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MACBETH - Young Vic Theatre. Antony Sher stars in a new production of the Scottish play, transferred from the RSC in Stratford. 1999-2000


MACBETH - Albery Theatre. Sean Bean and Samantha Bond in the Scottish play. Winter 2002-2003


MACBETH - Almeida Theatre. Simon Russell Beale was the Scot. Winter-Spring 2005


MACBETH - Albery Theatre. RSC transfer from Stratford. Greg Hicks starred. Stratford 2004; London 2005.


MACBETH - Gielgud Theatre. Chichester Festival production, starring Patrick Stewart. Autumn 2007


MADAME BOVARY: BREAKFAST WITH EMMA - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Fay Weldon's take on Balzac. Autumn 2003.


MADAME MELVILLE - Vaudeville Theatre. Macaulay Culkin and Irene Jacob star in Richard Nelson's coming of age play.Winter 2000-2001


THE MADRAS HOUSE - Orange Tree Theatre. Granville Barker epic of department store dynasty. Autumn 2006


MAHLER'S CONVERSION - Aldwych Theatre. Antony Sher in Ronald Harwood play about what the composer Mahler did to get a job. Autumn 2001


MAJOR BARBARA - Olivier Theatre. Shaw on saving souls and making bombs. Spring-Summer 2008


MAKINDE - Oval House Theatre. Macbeth-inspired tale of power struggles and betrayal in a Nigerian kingdom. Spring 2000.


MAKING TIME - Old Red Lion. Male and female casts alternate in Lance Nielsen's look at 30-somethings.February 2002


THE MALCONTENT - Gielgud Theatre Antony Sher in John Marston's 1604 satirical drama, part of RSC season of Shakespeare's contemporaries. Winter 2002-2003.


MAN AND BOY - Duchess Theatre. David Suchet in Terrence Rattigan revival. Winter-Spring 2005.


A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - Haymarket Theatre. Martin Shaw in Robert Bolt revival. 2005-2006


THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK - Donmar Theatre. Arthur Miller's rarely-done first play. Spring 2008


MARAT/SADE - Arcola Theatre. The Marquis whiles away his time in the asylum by putting on a play using his fellow inmates.Spring 2001


MARIANNE DREAMS - Almeida Theatre. Catherine Storr tale of magical dreams.Winter 2007-2008


MARY STUART - Apollo Theatre. Schiller's drama of Elizabeth I and Mary of Scotland. 2005-2006


THE MASTER BUILDER - Albery Theatre. Late Ibsen play about the possibility of reinvigorating a life, with Patrick Stewart.Spring-summer 2003


A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH - Olivier Theatre. Staging of classic film about heavenly court. Spring 2007


MEASURE FOR MEASURE - Lyttelton Theatre. National Theatre - Complicite coproduction. Winter 2005-2006


MEDEA - Queens Theatre. Fiona Shaw stars, directed by Deborah Warner. Spring 2001


MEDEAMATERIAL, HEARTPIECE & QUARTET -Theatro Technis Triple bill of plays by Heiner Muller. Spring 2005


THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING - Young Vic Theatre. Carson McCullers' picture of adolescence in a mythical land called the American South. Autumn 2007


THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - Olivier Theatre. Henry Goodman as Shylock, transfer from the Cottesloe.Winter 1999-2000.


THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - The Pit Royal Shakespeare Company played London and Stratford briefly before national tour, Winter 2001-2002.


MESSIAH - Old Vic Theatre. Steven Berkoff's version of the Gospels stars the author and Greg Hicks. Winter 2003-2004


MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - Barbican Theatre RSC stages Salman Rushdie's novel. Spring 2003


MILL ON THE FLOSS - New Ambassadors Theatre. Shared Experience's take on George Eliot. Spring 2001


MINDGAME - Vaudeville Theatre.Limp thriller by Anthony Horowitz starred Simon Ward. June 2000.


THE MOB - Orange Tree Theatre. Galsworthy's remarkably contemporary sounding antiwar play. Autumn 2003


MONEY - Lyttelton Theatre. Half satire, half romance, this 1840 play watches a poor man suddenly become rich and have trouble telling who is true friends are. 1999-2000


A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN - Old Vic Theatre. Kevin Spacey as another haunted O'Neill hero. Autumn 2006


MORE LIES ABOUT JERZY - New End Theatre. New play inspired by the life of novelist Jerzy Kosinski. Autumn 2002


MOTHER CLAP'S MOLLY HOUSE - Aldwych Theatre. Mark Ravenhill's play jumps from 1726 brothel to 2001 gay orgy. NT Summer-Autumn 2001: Aldwych February-March 2002


MOTHER COURAGE - New Ambassadors Theatre. Shared Experience revival of Brecht's antiwar play. Spring 2000.


MOTORTOWN - Royal Court Theatre. Play about soldier back from Iraq. Spring 2006


MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA - Lyttelton Theatre. Helen Mirren in O'Neill's American version of Aeschylus. Winter 2003-2004


MOURNING GLORY - Jermyn Street Theatre. David Benson's monologue takes a satirical swipe at the public and media reactions to Princess Diana's death.2000


MRS. STEINBERG AND THE BYKER BOY - Bush. Michael Wilcox play about an old-line socialist whose charity shop gets too successful. June 2000.


MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION - Strand Theatre. Brenda Blethyn in Shaw's satire on middle-class hypocrisy. Autumn-Winter 2002.


MURDER - Gate Theatre. Israeli play on the horrors of both war and peace Autumn 2001.



MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE - Playhouse Theatre. Brief run of play based on Corrie's witness of events in Palestine. Spring 2006



THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS - Al
bery Theatre. Simon Callow's solo show firat seen Winter 2000-2001, return March 2002


NATHAN THE WISE - Hampstead Theatre Eighteenth-century play about Palestine. Autumn 2005


A NEW WAY TO PLEASE YOU - Trafalgar Studios. RSC in play by contemporaries of Shakespeare. December 2005.


NICHOLAS NICKLEBY - Gielgud Theatre. David Edgar's 2-part staging of Dickens, from Chichester Festival. Winter 2007-2008


NIGHT OF THE SOUL - The Pit. David Farr's modern ghost story for the RSC Stratford Autumn 2001; London Spring 2002.


THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA - Lyric Theatre. Woody Harrelson and Clare Higgens in Tennessee Williams drama.Winter 2005-2006


THE NIGHT SEASON - Cottesloe Theatre. Drama of a visitor's effect on Irish family Autumn 2004.


NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS - Lyric Hammersmith. Kneehigh Theatre Company adapts Angela Carter fantasy. February 2006


NIXON'S NIXON - Comedy Theatre. Award-winning fringe show imagines Nixon and Kissinger on the eve of resignation.Summer 2001.


No. 2 - King's Head Theatre. Madeleine Sami in Toa Fraser's light-hearted look at a Fijian famly in New Zealand. Spring 2003.


NO MAN'S LAND - Lyttelton Theatre- Harold Pinter directs John Wood and Corin Redgrave in his 1975 play. Winter 2001-2002, then tour


NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH - Hampstead Theatre. John Kani starred in his play about post-apartheid Soth Africa. February 2007


OF MICE AND MEN - Savoy, then Old Vic Theatre. John Steinbeck's classic. Autumn 2003 - Spring 2004


THE OLD COUNTRY - Trafalgar Studios. Timothy West in Alan Bennett play of exiled spy. Spring 2006


THE OLD MASTERS - Comedy Theatre. Simon Gray play about art dealers. Summer-Winter 2004.


OLEANNA - Garrick Theatre. Revival of David Mamet's look at sexual politics. Spring 2004


OLIVER TWIST - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Dickens. Winter-Spring 2004.


ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD - Cottesloe Theatre. New play about a troubled family by Simon Stephens Summer 2005


ON THE THIRD DAY - New Ambassadors Theatre. Winner of TV's Play's The Thing competition: unhappy woman meets a man who may be Jesus. Summer 2006


ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Gielgud Theatre. Christian Slater as McMurphy. Autumn-winter 2004-2005., then Spring 2006


OROONOKO - The Pit. Dramatisation of Aphra Behn's landmark anti-slavery novel, written in 1688. Winter 1999-2000.


OTHELLO - Trafalgar Studios. Sello Maake Ka Ncube and Antony Sher in RSC production from Stratford. Spring 2004


OTHELLO - Donmar Theatre. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor starred. Winter 2007-2008


OTHERWISE ENGAGED - Criterion Theatre. Revival of Simon Gray play of man who just wants to be left alone. Winter 2005-2006


THE OVERWHELMING - Cottesloe Theatre. Americans face African genocide. 2006


A PASSAGE TO INDIA - Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. Shared Experience adapt Forster's novel of culture clash Autumn 2004.


PASSION PLAY - Comedy Theatre. Revival of Peter Nichols' dissection of middle-class mores and mid-life crises.Summer 2000


PAUL - Cottesloe Theatre. New play about the saint by Howard Brenton. Winter 2005-2006.


PEER GYNT - Olivier Theatre. Ibsen's poetic epic of morality and myth at the NT. Autumn 2000



PERIBANEZ
- Young VicTheatre.
Lope de Vega drama of honour and love. Spring-Summer 2003


PERICLES - Roundhouse. Royal Shakespeare Company in one of the rarely-done plays Spring 2002, then Stratford.


PERICLES - Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Shakespeare's rarely-done epic. Autumn 2003.


THE PERMANENT WAY - Lyttelton Theatre. David Hare's docudrama on the privatization of the railroads, Winter-Spring 2004


PHAEDRA - Donmar Theatre. Euripides via Racine via Frank McGuinness. Clare Higgins starred. Spring 2006.


PHILISTINES - Lyttelton Theatre. Gorky drama of unhappy family. Summer 2007


PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY - Lyttelton Theatre. New version of Ibsen. Winter 2005-2006


THE PILLOWMAN - Cottesloe Theatre Martin McDonagh play about the interrogation of a writer. Winter 2003-2004


PLAGUE OVER ENGLAND - Finborough Theatre. Nicholas de Jongh play about John Gielgud's 1953 arrest for homosexuality. Spring 2008


PLATONOV - Almeida Theatre (at King's Cross). David Hare's reconstruction of an early Chekhov play. Autumn 2001.


PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - Cottesloe Theatre. Synge classic at the National Theatre.Spring 2001


PLAYING WITH FIRE - Olivier Theatre. David Edgar play about local government. Autumn 2005


PORT AUTHORITY - New Ambassadors Theatre. Conor McPherson presents another slice of life through gritty monologues.Winter 2000-2001


THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE - Playhouse Theatre. Val Kilmer in stage version of classic film noir. Summer 2005


THE POWERBOOK - Lyttelton Theatre. Deborah Warner directs Fiona Shaw in their adaptation of Jeanette Winterson novel. May 2002.


THE PRAYER -Young Vic. A Talawa production of new play about an abusive family and its grim consequences. Summer 2000.


A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER - Young Vic Theatre. Drama set in New York police station. Spring 2008


A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY - Lyttelton Theatre. Dramatisation of John Irving's novel of faith. June 2002.


THE PRESIDENT OF AN EMPTY ROOM - Cottesloe Theatre. Stephen Knight play set in Cuba. Summer-autumn 2005.


THE PRESIDENT'S HOLIDAY - Hampstead Theatre. Docudrama of Mikhail Gorbachev's house arrest and the collapse of the USSR. January-February 2008


PRETENDING TO BE ME - Comedy Theatre. Tom Courtenay in solo performance as poet Philip Larkin. Spring 2003


THE PRICE - Tricycle Theatre. Warren Mitchell in Arthur Miller's look at a life not misspent. November 2002; West End autumn-winter 2003-2004


THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG - Lyric Hammersmith. Royal Shakespeare Company coproduction. February-March 2002.


THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA - The Pit. David Edgar on war and negotiations, from the RSC. Winter 2001-2002.


PROOF - Arts Theatre. Daughter may have inherited her father's genius, but also his madness. Spring 2007


THE QUARE FELLOW - Tricycle Theatre. Revival of Brendan Behan's prison drama. Spring 2004 and Summer 2005


A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Lyric Hammersmith. Young Vic production of Hanberry classic. Spring 2005


RANDOM - Royal Court Theatre. Effects of street violence on an ordinary family. Spring 2008


THE RAT TRAP - Finborough Theatre. Noel Coward's first play, about married writers. Winter 2006


REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST - Olivier Theatre. National Theatre does Di Trevis staging of Pinter screenplay of Proust. Winter 2000-2001


THE REPORTER - Cottesloe Theatre. Nicholas Wright play about journalist's suicide. Spring 2007


RESIDENT ALIEN - Bush Theatre. Bette Bourne as the late gay icon Quentin Crisp . Winter 2000, then toured, then Drill Hall winter 2001-2002.


RESURRECTION BLUES - Old Vic Theatre. Arthur Miller's final play. Spring 2006.


THE REPRESENTATIVE - Finborough Theatre. Rolf Hochhuth's controversial look at Pope Pius XII and the Nazis. Summer 2006


THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY - Bridewell. 'Dynasty' 17th century-style as families battle it out in a ripping play attributed to Thomas Middleton Spring 2000


RHINOCEROS - Royal Court Theatre. Ionesco on conformity. Autumn 2007


RICHARD II - The Pit. Royal Shakespeare Company begins the entire 8-play history cycle.Spring 2001


RICHARD II - Old Vic Theatre. Trevor Nunn directed Kevin Spacey. Autumn 2005.


RICHARD II - Roundhouse. Royal Shakespeare Company in the first of the complete eight-play history cycle. Spring 2008


RICHARD III - Young Vic. RSC does the whole history cycle. Aiden McArdle is Richard.Spring 2001


RICHARD III - Roundhouse. Royal Shakespeare Company completes the eight-play history cycle.Spring 2008


ROCK'N'ROLL - Royal Court, then Duke of York's Theatre Tom Stoppard play about music and the fall of Communism. 2006-2007


THE ROMAN ACTOR - Gielgud Theatre Antony Sher as mad emperor in 1626 play by Philip Massinger, part of RSC season of Shakespeare's contemporaries. Winter 2002-2003.


ROMAN NIGHTS - New End Theatre. Tthe relationship between Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams. Winter 2004.


ROMEO AND JULIET - Olivier Theatre. The National Theatre sets Shakespeare in South America. Autumn 2000


ROMEO AND JULIET - Barbican Theatre. RSC transfer from Stratford stars Alexandra Gilbreath & David Tennant. Winter 2000-2001


rom&jul - Shaw Theatre. Small-scale touring production. Spring 2002


ROMEO AND JULIET - Open Air Theatre. Shakespeare in Regent's Park Summer 2002


ROMEO AND JULIET - Albery Theatre. RSC transfer from Stratford stars Sian Brooke and Matthew Rhys. Stratford summer 2004; London winter 2004-2005.


ROMEO AND JULIET - Playhouse Theatre. Acrobatic Icelandic company . Young Vic 2003; West End winter 2004-2005


ROMEU AND JULIETA - Shakespeare's Globe. Enchanting and highly operatic Brazilian adaptation (in Portuguese). Summer 2000.


SHAKESPEARE'S R&J - Arts Theatre Romeo and Juliet as seen by schoolboys. Autumn 2003.


ROSE RAGE -Haymarket Theatre. Edward Hall directs an adaptation of Shakespeare's Heny VI plays. June-July 2002 after tour.


ROSMERSHOLM - Almeida Theatre. Ibsen drama of clergyman's involvement in politics. Summer 2008


ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN - Olivier Theatre. Revival of Peter Shaffer's epic of the conquest of Peru. Spring-Summer 2006


THE RUBENSTEIN KISS - Hampstead Theatre. Drama based on the Rosenberg spy case of the 1950s. November 2005


A RUSSIAN IN THE WOODS - The Pit. Peter Whelen's play about naive soldier encountering realities of the Cold War. Spring 2002.



SAINT JOAN - Olivier Theatre. Anne-Marie Duff as Shaw's maid of Orleans Summer-autumn 2007



SAINT'S DAY - Orange Tree
. Revival of John Whiting's 1951 nihilistic drama. Autumn 2002



SCENES FROM THE BACK OF BEYOND - Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. Socialist idealism meets reality in 1959 Australia. Autumn 2006



SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE - Cottesloe Theatre. Owen McCafferty play on a day in the life of Irish community. Spring 2003


THE SCHUMAN PLAN - Hampstead Theatre. Britain's gradual involvement in the European Union. February 2006


THE SEAFARER - Cottesloe Theatre. New play by Conor McPherson about a poker game for supernaturally high stakes 2006-2007


THE SEAGULL - Barbican Theatre. Adrian Noble's production of Chekhov at the RSC. Penelope Wilton stars.Spring 2000.


THE SEAGULL - Lyttelton Theatre. Juliet Stevenson in Chekhov .Summer 2006


THE SEAGULL - Royal Court Theatre. Christopher Hampton adapts Chekhov. Spring 2007


THE SEAGULL - New London Theatre. RSC transfer from Stratford. Winter 2007-2008


THE SECRET RAPTURE - Lyric Theatre. Revival of David Hare's study in the perils of being good. Winter 2003-2004


SEJANUS - Trafalgar Studios. RSC in Ben Jonson tragedy. January 2006.


SEMI-MONDE - Lyric Theatre. Noel Coward revival continues with this once-banned shocker. Spring 2001


SENTENCE DEFERRED - Rosemary Branch Theatre. .The 1960s hit Africa in this ensemble piece. Spring 2000.


SHOOT ME IN THE HEART - Gate Theatre Adaptation of Julio Liinas's short story De Eso No Se Hablo ('We Don't Talk About It') Autumn 2000.


SHOREDITCH MADONNA - Soho Theatre. Romance among London artists. Summer 2005


SIDE MAN - Apollo Theatre. Jazz musician's son deals with conflicted memories. Spring 2000.


THE SILENT TREATMENT - Finborough Theatre. Theatre 28 in Chris Pickles' black comedy. Spring 2001


SINGER - Tricycle Theatre. Peter Flannery's epic tale of a Holocaust survivor who becomes a slumlord. Spring 2004


SING YER HEART OUT FOR THE LADS - Cottesloe Theatre. Roy Williams play about racism in London. Spring 2004


SISTERS/OTHERS - Young Vic Theatre Double-bill of plays inspired by Chekhov's The Three Sisters. 2000.


SIT AND SHIVER - New End, then Hackney Empire Theatre. Steven Berkoff's love letter to his East End Jewish family. 2006-2007


SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS - Haymarket Theatre. Billy Zane and Claire Bloom as teacher and student Winter 2006-2007


SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD - Lyttelton Theatre. John Kani and Winston Ntshona's South African classic. Spring 2007


THE SKIN GAME - Orange Tree Theatre. Galsworthy play about old money v. new. Spring 2007


THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH - Young Vic Theatre. Thornton Wilder's history of the world. Spring 2004.


SMALL CHANGE - Donmar Theatre. Revival of memory play written and directed by Peter Gill. Spring 2008


SMALLER - Lyric Theatre. Dawn French and Alison Moyet as sisters with invalid mother. Spring 2006


SMOKING WITH LULU - Soho Theatre. Janet Munsil recreates the meeting of Kenneth Tynan and Louise Brooks. February-March 2002.


SOHO: A TALE OF TABLE DANCERS - Arcola Theatre. The RSC Fringe company's glimpse behind the scenes of dancers in a sex club. Winter 2000-2001.


THE SOLDIER'S TALE - Southwark Playhouse. Puppet show of a classic fairy tale set to Stravinsky's 1918 score. Spring 2000.


THE SOLDIER'S TALE - Old Vic Theatre. Stravinsky drama with music in new English-Arabic version. February 2006


SOLEMN MASS FOR A FULL MOON IN SUMMER -The Pit. Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in new play by Michael Tremblay.May 2000.


SOLITARY ANIMALS - Hackney Empire Studio. Drama of an HIV-infected man, a victim of the Serbian rape camps and those around them. Winter 1999-2000.


SOME KIND OF BLISS - Trafalgar Studio 2. Solo show about a woman's stroll into memory and impulsiveness. Autumn 2007


SOME VOICES - Young Vic Theatre Return of Joe Penhall play about love and mental illness. March 2004


SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME - New Ambassadors Theatre. Frank McGuinness play about prisoners. Spring 2005


SOMETHING CLOUDY, SOMETHING CLEAR - Finborough Theatre. British premiere of Tennessee Williams' penultimate play.Spring 2003


SONG AT TWILIGHT - Gielgud Theatre. Vanessa Redgrave, Kika Markham and Corin Redgrave star in Noel Coward's play.Autumn 1999


SPEAKING LIKE MAGPIES - Trafalgar Studios. RSC in Frank McGuinness play about the Gunpowder Plot. February 2006


SPEED-THE-PLOW - New Ambassadors. Revival of David Mamet's 1988 dissection of Hollywood power games.New Ambassadors Spring 2000; Duke of York's Summer 2000



SPEED-THE-PLOW - Old Vic Theatre. Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Spacey in David Mamet on Hollywood. Winter-Spring 2008


STATEMENT OF REGRET - Cottesloe Theatre. Kwame Kwei-Armah play about Afro-Caribbean conflicts 2007-2008


STILL LIFE - Aldwych Tube Station. Noel Coward play set in railroad station, performed in closed underground station.Spring 2003


A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - Lyttelton Theatre. Trevor Nunn directs Glenn Close and Iain Glen in classic Tennessee Williams. Autumn 2002.


STRIKE GENTLY, AWAY FROM BODY - Young Vic Studio. The thoughts of witnesses to a sudden death. Autumn 1999.


STUFF HAPPENS - Olivier Theatre. David Hare on the Iraq war. Summer-autumn 2004.


SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Albery Theatre. Diana Rigg and Victoria Hamilton in Tennessee Williams at his most Gothic. Summer 2004


SUMMER AND SMOKE - Apollo Theatre. Tennessee Williams and a Southern minister's daughter. Summer-Autumn 2006


SUMMERFOLK - Olivier Theatre. National Theatre presented Gorky's picture of the idle but discontented Russian middle class.1999-2000


SUMMER IN THE CITY - Battersea Arts Centre. Trilogy of duologues inspired by a painting by American realist Edward Hopper. Winter 2000-2001


THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL - Royal Court Theatre. Rebecca Gilman play about artist who finds madness attractive. Spring 2004


SWEET PANIC - Duke of York's Theatre. Stephen Poliakoff play of psychologist and stalker. Winter 2003-2004


SWIMMING WITH SHARKS - Vaudeville Theatre. Christian Slater as a devious Hollywood producer. 2007-2008


TALES FROM OVID - Young Vic Theatre. Royal Shakespeare Company's Story Theatre setting forTed Hughes's retelling of classical fables. Summer 2000.



TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS - Olivier Theatre. Odon von Horvath's drama, Autumn 2003


THE TALKING CURE - Cottesloe Theatre Ralph Fiennes is Jung in new Christopher Hampton play.Winter 2002-3.


TALKING HEADS - Three actresses in Alan Bennett's monologues of quietly eerie character exposure. Toured Summer 2000


TALKING TO TERRORISTS - Royal Court Theatre. Dramatised documentary based on interviews. Summer 2005.


TAMBURLAINE - Barbican Theatre Greg Hicks in Marlowe's epic. November 2005.


TEA AND SYMPATHY and YOUNG WOODLEY - Finborough Theatre. Two plays about adolescent sex, in repertory. Autumn 2006


TEAR FROM A GLASS EYE - Gate. Why do bad things happen? Matt Cameron's play had few answers, but asked the questions evocatively. March 2000


TELSTAR: THE JOE MEEK STORY - New Ambassadors Theatre. The rise and fall of a genius sixties pop producer. Summer 2005


THAT FACE - Duke of York's Theatre. Transfer from Royal Court of play about teens trying to raise their mother. 2008


THERE CAME A GYPSY RIDING - Almeida Theatre. Frank McGuinness play about grieving family. Winter 2007


THERESE RAQUIN - Lyttelton Theatre. Zola's story of doomed love. 2006-2007


THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? - National Youth Theatre's adaptation of the Depression-era novel and movie. Spring 2000



THIS IS OUR YOUTH
- Garrick Theatre.
Kenneth Lonergan's look at feckless city kids. Spring 2002-Spring 2003


THOMAS MORE - Trafalgar Studios. RSC in play that may be a bit by Shakespeare. January 2006.


THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Young Vic . Seasonal romp through Alexandre Dumas' swashbuckler. Winter 2000-2001


THREE SISTERS - Playhouse Theatre. Kirstin Scott Thomas was Masha in Chekhov classic. Spring 2003.


THREE SISTERS - Lyttelton Theatre Katie Mitchell directed Chekhov for the NT. Autumn 2003


THREE SISTERS ON HOPE STREET- Hampstead Theatre. Chekhov set in 1946 Liverpool. Spring 2008


THROUGH THE LEAVES - Duchess Theatre. Simon Callow starred in Kroetz transfer from fringe.Spring 2003


TIMELESS - New End Theatre. Old friends reunite after 50 years and face unpleasant truths. Spring 2006


TIMON OF ATHENS - Barbican Theatre. Shakespeare's least-often done play, with Michael Pennington as the rich man turned poor .Winter 1999-2000


TINDERBOX - Bush Theatre. Black comedy set in the near future. Spring 2008


TOM AND VIV - Almeida Theatre. Home life of T.S. Eliot and wife. Autumn 2006


TOM FOOL - Bush Theatre. Kroetz play about the small things that create an unhappy life. Spring 2007


TOO FAR TO WALK - King's Head. New play by Mary Morris about sisters' reunion starred Prunella Scales. November 2002


TOP GIRLS - Aldwych Theatre Twentieth anniversary of Caryl Churchill's ultimate feminist dinner party. January 2002, then tour


TOPLESS MUM - Tricycle Theatre. Satire of tabloid paper sold war atrocity photo. Summer 2008


TOSCA'S KISS - Orange Tree Theatre. Play about Rebecca West's experience at the Nuremberg trials. Spring 2006


TOTAL ECLIPSE - Menier Chocolate Factory. Christopher Hampton play about poets Rimbaud and Verlaine. Spring 2007


TRAD - Bush Theatre. 100-year-old-man and his father go on epic journey to the next village. Spring 2006


TRANCE - Bush Theatre. Japanese play on themes of sanity and love. June 2007


TRANSLATIONS - Brian Friel's 1990 play about mapmaking and cultural clashes. Toured Summer 2000



TRISTAN & YSEULT- Cottesloe Theatre. The medieval myth retold in NT coproduction with Kneehigh Theatre.Spring 2005


2GRAVES - Arts Theatre. Paul Sellars' monologue play of a hardman's vengeance. Autumn 2006


TWO THOUSAND YEARS - Lyttelton Theatre. New play by Mike Leigh about secularised London Jews. 2005-2006


TYNAN - Arts Theatre. Corin Redgrave in solo performance as the colourful critic and writer. Spring 2005


UNCLE VANYA - Donmar Warehouse. Sam Mendes's farewell as director: Simon Russell Beale starred. Autumn 2002.



UNDER MILK WOOD - Tricycle Theatre. Dylan Thomas's day in the life of a mythical Welsh village. Spring 2008


UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL - Duchess Theatre. Overdue book sends librarian on epic quest. Spring 2007



UP FOR GRABS
- Wyndhams Theatre.
Madonna as an art dealer desperate to make a sale. Spring 2002.


THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES - Arts Theatre. Eve Ensler's feminist self-examination. 2001-2002.


VERNON GOD LITTLE - Young Vic Theatre. Stage version of novel about hapless Texas teenager. Spring 2007


VIA DOLOROSA - Duchess Theatre. Brief return of David Hare's solo ruminations on Israel Summer 2002.


VICTORIA - The Pit. RSC in David Greig's new play tracing twentieth-century Scottish history through three women. Spring 2000.


VINCENT IN BRIXTON - Cottesloe Theatre. Imagining Van Gogh's brief visit to England. National Theatre Spring 2002; Wyndhams Summer-Autumn; Playhouse Summer 2003


THE VORTEX - Apollo Theatre. Felicity Kendal in early Noel Coward drama. Spring 2008


A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER - Donmar Theatre, then Wyndhams. Derek Jacobi in John Mortimer's reminiscence. 2006


VOYAGERS - Croydon Warehouse Astronaut approaching Mars is haunted by ghosts of past explorers Spring 2001


THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE - Lyttelton Theatre. Granville-Barker play of family scandal. Spring 2006


WAITING FOR GODOT - New Ambassadors Theatre. Peter Hall, who directed the British premiere in 1955, returns to the Beckett classic.Autumn 2006


THE WAITING ROOM - Cottesloe Theatre. Tanika Gupta's play about a wandering ghost, at the NT. Spring 2000.


WAIT UNTIL DARK - Garrick Theatre. Revival of Frederick Knott's thriller about a blind woman in peril. Winter 2003


WAR AND PEACE - Hampstead Theatre. Shared Experience in two-part adaptation of Tolstoy. Spring 2008


WAR HORSE - Olivier Theatre. Staging of children's book about WW1. Winter 2007-2008


THE WAR NEXT DOOR - Tricycle Theatre. When do you intervene in your neighbour's - or another country's - affairs? February 2007


WAVES - Cottesloe Theatre. Group-created piece inspired by Virginia Woolf. Winter 2006-2007


WE THAT ARE LEFT - Palace Theatre Watford. Gary Owen play about a young couple in 1940 and an old couple today. Spring 2007


THE WEIR - Duke of York's Theatre. Conor McPherson's drama of ghost stories in an Irish pub. 1999-2000


THE WEXFORD TRILOGY (A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rais, Belfry) - Tricycle Theatre. Billy Roche's studies of life in his home town in Ireland. Winter 2000-2001



WHAT THE NIGHT IS FOR - Comedy Theatre. Gillian Anderson and Roger Allam in Michael Weller play about a lovers' reunion. Winter 2002-2003.


WHEN THE NIGHT BEGINS - Hampstead Theatre. Hanif Kureishi drama of accusations of abuse. March 2004


WHEN YOU CURE ME - Bush Theatre. Drama of teenager responding to trauma. Winter 2005


A WHISTLE IN THE DARK - Tricycle Theatre. Boozing and brawling Irish family drama. Spring 2006



WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Apollo Theatre. Kathleen Turner in Edward Albee, from Broadway. Winter-Spring 2006.


WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? - Comedy Theatre. Kim Cattrell in the I-want-to-die drama. Winter-Spring 2005.


THE WINTERLING - Royal Court Theatre. Gangsters' reunion in new play by Jez Butterworth. Winter-Spring 2006


THE WINTER'S TALE - Olivier Theatre. Nicholas Hytner directs Alex Jennings in Shakespeare's play of jealousy and redemption. Spring-Summer 2001


THE WINTER'S TALE - Roundhouse. Royal Shakespeare Company in its new London base. Autumn 2002.


WIT - Vaudeville Theatre. Kathleen Chalfont stars in Off-Broadway hit about academic woman using her erudition to help her cope with cancer. Spring 2000.


WOMAN AND SCARECROW - Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. Marina Carr play about dying woman, with Fiona Shaw . Summer 2006


A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - Haymarket Theatre. Oscar Wilde's serious comedy. Winter 2003-2004.


WOMEN OF TROY - Lyttelton Theatre. Katie Mitchell directs Euripides on the aftermath of war. Winter 2007-2008


THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA - Royal Court Theatre. Wonderland-like exploration of fantasy by Anthony Neilson Spring 2007


WORLD MUSIC - Donmar Theatre. Drama of the difficulties in understanding modern Africa. Winter 2003-2004.


THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING - Lyttelton Theatre. Vanessa Redgrave in Joan Didion's account of grief. Spring-Summer 2008


YING TONG - New Ambassadors Theatre. New play about Spike Milligan and the Goon Show. Spring 2005



THE YORK REALIST - Strand Theatre. Peter Gill's play about romance at the Mystery Plays transfers from the Royal Court. Spring 2002.



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