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  1. CCL
    Thanks Dawnstar, you did well to get such good photos as the curtain calls were brief! I enjoyed the performance very much, and will elaborate later if time, but just wanted to say that Yu Kurihara was absolutely radiant and joyful as Aurora - I am still smiling now!
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    @Amanda LiuWe must have posted at the exact same minute!
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    I have just seen the full cast list for tonight and I think it is fair to say that I am very excited!
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    That was a really interesting discussion, thank you @Roberta
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    ‘End of Term’ is my favourite school-based book and ‘The Ready-Made Family’ my favourite non-school book. How lovely to see more Forest aficionados here! I do apologise for having derailed the thread, by the way. If anyone is interested, the complete 1975 BBC version of Ballet Shoes is on YouTube.
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    It is absolutely wonderful, isn’t it! Nice to ‘meet’ a fellow aficionado!
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    Yes! That also really annoyed me. In the book Nanna is very fond of Winifred. I agree with you about the actor playing Mr Simpson, I think it was Marc Warren. I always rather liked that actor. Here’s a coincidence- I belong to a Facebook group that discusses the books of Antonia Forest, and there was a post today about…Ballet Shoes and the 1970s BBC version!
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    @OnePigeon I always felt like that too about Jeremy Brett and On The Street Where You Live - it makes me quite tearful!
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    I had forgotten that Victoria Wood was Nanna - an inspired piece of casting!
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    To be fair, it was ‘re-imagined’ the last time a version of it was made for television. ‘Garnie’ and Theo were rivals for the love of Mr Simpson, if I remember correctly? That put me right off!
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    This was a surprise - I’m sorry to see him go. Wishing him all the best for the future.
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    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.
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    Thank you Linnzi! Yes, I agree that it’s good to be pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t that I thought I wouldn’t like DD as such, more that I thought it might be a gruelling watch. Of course, the subject matter was pretty gruelling but its power was such that I felt awed. A point further to what I said upthread- I should have mentioned the wonderful singing in Requiem. It was so good to hear it again and sung with such beauty and clarity. I feel so fortunate to have been there last night!
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    Sorry, I tried to correct the font size above as it’s too big, but I can’t seem to - apologies, it looks a little silly.
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    I was there last night and thought it was an absolutely excellent triple bill. Danses Concertantes was quirky and sunny; I liked the vintage feel of it. I didn’t mind the costumes in the end, having originally thought ‘headache’, as they contributed to the overall feeling of effervescence. It was pure joy! Different Drummer was, for me, extremely compelling and moving. The beauty of the music added to the desperate poignancy of what was happening on stage. The story was told with the utmost clarity and commitment: huge kudos to Marcelino Sambe, Francesca Hayward and Francisco Serrano in particular but really everyone was on top form. I felt wrung out afterwards but also thankful that I had the opportunity to see this powerful piece of art. Finally, Requiem was as utterly divine as I expected it to be. Every single piece was beautiful and moving, but I would single out the second piece, the Offertoire, as the one that had the greatest impact on me. William Bracewell was absolutely stunning in this. 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. I am still on a high this morning!
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