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Post by jek on Oct 8, 2019 18:40:42 GMT
This is on next March/April at Wilton's (5 performances only) presented by Opera Glassworks and conducted by John Wilson. www.operaglassworks.com/newsI've already booked as booking is open for Friends of Wilton's. General booking opens on 10th October. According to the Wilton's website the ensemble will consist of 13 musicians hand picked by John Wilson. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 9, 2019 6:50:04 GMT
Brilliant. Thanks for letting me know jek. How much are tickets? Wiltons arent telling me! Please and ta |
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Post by jek on Oct 9, 2019 7:39:13 GMT
Someone in a tree Happy to be of service. Most seats are £30. There are the usual Wilton's reductions for the balcony and restricted view. The performance on Wednesday 25th March is billed as an Open Rehearsal and for that the best tickets are £20. Looking across the days, the opening night is pretty booked up but there are plenty of seats for other performances. Hope that helps. I don't understand this business of the Wilton's website not letting non members see what is coming up in the next booking period. Surely the membership perk is being able to book early, not being allowed to see what is coming up! Incidentally I found that this time around a local residents' discount (£2.50 per ticket) was automatically applied to my booking. I'm assuming this must be applied to all East London postcodes as while I grew up very close to Wilton's I now live about 5 miles away (although a very easy 10 minute tube journey).
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Post by Polly1 on Oct 10, 2019 10:11:09 GMT
Any advice on best seats for this please? I've been once before but play was so terrible I seem to have erased all memory of the trip!
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Post by jek on Oct 10, 2019 12:22:02 GMT
Polly1 I feel your pain on this having once seen a play so terrible at Wilton's (about the collectivisation of Romanian agriculture) that it has gone down in family history as the low bar of all theatre going. But I've also seen quite a lot there that was good. I'm afraid that seat wise it so depends on the production (and to who you get sitting in front of you) that it is difficult to advise. They are fund raising to improve the seating and the acoustics and they have improved the seats in the front row of the circle where I sat for the excellent Paul Bunyan. I have opted for the stalls this time but it really is not an informed decision!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 10, 2019 13:05:07 GMT
Big thanks jek I've booked and I suspect i may of missed it if I hadn't read your post. The previous Rakes Progress sounded really good and I'm a bit gutted I missed out. Wiltons is the perfect venue for Screw how our opera companys think its acceptable to present it in a large barn is beyond a joke, if you ask me. |
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Post by jek on Oct 10, 2019 13:21:23 GMT
Someone in a tree This is why this board is so good. I find out about all sorts of things on here that I wouldn't otherwise know about!
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Post by Polly1 on Oct 10, 2019 14:10:07 GMT
Polly1 I feel your pain on this having once seen a play so terrible at Wilton's (about the collectivisation of Romanian agriculture) that it has gone down in family history as the low bar of all theatre going. But I've also seen quite a lot there that was good. I'm afraid that seat wise it so depends on the production (and to who you get sitting in front of you) that it is difficult to advise. They are fund raising to improve the seating and the acoustics and they have improved the seats in the front row of the circle where I sat for the excellent Paul Bunyan. I have opted for the stalls this time but it really is not an informed decision! Thanks jek , I will take a chance with the stalls. Your Romanian play sounds fun! Coincidentally, mine was about Britten's time in New York which should have been interesting but was just clunky and starred the wife of a much better known actor, who was simply appalling (names escape me now). Looking forward to this though and thanks for flagging it up. Big JW fan! |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Oct 10, 2019 18:42:03 GMT
I’ve always wanted to see this Opera, but it looks like there are only evening performances. How long is it topically? I don’t really want to have to stay in London overnight, so want to be able to catch the last train home.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 19:13:51 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 11, 2019 5:39:04 GMT
For some non London centric Screw news. next Autumn English Touring Opera are staging it alongside Knot Garden and Greek as part of their 40th birthday celebrations
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Post by Polly1 on Oct 11, 2019 11:30:00 GMT
Thank you @xanderl that's exactly what I've booked (for 1st April if anyone else is there that night). Pleased to hear it shouldn't be a very long evening. |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Oct 11, 2019 18:59:32 GMT
For some non London centric Screw news. next Autumn English Touring Opera are staging it alongside Knot Garden and Greek as part of their 40th birthday celebrations Ooo, interesting. How did you find this out? GREEK also sounds very exciting. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 12, 2019 5:42:56 GMT
For some non London centric Screw news. next Autumn English Touring Opera are staging it alongside Knot Garden and Greek as part of their 40th birthday celebrations Ooo, interesting. How did you find this out? GREEK also sounds very exciting. It's in the programme for their two latest shows. I love the Knot Garden and I'll give Greek a go |
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