Sarah Playfair

Casting director in opera and music theatre - happily freelance and proudly independent

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@hugh_canning 😳

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@AmazonHelp As I said, I do not wish to make a specific complaint - our concierge said that the driver was young and keen - and delivered a whole bunch of packages correctly to our address. I was just pointing out that their instructions on delivery photos need to be made clearer.

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@AmazonUK This blurry photo does not show proof of delivery as it is clearly taken in the van and not at the point of delivery. This time our delivery was intact and correct - had it not been I would make a formal complaint and identify the driver. Please instruct better!

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@stephenm68 @NatWest_Help If only I had infinite funds to call upon! 😁

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@NatWest_Help Just checked my accounts online and found this notification for my charge card “Your minimum payment is £∞ and is due by 5 May 2026”. You'll be very lucky to find infinite funds in my account - I think you mean zero?

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@Stephen74977713 @LPOrchestra Well, their box office, eventually reached via the Friends’ dept, saved the day in the end after a lot of frustration!

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@LPOrchestra Is there a problem with your booking system/website? I am a member but it is not allowing me to book for the new season and priority booking started at 10.00 today.....

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@LPOrchestra Eventually managed to book by phone after contacting Membership office who transferred me to box office team.

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@LPOrchestra I also tried ringing but gave up after 20 minutes of "your call is important to us...."

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@nfmusic @wigmore_hall I walked home from the Wigmore after the Ferrier semi-finals yesterday - a beautiful early evening - about 40 minutes including through Green Park. Good to stretch my legs after 4 hours in the cramped seats!

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@hugh_canning @jessicaduchen But better if they allowed more than one day between announcement and priority booking opening (which doesn't seem to be working in the case of the @LPOrchestra, as well)

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@roseandfriends @larkingrumple The other conductor came on in bare feet for his curtain call.

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@hugh_canning @PGilluley And, coincidentally, Donna Anna in the production (by Graham Vick) was Kristine Ciesinski!

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@hugh_canning @PGilluley Just to clarify - it was her opera debut (she had already won the Cardiff Singer of the World)!

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@newson_gillian @PGilluley @GeorgeHallMusic @rbo_org @HrusaJakub @StundyteAusrine @TheStage @PNinian Me, too!

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@roseandfriends I was there this afternoon and loved it!

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@TomElwin Yes, it is extraordinary! My friend Aidan Lang was directing the Ring Cycle in the beautiful Teatro Amazonas there, so I went for that and went out and about in the days in between the shows, into the rainforest, up and down the Amazon and tributaries. A fantastic experience!