really nice time." Is she trying to imply that RB dancers don't generally enjoy performing?
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    Serious diversion I know but since this is a moany thread about RO booking, I note that with less than a fortnight to go until summer booking opens for top level Friends we still don’t know who’s doing Krakenthorp in la Fille du Regiment, which seems odd.
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    She's a "girl" but he's a "man", though he shows no more maturity than her.
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    ...and I’d like to think we’d moved on since that was the norm, nearly 60 years ago.
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    This absolutely isn’t intended as criticism of present company, but if I were a dancer sensitive to this kind of thing I’d probably give more leeway to a long-standing female colleague than to a man I didn’t know well.
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    Mixed news: William Bracewell to be replaced by Alexander Campbell in Two Pigeons on 12th February and by James Hay on 16th February.
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    TBH as with a lot of Verdi I've never really bothered with the "plot"!
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    My guess is that it’s to do with ACE targets.
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    I wonder if they’ve had a rummage down the back of the sofa for tickets being held back for critics, VIPs, friends of the cast etc. And of course the £1,400+ crew!
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    The question I’d really like to see answered is whether there was indeed no cap on the number of tickets an individual (patron, friend or otherwise) could buy. If it is true, that’s a pretty shocking oversight and I think we’d be due an explanation.
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    Another thing! That “17.5% available to the public” figure is most certainly skewed by the dates which don’t feature either Netrebko or Kaufmann or both, and have been slower to sell.
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    Thanks for alerting us - it’s rather an unsatisfactory statement, feels like it’s missing a conclusion. The unanswered question is of course, “Well, what are you going to do about it?”
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    Snap, Thalia!
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    Just saw this on Twitter: Not sure they’re “correcting” anything I’ve seen, just giving alternative figures.
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    That’ll be because they’re channelling their marketing budget towards Facebook ads. Remember that “£1,000 of tickets sold for every £1” spent claim? Sadlers Wells/NB obviously need to get with the times.
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    R&J and the Golden Hour mixed bill.
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    Nor I, unless they pay a hefty fee for the privilege, especially as unsold tickets can be dumped back on the box office.
  20. Lizbie1
    I agree with much of what you say, but it’s possible these tickets came from the allocation made over to the “official” ticket agencies, whose role I have never understood.
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    Crikey! Only 100 tickets/performance held back for general booking?!
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    I thought about going but the prices seemed just too high - started at £35 for anywhere convenient for me (couldn't see any offers for the theatres in question).
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    Pleased to see so many positive comments about the Poulenc. I was waiting for a bus after the matinee a few weeks ago with one of the cellists: I thanked him, we talked a little about the Two Pigeons and I mentioned the Messager. He said, "But what about the Poulenc!" If you'd asked "serious" musical taste-makers 60 years ago which then-living French composer's reputation would be faring best in 2019, I doubt many would have answered Poulenc: too "superficial", too tonal, too...well, attractive. But it looks like he might have the last laugh.
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    Interesting! Can't think of another ballet set to Janacek - or am I overlooking something?
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    I don't know about general booking, but when Friends booking opened there were very few Berenice tickets left only a couple of minutes in. I was lucky enough to nab one of the few remaining immediately after I'd got my Forza ticket. Apologies if you do all this anyway, but I find it helps to be very organised about which productions and dates you're targeting and prioritise them according to how quickly you think they'll go. I also have a tab open for each production page before the clock strikes nine: though these have to be refreshed once you've got to the front of the queue, it saves a few seconds. Another thing to bear in mind is that seats do reappear in the first 30 minutes or so, as people refine what's in their basket.
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