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[theatreliker]

Sorry if it's too early or been posted elsewhere.
Highlights: Noises Off (Old Vic).
Posh (Duke of York's).
Blood Brothers - closing 'ultimate' cast (Phoenix).
Laurie Metcalf's performance in Long Day's Journey into Night (Nottingham Theatre Royal).

Also enjoyed: Twelfth Night (Globe), Sweeney Todd (Adephi), Betrayal (Crucible) and Taming of the Shrew (Globe).

Lowlights: Gatz (Noel Coward), The Sunshine Boys (Savoy).

[Pharaoh's number 2]

My last show of the year is on Dec 29th. Ask me then

[armadillo]

Highlight - Daddy Long Legs at the St James

Lowlight - the deep vein  thrombosis after 2 hours at the St James

[David J]

I'm still writing up my reviews and I will have my favourite productions up soon, but here's my high and low points

Highlights

• Wonderful Town
  
• The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (Chichester)
  
• The Orphan of Zhao (RSC)
  
• The Tempest (RSC)
  
• Uncle Vanya (Chichester)
  
• Measure for Measure (RSC)
  
• Julius Caesar (RSC)
  
• One Man, Two Guvnors
  
• Kiss Me Kate (Chichester)
  
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (NT Live)

Lowlights

• The Last of the Haussmans (NT Live)
  
• Heartbreak House (Chichester)
  
• YPS King Lear (RSC)
  
• South Pacific
  
• Troilus and Cressida (RSC)
  
• Travelling Light (NT Live)

[MrTumnus]

Highlights
Pippin
One Man, Two Governers
Wonderful Town
42nd Street

Lowlights
Dirty Dancing
Hitchhikers Guide
Rock of Ages
Chicago

[Michael H]

At the Edinburgh Fringe, I would say "Mess".  The second time I have put a Caroline Horton piece in one of these lists, and it was such a moving, funny, emotional piece.

[Ian]

Looking back it has been more highs than lows - though I have been to the West End venues less. Anyhows ..

Highs
Beautiful Burnout (tour at Hull Truck)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Patience (Union Theatre)
Matilda (Cambridge Theatre)
Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre)

Lows
Loserville (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
King & I (tour at Cardiff New Theatre)
Government Inspector (Northern Broadsides tour at Stephen Joseph Theatre).

[itsuckstobeme]

Highs

Victor Victoria      Southwark Playhouse
Merrily We Roll Along Menier
Play without words   Sadler's Wells
Sweeney Todd     Adelphi


Lows

Get Stuff Break Free    NT
Sunshine Boys Savoy
The Awkward Squad    Arts
Sex With A Stranger    Trafalgar Studios

[Honoured Guest]

Highlights

Isles of Wonder (Olympic Park - Danny Boyle / Underworld / Dizzee Rascal / Arctic Monkeys / et al)
Branches: The Nature of Crisis (National Theatre Wales - Constanza Macras / DorkyPark, Berlin)
Choir Boy (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs - Tarell Alvin McCraney / Dominic Cooke)
Boys (Headlong Theatre ~ HighTide, Nuffield Southampton, Soho Theatre - Ella Hickson / Robert Icke)
Where Have I Been All My Life? (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme - Alecky Blythe)

[Lynette]

Ok, was wondering who would get this going:
Highlights
For someone who doesn't often get to musicals, Matilda and Top Hat def two off the highlights. Pure joy.

Uncle Vanya at The Print Room. Discovering new venue , two in fact, for me as hadn't been to The Jermyn st before, def a highlight. Probably All That Fall, despite the thrombosis, the highlight of the year. Something about seeing one of our best actresses at the top of her game, unselfconscious yet so crafted...

Long Day's Journey again a masterclass and what a play!
Timon of Athens rediscovered for our age and SRB doing it v well.
Red Velvet and This House: new plays, new writers.

Lowlights: sorry but King Lear at The Almeida. Shouty, shouty
A Chorus of Disapproval, not as funny as it could be ( v disappointing knicker ripping scene)

Honourable mentions:
the Dark Earth and the Light Sky, very sensitive portrayal of difficult subject for a play
Jumpy, shallow ultimately but a good laugh at the time

Seeing Kiss Me Kate tonight so,this might be the Year of the Musical for me.