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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 19:01:44 GMT
On my interval drinks, I quite liked the tables at The Harold Pinter (when Sunny Afternoon and Nice Fish were there) as FOH waited on you fetching drinks from the bar avoiding all the scrum,
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 18:54:16 GMT
Just a quick one on numbers of ballet dancers - the ENB Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall had 60 swans plus all the others. What the maximum on at any one time was, I am not sure.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 18:49:32 GMT
When there has been fraud and the bank sends a new card, before destroying the old one I think carefully first if I have ordered tickets that will require presentation of the card used to pay for them. I've already forgotten what the procedure will be with Hamilton but have already had to get a new card since buying the (but the old one is kept safe in case!).
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 14:47:53 GMT
I do find the triggers to be odd. I have never had problems when using it in random places across Africa, Middle East, Asia, etc, but a quite ordinary purchase in the UK seems to set off alarm bells!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 12:01:37 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 11:40:12 GMT
Apologies if this has been covered before and it's not bad behaviour but a considerable annoyance: people (and I have to say it's nearly always women) sitting in the seat directly in front who find it necessary to drape their (usually bulky) coat over the back of the seat. This seriously reduces ones leg/knee room and seems to happen most often where there is little to begin with e.g. the amphitheatre at the Royal Opera House. What's wrong with using the cloakroom or putting it under the seat? I don't understand why more people don't use the Royal Opera House cloakroom. It's free and their systems are very efficient, especially in the makeshift one they have in the amphitheatre. I've never had to wait more than a couple of minutes after the performance. I go to some opera houses abroad which will not let you go in with a coat - you have to use the free cloakroom.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 9:13:56 GMT
Well I was up for something silly and had a good time. Had one of the £10 front row seats so got periodically subjected to various fluids and solids from the stage. Lee Mack made a point of whether the show is or is not a pantomime, quoting Michael Billington with full reference.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2017 8:22:59 GMT
Here is a good overview of his work including links to information on each theatre including those theatres that have since been closed: www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Matcham.htm
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 23:31:32 GMT
Yes. I am curious why the sound of the orchestra for this should be different to other productions. I've yet to go but am also in the upper circle. I was last up there for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and it seemed fine for that production. Maybe something has changed,
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 14:30:06 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 14:25:29 GMT
More of curious behaviour. Many times people sit down for ages and then 30 seconds before curtain up decide to struggle out of their coats. At matinee today a teenage girl decided just before the start that it was time to struggle out of her bra. Not sure why, but it's clearly made her nice and comfy as she looks like she is falling asleep!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 8:29:02 GMT
That lass that's off with the dickie foot? She ain't coming back This really is begging to be a song title!
[Now for someone to point out it already is - in a failed show that ran for 4 nights in Blackpool in 1963]
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 7:50:42 GMT
The Metro: 2 ⭐️
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2017 7:48:05 GMT
Artisan Gelato is a well known Italian actor who would make a great Cassius. I particularly enjoyed him (in a joint performance with his compatriot Cornetto) when I was last time by the Italian coast.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 15:21:37 GMT
So, they've filmed it for V&A Archive and that's it? I can't tell how disappointed I am.. I thought they were going to do a broadcast to theatres across the globe.. It only says it's the latest recording in the V&A archive, not that it was recorded for that purpose nor that it would not be used for other purposes. So it could still be broadcast if wanted. Live in hope!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 14:27:43 GMT
It's no surprise that airing an award show two days after everyone knows the results gets bad ratings. The fact that people in London were barely watching just proves that even theatre fans couldn't be bothered. Air it live and there will be an improvement. It's that simple. Hold the awards on a Tuesday if you have to. Agree that airing live would be best. Trouble is that I think they are stuck with Sundays as most performers in ongoing shows are likely to be committed for other nights. However it might be worth exploring.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 13:25:24 GMT
If everyone in row A is sent an email and chooses to move forward, will they do this for row B, then C and so on? This could take a while!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 13:00:31 GMT
The Play That Goes Wrong at the New in Cardiff on Thursday. I'm beginning to think posting on this thread jinxes me thought...three things I've proudly posted about on here so far this year I've ended up missing for one reason or another! Try posting about something great you are not going to and maybe somehow a surprise ticket will turn up.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 12:25:20 GMT
Cheek by Jowl have tweeted that this will be available on BBC iplayer for 30 days from Sunday 23 April (Shakespeare Day),
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 12:18:02 GMT
No one goes to Dreamgirls to see anything other than incredible vocal power. Amber and her alternates are doing what the show asks of them. In which case a concert would be more efficient.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 9:26:17 GMT
Update: we've had a fire drill. It doesn't get any more wild on a Wednesday than that. (I'd just made a cuppa too) Fire drills in my experience seem never to be at a convenient time. They used to be fun at night at university to see who was overnighting with whom.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 8:56:09 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 7:33:20 GMT
The Times: 4 ⭐️ WOS: 4 ⭐️ The Stage: 3 ⭐️ Time Out: 3 ⭐️
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2017 21:47:24 GMT
A colleague at work said at the weekend she had visited a city farm, reporting that she ended up spending quite a bit of time looking into a goat's eyes. I found it hard to refrain from asking if anything further had happened!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2017 19:48:47 GMT
Excellent - tickets for all, all for £10 each.
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