Rob S

1 hour ago, Dawnstar said:

 

, not having had any income for almost a year since a few months of furlough ended last July, ticket costs are definitely going to be an issue. I still haven't decided if I can justify over £100 to renew my Friends' Membership, given I did renew for this past season & then ended up not being able to attend a single live performance so it was a complete waste of £105!

C’mon Dawnstar…consider the feelings of people with considerably greater disposable income than you before you start spouting this kind of thing!! 😉

Great to see Kaneko and Magri getting Juliet debuts but no new Giselles!?😮

Kevin O’Hare appeared from behind the curtain to announce Osipova is injured

Will be interesting to see who turns up for the Pas de Deux tomorrow.

7 hours ago, Sim said:

From Alex Campbell’s Instagram page:

 

 

Anna Rose O’Sullivan seems to have a bigger one 😆

We've been coming to terms with the news for a week now

I regret not making the most of my Explorer days

You've got to question the point of a system that is giving someone that's been here over 9 years and 700+ posts a 'newbie' badge.😆 Presumably you'll be given a tour of how the forum works and where everything is as well?

I’m sure there is room for a ballet company that doesn’t do the classics but will they be able to fill the Hippodrome? 

Rather spookily I've just been followed by 'Icecream at the Interval' on Instagram...and they don't do sorbets either, just models of theatres!!

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The window differs depending on the seating area, you can see this info on a booking page....for the amphitheatre it's 30 to 5 mins, for the Stalls and SC it's 15-5 minutes, for the Grand Tier it's 40-25 mins!!! there are no more balcony seats available so can't see what that would be.

There are prices for the water and ice creams on the counter of the cloakroom but don't know where you buy them during the interval as I've always sat in my seat through an interval

2 minutes ago, Timmie said:

Do you think that 5 to 15 mins is at the entrance to the auditorium then? I interpreted the slightly vague wording as at the theatre entrance. My usual trains are not running so we’ll be walking from St Pancras, I need to stay hydrated but don’t want to be over-loaded with water bottles. Also don’t want to get too hot and fail the temperature scan…😅

Yes....from what I've heard I think the foyer opens 45 mins (?) before curtain up, on each of the three occasions this season I turned up in the foyer 25 mins before with a ticket that 'stated 5-15 mins'

I guess it could depend where you sit....as far as I'm concerned the 5-15 mins before show start refers to going in to the auditorium, not when you enter the foyer.

A bottle of water costs £2....I take a small botte of water with me in my man-bag but rarely need it but then it's not normally 27 degrees when I go

Or wear prescription swimming goggles like Hugh Grant in Notting Hill 🤿

Looks like Isabella Gasparini will be Princess Florine 💙🙂

Maybe the ROH could tell us what glasses and mask combo the orchestra use...many members of it wear glasses and they all wear masks (except the brass section but there’s always one!) and yet their performance isn’t ruined. 

Sky Arts 11th June 6am The Metamorphosis, featuring Edward Watson

11 minutes ago, Anna C said:

 

Due to the socially-distanced orchestra, daughter and I were surprised to find the cymbals, bass drum and snare drum in the box next to us - their volume and proximity gave us a bit of a fright during the Tchaikovsky pdd! 😆

 

 

Yep, I noticed your reaction to the cymbals 💥😆

5 minutes ago, Balletfanp said:

I’m really sad to hear this as she is one of my favourites and glows onstage. What a loss to the ballet world! But I wish her every success in her new path, such an intelligent woman will be an asset to Stanford - not sure if they realise what lunacy is about to hit them, though! 😂

Someone should tell them to hide the skeletons and chickens! 

I think it was very fitting that the first I heard of this was from Yuhui Choe’s Instagram 😆

Having only just listened to the brilliant interview with Beatriz on the SportiveAF podcast (dated December 2020)  I’m not surprised her next life chapter is in academia. 
 

I do hope we get to see her on stage before the end of the season. 🤞

Maybe all of the audience should bring cigarette lighters to illuminate the place 🔦 

‘Respects the past and heralds the future’ 🤨