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REVIEWS

and I would watch 500 plays, and I would watch 500 more...

direction, acting, set, plot, text, lighting, music, costume - 

you can't understand what makes great drama unless you watch it

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10, RILLINGTON PLACE, Jan van der Black

1984, Robert Icke & Duncan Macmillan

1984, Robert Icke & Duncan Macmillan

1984, Robert Icke & Duncan Macmillan

THE 39 STEPS

THE 39 STEPS, Patrick Barlow

THE 39 STEPS, Patrick Barlow

THE 39 STEPS, Patrick Barlow

448 PSYCHOSIS, Sarah Kane

84, CHARING CROSS ROAD, Helene Hanff

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Spaces Edinburgh Fringe

Cheltenham Everyman

Nottingham Playhouse

Playhouse Theatre, London

Cheltenham Everyman

Cheltenham Everyman

Criterion Theatre, London

Criterion Theatre, London

C Nova Edinburgh Fringe

Cheltenham Everyman

August 2017

September 2014

September 2015

June 2016

November 2000

January 2013

June 2014

June 2015

August 2013

June 2004

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ABIGAIL'S PARTY,  Mike Leigh

ABIGAIL'S PARTY,  Mike Leigh

ADULTING,  Spilt Milk

AFTER MISS JULIE,  Patrick Marber

ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS,  Michael Frayn

ALL MY SONS,  Arthur Miller

ALL MY SONS,  Arthur Miller

ALL MY SONS,  Arthur Miller

ALL ON HER OWN,  Terence Rattigan

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,  William Shakespeare

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,  William Shakespeare

ALPHABETICAL ORDER,  Michael Frayn

AMADEUS,  Peter Shaffer

AMADEUS,  Peter Shaffer

AMY'S VIEW,  David Hare

ANOTHER COUNTRY,  Julian Mitchell

ANOTHER COUNTRY,  Julian Mitchell

ANTIGONE,  Sophocles

AN EVENING WITH GARY LINEKER, Smith & England

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AN INSPECTOR CALLS, JB Priestley

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie

ANNIE, Meehan & Strouse

ANYTHING GOES, Porter & Wodehouse

ANYTHING GOES, Porter & Wodehouse

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, William Shakespeare

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, William Shakespeare

ARABIAN NIGHTS, Dominic Cooke

ARCADIA, Tom Stoppard

ARCADIA, Tom Stoppard

ART, Yasmina Reza

ART, Yasmina Reza

AS YOU LIKE IT, William Shakespeare

AS YOU LIKE IT, William Shakespeare

AS YOU LIKE IT, William Shakespeare

AS YOU LIKE IT, William Shakespeare

THE  AUDIENCE, Peter Morgan

AVENUE Q, Marx & Lopez

AWFUL AUNTIE, David Walliams

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Bath Theatre Royal

Bath Theatre Royal

Spaces Edinburgh Fringe

Malvern Festival Theatre

Malvern Festival Theatre

Apollo Theatre, London

Apollo Theatre, London

The Old Vic, London

Garrick Theatre, London

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Sam Wanamaker, London

Malvern Festival Theatre

Cheltenham Everyman

National Theatre, London

Malvern Festival Theatre

Bath Theatre Royal

Trafalgar Studios, London

King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Cheltenham Everyman

Cheltenham Everyman

Malvern Festival Theatre

Cheltenham Everyman

Novello Theatre, London

Oxford Playhouse Theatre

Plymouth Theatre Royal

Cheltenham Everyman

Malvern Festival Theatre

Malvern Festival Theatre

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Malvern Festival Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Bristol Old Vic

Duke of York’s, London

Wyndham’s Theatre, London

Cheltenham Everyman

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Globe Theatre, London

Globe Theatre, London

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Gielgud Theatre, London

Cheltenham Everyman

Aylesbury Waterside 

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July 2011

June 2010

July 2011

April 2019

December 2015

July 2013

January 2018

March 2009

October 1993

February 2017

November 2006

September 2013

May 2014

August 2015

June 2006

October 2000

May 2003

April 2009

October 2009

October 2011

December 2011

October 2018

June 2008

October 2004

March 2004

July 2006

January 2010

September 2017

January 2011

October 2004

June 2009

February 1999

March 2002

March 1989

September 2009

September 2012

September 2013

June 2013

July 2015

July 2018

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THE BARGAIN, Ian Curteis

BEDROOM FARCE, Alan Ayckbourn

BEDROOM FARCE, Alan Ayckbourn

BEDSIDE MANNERS, Derek Benfield

THE BEST OF FRIENDS, Hugh Whitemore

BILLY ELLIOT, Hall & John

BIRDSONG, Wagstaff & Faulks

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Pinter

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Pinter

A BITTER HERB, Kwame Kwai-Armah

BLITHE SPIRIT, Noel Coward

BLITHE SPIRIT, Noel Coward

BLITHE SPIRIT, Noel Coward

BLOOD BROTHERS, Willy Russell

BLOOD BROTHERS, Willy Russell

BLOOD BROTHERS, Willy Russell

BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943, Alan Plater

THE BLUES BROTHERS, Ackroyd & Landis

BOEING BOEING, Camoletti, Cross & Evans

LA BOHEME, Puccini

BREATHING CORPSES, Laura Wade

BRASS, Wesker & Till

BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Noel Coward

BROKEN GLASS, Arthur Miller

THE BROWNING VERSION, Terence Rattigan

BUNKER TRILOGY: MORGANA, Jamie Wilkes

BUNKER TRILOGY: AGAMEMNON, Jamie Wilkes

BUNKER TRILOGY: MACBETH, Jamie Wilkes

BUSYBODY, Jack Popplewell

A BUSY DAY, Fanny Burney

 

CABARET, Kander & Ebb

CADFAEL: THE VIRGIN IN THE ICE, Michael Lunney 

CALENDAR GIRLS, Tim Firth 

THE CANNON

THE CANTERBURY TALES, Mike Poulton

CARDENIO, Gregory Doran / William Shakespeare 

THE CARETAKER, Harold Pinter

CAROUSEL, Rodgers & Hammerstein 

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Tennessee Williams

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Tennessee Williams

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, Bertolt Brecht

CAUSE CELEBRE, Terence Rattigan

THE CAVALCADERS, Billy Roche

CELL, Smoking Apples

CHARLEY'S AUNT, Brandon Thomas

THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Anton Chekhov

CHICAGO, Kander & Ebb

CHICAGO, Kander & Ebb

CHILDREN OF THE SUN, Maxim Gorky

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Sherman & Sherman

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Alan Ayckbourn

THE CHRISTNAS TRUCE

THE CAVALCADERS, Billy Roche

Festival Theatre

Aldwych Theatre, London

Cheltenham Everyman

Cheltenham Everyman

Malvern Festival Theatre

Victoria Palace Theatre

Malvern Festival Theatre

Malvern Festival Theatre

Harold Pinter Theatre

Bristol Old Vic

Cheltenham Everyman

Apollo Theatre, London

Gielgud Theatre, London

Malvern Festival Theatre

Malvern Festival Theatre

Phoenix Theatre, London

Malvern Festival Theatre

Cheltenham Everyman

Cheltenham Everyman

Bristol Hippodrome, WNO

Zoo, Edinburgh Fringe

Birmingham Old Rep. Theatre

Cheltenham Everyman

Vaudeville Theatre, London

Harold Pinter Theatre, London

C Nova, Edinburgh Fringe

C Nova. Edinburgh Fringe

C Nova, Edinburgh Fringe

Malvern Festival Theatre

Bristol Old Vic

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Lyric Theatre, London

Malvern Festival Theatre

Cheltenham Everyman 

C Venues, Edinburgh Fringe

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Theatre Royal, Bath 

an Theatre, Royal SHekspeare 

November 2007

June 2002

September 2006

September 2001

April 2006

June 2014

March 2013

February 2005

January 2018

February 2001

October 2004

July 2011

April 2014

February 2002

November 2005

October 2009

March 2007

March 2002

February 2014

November 2006

August 2012

February 2017

June 2009

May 2011

July 2012

August 2014

August 2014

August 2014

March 2011

April 2000

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©2019 Rebecca Vines. 

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