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Or even quite a nice sunny afternoon! I thought it was a very interesting read particularly following the Prince George kerfuffle.

Ditto !

I'd agree regarding YouTube - interestingly the RoH uploaded the cinema broadcast of the Marriage of Figaro on YouTube for a time-limited period. Perhaps they could do the same with the Royal Ballet's broadcasts?

Some pictures from the School's Flickr account https://www.flickr.com/photos/royalballetschool/albums/72157709900307211

Sort of relevant to the discussions - received this message earlier today - We look forward to opening booking tomorrow morning for Autumn Season rehearsals, allowing you to book additional tickets up to the maximum of four tickets per Friend across the Autumn Season. We’re aware that some Friends have experienced issues with buying tickets online in this priority booking period; we are sorry for the inconvenience caused and are working to resolve the issue. To give yourself the best chance of buying tickets quickly, Friends are advised to avoid refreshing the rehearsals page or attempting to buy tickets before booking opens at 9am. Simply go to the website after 9am, ensuring you are logged into your account, and then click the buy buttons without refreshing. You'll then be taken to select your seats as usual. We hope you enjoy our wonderful Autumn Season at the Royal Opera House and look forward to welcoming you here very soon.

Sorry ! Should have looked more closely before posting...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lilian-hochhauser-to-think-i-knew-shostakovich-fcj8mvf98 People might find this quite interesting - it can be read without a subscription.

I see that everyone else had problems this morning booking rehearsals and it wasn't down to my employer's website! After refreshing the rehearsals page after 9am to book, everything disappeared. After 5 mins of frantic refreshing I was eventually able to get in the queue only for it to "pause" for about 15mins. Thankfully I was able to get a good seat in the Balcony for Sleeping Beauty (which came as a surprise as I thought Friends rehearsals were limited to the amphitheatre. Obviously not).

Well just got back home and thank you to those who said I ought to go as that was thoroughly enjoyable! Very impressive performances all round and nice to see pieces I haven't seen before. I recognised some of the dancers from the Cunning Little Vixen earlier in the year and it will be nice to follow the careers of those joining the RB next season as Aud Jebsen dancers. I am sure there were many very proud parents, grandparents and other family members today/

Given the comments earlier about booking problems, I was a bit worried about being able to book this morning when Friends Booking opened (especially as I had to book at work on my employer's slower system) but thankfully it was fine. Just need a mortgage to cover the cost!

Just had this confirmation from RoH PART 1 13:30 – 14:38 1 HOUR 06 MINUTES INTERVAL 14:38 – 15:03 25 MINUTES PART 2 15:03 – 16:12 1 HOUR 09 MINUTES CURTAIN CALLS 16:12 – 16:17 5 MINUTES TOTAL RUNNING TIME = 2 HOURS 47 MINUTES

Silly question but the website is no help - does anyone know the running time for Sunday?

Couldn't agree more; it was a last minute decision to go and see this live and I was so glad I did !

I had a bit of a panic as well !

What interesting lists everyone has! I've only been going to the ballet over the last few years so what I have seen thus far is somewhat limited (34 so far) but I would be very happy to see these most (if not every) year Two Pigeons Within the Golden Hour Symphonic Variations Les Patineurs