Guest oncnp Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, capybara said: Exactly what I had in mind when I was hoping that the ROH would 'hit the spot' with its mask(s). I emailed the ROH shop and received a very prompt reply saying they will be selling masks. No indication when though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Having said I don’t want to buy anything fancy that specifically reminds me of this pandemic I’ve just seen that the National Theatre is selling Lady Macbeth hand sanitiser....the caption is “out out damn coronavirus” or something similar lol!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Well I’ve just bought some Lady Macbeth hand sanitiser from Nat. Theatre lol! Ive also bought an Anthony and Cleopatra compact mirror which I’ve needed for ages ( well the mirror anyway) so that was genuinely useful at least but just couldn’t resist the hand sanitiser. Still won’t be buying ROH mask though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 This rather depressing one, from earlier in the week: https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/culture-secretary-reopening-theatres-stalled_52477.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2october2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 ROH selling the family silver (metaphorically) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/04/royal-opera-house-to-sell-off-david-hockney-painting-in-bid-to-stay-afloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, oncnp said: ROH selling the family silver (metaphorically) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/04/royal-opera-house-to-sell-off-david-hockney-painting-in-bid-to-stay-afloat A shame - but needs must I suppose. A completely different situation however to the possibility of the Royal Academy selling its Michelangelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Just out of curiosity, does anyone know where the picture the ROH is selling is hung? I can't recall seeing it in any of the public areas. Edited October 4, 2020 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I can't but then I'm normally rushing because I've cut it fine! It's a shame but I can see why they're doing it and as the ROH isn't an art gallery or museum I can't really see any moral objection, unless it was a donation. (Presumably if it were and there were strings attached we'd know about it.) If it were being sold off because of long term mismanagement I'd be more concerned but the circumstances are clearly exceptional. But still, they can only sell it once, so best to have a plan for next time something like this happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, oncnp said: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know where the picture the ROH is selling is hung? I can't recall seeing it in any of the public areas. it has been hung in various places over the years. Before the refurbishment/open up, it was on the wall of the amphi bar, near the top of the escalators. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, bangorballetboy said: it has been hung in various places over the years. Before the refurbishment/open up, it was on the wall of the amphi bar, near the top of the escalators. Shows how observant I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) More thoughts on the ROH "deaccession" of their Hockney https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/05/royal-opera-house-hockney-portrait-sale-regional-theatres Edited October 5, 2020 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Thank you - I thought that was a really fair and well informed article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Another sad marker of our times: https://nypost.com/2020/10/09/broadway-to-remain-closed-through-summer-2021/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I get the impression that New York audiences are more wary of returning than they are in London - the recent Met announcement writing off the rest of the season stressed the lack of audience confidence over any other consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Bruce Wall said: Another sad marker of our times: https://nypost.com/2020/10/09/broadway-to-remain-closed-through-summer-2021/ Sad indeed. I’m afraid of what this could mean for NYCB and ABT performances into summer 2021...not to mention each company’s small (one week) tour to the Kennedy Center. This news, coupled with the earlier word about the Metropolitan Opera closure through August 2021, isn’t very promising. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I switched back to the BBC News after the Royal Ballet broadcast to come in halfway through a report indicating that the "Seat Out to Help Out" campaign has had some sort of success, in that a number of Christmas pantomimes have been able to be scheduled (including at Birmingham Hippodrome, by the sounds of it) - with attendant employment of musicians, dancers, actors, technical people and so on - by the cost of the lost seats being borne, albeit by the National Lottery rather than the Chancellor. The scheme could be extended if there's a will - although given recent comments by the Chancellor which have been reported, I'm not sure whether that will is there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) A small report from Zurich Opera House, where I saw Christian Spuck's new Sleeping Beauty yesterday (not one step from Petipa, the fairies are very campy men and the kiss doesn't work - don't ask): They play for a full house, with people really sitting next to each other, but everyone has to wear a mask during the whole evening. As I know it from German theatres already, people do care for each other and try keep a distance, I saw no-one dropping the mask. There is an intermission, but no orchestra in the pit - the musicians play live at their rehearsal stage 1 km away and the sound comes from a sound system in the pit, it works perfectly. They accept their applause on a screen which comes down before and after the performance. The Zurich Ballet dances like before the pandemic, with pas de deux and touching and a normal corps de ballet. God, it was great to see ballet like once in February, even if I lost the plot... Edited October 11, 2020 by Angela typo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Angela said: and the kiss doesn't work I know you said not to ask but I’m intrigued. Does the curtain fall with Aurora still asleep? No happy ending? Or does the Prince find someone else? Very pleased to hear how well the remote orchestra worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 If anybody was thinking of bidding for the Hockney - here at the details! https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/david-hockney-portrait-of-sir-david-webster-6285715-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=6285715&lid=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 3 hours ago, JohnS said: Does the curtain fall with Aurora still asleep? No happy ending? Or does the Prince find someone else? He kisses her, but she doesn't wake up. One more kiss, another urgent one, almost comical, the male fairies shake their heads, everybody is worried. Then comes Carabosse, whose child Aurora's childless royal parents stole in the first scene, and drops a kiss on Aurora's forehead - the real kiss of love, as I read in the summary in the programme, and on we go with the story. Well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Angela said: There is an intermission, but no orchestra in the pit - the musicians play live at their rehearsal stage 1 km away and the sound comes from a sound system in the pit, it works perfectly. I heard about something similar for an opera on the radio a few days ago. I'm not sure how well it would work for somewhere like the Royal Opera House, but it would at least solve the problem of having no Orchestra Stalls seats available, and would make performances less uneconomic to produce, presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Good news for the BRB and RAD (at least) - they've received grants from the government's arts rescue package. Full list out later today per Telegraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) …..or just retrain in cyber security. The ad may actually be old but lots of folks up in arms about it today as it seems to reflect recent statements by the chancellor https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/12/ballet-dancer-could-reskill-with-job-in-cyber-security-suggests-uk-government-ad Edited October 12, 2020 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Apparently it is 'old' and Oliver Dowden has distanced himself from it: But, as you say, it has certainly caused some stir this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I think this was just one of a series of ads, trying to get people from a wide range of walks of life, and current careers, to think about going into cyber security training (where there is a shortage of candidates to fill the positions available), rather than advocating artistic careers were doomed so go train for something else. Which is what some tory ministers had been advocating. I don't think the company involved was being directed by the government in this case, so for once they are innocent of this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Strange that it turned up again though. I understand that said Minister was in the audience on Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I suspect someone dragged it up after said minister's crass comment about people working in 'the arts' should retrain for something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 And when all's said and done, we are continually told that Dance is an inherently short career for most who follow that route - with the inference that some element of retraining is likely at some point down the track. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peony Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Apparently there was a whole series of those ads featuring different jobs. It’s only offensive currently because of the current situation. I’ve spent many years training for my profession but I doubt I’ll be able to do it until a retirement age of 68. Same for many people I think. If no performing artists had been included I expect there would be criticism that it was because of the (incorrect) perception of a lack of academics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) The full list of the initial tranche of Cultural Recovery Fund distributions is out (https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication/culture-recovery-fund-data). These are the < £1M grants. Still pending are the £1 - 3M grants and the > £ 3M loans. For dance It amounts to ~ £6.9M for 50 organizations, the largest being Northern Ballet Limited £744,798 Royal Academy of Dance £606,366 Birmingham Royal Ballet £500,000 Contemporary Dance Trust £472,339 Studio Wayne McGregor £302,168 Dance City £240,000 Edited October 12, 2020 by oncnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, zxDaveM said: I think this was just one of a series of ads, trying to get people from a wide range of walks of life, and current careers, to think about going into cyber security training (where there is a shortage of candidates to fill the positions available), rather than advocating artistic careers were doomed so go train for something else. Exactly, rather like the Royal Navy recruitment adverts that said if you can fix a bike or car you can be trained to fix a Lynx helicopter or a warship’s main cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I must say that Twitter has had fun with #Fatima as the day has gone on - and Michael Spicer (if you know who he is) has joined in: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I like the one I saw earlier of FaceBook, with a Dr Who Cyborg-style character wearing a tutu, suggesting that "Cyber could retrain as a ballet dancer.' Yeah, she could ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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