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Theatre regulations

Dear guests,

Please familiarize yourselves with the rules for visiting our theatre. These have been written to comply with the Standards for Safe Activities, Including Sanitary and Hygienic Safety to Counter the Spread of the New Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg.

  • Entry to the Mikhailovsky Theatre will only be granted after a temperature check using thermal imagery or a contactless thermometer and visual examination. When waiting to enter the theatre, please maintain the minimum social distancing of 1.5 metres as indicated by the markings.
  • You will not be allowed to enter the Mikhailovsky Theatre if you have a temperature above 37° C and/or display visual symptoms of respiratory disease (cough, runny nose, fatigue). In this event, we recommend that you contact a medical facility for diagnosis and medical attention and observe safety measures.
  • The following rules of personal and public hygiene must be observed for the duration of your visit to the Mikhailovsky Theatre: - you will not be allowed to enter the theatre with a temperature above 37° C and/or if you display visual symptoms of respiratory disease (cough, runny nose, fatigue) - you must wear a respirator or single-use mask at all times - you must observe social distancing of 1.5 metres between you and other theatregoers and our staff, except where there is a need for direct interaction related to their work.
  • Visitors who do not adhere to these rules of personal and public hygiene will not be granted access to the Mikhailovsky Theatre and will not be served while they are on the premises. Mikhailovsky Theatre staff monitor visitors’ compliance with the rules of personal and public hygiene and social distancing.
  • When purchasing tickets, we recommend that you avoid using cash and opt for contactless payment methods where possible.
    • Admission to the theatre will only be permitted on presentation of a ticket, regardless of the patron’s age. Patrons who have lost or damaged their tickets will not be granted admission to the theatre.
    • Children aged five or above may attend evening performances/concerts if accompanied by an adult.
    • When buying tickets, patrons agree to abide by the age recommendations and indications on tickets and playbills. The theatre bears no liability for patrons’ failure to follow these recommendations.
    • The following items may not be brought into the theatre: weapons; flammable, explosive, poisonous, strong-smelling, or radioactive substances; blades and sharp items; pyrotechnic devices; lasers; alcohol and narcotics; suitcases; large parcels and bags; knives; and items used for self-defence.
    • On entering the theatre, patrons must pass through an inspection point equipped with stationary metal detectors for identifying banned items.
    • To improve quality of service, audio and video recordings are made on theatre premises.
    • Coats, hats, packages, rucksacks, umbrellas, flowers, and balloons must be checked into the cloakroom.
    • Visitors to the Tsar’s Box must observe the theatre’s dress code: evening or cocktail dresses for women and black tie or business suits for men. The theatre reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone not complying with the dress code.
    • Event start times are shown on tickets. Patrons will be admitted to the auditorium from 30 minutes before the start of an event. Entry will not be granted to the stalls or stalls circle after the third warning bell.
    • Latecomers should take the seat offered by the steward, or watch the live broadcast of the event in the theatre’s refreshment area until the interval, during which they will be able to access the seats indicated on their tickets.
    • The following is strictly prohibited at the Mikhailovsky Theatre:
      • wearing coats or bringing food and drink into the auditorium
      • using photo, video, and audio recording equipment
      • bringing animals into the theatre
    • Mobile phones must be switched off during events.
    • Patrons must treat theatre property with respect, and abide by the fire safety instructions and regulations. In the event of an emergency and activation of the alarm, patrons should follow the instructions of theatre staff.
    • Patrons must behave respectfully towards others at the theatre, and refrain from causing disturbances or annoying other guests.
    • Patrons in a state of intoxication will not be admitted to events.
    • From an hour before the start of an event, mostly tickets for the upcoming event will be available from the box office.
    • Tickets for stalls circle and dress circle boxes are sold as follows: in the dress circle, all four box seats must be purchased together; in the stalls circle, tickets may be purchased in pairs (two seats, one behind the other). Tickets are also accepted for return in pairs.
    • E-tickets may not be exchanged for printed tickets.
    • On the day of an event, if the box office has not yet sold out of tickets, a 50% reduction is available to students and pensioners upon presentation of an ISIC card, student card, or proof of pensioner status.
    • After performances of productions in the theatre’s current repertoire, flowers are not brought on stage but are given to performers in their dressing rooms. Flowers may be brought on stage in exceptional circumstances subject to prior agreement with the management. If you wish to give a performer flowers, let a steward know before the performance begins and leave the bouquet with them. The steward will ask you to fill out a card indicating who the bouquet is for. You may also give performers flowers in person after the performance at the stage door.
USER AGREEMENT



1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.1.    This User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agreement’) defines the procedure for accessing the website of the St. Petersburg State Funded Cultural Institution, the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre – Mikhailovsky Theatre (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Mikhailovsky Theatre’) located at the domain www.mikhailovsky.ru.

1.2. This Agreement regulates the relationship between the Mikhailovsky Theatre and the users of this website.



2. DEFINITION OF TERMS

2.1. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms indicated below shall have the following meaning:

2.1.2. Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators – those employees authorized to manage the website, acting on behalf of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.

2.1.3. User of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site (hereinafter the ‘User’) – a person having access to and using the website via the Internet.

2.1.4. Site – the Mikhailovsky Theatre website located at the domain www.mikhailovsky.ru.

2.1.5. Content of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site – the protected results of intellectual activity, including extracts from audiovisual productions, their names, forewords, annotations, articles, illustrations and covers, with or without text, graphic, textual, photographic, derived, composite, and other works, user interfaces, visual interfaces, logos, and also the design, structure, selection, coordination, external appearance, general style, and placement of the Content making up the Site and other intellectual property whether together and/or separately contained in the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site and the Personal Area, from where it is then possible to purchase Mikhailovsky Theatre tickets.



3. SUBJECT OF THE AGREEMENT

3.1. The subject of this Agreement is the provision to the User of access to the services available on the Site.

3.1.1. The Mikhailovsky Theatre Site shall provide the following services to the User:

- access to information about the Mikhailovsky Theatre and information about how to purchase tickets

- purchase of electronic tickets

- discounts, promotions, concessions, and special offers

- receipt of information about Theatre news and events, including via news and information distribution services (email, phone, text message)

- access to electronic content, with the right to view such content

- access to search and navigation tools

- the opportunity to post messages and comments

- other services provided through the pages of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site

3.2. This Agreement covers all services existing (or functioning) at the present time on the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site, and any subsequent modifications to them and additional services which may appear in the future.

3.2. Access to the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site shall be provided free of charge.

3.3. This Agreement is a public offer. In obtaining access to the Site, the User shall be deemed to have opted in to this Agreement.

3.4. Use of the materials and services on the Site shall be governed by the provisions of current Russian Federation legislation.



4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES

4.1. The Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators shall have the right:

4.1.1. To change the rules for use of the Site and to change the Content of the Site. Changes to usage rules shall enter into force from the moment the new version of the Agreement is published on the Site.

4.2. The User shall have the right:

4.2.1. User registration on the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site shall be for the purpose of identifying the User in order to provide Site services, distribute information and news (by email, post, telephone, text message, or other means), and to obtain feedback and a record of the provision of concessions, discounts, special offers, and promotions.

4.2.2. To use all of the services available on the Site.

4.2.3. To ask any questions relating to the information presented on the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site.

4.2.4. To use the Site solely for the purposes and in the manner provided for by this Agreement and not prohibited by Russian Federation legislation.

4.3. The User shall:

4.3.2. Take no action which may be considered to be in breach of the normal functioning of the Site.

4.3.3. Avoid any actions which may result in a breach of confidentiality with regard to information protected by Russian Federation legislation.

4.4. The User may not:

4.4.1. Use any device, program, procedure, algorithm or method, automated devices, or similar manual processes in order to access, acquire, copy, or track the Content of the Site.

4.4.3. Circumvent in any way the navigational structure of the Site in order to obtain or attempt to obtain any information, documents, or material by any means which are expressly not provided by the Site services;

4.4.4. Breach the security or authentication systems of the Site or any network associated with the Site. Carry out reverse searches, track, or attempt to track any information about any other User of the Site.



5. USE OF THE WEBSITE

5.1. The Site and the Content contained therein belong to and are managed by the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators.

5.2. The Content of the Site may not be published, reproduced, transferred, or distributed by any means, nor posted on the worldwide networks of the Internet without the written consent of the Site Administrators.

5.5. The User shall be personally responsible for the confidentiality of the information in his/her account, including his/her password, and for all activity, without exception, which is carried out on behalf of the User of the account.

5.6. The User must immediately notify the Site Administrators of any unauthorized use of his/her account or password, or of any other breach of the security system.



6. LIABILITY

6.1. Losses which the User may suffer in the event of a deliberate or negligent breach of any provision of this Agreement, or as a consequence of unauthorized access to the communications of any other User, shall not be reimbursed by the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators.

6.2. The Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators shall not be liable for:

6.2.1. Delays or malfunctions in the process of carrying out operations arising as a result of force majeure circumstances, nor for any faults in the telecommunications, computer, electronic, or other related systems.

6.2.2. The actions of banking, transfer, and payment systems, nor for delays connected with their operation.

6.2.3. Improper functioning of the Site in cases where the User does not have the technical equipment required for its use, nor do the Administrators accept any obligation to provide Users with such equipment.



7. BREACH OF THE TERMS OF THIS USER AGREEMENT

7.1. The Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators shall have the right to terminate and/or block access to the Site, without prior notice to the User, if the User has breached this Agreement or the terms of use of the Site contained in other documents, or in the event of the Site ceasing to function, or due to technical glitches or problems.

7.2. The Site Administrators shall not be liable to the User or third parties for termination of access to the Site in the event of a breach by the User of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other document containing the terms of use of this Site.

7.3. The Site Administrators shall have the right to disclose any information about the User as may be necessary for the execution of the provisions of current legislation or judicial rulings.



8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

8.1. In the event of any disagreements or disputes arising between the Parties to this Agreement, a mandatory condition before resorting to the courts is that a claim should be submitted (a written proposal for voluntary resolution of the dispute).

8.2. The recipient of the claim shall, within 30 calendar days of receipt, notify the claimant in writing of the results of consideration of the claim.

8.3. If it is not possible to settle the dispute by voluntary means, either Party may apply to the courts for protection of their rights as provided for under current Russian Federation legislation.



9. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

9.1. In opting in to this Agreement and leaving his/her information on the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site by completing the registration form, the User:

9.1.1. Consents to the processing of the following personal information: full name; date of birth; telephone number; email address; payment details (if the service is used to purchase electronic tickets to the Mikhailovsky Theatre);

9.1.2. Confirms that this personal information belongs to him/her personally;

9.1.3. Gives the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators the right to carry out, without limit in time, the following actions (operations) with his/her personal information:

- collection and accumulation

- storage for an unlimited period of time (indefinitely) from the moment that the information is provided until it is recalled by the User by means of an application to the Site Administrators

- clarification (renewal, modification)

- destruction

9.2. The User's personal information shall be processed in accordance with Article 6.1.5 of Federal Law No. 152-FZ dated 27.07.2006 ‘On Personal Information’, solely for the purposes of performing the obligations accepted by the Mikhailovsky Theatre Site Administrators under this Agreement with respect to the User, including those indicated in clause 3.1.1 of this Agreement.

9.3. The User accepts and confirms that all of the provisions of this Agreement and the terms of processing his/her personal information are understood by him/her, and expresses his/her consent with the terms of processing his/her personal information without reservation or limitation. The User’s consent to the processing of his/her personal information is specific, informed, and conscious.