Beryl H

I loved Qualia and have always wanted to see it again although I can't remember any details

I was watching the BBC news just now and the train drivers and their families are getting worried about having enough money for Christmas, I hope this will spur them on to resolving the situation! 

I'm glad that the first cast Cinderella will be shown at the cinema, hopefully a DVD/Blu-Ray will follow 🙂

The Journey Planner was actually working a few minutes ago, instead of the "Bad Request" that usually comes up. I should be alright next week now that the strike on 3rd November is cancelled, but have had to cancel SW for the 10th November because of the Tube Strike. 

I generally find that women playing the Sisters are more nasty to each other, and prefer the humour of men, although it was getting too broad (this is supposed to be a fairy tale) and needs to be gentler and sadder 🙂 

There's a short film of the elderly couple on the ROH website/Twitter, rehearsing their pdd, it looks very moving.

I've just bought one in an old favourite amphi seat that I can no longer afford, £15 instead of £37 not bad, and I would only want to see the second cast anyway. 

Gloves would make handling the cards more difficult, imagine if she dropped them at the critical moment (love the music at this dramatic point BTW).

I was reading about this exhibition, it looks good but I would probably have to combine seeing it in the afternoon with a ballet performance in the evening, especially as it's close to Covent Garden. 

I had a frustrating time at 9am, I could access every performance I wanted but after clicking the seat, nothing happened for about 10 minutes, I kept re-clicking but it was completely stuck, then the picture came up out of the blue, once I had the ticket in my basket it was okay until I clicked on the next ticket and the same thing happened, after 4 times I went to the payment part which was normal and straightforward! When I re-started for the 5th ticket the long delay after clicking on the seat happened again. 

I was happy with the tickets I bought, I did notice that the right side of middle row S in the amphi has been allocated for wheelchair users, which I'm not complaining about, it makes sense as they are near the lifts, that's why I liked them.

Bit of an all-round muddle again by the sounds of it, I felt the system was going to pack up but it didn't.

I was checking a cinema booking and saw the film of Carlos Acosta's Don Q is showing on 26 October at 8pm.

Sounds good, does anyone know the casting?

19 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

 

1st October, so sounds like I'm completely & unavoidably screwed for that date. I'm supposed to be seeing Mayerling on 7th so I hope that will be possible before the strike on 8th. I feel like sending these damned unions a bill for the unused theatre tickets I'm racking up due to their strikes.

One thing I never do now is buy the train ticket in advance, that way if I have to cancel the ballet ticket I can deduct the price of the train, which is often more expensive anyway. My first Mayerling is 21st October, no train strike but casting change announced 🙂

I must have a rummage through cast lists now I know a date, perhaps the reason the RB could fit in a short opener was because the intervals were shorter in the past.

 That's terrible for the ROH, but I had intended to book for this at the cinema, thanks for advising us. 

 I was spellbound watching the procession from the Palace to Westminster Hall yesterday on TV, it was perfect and did look  choreographed, those bells growing louder was so dramatic, I believe Princess Anne was the only lady marching, she kept up with the men, bless her 🙂

I didn't really feel like going tonight so have changed the seat for Alina Cojocaru on Friday by telephone, there should be slightly less travel problems in London itself, at least the 11 bus should be running, though not the over crowded trains to and from London. Glad Giselle had a successful first night, it sounds lovely and I want to hear the Ukrainian anthem at the end!

7 hours ago, Pas de Quatre said:

Great news, I have just received an email from Marquee TV with upcoming programming, and they will be showing this Gala.  It says it will be a ticked event and they will send further details soon.

 

I had the good fortune to see Nureyev dance many times.  He had the quality of a big cat such as a panther, amazing leaps with soft landings.  Such technique was a revelation then, but is now an expected benchmark of a male principal.  However few today match Nureyev's charisma.

It's funny, Nureyev has been likened to several animals, I too have always thought of him as a panther, slightly dangerous 🙂

I've just checked and the rail strikes for next week have been suspended!

Looks as though the Coliseum should get in touch with Pineapple or reduce prices themselves, ticket sales are very slow, hope it will go ahead.

Funnily enough I've just checked and the Coliseum website shows fuller casting now, I have the same problem as Dawnstar, 14th September is my only chance to see Alina Cojocaru, as it would be presumably worse on the 16th, the day in between strikes!

2 hours ago, jonac said:

I booked, at the theatre, first half of July and was told that for security one's e-ticket would not be issued until 24 hours before the performance. The email confirming my booking includes a link and having used it this afternoon it takes me to my e-ticket but states the barcode will not appear until 24 hours before the performance. Printed of my ticket (which shows seat details), without the barcode, just in case.

Think I'll print out whatever is available now too, my printer can take ages to work properly, thanks for mentioning it!

That's good news, in case something goes wrong and I can't get to the theatre, like a rail strike!

The Balcony is now open for all performances, prices from £10, think I will go to the Saturday evening, but probably not in the Balcony, not sure if I can put up with the discomfort. Will wait to see if any casting appears.

Yes, "clunky" is a good word to describe the current system, whilst I have been able to book everything I have wanted in the end, it is a slow procedure, easy to click on the wrong view from seat (I'm sure they were trying to get me to buy L71) and fairly difficult using Gift Certificates in particular.

I thought about going on the Saturday night but when I saw the cheapest was the back row of the Upper Circle for £30, I changed my mind.