Rebecca Silverwood

“It was massively busy there today, but okay. I did much prefer the Picasso though”.
The 17 year old’s review of Tracey Emin at @tate.bsky.social

Another trip to see Giselle for the ballet girl last night.

A different viewpoint this time….

As I waved ballet girl off on the train back to London early this morning, I wondered who would end up sitting next to her.
It was Jessie from #TheTraitors
OMG
And she was far too shy to get a selfie.

What does a swan make you think of? 🦢

Swans are often seen as symbols of beauty and grace, devotion and purity, and they play important roles in famous stories and myths. In art, the swan has been a big source of inspiration throughout the centuries.

👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection

I really don’t like football, but I ended up at Dear England the other evening and was suprised by how much I absolutely loved it!
Such an uplifting, inspiring and entertaining play. Well worth seeing.

#DearEngland

I went to the Omo Valley in 2016 and camped alongside tribes. This is a very mild rite of passage… I am still slightly haunted by what I saw.

Thank you. She’s looking scruffy, but content!

Happy dog taking it in turns on people’s knees while they have online lectures/work.

Such a rarity and a privilege to be home together for most of this week.

Ban lifted to allow UK blood plasma to be used for life-saving treatments Government removes ban on UK-sourced blood plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulins.

They used to but they are more and more being supplied entirely by donations and I don’t think anyone in healthcare and research expects that trend to reverse. This is an older article but it explains why this happened, and it wasn’t led by market forces.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

It’s not a thing in other countries though. My daughter donated her plasma the other week. It’s illegal to donate for money in the UK.

As a ballet mother, my mind instantly went to the other type of buns 😆 I’m glad I read on an clarified as I’d not heard of this as a day before.

“Turner’s fire and Constable’s rain”

Loved the head-to-head at @tate.bsky.social

Absolutely worth the hour walk in the rain across London to get there…

And look at this chair that Constable used. Not overly comfortable 🤷🏻‍♀️ We think he must have also had a cushion.

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Last night, Calvert’s twig went awry sadly on the throws causing angst from so many audience members as it fell so awkwardly for the corps.

I’d like to say the audience at the ROH are better informed, and they will at least know it’s either an opera or a ballet, but some people are just there to be seen or on company bought tickets.
Which is what it always was I suppose! A place to be seen.

This production of Giselle is just amazing. I was so moved by both the rehearsal and the opening night. I now want to see other casts….

I have tickets for that soon. It’s my younger daughter’s favourite (and dream) company. I am looking forward to it immensely. Glad it was stunning!

Last night, first half of Giselle in the stalls and the second in the Amphi and it was simply sublime dancing from Nunez and Bracewell. Nela cried real tears of betrayal, which truly moved me, and then she showed her Prince what true love is.
An ovation for Sir Peter Wright.
#ROH #RoyalBallet

It was a wonderful evening last night. I was awake early this morning re playing moments of it in my head. Nunez danced supremely brilliantly.

Royal Ballet Principals William Bracewell and Marianela Nuñez in Giselle - Photo by Helen Maybanks

A privilege to watch the first half of RBO Giselle Friends Rehearsal in the Director’s Box, and the second half at the front of the balcony. I had one of the best mornings of my life and now rather regretting gifting my tickets for the opening night to my daughters 🩰 👻
#ROH #RoyalBallet

Live in cinemas: Woolf Works Find out about Live in cinemas: Woolf Works at the Royal Opera House. Choreographer and director Wayne McGregor leads a luminous team including composer Max Richter, architectural practices Ciguë and ...

Wayne McGregor’s ballet Woolf Works reaches the kind of emotional and intellectual intensity that leaves you stunned. Impossible not to respond to its beauty. Sold out now but you can see it live in cinemas and it’s worth it. www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-... Based on the works of Virginia Woolf.

Now, that was excellent 🎶 👌🏻 😁

My favourite for ballet in that theatre is front stalls (ballet dependent) or front circle, and then front balcony for opera. But we ended up at the very back of upper balcony and I had a kicker behind me 🤦🏻‍♀️

Back to The Marriage of Figaro

You had a better seat than me 😁
I’d like to see more detail visually next time, although the music and singing was just amazing.

Rather sadly, I had to exchange three carefully chosen good seats for The Marriage of Figaro to two less good seats.
And it was still so sublimely marvellous that I didn’t care…much 😆
Seriously, it was amazing. Do see this version by @operanorth.co.uk

northernartsreview.co.uk/central-nort...

Someone in my village went to the trouble to knit a red nose, forevermore ensuring everyone else sees this gorgeous tree as they do 🦌

The word “heat” has been massively overused imo.

#thetraitors

Still my favourite post 😆

Jade's only crime is having a face card that never declines and impeccable knitwear #TheTraitors