RHowarth

20 hours ago, alison said:

I'm wondering that, too.  My only thought is that it would be a PR disaster.  Can you imagine the result if all those Friends/Patrons found out they turned out to be paying over the odds for unpopular programmes?!

Where dynamic pricing is used in theatres, there's generally a price guarantee - 'book early and this is the lowest price you can ever pay but prices are likely to go up'. It's generally used as an incentive for early booking. In which case Friends and Patrons would be the ones to benefit the most; it would be the general public which would be disadvantaged. 

Jan, there is a Sunday matinee...

We will coincide, Janet, as I will be there on the Saturday night (as well as Sat afternoon and Friday night). As you know, I have free bed and board in Manchester - so I'm not being quite as altruistic as I make out in choosing Manchester over London!  

2 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

 

I think the company are really brave in trying to bring something different to the provinces but for how much longer will they be able to do this.

For the La Sylphide/Song of the Earth double bill in the autumn, I had a ticket for the upper circle and was moved to the middle of the sixth row of the dress circle. As you say, great for me - I love a bargain - but not good for the company. 

To be honest, it's cheaper and almost quick for me to go to London on an advanced fare than it is to get to Manchester (the Transpennine Express being so slow). I see ENB in Manchester to try and make sure they keep going there! 

13 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

Sadly there are already special offers in Manchester:

 

https://www.manchestertheatres.com/emails/enb-manon.htm

Wow! Wish I hadn't booked the day they went on-sale...

Edited to add: with the ATG fees, of course, those tickets will be closer to £30 and £35...

Thanks for the tip! I had always thought of Porselli as just selling Porselli. Have just ordered four leotards from them at £10 each. They had a much better selection than Dance Direct's current one and P&P very reasonable too.

8 hours ago, RuthE said:

 

 

R&J is in the Spring booking period, which opens for Premium 2 friends at the end of November and for general public at the end of January.

 

RHowarth, I think your question was "will I know the Spring casting before I have to book for Winter season?"  (I had to read it a few times before I realised you weren't under the misapprehension that it was in the Winter period.)

 

To which the answer is, possibly (after all, we've just been told some of the Winter season casting the day before the Autumn season went on general sale) but not necessarily.

I did indeed mean that - apologies to Ruth and Bangor Ballet Boy for not being clear! I'm sure the booking periods used to be numbered rather than autumn, winter etc and I had a mental block about what the Winter and Spring seasons were called (despite being on a thread entitled 'Winter season casting'...) Thanks for the answers and clarification. 

Does anyone know when R&J casting is out? I'm worried about emptying my pockets next booking period, only to realise I've no money left for all the R&Js I want. Will it be out before public booking opens for the next booking period on 31 October?  

Has anyone got an experience of returning leotards unworn with tags (including those plastic 'pantyliners') to Capezio? I ordered 3 leotards and two of them aren't right. I went to return them but noticed that their VERY small print (their actual terms and conditions rather than their shipping and refunds section) state that leotards can't be returned once they've been taken out of the packaging as they count as underwear.  In the Capezio shop on Endell Street, though, you can try on leotards, and Dance Direct allow you to return. I've never come across this before. Am I about to be £35 out of pocket? 

Thanks Lizbie1 - I hadn't clocked there were Sunday matinees for New Adventures. Have just booked one for another weekend I'm planning (2 x Asphodel Meadows/2 Pigs and Nine Night at the National).  

It may be worth pointing out to other out-of-towners that, the first weekend in January, with two nights in London you can see the Royal Ballet's Les Patineurs triple bill on Friday 4 eve, ENB Swan Lake on Sat 5 matinee,  RB Nutcracker Sat 5 eve and ENB Swan Lake on Sun 6 matinee.  Not really casting related, but it's how I chose my dates! 

If you're looking on Ticketmaster, my guess is they only have a small allocation of tickets and the rest will go onsale via another channel. The majority look sold out because they are suspended. Just a  guess though!

41 minutes ago, alison said:

 

I think Judith Mackrell and Neil Norman both were, too.  Can anyone confirm?

I don't think Neil Norman was - but could be wrong of course.

Is this ISTD Cecchetti? I would say the ISTD is more harshly marked. There was a good ten marks between my result in ISTD Cecchetti and the new RAD Inter as an adult. But I was trained in RAD (and had done the old Inter and possibly begun it when it was still called Elementary!) so it might have just been that I was more comfortable with the style. 

Do we think this is likely to be a two-acter as is usual with NB? I.e. am I likely to get the last train home after the premiere - the 22.21?

I'm a shade under five feet and I've sat there before with no issues whatsoever. Although you've got me worried now as I'm due to sit there again for the RBS matinee! 

It would have helped a bit if the seats were staggered, which they weren't - each seat was directly behind the one in front. 

Ballet West (US not Scottish) brought a Tudor programme to the Edinburgh Festival in the early 2000s.

Thanks for the review, John. Where did you find info about the full casting for the week?

They are broadcasting the Osipova/McRae Fille next week. Think it might be next Sunday.

I reported to ENB this morning and they are working on it...

The ticket has been re-homed!

I tried to time this with a flight from London, but it turned out to be much cheaper to fly from Leeds, so I'm going to have to let this one go. Don't feel too sorry for me though as I do still get two weeks in Crete! The ticket is M18, second circle, and cost £12, but is free to a good home. PM me if interested. 

6 hours ago, Bluebird said:

The full casting won't come up on my iPad but I can get it on my PC (by clicking on 'see casting for all dates') 

That won't load for me (on a laptop now) - and I don't have any issues with slow internet connection. I'll try a PC later but getting a bit daft now!

I'm not one for marketing team-bashing, but they also sent out the e-blast with an internal title rather than a public title ('Open for Voices of America Casting', the 'Open' presumably being as opposed to patrons/friends).

I can't, on a mobile.