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Sarah is my favourite principal and although I've only been watching live for five and a half years she's had a number of different partners in my time, it's not all Hirano....in the last run of SB she was partnered by McRae and Sambe....,Vadim in R&J, Manon and Nutcracker... McRae in R&J,  Mayerling, Cinderella and Nutcracker, Sambe in Giselle. 

They

41 minutes ago, MoVR said:

According to today' s  cast sheet, James Large will be doing both Russian and Chinese dance lol. I imagine that's a typo again?

They've now changed Russian dance to Almeida and Diaz

Back to 24 snowflakes, which is so much better than 16.  Mouse king still appears via the king large chair rather than the floor though

7 minutes ago, oncnp said:

 

Principal casting only was included in a 9 Aug Friend's e-mail. 

Hmmm ok. Its's probable I missed that and was just going by whatever was mentioned on the booking page on Friends booking day....of course it's possible I just misread that page and booked the wrong date.

When did they announce the cast for Dante? I was rather disappointed to find I'd booked two performances and they ended up being the same cast (admittedly I slept walked to the second one assuming I'd booked one for each) 

14 minutes ago, Benjamin said:

What they should do is have an announcement (at the same time that they proclaim that filming is prohibited) that it is possible to watch the full performance on ROH Stream (etc for different companies). No need to record it when you can find it online for better quality. There’s your solution! Not saying it would stop everyone, but I’m sure there would be less of it.

Unless you're suggesting the ROH make every performance available as a stream people like to get pics/videos of things they're actually at...often of a cast not featured in current streams.

My suggestion would be for them to announce that photography is banned/forbidden etc until the curtain call at the end of the performance. That lets people know that they will be able to get some sort of photographic souvenir if they want one. I'm sure many of the mid performance snappers don't even know that there's a curtain call

I thought I had a ticket for both casts but it turns out I was wrong 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

3 hours ago, JohnS said:

Joshua Junker is listed for tonight’s Dante cast - Soothsayer etc. The cast sheet was posted an hour ago. We’ll see if there’s a change.

He was there, throwing a lot of shapes in act 1 

Ticket sold

Due to train strikes (for the GWR area) I'll have to offer the delightful D46 SCS for Thursday....a bargain at £12

Please message if interested 

Oh no, what a shame for Bomin Kim😞

Ok, I've looked through my Todaytix emails and it's selected shows...all seem to be the big musicals except for the plays Dear England. Stranger Things and Backstairs Billy

13 hours ago, alison said:

Can anyone advise, please?  There are so many offers going around at the moment, and given the unreliability of train strikes when booking this far in advance, I wanted to buy from someone who offered cancellation in exchange for vouchers as long as you give at least 24 hours' notice.  I thought it was TodayTix, but when I go through the motions on their website I don't get the cancellation insurance option.

I've seen something like that recently, I have used TodayTix quite a bit in the last few months so presume it's that but is it just via the app?

Just had an email explaining Draft Works on 11th and 13th December has been cancelled due to insufficient prep time.

It’s a pity Tomas Mock is leaving, I would have  thought him a good choice as Drosselmeyer 

Relieved that The Unfriend was one of the discounted plays available and got just the type of seat I wanted at a great price so thank you for the heads up 🙂👍

9 minutes ago, annamicro said:

The poster in the making: I love it!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz3pkqYIP_Y/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

It will be on sale 😊. I have now to find a way to bring it home (not glflying Ryanair it's a good start 😁)

Hopefully it'll be available on a range of merchandise...and the programme, it's a beautiful image 

19 hours ago, Linnzi5 said:

I couldn't identify who retrieved the fan but I was so impressed with the way that was done. I obviously knew the fan had flown off but the way it was handled by the male dancer was so, so  professional. Did you see who it was? Because he deserves much praise. I saw the tankard go too and the worst thing is, just before that bit, in my head I was thinking, I wonder if anyone ever knocks those over? Then a second later, over it went. I think I need to stop thinking! That bit must be so tricky. I did wonder if it had been placed correctly? I thought Mendizabal was extremely good, followed by Dias. Though, Morera is still my number one. 

The first tankard was placed way off centre and (from where I was viewing) too close to the second tankard so I knew one was going to get knocked.

As mentioned above it was Stanislaw that recovered the fan. Much as I don’t want to see them have issues with things they are holding it’s always interesting to see how they’re retrieved and returned to the right place and I thought he did that very well. 
I have to commend the guitar handling of the Basilios and, usually, Casper Lench during the entire run…I don’t think I saw it hit the floor once in fifteen shows I saw 

1 hour ago, theorist said:

The ROH has just posted on Facebook that the Dante Project is a "brand new ballet". Who writes this stuff?

The same person that wrote that has very kindly informed me of a cast change in an opera performance they are welcoming me to despite me not having a ticket for that performance or any opera ever

Are the conditions for the returning of box seats the same as ordinary seats? It may be a good idea to return them to the box office asap as the chance of selling them on to the public and getting a refund will be better than with this limited audience

Oh dear, as soon as I'd read an internal email about the RMT's arrangements I go and see this news....Nutcracker double show days on 6th and 7th affected depending on where you're coming from...locals will be affected for opening night. 

47 minutes ago, Paco said:

It happens to me, never at the ROH, but ALWAYS at the Nederlands Nationale Opera and Ballet (Amsterdam). I book a seat, and when it comes to payment just 30 seconds later it says "your seat is no longer available".

 

Almost every time it is just an issue of browser: I have noticed that this happens almost always with Mozilla Firefox. If I start again the same booking, choosing the same seat, this time with Chrome, there is no issue anymore and I can pay for the seat I have chosen.

 

So perhaps it is the same issue at the ROH website?

 

Years ago the Paris Opera website was facing similar issues, to an extent that nobody could imagine (sometimes an empty auditorium was mentioned as sold out on the booking site... then available again 10 minutes later with hundreds of seats to chose...). Now they seem to have solved it, I do not hear anymore about those kind of issues.

I had the ‘you’ve exceeded….’ message for a couple of months on my work computer (Chrome) and deleting the cookies for the site specifically, repeatedly logging out etc…it didn’t work and I had to book or even just look at availability using an incognito window until a couple of weeks ago it suddenly started working properly