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  1. MJW
    Yes during the first act (of the matinee) I'm afraid
  2. MJW
    Take your torches with you - you might need them!
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    Haha I thought the same thing when I heard the announcement (and for Nicol Edmonds replacing Clarke for the third act)
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    No!
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    I suspect I'm in a minority of one on this! First of all I would say that I didn't have any issue with the old site and was perfectly happy with it. I am certainly not keen at all on the new online shop with I think is very poor and hard to navigate and appears to relegate the selling of opera and ballet recordings (as does the shop itself at RoH). I also have to say I have never (or very rarely) used the calendar when booking tickets so I can't really comment on the changes there. However the main part of the ticket section seems reasonably straightforward and no worse than other sites I have seen. It would be better if any applied filters did not automatically re-set but that does only require a couple of clicks to reapply. Having checked the website at work the images for productions do seem rather too large but at home they seem fine. I have the same size monitor at home and work but use different browsers so perhaps that makes a difference? I have to confess that I have already decided well in advance of booking which production (and when) I want to see and tend not to browse to see what might be on. Perhaps when actually booking for the autumn season on the new site I might change my mind on the above !
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    I just logged on to see but unfortunately it appears my version has been updated as well. However if you filter to main stage then it isn't quite so bad - on a PC at least. However to lump all venues, types etc etc at the beginning is a mess. Luckily I had already booked for the summer season so perhaps by next season it might have improved !
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    So true (and thank you also Dawnstar). Next time its running late and I'm humphing in my seat I'll know I'm not alone ! Its one the reasons why I tend try for the matinees on a Saturday. I have managed door to door in an hour and a half but that is only due to running from Covent Garden to Waterloo and then practically collapsing when on my train!
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    Oh I'm glad its not just me who's irritated by the late starts!
  9. MJW
    True - unfortunately I was hoping to see William in Two Pigeons but that was not to be either !
  10. MJW
    Just had the same message - its a shame as I booked that performance to see him. Oh well!
  11. MJW
    I had a quick look on the website and I see what you mean! I have to say I am not going - not because of the prices, simply because I have an aversion to the story (something from my childhood I think!). Hopefully the seats will have filled up by the first performance.
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    I'm glad someone has mentioned the lighting in the cinema screenings - I saw a screening of Swan Lake both on BBC4 at Christmas and again at the Linbury in January, as well as La Bayadere at the cinema, and they were much darker than seeing them live. As you say, it is quite difficult sometimes to make out all the detail !
  13. MJW
    She certainly doesn't seem to be a dance critic - mainly a TV reviewer
  14. MJW
    James was excellent this afternoon. I think Yuhui was better when I saw her a fortnight ago. Agree about the empty seats in the stalls - there were about two or three empty (or very nearly) rows near me to my right. Having said that they did seem to fill up for 2 Pigeons. Not sure why you wouldn't go and see the first part of a mixed bill but there we are!
  15. MJW
    Look forward to seeing it on Saturday (that will be my third Two Pigeons this year!)
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    I'm sorry to hear that people are having problems with the new website. Thankfully apart from the front page (and the irritating new Shop) the rest of the site has stayed the same for me. I use Chrome as my browser, I don't know if that makes any difference?
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    How tall are Alexander and James?
  18. MJW
    I originally booked to see William Bracewell and Francesca Hayward - now both of the leads have been replaced ! Never mind
  19. MJW
    Not sure where to post this..but: View in a web browser Cast change for The Royal Ballet's The Royal Ballet School / The Two Pigeons Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 7.30pm Saturday 16 February at 12.00pm Our records show that you are due to attend a performance of The Royal Ballet School / The Two Pigeons. We are contacting you to let you know that, due to injury, William Bracewell will be replaced by Alexander Campbell as The Young Man on 12 February. Meanwhile, on 16 February William Bracewell will be replaced by James Hay as The Young Man.
  20. MJW
    Oh no! Seeing him in a fortnight...hope he recovers soon
  21. MJW
    I'm glad everybody seems to have enjoyed the matinee this afternoon (Feb 2nd). I hadn't originally booked to see this as I am going to the Royal Ballet School/Two Pigeons mixed bill in a fortnight, but I went to see the rehearsal a couple of weeks ago and was so impressed by Asphodel I ended up booking for today's performance, Had a great seat in the Grand Tier (esp as the two seats in front of me were empty!). Two Pigeons was especially lovely and, as I suspect with a lot of other people, had tears in my eyes by the end (as did the chap sitting next to me !).
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    Thank you for the photos - always nice to have a memento of an enjoyable evening esp Les Patineurs which I thought was lovely.
  23. MJW
    Great pics. Do you have any more from The Concert?
  24. MJW
    Always lovely to see photos of the performances - especially those one has been to. I was in row E in the stalls last night, so you must have been in the front row! I think it was a bit of a shame that the ensemble dancers don't get a curtain call.
  25. MJW
    I'm keeping out an eagle eye!
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