In article , michael adams
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"charles" wrote in message
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In article , George
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"Handsome Jack" wrote in message
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I tell you what, if I went to the opera and that was going on in
front of me, I'd insist on my money back, and I'd never go again.

Had you been a regular attender or even bothered to read the
prospectus beforehand, you'd have been aware that perfomances with
signing are flagged as such with a big BSL beside them. In the case of
this Spring's Carmen only one performance out of the 12 is signed.

http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/ca...y-barrie-kosky

That being for Monday March 12th

Many of the other productions offer no signed perfomances at all.

So either some people didn't bother to check beforehand, or were
simply taken for mugs by the ticketing agency. But were equally
clueless in either case, I'm afraid.

Sometimes, you go to a particular performance because the date suits
your diary.

But why chose a performance where you know beforehand that you're going
to be spending a lot of the time (whenever you notice the arm waving at
the side) wondering why half the audience are there at all ?

At least unlike Hugh you weren't moved among the OAP's. Who at a guess,
along with deaf people paying full price, probably get any last minute
concessionary tickets that are going.

Please tell me why deaf people go to an opera.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England