Talk

Just gone and checked and it is matinee, knew it looked wrong, so please don't jump on my spelling.

Yes, if there is no prospect that she can sit for the performance, then she should not be in a seated audience. If it's a ballet school show, then there may well be a part of the hall at the back where she can run around without impeding the view of the proud relatives of the performers.

If it's a professional performance, it might be worth trying to resell her ticket (or take a friend of the 8yo) and try again en famille another year when she is ready.

Standing on chairs is too much even for a children's performance.
And definitely a no-no for a regular matinee.

She can sit still for films, i am hoping she will be to entranced to move, but there is a chance her reaction will be to join in with the dancers.

It i ballett north at the leeds grand. So let the negotians start on who is to leave if she palys up

If you seriously think that she will stand on her chair or try to dance through the performance (I presume that means she is hardly going to be particularly quiet either) then please, for the sake of the rest of the audience, don't take her. Peter Pan is a popular family title but it is still a professional ballet and all the people around you who have paid £20 or £30 for their seats will be less than enchanted by her antics.

I'm going to the same matinee with my 8 year old DD. It's our special Christmas present.

Much as I love a cheeky 3 year old, I wouldn't want her dancing on the chair in front of me.

I don't seriously expect it, it is a worst case scenario, i am preparing for.

And i needed to know what actions i needed to prepare, and the answer is i need to be prepared for leaving.

UPDATE

All my plans were for nothing, she sat silently entranced the whole performance, and danced around the Victoria center doing lovely ballet moves through the lghts tour afterwards.

Today she told everyone about the crocodile, and she didn't like the pirates.

That's lovely!

I'm so glad it worked out well.