theatre 2014

[oroszlan]

one of my new year resolutions this year was to be "more selective" when going to theatre and not go so much. well, i failed. 81 trips to the theatre (compared to 79 in 2013). 20 operas. 18 visits to Royal Opera House. no i m not complaining :-)

things i enjoyed the most (excluding opera and ballet):

- Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Music by Leonard Bernstein.  *****
- CORIOLANUS, Donmar warehouse   ****
- HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett. Young vic - ****
- Good People - Hampstead - - Imelda Staunton   *****
- The Testament of Mary - by Colm Tóibín,   Barbican. With Fiona Shaw.   *****
- Clarence Darrow. David W Rintels. Kevin Spacey.   Old vic.*****
- Skylight - Wyndhams theatre - Cary Mulligan and Bill Nighy -  *****
- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Gillian Anderson - Young Vic   *****

- Medea, National theatre  ****

- Richard III, Martin Freeman Trafalgar Studios.   ****

- To Kill A Mockingbird, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, ****
- NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND . Print Room. Dostoyevsky. PERFORMED BY HARRY LLOYD.  *****
- Urinetown The Musical, directed by Jamie Lloyd ****
- Henry IV. Donmar warehouse. ****

- Kristin Scott Thomas in Electra. Sophocles. In a version by Frank McGuinness. Old Vic ****
- Assassins - musical by Sondheim - with Catherine Tate  ****