For the first time ever, Westminster Abbey is allowing photography. 23 October.

[Amelia]

For the first time ever, Westminster Abbey is allowing photography within its building by members of the public. It will be a one-off event on 23 October:

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/10/14/tickets-alert-opportunity-to-photograph-inside-westminster-abbey/?fbclid=IwAR2-9yWN5VwY7EL1z9cCysoie0LHMthMJfZ2FzZ3jcCcSrxelJ2j-t2R5n4

It can be of interest for those who would like to take a photo of a memorial stone to four founders of the Royal Ballet In the Poets’ Corner and of a window with Margot Fonteyn in the passage between the Dean’s Yard and the Cloisters:
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/royal-ballet-founders:

Edited October 15, 2019 by Amelia
Specified the location of the stone and the window.

[Sim]

Thanks for this information Amelia. 

[jmhopton]

Disappointing the timescale is so limited. I'm in London on the 23rd to see Morera/Bonelli Manon and I might have been interested but the timescale at 5.30 pm to 8pm is really too tight and would be very rushed.

[Amelia]

It is disappointing but depends on the preceding events. The visitors/tourists have to leave the Abbey by 4.30 pm. Evening prayer normally said on Wednesday at 5.00pm. That is why the photography will be allowed only at 5.30 pm.

[alison]

On ‎16‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 12:09, jmhopton said:

Disappointing the timescale is so limited. I'm in London on the 23rd to see Morera/Bonelli Manon and I might have been interested but the timescale at 5.30 pm to 8pm is really too tight and would be very rushed.

 

Why does *everything* seem to be happening on the 23rd?  Loads of things, not necessarily ballet-related, and so many of them that I can't possibly fit them all in