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Post by Jan on Apr 14, 2020 8:19:40 GMT
1) Hedda Gabler (1984) Almeida, Deborah Findlay
2) Time of Your Life (1984) by William Saroyan, RSC Howard Davies
3) The Mysteries (1985) NT Bill Bryden
4) The Fair Maid of the West (1986) RSC Swan, Trevor Nunn
5) A View from the Bridge (1987) NT, Michael Gambon
6) John Gabriel Borkman (1996) NT, Paul Scofield
7) Lady from the Sea (2003) Almeida, Trevor Nunn
8) Wild Duck (2005) Donmar, Michael Grandage
9) A View from the Bridge (2014) Young Vic, Ivo van Hove
10) Uncle Vanya (2016) Almeida, Robert Icke
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Post by theatremad on Apr 14, 2020 9:37:36 GMT
In no particular order:
History Boys (NT original run)
Pentecost (RSC, 1995)
My Brilliant Friend (Rose and NT)
The Mysteries (Globe)
Beckett Shorts (RSC 1997)
Imperium (RSC)
Eastward Ho (RSC 2002)
The Oresteia (Almeida Greeks)
Nicholas Nickleby Pts 1 and 2 (CFT at Birmingham Hippodrome)
This House (NT Dorfman)
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Post by David J on Apr 14, 2020 13:28:42 GMT
Difficult this. I could just repeat my top 10 plays (new and revival) from the Best 10 Plays of the Decade thread Instead, for the direction, acting, production values combined to enhance the material I'd say - The Orphan of Zhao (2012, Swan Theatre)
- The Rover (2016, Swan Theatre)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2014, Bath)
- A Christmas Carol (2017, Old Vic)
- An Enemy of the People (2016, Chichester)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- This House (2013, Olivier Theatre)
- War Horse
- Peter Pan (2015, Regent's Park)
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2015, Unicorn)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 14:26:03 GMT
Took me a while but current thoughts are as follows (I couldn't compare one person and immersive shows properly so a couple of short lists for those as well) -
Top Ten Productions
1985 The Mysteries (Bryden/National Theatre)
1992 An Inspector Calls (Daldry/National Theatre)
1994 Angels in America (Donnellan/National Theatre)
1996 Seven Streams of the River Ota (Lepage/Ex Machina)
2000 Mnemonic (McBurney/Complicite) (also The Master & Margarita)
2001 The Tragedy of Hamlet (Brook/Bouffe du Nord)
2008 Six Characters in Search of an Author (Goold/Headlong)
2010 Twelfth Night (Holmes/Filter Theatre)
2013 1984 (Icke/Headlong)
2014 A View From the Bridge (Van Hove/Young Vic)
Immersive Shows
1999 The Tower Project (Warner/LIFT)
2007 Masque of the Red Death (Punchdrunk) (also Faust, The Drowned Man and The Borough)
2010 You Me Bum Bum Train
2013 Above and Beyond (Look Left Look Right) (also You Once Said Yes)
2013 Toynbee (Geraldine Pilgrim)
One Person Shows
2010 It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later (Daniel Kitson)
2012 Brand New Ancients (Kate Tempest)
2015 Kim Noble: You’re Not Alone (Kim Noble)
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Post by sondheimhats on Apr 14, 2020 15:43:37 GMT
I picked 12 - oh well, sue me!  As I said with my other list in the Shakespeare thread, I feel compelled to add the disclaimer that my list would surely look very different if not for the fact that I only just started seeing theatre regularly around 2008. And I didn't start seeing plays regularly until about 2014 (as this list reflects) - though in my defense, I have seen quite an impressive number of plays in that time, if I do say so myself  Anyway, without further self-aggrandizement or self-deprecation: The Glass Menagerie - West End 2017 - dir. John Tiffany King Charles III - Broadway, 2015 - Mike Bartlett/Rupert Goold Smokefall - MCC, Off-Broadway 2016 - Noah Haidle/Anne Kauffman (starring Zachary Quinto) Yerma - Young Vic 2016 - Simon Stone (starring Billie Piper) You For Me For You - Royal Court 2015 - Mia Chung/Richard Twyman An Octoroon - TFANA, Off-Broadway 2015 - Branden Jacobs-Jenkins/Sarah Benson One Man Two Guvnors - Broadway 2012 - Richard Bean/Nick Hytner (starring James Corden) Fairview - SoHo Rep, Off-Broadway 2018 - Jackie Sibblies Drury/Sarah Benson Hand to God - Broadway 2015 - Robert Askins/Moritz von Steulpnagel Pygmalion - Bedlam, Off-Broadway 2018 - dir. Eric Tucker The Elephant Man - Broadway 2014 - dir. Scott Ellis (starring Bradley Cooper) The Little Foxes - Broadway 2017 - dir. Daniel Sullivan (starring Laura Linney & Cynthia Nixon alternating roles - happy to say I saw both versions) |
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Post by barelyathletic on Apr 14, 2020 16:06:46 GMT
1 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Cottesloe NT 1993
2 The Weir. Royal Court Upstairs at the Ambassadors 1997
3 The Visit. Theatre de Complicite, Lyttelton NT 1991
4 Les Liaisons Dangereuses. RSC at the Pit, Barbican 1986
5 The Normal Heart. Albery Theatre 1986
6 Amadeus. Her Majesty's Theatre 1981
7 Jumpers for Goalposts. Watford Palace and Bush Theatre 2013
8 Cock. Royal Court Upstairs 2009
9 The Shaughraun. Olivier NT 1988
10 Hedda Gabler, Richard Eyre. Duke of York's Theatre 2005
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 17:37:00 GMT
Just realised I picked a couple of Shakespeare productions. I should have read the title more closely!
So, swap Brook's Hamlet out and include 2016 Cleansed (Mitchell/National Theatre)
Also, swap Filter Theatre's Twelfth Night out and include 2014 An Enemy of the People (Ostermeier/Schaubühne)
There. Done.
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Post by Jan on Apr 15, 2020 6:33:25 GMT
1 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Cottesloe NT 1993 2 The Weir. Royal Court Upstairs at the Ambassadors 1997 3 The Visit. Theatre de Complicite, Lyttelton NT 1991 4 Les Liaisons Dangereuses. RSC at the Pit, Barbican 1986 5 The Normal Heart. Albery Theatre 1986 6 Amadeus. Her Majesty's Theatre 1981 7 Jumpers for Goalposts. Watford Palace and Bush Theatre 2013 8 Cock. Royal Court Upstairs 2009 9 The Shaughraun. Olivier NT 1988 10 Hedda Gabler, Richard Eyre. Duke of York's Theatre 2005 Yes 4, 6,9 all featured in my initial selection. All excellent. 4 and 9 both Howard Davies productions of course, what a great director he was, I nearly listed another of his - the Caryl Churchill play Softcops. |
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Post by bordeaux on Apr 15, 2020 9:11:17 GMT
1. Elektra by Sophocles directed by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw late 80s RSC
2. Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega directed by Declan Donnellan 1989 National Theatre
3. The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt directed by Simon McBurney 1989 Almeida
4. The Wild Duck by Ibsen directed by Peter Hall 1989 Phoenix
5. Angels in America by Tony Kushner directed by Declan Donnellan 1992 National Theatre
6. Arcadia by Tom Stoppard directed by Trevor Nunn 1993 National Theatre
7. Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett directed by Sam Mendes 1996 Donmar Warehouse
8. The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Brecht directed by Simon McBurney 1997 National Theatre
9. Summerfolk by Gorki directed by Trevor Nunn 1999 National Theatre
10.A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller directed by Ivo van Hove 2015 Wyndham's
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Post by Mr Crummles on Apr 15, 2020 13:33:40 GMT
Ghosts - Almeida - 2013
Young Checkhov - NT - 2016
The Normans Conquests - Old Vic - 2009
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Gielgud Theatre - 2008
Uncle Vanya - Almeida - 2016
Fanny & Alexander - Old Vic - 2028
Lettice and Lovage - Globe Theatre - 1988
The Weir - Gate Theatre - 2008
The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Young Vic - 2011
Jerusalem - Jerwood Theatre Downstairs - 2009
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 15:18:31 GMT
The things that stick most in my mind from over the years, and which I'd most like to see again:
Tango at the End of Winter (Alan Rickman, early 90s)
The Nap (Crucible)
7 Acts of Mercy (RSC)
Galileo (Young Vic)
A Child's Christmas in Wales (Theatr Clwyd, mid 80s)
Amadeus (Suchet touring version)
Nell Gwynn (Laura Pitt Pulford version)
The History Boys (Crucible version with Matthew Kelly)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (touring regional version in the early 80s)
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Post by lynette on Apr 16, 2020 16:54:43 GMT
Almost impossible task. Hard to distinguish between the work, the production and the actors. I can't remember the theatres, all of them - so in no particular order
The Weir, first production I think in a St Martins Lane theatre 1999
The Seafarer, again not sure where it was
A German Life, The Bridge
Arcadia, the first prod with Bill Nighy
Medea, NT with Helen McCrory
The Orphan of Zhao RSC The Swan ( someone else has this above)
The Mysteries, The Cottesloe, again someone else has this too
The Invention of Love, Stoppard, can’t remember the theatre butI think West End
The Way of the World, Donmar
Waiting for Godot, the McKellen, Stewart prod.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2020 18:11:20 GMT
I've seen the Mysteries on YouTube, and they are fabulous! I really wish I'd seen them. That was before I started going to the theatre though.
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Post by altamont on Apr 16, 2020 18:16:29 GMT
All quite recent - but then again so is most of my theatre-going.
All My Sons - Apollo - Howard Davies - David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker - 2010
A View From the Bridge - Wyndhams - Ivo Van Hove - Mark Strong and Nicola Walker - 2015
The Lehman Trilogy - Lyttleton - Sam Mendes - SRB, Ben Miles and Adam Godley - 2018
Imperium Parts 1 and 2 - RSC Swan - Greg Doran - Richard McCabe - 2017
Death of a Salesman - Young Vic - Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cornwell - Wendell Holmes and Sharon D Clarke - 2019
Amadeus - Olivier - Michael Longhurst - Lucian Msamati - 2016
The Ferryman - Royal Court - Sam Mendes - Paddy Considine and Laura Donnelly - 2017
Mary Stuart - Almeida - Robert Icke - Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams - 2017
This House - Chichester Minerva - Jeremy Herrin - Nathaniel Parker - 2016
A Streetcar Named Desire - Young Vic - Benedict Andrews - Gillian Anderson - 2014
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Post by Jan on Apr 16, 2020 19:39:39 GMT
I've seen the Mysteries on YouTube, and they are fabulous! I really wish I'd seen them. That was before I started going to the theatre though. Three different productions of Amadeus chosen - it’s a great theatrical play. The Mysteries were sensational, right from the first moment you walked into the Cottesloe, all the stalls seats removed, and it was dark except for literally hundreds of candle-lit lamps of all sorts hanging from the ceiling. |
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Post by lynette on Apr 17, 2020 17:32:47 GMT
I've seen the Mysteries on YouTube, and they are fabulous! I really wish I'd seen them. That was before I started going to the theatre though. Three different productions of Amadeus chosen - it’s a great theatrical play. The Mysteries were sensational, right from the first moment you walked into the Cottesloe, all the stalls seats removed, and it was dark except for literally hundreds of candle-lit lamps of all sorts hanging from the ceiling. That whole season was amazing. Lark Rise to Candleford was stunning. |
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Post by Jan on Apr 17, 2020 19:04:43 GMT
Three different productions of Amadeus chosen - it’s a great theatrical play. The Mysteries were sensational, right from the first moment you walked into the Cottesloe, all the stalls seats removed, and it was dark except for literally hundreds of candle-lit lamps of all sorts hanging from the ceiling. That whole season was amazing. Lark Rise to Candleford was stunning. They also did the world premier of Glengarry Glen Ross. |
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Post by vdcni on Apr 23, 2020 11:29:52 GMT
In no particular order
A View from the Bridge (2014) Young Vic, Ivo van Hove
After The Dance (2010) National, Thea Sharrock
The Crucible (2006) RSC, Dominic Cooke
The York Realist (2002) Royal Court & (2018) Donmar, Peter Gill & Robert Hastie
Noises Off (2011) Old Vic, Lindsay Posner
The Weir (2013) Donmar, Josie Rourke
A Dolls House (2013) Young Vic, Carrie Cracknell
Angels In America (2017) National, Marianne Elliot
A Long Days Journey Into Night (2012) Richmond, Anthony Page
Life Is A Dream (2009) Donmar, Jonathan Mumby
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Post by Jan on Apr 23, 2020 19:28:34 GMT
In no particular order A View from the Bridge (2014) Young Vic, Ivo van Hove After The Dance (2010) National, Thea Sharrock The Crucible (2006) RSC, Dominic Cooke The York Realist (2002) Royal Court & (2018) Donmar, Peter Gill & Robert Hastie Noises Off (2011) Old Vic, Lindsay Posner The Weir (2013) Donmar, Josie Rourke A Dolls House (2013) Young Vic, Carrie Cracknell Angels In America (2017) National, Marianne Elliot A Long Days Journey Into Night (2012) Richmond, Anthony Page Life Is A Dream (2009) Donmar, Jonathan Mumby Yes, After The Dance was very good, I thought everything about it was first rate apart from the play itself which I thought was second rate. |
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Anyway, without further self-aggrandizement or self-deprecation: 
