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Play Selections

In 2005...

  • Festen by Thomas Vinterberg, Moguns Rukov and BO HR. Hansen (Lyric Theatre)
  • The Producers by Mel Brooks with Richard Dreyfuss and Lee Evans (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
  • By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr with Holly Hunter (Wyndhams Theatre)
  • Tropicana, a Shunt event (The Shunt Vaults, Joiner Street, London Bridge SE1)
  • Aladdin, a panto, by Billy Brown and original score by Gareth Valentine, music by Sir Elton John with Sir Ian McKellan as Dame Twankey
  • The History Boys by Alan Bennett with Richard Griffiths and Frances De La Tour (National Theatre - Lyttelton)
  • Cirque Du Soleil - Dralion (Royal Albert Hall)
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare with Simon Russell Beale and Emma Fielding (Almeida Theatre, Islington)

In 2004...

  • Jerry Springer--the Opera with music by Richard Thomas and lyrics by Stewart Lee (Cambridge Theatre)
  • Mamma Mia by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, and based upon the music of Abba (Prince Edward Theatre)
  • Jumpers by Tom Stoppard with Simon Russell Beale and Essie Davis (Piccadilly Theatre)
  • Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (Royal Opera House in Covent Garden)
  • All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare with Dame Judi Dench and the Royal Sheakespeare Company (Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
  • Red Riding Hood, a panto (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
  • The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh with David Tennant and Jim Broadbent (National Theatre-Cottsloe)
  • Five Gold Rings, written by Joanna Laurens and directed by Michael Attenborough, with David Calder, Damian Lewis, Will Keen and Helen McCrory (Almeida Theatre in Islington)
  • Betrayal by Harold Pinter with Janie Dee, Aden Gillett and Hugo Speer (Duchess Theatre)

In 2003...

  • Anything Goes by Cole Porter (National Theatre-Olivier)
  • She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (National Theatre-Lyttelton)
  • The Lying Kind by Anthony Nielson (Royal Court Theatre-Jerwood Downstairs)
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare with Sean Bean and Samantha Bond (Albery Theatre)
  • Engaged by W.S. Gilbert (Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond)
  • H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan (Savoy Theatre)
  • The Breath of Life by David Hare with Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
  • Mrs. Warren's Profession by G.B. Shaw with Dame Brenda Blethyn (Strand Theatre)

In 2002...

  • The Alchemist by Ben Jonson (Riverside Studios in Hammersmith)
  • The Good Hope by Herman Heijermans with Frances De La Tour (National Theatre-Cottsloe)
  • My Fair Lady by Lerner & Loewe with Nicholas Prevost (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
  • The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare with Ian Bartholomew and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
  • Noises Off by Michael Frayne (Piccadilly Theatre)
  • Private Lives by Noel Coward with Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan (Albery Theatre)
  • Top Girls by Caryl Churchill with Hattie Ladbury (Aldwych Theatre)
  • Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness by Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni (Shaftesbury Theatre)

In 2001...

  • An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley (Garrick Theatre)
  • LifeXThree by Yasmina Reza with Mark Rylance (National Theatre-Lyttelton Theatre)
  • The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan (Savoy Theatre)
  • Notre Dame de Paris by Cocciante & Jennings with Patti Russo (Dominion Theatre)
  • The Rivals by Richard Brisley Sheridan performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Barbican Centre)
  • Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones with Charlie Conlon & Jake Quinn (Duke of York's Theatre)
  • Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with Derek Deane, Musical Director, and the English National Ballet (Coliseum)
  • The Tempest by William Shakespeare with Ian McDiarmid and Malcolm Storry (Almeida Theatre in Islington)

In 2000...

  • King Lear by William Shakespeare with Sir Nigel Hawthorne and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
  • The Lion King with songs and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, sets by Julie Taymor (LyceumTheatre)
  • Song at Twilight by Noel Coward with Vanessa and Michael Redgrave (Gielgud Theatre)
  • Volpone or the Fox by Ben Jonson with Malcolm Storry and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Barbican Pit)
  • The Weir by Conor McPherson (Duke of York's Theatre)
  • The Woman in Black by Stephen Malatratt (Fortune Theatre)

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