The Scribbles 2013

Another year, another heap of theatre clambered across, waded through and, occasionally, stumbled under. My aim at the start of last year was to cut down on the theatre going this year to give me more time to write - and while I've edited Book One to death and got 50,000 words of Book Two down on paper, I'm not entirely sure that I've succeeded. True, I've gone from seeing 145 different productions last year down to 115 productions this year - but once I add the play readings, works in progress and repeat trips I've only actually managed to reduce it from 158 trips to 150 trips. So, apparently, this was the year of me seeing things more than once. Anyhow, on to the awards - which this year are sincere, silly and, sometimes, a bit mean (sorry about that).

Theatre 2014

JANUARY

4 - American Pyscho - Almeida Theatre
6 - Emil and the Detectives - National Theatre
7 - Quidam - Royal Albert Hall (with Michele)
8 - Wendy and Peter Pan - RST
9 - Wendy and Peter Pan PUP - RST (with Jan)
10 - Ghosts - Trafalgar Studios
12 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk (with Kinga)
17 - Duchess of Malfi - Sam Wanamaker Theatre

19 - Read Not Dead: The Fatal Secret - Shakespeare's Globe (with Gabriella)
22 - King Lear - National Theatre
23 - Travesti - Etcetera Theatre
24 - Les Miserables - Queen's Theatre (with Michele and Kinga)
25 - The Blackest Black - Hampstead Theatre (with Jan)
26 - The Keepers of Infinite Space - Park Theatre
27 - What the Women Did - Southwark Playhouse (with Gabriella) 
31 - Fortune's Fool - Old Vic (with Jan and Kez)

FEBRUARY
1 - The Body of an American - Gate Theatre
2 - The Light Princess - National Theatre

3 - The Pass - Royal Court
4 - From Here To Eternity - Shaftesbury Theatre (with Alex)
5 - The Book of Mormon - Novello Theatre (with Alex)

5 - Lost Boy - Charing Cross Theatre (with Alex)
7 - Taming of the Shrew - Courtyard Theatre
7 - Wendy and Peter Pan - RST (with Janine and Gang)
8 - Wolf Hall - Swan Theatre (with Janine and Gang)
8 - Bring Up The Bodies - Swan Theatre (with Janine and Gang)
12 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk (with Jan)
13 - Superior Donuts - Southwark Playhouse
16 - Outbox: Snapshots - Arcola Theatre
17 - Blurred Lines - The Shed (with Rob)
19 - Symphony - Vault Festival
27 - Urinetown - St James Theatre (with Emma)
28 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk

MARCH

3 - King Lear - National Theatre (with Jan) 

4 - 1984 - Almeida Theatre
7 - The A-Z of Mrs P - Southwark Playhouse (with Jan)
8 - Analog.Ue - National Theatre (with Jan)
8 - The Act - Trafalgar Studios
8 - Unusual Unions - Royal Court

8 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk (with Jan)

13 - The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Sam Wanamaker Theatre

15 - A Life of Galileo - RSC at Cheltenham Everyman (with Mum)

19 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Propeller at Cheltenham Everyman (with Mum)

22 - Comedy of Errors - Propeller at Cheltenham Everyman (with Mum)

25 - Urinetown - St. James Theatre (with Jan)

28 - Blithe Spirit - Gielgud Theatre

29 - Merchant of Venice (Playing Shakespeare) - Globe

29 - The Massacre of Paris - Rose Bankside

APRIL
3 - EFG Short Story Award - Foyles
4 - A Taste of Honey - National Theatre
5 - Versailles - Donmar Warehouse
5 - A View From the Bridge - Young Vic
6 - At The End of Everything Else - Unicorn Theatre (with Jan)
6 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk (with Jan)
10 - The Winter's Tale - Royal Opera House (with Maxi and Jan)
11 - The Roaring Girl - Swan Theatre (with Jan and Rob)
12 - Henry IV part I - RST (with Jan and Rob)
12 - Henry IV part II - RST (with Jan and Rob)
17 - The Silver Tassie - National Theatre (with Jan)
18 - The Drowned Man - Punchdrunk
23 - Hamlet - Shakespeare's Globe (with Kinga)
26 - Titus Andronicus - Shakespeare's Globe (with Kinga)
27 - Venice Preserved - Greenwich (with Jan, Gabriella and Nick)
30 - Sunny Afternoon - Hampstead Theatre

MAY
2 - Arden of Faversham - Swan Theatre (with Janine)
3 - Henry IV part I - RST (with Janine)
3 - Henry IV part II - RST (with Janine)
5 - In The Vale of Health: Japes - Hampstead Theatre
8 - In The Vale of Health: Japes Too - Hampstead Theatre
9 - In The Vale of Health: Michael - Hampstead Theatre
15 - Birdland - Royal Court
17 - Antony and Cleopatra - Shakespeare's Globe
19 - Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare's Globe
21 - Charles III - Almeida
25 - Anthony and Cleopatra - Shakespeare's Globe

JUNE

1 - Sonnets - Southbank Centre
7 - Midsummer Night's Dream in BSL - Shakespeare's Globe
12 - The Last Days of Troy - Shakespeare's Globe

JULY
2 - Monty Python - O2
4 - Rape of Lucrece - Swan Theatre (with Janine)
5 - The Roaring Girl - Swan Theatre (with Janine)
11 - Mr. Burns - Almeida
13 - Titus Andronicus - Shakespeare's Globe
15 - Medea - National Theatre
25 - A Streetcar Named Desire - Young Vic

AUGUST
1 - The White Devil - Swan Theatre (with Janine)
2 - Two Gentleman of Verona - RST (with Janine)
30 - The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare's Globe

SEPTEMBER
28 - Anoushkar Shankhar celebrates Rabindranath Tagore - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

OCTOBER
10 - Dr Scroggy's War - Shakespeare's Globe
11 - Pitcairn - Shakespeare's Globe
11 - Julius Caesar - Shakespeare's Globe
12 - The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare's Globe
25 - James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock - National Theatre
25 - James II: Day of the Innocents - National Theatre
25 - James III: The True Mirror - National Theatre

TO BOOK

Tis A Pity She's A Whore - Barbican (9th Apr to 26th Apr)
Never Try This At Home - Soho Theatre (2nd Apr to 27th Apr)

The Testament of Mary - Barbican (1st May to 25th May)
Ubu Roi - Barbican (18th Jun to 22nd Jun)

Holy Warriors - Shakespeare's Globe (19th Jul to 24th Aug)

The Unexcitingly Titled... Theatre Awards 2012 (Part 2)

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The Unexcitingly Titled... Theatre Awards 2012 (Part 1)

Another year, another set of theatre round-ups abandoned half way through. Oh well, I suspect I will never be a regular theatrical blogger. But, like a ghost haunting the ruins, I couldn't resist coming back and posting some biased, silly, and very tongue in cheek awards for the theatre I've seen in 2012. So that's 145 plays, musicals, and readings seen a 158 times (which at least, I suppose, means I finally cut down on repeat trips). And the winners are...

Theatre 2013

Theatre 2012

Monthly Round-Up: June 2012

Whups. Where I knew in advance that May was going to be busy, June somehow snuck up on me, with an equally daunting 18 plays (20 if you count repeat trips). And, as it was also a manic month at work, I have somehow failed to make any notes to jog the memory. But let's see what I can remember.