Theatre Roundup 2018/19

I won't be going to any more plays until next month, so here is my annual theatre roundup:

Nov 2018   Troilus and Cressida   Royal Shakespeare Theatre      
Nov 2018   Aladdin   Prince Edward Theatre
Nov 2018   The Wipers Times   Arts Theatre
Nov 2018   War Horse   Lyttelton Theatre (National)
Dec 2018   Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne)   Sadler’s Wells
Dec 2018   Pinter 5 (The Room; Victoria Station; Family Voices)   Pinter Theatre   (Rupert Graves)
Jan 2019   Caroline or Change   Playhouse Theatre
Jan 2019   Violet   Charing Cross Theatre
Feb 2019   Timon of Athens   Royal Shakespeare Theatre – The Swan Theatre
Feb 2019   La Boheme   Coliseum (English National Opera)
Feb 2019   Company   Gielgud Theatre
Jun 2019   Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat   Palladium
July 2019   The Provoked Wife   Royal Shakespeare Theatre – Swan Theatre   (Jonathan Slinger)
July 2019   Present Laughter   Old Vic   (Andrew Scott)
July 2019   Rutherford and Son   Lyttelton Theatre (National)   (Sam Troughton, Roger Allam)
Aug 2019   Blues in the Night   Kiln Theatre   (Sharon D Clarke)
Aug 2019   The Night of the Iguana   Noel Coward Theatre
Aug 2019   Bitter Wheat   Garrick Theatre
Aug 2019   Romeo & Juliet (Matthew Bourne)   Sadler’s Wells

Only 19 productions this year, which is down on my usual total.  And quite often I've seen more than one thing in a weekend, making the most of the opportunity.

Two Shakespeare plays, both ones I hadn't seen before, so added to my list.  Only two more to go.  I suppose Romeo & Juliet could be included within the Shakespeare list as well.  Around one-quarter were new plays.

As usual most of the plays were in London - I went to four theatres I'd not been to before - and the other three were in Stratford.  I hadn't realised we hadn't been to anything locally this year.  I've been able to see some of my favourite actors again, including Andrew Scott and also saw Rupert Graves on the stage for the first time (hooray!)

Looking at the list, my favourites would be Romeo & Juliet (amazing ballet), Present Laughter (an awesome Andrew Scott) and Rutherford and Son (fascinating plot, great scenery, excellent acting).