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Post by wannabedirector on Dec 22, 2018 22:10:44 GMT
Based on what I’ve seen this year (rather than plays that premiered this year) I’d say that my top five, in no particular order is:
Network
The Ferryman (got round to seeing this really, really late)
The Lehman Trilogy
The Wild Duck
The Inheritance
I’ve still got one more to go for 2018 (SRB’s Richard II on New Years Eve), but I’d say it’s been a solid theatre going year, all of that top five were incredible in my opinion, with some other great shows unlucky to miss out on that top five (namely An Octoroon and Nine Night).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 12:53:26 GMT
Oh I forgot about The Ferryman! That would probably replace King Lear in my top 5 now I've been reminded about it and remembered that it was this year I saw it...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 13:37:34 GMT
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Post by catcat100 on Dec 23, 2018 18:46:03 GMT
Really difficult to pick a top 5 from the 90 I saw in my first year of theatre going and can't put them in any order but here goes
King & I - Palladium
Swan Lake - ROH
Great Wave - Dorfman
Fun Home - Young Vic
Wild Duck - Almeida
Other notables that I gave 5 stars to
Amadeus - Olivier
Network - Lyttleton
Farinelli & the King - NY
Wicked - Both Victoria Apollo & tour
Twelth Night - Young Vic
Jungle - Playhouse
Pericles - Olivier
Summer & Smoke - Duke of Yorks
Sweat - Donmar
So many more got 4.5.
Really looking forward to my second year.
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Post by littlesally on Dec 23, 2018 23:35:36 GMT
1 The Inheritance
2 Fun Home
3 Company
4Julius Caesar
5 Caroline or Change
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Post by happytobehere on Dec 24, 2018 11:30:07 GMT
My first year as a regular theatre-goer and i’ve loved it!
1) The Inheritance
2) Bat Out Of Hell
3) Hamilton
4) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
5) Book of Mormon
I’m seeing Hadestown and Six early next year and I have a hunch they’ll be on my 2019 list! I’m also hoping to see more plays next year and branch out a bit more.
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Post by eatbigsea on Dec 24, 2018 15:12:27 GMT
1) Company
2) The Lehman Trilogy
3) Ring Cycle (ROH)
4) Sweat
5) Chess
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 10:36:50 GMT
Top 5 for me in no particular order:
1. Bat Out Of Hell
2. New version Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany)
3. Miss Saigon UK tour
4. Sunset Boulevard UK tour
5. Les Miserables UK tour
So all stuff that seen before, and reckon 2019 gonna be similarly predictable:
1. New Joseph
2. Barbican JCS
3. Open Air Evita
4. Bochum Starlight (that is every year's No 1 for me if I'm honest!)
5. Les Mis tour again (Manc, Brum, Liverpool and Southampton in the diary so far; hoping for Bristol too)
I do see every major new musical in London though and promise I am open (and indeed waiting) to be blown away by something new! Not sure at this stage where that will come from though....
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Post by perfectspy on Dec 25, 2018 11:22:34 GMT
My Top Five (I still have three booked before the year is out)
1 - The Exorcist @phoenix
2 - Nightfall @bridge
3 - The Great Wave @national
4 - The Dog Beneath The Sky @jermyn St
5 - Harold and Maude @charing Cross
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Post by Mark on Dec 25, 2018 12:24:53 GMT
Of the new shows I saw:
The Inheritance
Company
Heathers
Mean Girls
Spongebob
Honorary mentions to Come From Away and Hello, Dolly! which I'd seen last year and saw each twice again this year
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Post by indis on Dec 25, 2018 14:38:11 GMT
my Top 5 2018:
West Side Story Malmö
The King and I London
West Side Story Dortmund
Disney in Concert Vienna
Bat out of hell London
seeing Anastasia on Friday, maybe that will join the list then
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Post by winonaforever on Dec 25, 2018 14:45:05 GMT
Heathers
Caroline, or Change
Eugenius
An Ideal Husband
Iolanthe
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 21:14:03 GMT
1. Fun Home 2. Seawall 3. Company 4. The Encounter 5. The Inheritance I had several other plays I had rated five stars at the time of seeing (The Birthday Party, The Writer, Red, RSC Macbeth and Jamie) but they haven’t stayed with me like the ones I listed. I would give my eyeteeth to see Fun Home and The Encounter again, I doubt either will happen though. We’re going to buy Seawall and watch over Christmas. Company is booked for January and reflecting on this list makes me realise I need to see The Inheritance again before it closes. I’ve had a lovely theatre year, and it has been made all the better by being a memeber of this board. So thank you. Somehow Sylvia was missed off my list...Gah. Equal fifth with The Inheritance then! |
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Post by jampot on Dec 25, 2018 21:43:31 GMT
1.Network
2.Company
3.Wicked uk tour
4.Summer and Smoke
5.Heathers
Nine night...Fun home contenders...
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Post by Mr Crummles on Dec 27, 2018 23:20:31 GMT
I appreciated much this year, including the much reviled A Very Very Dark Matter. After agonising consideration, which made me leave out shows like Network and Company, I have to say
5. The Inheritance
4. The Lieutenant of Inishmore
3. The Wild Duck
2. Fanny & Alexander
1. Julius Caesar
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Post by ensembleswings on Dec 28, 2018 20:04:57 GMT
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
42nd Street
Titanic
Hamilton
The Ferryman
Those are the five shows I saw for the first time in 2018 that sparked the emotions and left the biggest impression on me but all for the right reasons.
Kinky Boots would also have to be in there as the show I’ve seen the most this year, yet still love but I saw that for the first time the year before.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 11:43:17 GMT
This afternoon I’m seeing my final show of the year, Murder for Two, but I think I can safely lock in my top five now.
1. Once on this Island
2. Fun Home
3. Heathers
4. Tina
5. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
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Post by n1david on Dec 29, 2018 12:38:06 GMT
In response to Monkey's suggestion above (well, my suggestion which he batted back to me), I will tot up everyone's Top 5 to get the TheatreBoard Top 5 for 2018. I'll do it to nurse my hangover on Jan 1, so if anyone hasn't posted yet, please do so by the midnight bells on Dec 31 and I will do the sums on Tuesday.
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Post by jgblunners on Dec 29, 2018 13:24:28 GMT
I had a grand total of 77 theatre visits this year (including repeat visits and concerts). It was remarkably easy to whittle those down to a top 5 - the clear stand-outs for me were:
1. The Inheritance
2. Company
3. Antony and Cleopatra
4. The Lehman Trilogy
5. Follies
42nd Street would be in there but I decided to exclude it as my first visit was in 2017 - it is however the show that I am most in love with at the moment. The Royal Ballet's new Swan Lake should also get an honourable mention. I find it quite interesting that 3 of my top 5 are plays since I consider myself to be more into musicals - maybe my tastes are changing!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Dec 30, 2018 8:30:50 GMT
Top 5:
1. How it is (Part 1) Printroom at the Coronet
2. The Inheritance Young Vic
3. Nine Night National Theatre
4. In Praise of Love Ustinov Studio, Bath
5. The Wild Duck Almeida
Event:
- Shakespeare in the Abbey
Notable Mentions:
- Summer and Smoke Almeida
- Happy Days Manchester Royal Exchange
- The Price Theatre Royal Bath
- Madness of King George Nottingham Playhouse
- York Realist Donmar
The One That got Away:
- The Watsons Chichester Minerva Theatre
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on Dec 30, 2018 11:55:49 GMT
I'm going to cheat a bit as I don't think it's right to mix amateur with professional shows and I enjoy amateur musicals as much as I do West End and touring shows.
PROFESSIONAL 1 42nd Street
2 Everybody's Talking About Jamie
3 Joseph and Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat - Kilworth House
4 Fiddler On The Roof - Menier
5 King and I -Palladium
AMATEUR 1 My Fair Lady- Pocket Theatre Hanger Farm Totton (my fave of all the productions seen of this)
2 Oklahoma - Swindon Wyvern
3 Pajama Game - Bridewell
4 Drowsy Chaperone -Wyliotts Potters Bar
5 Calamity Jane - Erith Playhouse
A few others I scored a perfect 10 - Railway Children (Cadogan Hall), Hamilton, Sylvia, The Producers (Tunbridge Wells) and Tina Turner Musical.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 17:46:11 GMT
OK if I have to give 5 it would be (in no particular order)
John (Dorfman)
The Convert (Young Vic)
Snowflake (Oxford Old Fire Station)
The Inheritance (West End)
Sweat (Donmar)
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Post by peggs on Dec 30, 2018 19:43:00 GMT
Looking back at my records I didn't think it had been a very good year, I wasn't immediately awash with good memories but according to my scoring system i'm actually struggling to limit it to just 5 so I have applied my recollections of which made me grin in the dark (that moment when you know you're in for a good night and your eyes light up at the anticipation) and it came down to this in no particular order?
The Lehman Trilogy National
Julius Caesar The bridge
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Donmar
Measure for Measure (mainly the first half) Donmar
The Inheritance Young Vic
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Post by jadnoop on Dec 30, 2018 21:42:34 GMT
Not in any order, the five that most stick in my mind from 2018 are:
- BIRTHDAY PARTY (Harold Pinter Theatre) Eerie & excellent.
- BRIEF ENCOUNTER (Empire) Such fun!
- JOHN (NT) Not quite as wonderful as The Flick, but still great.
- THE KING AND I (palladium) I didn't think this would be my cup of tea but I really enjoyed it.
- AN OCTOROON (NT) I didn't catch this at the orange tree but it was fab
...although I'm not seeing SWEAT til the new year.
Biggest disappointment was definitely VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER.
Looking ahead to 2019 I'm currently most looking forward to seeing Philip Glass' AKHNATEN again. Also have high expectations for Annie Baker's ANTIPODES. And really hoping that Laura Wade's THE WATSONS transfers to London.
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Post by Marwood on Dec 31, 2018 10:13:32 GMT
1) The Lieutenant of Inishmore
2) Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre)
3) Early Doors
4) Rita, Sue and Bob Too
5) Julie (well I liked it anyway)
Had to struggle to come up with 5 plays that I can honestly say I enjoyed to tell the truth, theres been nothing at all that I've seen this year that I can honestly say I thought was outstanding, or would be in a rush to see again.
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