London 2012 Olympics: How Danny Boyle got 60,000 fans to keep mum over opening ceremony dress rehearsal - Telegraph:
Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire and the award-winning stage play Frankenstein, has already gone public with much of what he has planned for the ceremony, which is entitled Isles of Wonder and borrows from Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Aerial photographs of the stadium have already shown the set-pieces taking shape, including an idyllic rural scene complete with livestock and a cricket match, and a gritty representation of the Industrial Revolution.
But from the reaction of those who saw the rehearsal, there are still plenty of breathtaking surprises in store.
Pete Hendrick tweeted “If you’ve got plans for Friday night, cancel them. Opening ceremony is out of this world. Danny Boyle, I salute you.”