[Reich]

Great

Enjoy*
Alls well that ends well – NT
Psychosis – Young Vic
Death and the Kings horsmen

Sweet Charity*
Hello Dolly!
La Cage – Roger Allam
Company – Union Street

Excursions of Mr Broucek*
Dido – Barbican
I Capuleti e i Montecchi – ROH
Peter Grimes – ENO

Tribute to Diaghilev

Not so great

Time and the Conways

Legally Blonde
Carousel

The Tsarina's Slippers

Shall we dance

Did I see the same show as everyone else?

Nation – I lOVED it
Night Music (Both MCF and West End) - HATED it


What the F …

Carries War
Too close to the sun
Turnadot – ENO



* winner

[Lynette]

I love your categories, Reich.

My Great
A Doll's House
Waiting for Godot
A Streetcar Named Desire
As You Like it [ the Globe]
Inherit the Wind
The Priory
Arcadia

My Very Good
Tusk Tusk
Time and the Conways
Burnt by the Sun
Julius Caesar [ RSC]
La Cage aux Folles
The Habit of Art
Red

My Did I see the same Play as Everyone Else?
Dimetos I walked out
Mother Courage - I liked it!
Life is Dream- I hated it.


My What the F..?
England People Very Nice
The Drunks [RSC]

Saw lots of others but these stand out in my categories

My winner of the year
A Streetcar Named Desire


am prepared to accept amendments if you remind me of stuff..

[Kim T.]

My Great
Arcadia *
Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands *

My Very Good
La Cage
Jersey Boys
Blood Brothers
Priscilla
Stiles & Drewe Peter Pan (Leeds)
Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray

My did I see the same shows as everyone else
Zorro (great cast, horrid show)
Shall We Dance (boring)
Chicago (boring)
Little Night Music (boring)
Twelfth Night (had expected more)

[JulieJordan]

My Great
Hello, Dolly!
Breakfast With Emma (Rosemary Branch)
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Tempest (RSC)
Duet For One
Judgment Day

My Very Good
Andromaque
Julius Caesar (RSC)
A Doll's House
The Light in the Piazza
All's Well That Ends Well

My 'did I see the same show as everyone else?'
Nation (liked it)
Rigoletto (Jonathan Miller production- dreary and lacklustre)
Taking Sides (it must be quite a challenge to make the Holocaust dull...)

My WTF
Othello (RSC tour)
The Bovary Tale (Upstairs at the Gatehouse)
Oklahoma! (Chichester- a brilliant show completely butchered. I found that very upsetting)

[Mark_E]

Moving to London in September has been the best thing ever! Especially with a student loan at my disposal

Here goes

MUSICALS - 43
THE BEST
La Cage Aux Folles x4
Spring Awakening x2
Priscilla x3
Sister Act x3
Legally Blonde x3
Man of no Importance (Union)
Next To Normal
In The Heights
Rock Of Ages
9 to 5

V Good
Avenue Q
The Sound of Music
Hairspray
Jersey Boys
Little shop of Horrors
First Lady Suite (Union)
Zombie Prom (Landor)
Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic)
Forbidden Broadway (Menier)
Hair
Shrek
The Toxic Avenger
Altar Boyz
Phantom of the Opera
We Will Rock You x2
Evita x2
Dreamboats and Petticoats

Average
Wicked
Cabaret
Chicago
Fame
Rat pack live from las vegas
Singin' in the Rain
West Side Story (Tour)
Oliver

BAD
Blood Brothers x2 (BAD CASTS BOTH TIMES LOVE THE SHOW THOUGH)
Jolson & Co: Musical
The Witches of Eastwick
All The Fun of the Fair
Spongebob the musical
Joseph (Tour)

THE WORST
Quadrophenia



PLAYS -
THE BEST
Prick Up Your Ears x2
Our Class
The Habit of Art
The Pitmen Painters
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice x2
War Horse

V GOOD
Nation
Catwalk Confidential
The Power of Yes
An Inspector Calls
Brief Encounter

AVERAGE
Speaking in Tongues
Gethsemane
For King and Country
My Real War: 1914-?
The Shawshank Redemption
Life is a Dream
Mother Courage and Her Children

BAD
Potted Potter

MISC
Turn of the Screw - First ever opera!!!! HATED it!
Change - Arturo Brachetti - GREAT fun!

Lots of great memories from this year!!! Can't wait for 2010!

[AnnieInTheStalls]

My Great
Enron
Jerusalem
Our Class
Red
When The Rain Stops Falling (Almeida)

My Very Good
King Lear (Young Vic)
Victory (Arcola)
Enjoy
Time & The Conways
Arcadia
Doll's House
Mother Courage
2nd May 1997 (Bush)
Habit Of Art

My 'did I see the same show as everyone else?'
Turandot (liked it)
Streetcar (I know, I know. Rachel Weisz is probably actress of the year and all, but I don't think the play has dated well, and it's soooo long)
Phedre (pointless and turgid waste of talent. The most boring night I've ever spent in the theatre, bar none)
Judgement Day (Almeida) yawn...


My WTF
Mrs Affleck
Phedre
Waiting for Godot curtain call - actual show was OK.

Fell asleep during
see WTF...

Wish I'd seen
Punk Rock
Cock
As You Like It (Globe)

[Jan Brock]

A poor year overall. Ones I really enjoyed were:

King Lear (Young Vic)
Time & the Conways (NT)

Also good:

All's Well (NT)
Phedre (NT)
Life's A Dream (Donmar)

Worst for many reasons Mrs Affleck (NT). Antony Sher "Tempest" was bad too.

[VelmaMaureen]

My great:

Forbidden Broadway
Sunset Boulevard
Sister Act

My very good:

Chicago
Avenue Q
Les Miz.
Annie Get Your Gun
Mamma Mia
An Inspector Calls
Little Shop of Horrors (tour)

My "did I see the same show as everyone else?":

Wicked
We Will Rock You

My "wtf":

Too Close to the Sun

Wish I'd seen:

Spring Awakening
A Little Night Music

[curzon]

Moving to London in September has been the best thing ever! Especially with a student loan at my disposal


MISC
Turn of the Screw - First ever opera!!!! HATED it!

I don't wish to patronise you but TOTS is a totally insane choice for a first opera exoerience especially as I am assuming you were not able to prepare for it. It is, in my opinion, one of the masterpieces of opera but it is not an easy listen especially if you have no previous experience in the artform.
I would recommend Boheme, Tosca or Carmen for a first foray into the genre. I would also advise reading the libretto and listening to some of the music beforehand. Opera is not an art form that you can just parachute into but, if you do the prep, it can give you an artistic experience which outweighs anything else I have experienced.

Seb

[Mark_E]

I don't wish to patronise you but TOTS is a totally insane choice for a first opera exoerience especially as I am assuming you were not able to prepare for it. It is, in my opinion, one of the masterpieces of opera but it is not an easy listen especially if you have no previous experience in the artform.
I would recommend Boheme, Tosca or Carmen for a first foray into the genre. I would also advise reading the libretto and listening to some of the music beforehand. Opera is not an art form that you can just parachute into but, if you do the prep, it can give you an artistic experience which outweighs anything else I have experienced.

Seb

Hehe I kind of gathered it was not going to be a very first-time-opera friendly after the first five minutes or so. I did get something out of it though and appreciated the performances. I went on the basis of a very good last minute ticket offer.

Carmen is on my hit list though for my next one. If I can get tickets at an affordable price .