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  1. Mary
    I don't recall some of this wording: surely Benno should not be 'instructing' Siegfried..surely vice versa?
  2. Mary
    It is on at some Picturehouses this afternoon.
  3. Mary
    I think there are some encore screenings on Monday?
  4. Mary
    Yes I commented on this on another thread- much better than previous surveys and I did comment on the need for the booking website to work every time, relaibly, and a few other issues- a welcome opportunity to give feedback on important things.
  5. Mary
    No doubt the full facts will emerge and at present we don't know them. But it does make me think how very wise it is not to allow glass into the auditorium and I hope they stick with the rule and police it even more carefully (I know they do - I have often seen people being turned back with glasses)- but it is perhaps easier to sneak a glass into the door to the slips. Someone could have been hurt. I wish other theatres would take note.
  6. Mary
    Particularly frightening to have that happen near you in the upper slips, where it can feel a bit exposed anyway - most unnerving. I am sorry for the audience who had their experience spoilt in this way. it sounds as if the dancers did brilliantly and I do hope Hirano makes a speedy recovery.
  7. Mary
    I've seen a Russian company's production with Siegfried drowning- years ago, I can't remember who it was, but I'm afraid the sight of a very bouffant wig slowly bobbing about just above the cardboard waves then disappearing was very funny and ruined the ending...
  8. Mary
    Thanks for reminding me- I left black tights off my list and Siegfried's black tights against black floor are indeed very annoying and absurd when we all want to see his legs so much.
  9. Mary
    Like others there is plenty I really like in this production, especially the wonderful sets and costumes, Siegfried's solo and the reconciliation pas de deux - but it does need revising I think. While I agree the ending may not be 'universally' disliked, the discussion here and on previous occasions suggests there is perhaps a majority who would like to see it tweaked, at least. In the unlikely event that I was directing the next revival and had a free hand, I would tweak it along the lines of some of the ideas on this thread, making it match the soaring music properly and preventing Siegfried looking like a pathetic weed; I would also: change Benno's Act 1 costume so he looked less like Buttons in a pantomime; cut about half his dancing in Act 1 and give it to Siegfried ( I find it very frustrating when Siegfried just teases us with tiny bits of dancing here and there); cut one of the pas de trois, possibly the second one- (they have delighted me long enough.....) Luckily for you all I am not going to get the chance....
  10. Mary
    I would advise any ballet lover to watch Alice on dvd first if you haven't seen it and perhaps save some money. I disliked it on the 1st night, thought I should try again and really disliked it even more second time!...
  11. Mary
    I've had another survey about being a Friend today- including a section on booking, so I expressed pleasure that it all worked last time but did comment again on previous problems, hoping they have been solved now. The survey was quite good this time and did allow space for comment on a range of issues.
  12. Mary
    No need to explain or aplogise for a less than positive review I hope- I am sure we all welcome honest responses, no matter how critical (so long, of course as they are appropriately worded.) Plenty of us have commented on Act IV not really working.
  13. Mary
    I'd love to see some photos.
  14. Mary
    I couldn't recognise any of them either even with my bins.
  15. Mary
    Yes heedless , dangerous. I was surprised she did it twice.
  16. Mary
    Entertaining scenes last night before the performance started: a couple in a balcony box were having a really major photo shoot session: he had a small tripod....she was wearing an extravagant dress. At one stage she perched on the ledge (with her back to the house) sitting quite far out as it were...somewhat noticeable and somewhat alarming....I was glad not to be sitting in the stalls below. .....an usher soon hurried along and told them No ( I presume) but shortly afterwards she was back again- with much posing, twisting about etc etc. There was much hilarious comment from the people around me in the left amphi who had a great view of it all, - but really it was absurd ( and dangerous.)
  17. Mary
    The presentation of the screenings is always like this. Recently they have started to interview technical and backstage people, and i have found that so much more informative: many very articulate people speak with enthusiasm but quite calmly without all the gushing. For example, the lighting team interviewed in the Butterfly screening were excellent. The RB people can't stop saying everything is wonderful, marvellous etc, which tells us nothing- and also, it is really for the audience to decide if it is wonderful, marvellous, good or OK..or not..... I would much prefer to have a clear explanation of the background, plot where relevant, a few dates, names, some context and so on- it's a shame they feel they have to gush. And after Requiem really all that is needed is a very quiet pause.
  18. Mary
    Did you see a more recent run? i saw the show in its early days and thought it was really good - the surprise value was much greater then..Adam Cooper was superb..(and you could hear the hearts pounding in the auditorium!) but, I did quickly get bored with the pastiche of La Sylphide and the Royal family shenanigans. That certainly got very tedious on a second viewing..I did go to see Ball in that run, and thought he was excellent but the rest of it left me stone cold.
  19. Mary
    Lamb for Cuthbertson.
  20. Mary
    I've just had a cast change email for tonight headed 4 April....
  21. Mary
    When I click on it, it says: 'Book your stalls tickets now' and then the picture has a banner headline 'Book stalls tickets now' Not that I'm going to!
  22. Mary
    Thanks for reminding me to book tickets to Fille - done! It is a long way away, and I am trying to remember when the RB season normally has its first night - some people may possibly be wanting to see what's on offer there, and indeed elsewhere, before deciding which performance of BRB Fille to go for.
  23. Mary
    Another reason I would not return my ticket is that I want to support BRB in difficult times ..bearing in mind the situation in Birmingham and indeed in the UK. British ballet needs audiences to rally round, as Carlos Acosta said the other day. I often moan there isn't enough classical ballet so when it is on I feel I have to go.
  24. Mary
    It's a shame, but I will still be going and in fact going to two performances taking different people. Looking forward to a beautiful production and seeing some dancers new to me, perhaps. It is not often there is anything on at Sadlers I want to see these days !
  25. Mary
    I was not praising the wording itself Geoff which I agree is a bit odd, just the idea of an alert. It might be better to use a more general phrase and not mention age.
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