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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 20, 2018 16:51:23 GMT
I thought it would be a bit of fun for our members to share their Top 5 Shows of the year. What have been your faves this year? Share your list below  |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 20, 2018 17:08:40 GMT
Inheritance - YV
Candide - LSO
Flower for Mrs Harris - Chichester
Company - Wendy’s End
Woman of Troy - national theatre of south Korea
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 17:20:22 GMT
5. Cardiff Boy (The Other Room Cardiff) 4. Eugenius (St James...what?) 3. Fun Home 2. Company 1. Angels in America Technically it was a dead tie. Technically Angels opened in that version in NY. Anyway full explanations why here... thenerdytheatre.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-top-10.html |
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 20, 2018 17:34:44 GMT
5. Heathers
4. Eugenius
3. The Distance You Have Come
2. Six
1. Company
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Post by n1david on Dec 20, 2018 17:44:09 GMT
Tough to get it down to five for me - it wasn't a vintage year for me, but the heights were very high...
5 Fun Home (Young Vic)
4 Company (Gielgud)
3 Love Song to Lavender Menace (Ed Fringe)
2 Lehman Trilogy (NT Lyttleton)
1 The Inheritance (Young Vic and Noel Coward)
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Post by dontdreamit on Dec 20, 2018 17:49:10 GMT
1. Bat Out Of Hell (surprising absolutely nobody!)
2. Kiss Of The Spiderwoman
3. The Rink
4. Heathers
5. The King And I
Special mention goes to a production that I suspect not many of theatreboard have seen - Jason Donovan and His Amazing Midlife Crisis Tour, which played in small theatres across the UK this year and was full of theatre anecdotes and costumes from his career so far. But don’t worry folks, I saw it enough times to make up for the fact that many of you did not 🙂
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Post by ctas on Dec 20, 2018 18:34:23 GMT
5 - Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory
4 - Sondheim on Sondheim.
3 - Manon, the Royal Opera House - the cast with Nuñez/Bolle. Incredible.
2 - Hadestown
1 - Swan Lake, the new Royal Ballet production - Nuñez/Muntagirov cast.
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Post by daisy24601 on Dec 20, 2018 18:38:26 GMT
1. Bat Out of Hell
2. The Inheritance (I've only seen part one)
3. Ruthless
4. Chicago
5. Eugenius
Something like that.
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Post by theatreian on Dec 20, 2018 18:40:49 GMT
1. Chess at Colisseum
2. Tina
3. Company
4.Bat out of Hell
5.The King and I
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 18:49:16 GMT
Still a few to see but, at the moment,
Fun Home
The Writer
The Wild Duck
The Octoroon (I was late getting to see this one)
Company
No particular order.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 19:07:43 GMT
5. Summer and Smoke.
4. Summer and Smoke.
3. Summer and Smoke.
2. Summer and Smoke.
1. Summer and Smoke.
But I still have six theatre trips to go so I'm not ruling out the possibility that something else may yet sneak in there.
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Post by LaLuPone on Dec 20, 2018 20:00:46 GMT
I didn’t see enough new stuff to properly justify a top 5 so a top 3 from me:
3. Sunset Boulevard (new to me)
2. Heathers
1. Company
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 20:21:01 GMT
I think it's something like:
5. Ruthless
4. The Rink
3. Red
2. Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
1. Company
Company and Swan Lake are, without a doubt, top two though, two of the best shows I've ever seen.
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Post by viserys on Dec 20, 2018 20:26:27 GMT
1. Bat out of Hell
2. Eugenius
3. Everybody's talking about Jamie
4. 42nd Street
5. Company
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Post by david on Dec 20, 2018 20:38:04 GMT
1. The Inheritance
2. The York Realist
3. Company
4. Flowers for Mrs Harris
5. Chess
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 20:46:33 GMT
5. Summer and Smoke. 4. Summer and Smoke. 3. Summer and Smoke. 2. Summer and Smoke. 1. Summer and Smoke. But I still have six theatre trips to go so I'm not ruling out the possibility that something else may yet sneak in there. Let me be Mystic Meg. Tell me what else you are seeing and I will predict if your number 1 will change. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 23:13:04 GMT
I haven't seen a lot of NEW shows in 2018, so I'll just do a Top 3:
1. Company (Gielgud Theatre, London).
2. The Inheritance (N. Coward Theatre, London)
3. West Side Story (Teatro Calderón, Madrid)
I've seen Hamilton too and that would be number 1, but it doesn't count as my first time was in 2017.
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Post by llevy453 on Dec 21, 2018 0:55:16 GMT
5)Chess
4)Dear Arabella (Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
3)Angels in America
2)Hamilton (Counts as 2018 for me)
1)Company
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 8:07:56 GMT
5. Summer and Smoke. 4. Summer and Smoke. 3. Summer and Smoke. 2. Summer and Smoke. 1. Summer and Smoke. But I still have six theatre trips to go so I'm not ruling out the possibility that something else may yet sneak in there. Let me be Mystic Meg. Tell me what else you are seeing and I will predict if your number 1 will change. Got a couple of repeat trips, and I don't think the RSC at the Barbican is likely to shake any trees, so it's down to Hadestown and The Cane at this point.  |
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Post by ptwest on Dec 21, 2018 8:32:59 GMT
5: Tina The Musical
4: Kinky Boots
3:Chess
2: Hamilton
1: 42nd Street
To be honest, any of the top three could have been my number one depending on what criteria I am using. Far and away my favourite shows this year. Tina has snuck on there more because I haven't been to the theatre nearly as much as I would have liked in the last 12 months.
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Post by richey on Dec 21, 2018 8:37:31 GMT
Not seen that many this year and most were touring productions
1. Chess (Coliseum)
2. Aspects of Love (Hope Mill)
3. Kinky Boots (tour)
4. Miss Saigon
5. Dusty the Musical
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 8:51:55 GMT
5. The Maids (Home, MCR)
4. The Grinning Man (Trafalgar Studios)
3. Queen Margret (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
2. Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour)
1. Company (Gielgud)
The Maids for its absolute finesse of technical integration with a very abstract piece. Very different from what I usually see but delivered with confidence and prowess.
The Grinning Man for its unique style - musically and visually. Wonderfully uplifting, hilarious and heartbreaking. So good to see this show gain a lot of momentum along its run.
Queen Margret; Very few can effectively condense 4 full Shakespeare texts down into one sub 3-hour piece and have it continue to make sense. Impressive for that alone, but it's delivery also was a highlight.
Sunset Boulevard almost for its orchestra alone. Almost lost count of how many times I saw this along the way. So good to hear such a full orchestration and see a high production standard on the road. Didn't get the audience figures it deserved.
And Company? Need I really clarify. Faultless in every way.
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Post by Jan on Dec 21, 2018 9:03:37 GMT
No particular order, these are the ones I enjoyed the most:
Miss Julie (Jermyn Street)
Wild Duck (Almeida)
The Collection (Harold Pinter)
J.P.Wooler season (A Winning Hazard etc.) at the Finborough
Sir Thomas More (Sam Wanamaker - Read not Dead season)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 9:25:45 GMT
Let me be Mystic Meg. Tell me what else you are seeing and I will predict if your number 1 will change. Got a couple of repeat trips, and I don't think the RSC at the Barbican is likely to shake any trees, so it's down to Hadestown and The Cane at this point. I think Patsy’s safe :-) |
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Post by learfan on Dec 21, 2018 9:28:24 GMT
Again no particular order:
The Inheritance
Flowers for Mrs Harris
The Grinning Man
Tamburlaine
Antony&Cleopatra
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