Cinderella

 It was lovely. We both really really enjoyed it. No pics sadly because I forgot my phone although you're probably only supposed to take pictures of the curtain calls, and that's a shame because the sets and costumes were magical and you'll just have to take my word for it. Unless you've seen it yourself of course. 

We hadn't been past the reception desk at the McRobert Centre before and the cinema wasn't easy to find. Possibly because all the spaces are designated by the use of the word 'house' on the end; playhouse, woodhouse, filmhouse and various others. Once you know then filmhouse makes sense as a cinema as playhouse makes sense for a theatre but it's not really obvious. However once we found it it was warm ( thank goodness, it was bloomin' bitter out up here on Tuesday evening) and comfortable, and the sightlines are great.

We had braced ourselves for the continuity person and annoying featurettes that the ROH will insist on inflicting on audiences during the intervals of their filmcasts, but we even enjoyed those this time. I wonder if the ballet ones are generally more acceptable than the opera ones? The man introducing it all was a former dancer himself and was quietly knowledgeable and informative and the three little features were all interesting. The least interesting one was Darcey Bussell talking to the two principal dancers but it was OK. The second one was a conversation between the two men who danced the stepsisters and the third one was the set and costume designers talking about their inspiration. So no rants from  me on that  topic this time. We thought about going again for The Nutcracker but it's in December, naturally enough and December is looking quite busty so we probably won't.