Birdland

Birdland, Royal Court, 2014.

Cast: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Daniel Cerqueira, Yolanda Kettle, Alex Price, Charlotte Randle, Andrew Scott.

Writer: Simon Stephens

Director: Carrie Cracknell

This really annoyed me. I imagine I went because of Andrew Scott who was hot at the time because of Sherlock - there were lots of those fans hanging around the stage door to see him. It was about a rock star going off the rails and yet again I thought it was a one man show because he's such a big name/personality but it wasn't. I seem to remember the stage filling with water to strand him which must have been a technical nightmare. The writer had previously adapted The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Vanya (also starring Andrew Scott) both of which I loved, so this must have been an off day.

One of the rare times I've found a ticket as well. I might just be being mean but £22 sounds a lot for ten years ago and it wasn't even close to the stage.

An Act of God

An Act of God, SHN Golden Gate Theatre, 2016.

Cast: Sean Hayes, David Josefsberg, James Gleason.

Writer: David Javerbaum

Director: Joe Mantello

Another of my very occasional trips to the theatre in a foreign country and a reminder that they do programmes very differently - they're free, but there's almost nothing in them. I remembered this as a one man show, but it wasn't. The theatre was quite empty but beautiful and when we left we walked past lots of tents for homeless people, which is very much like the Pet Shop Boys song The Theatre. Slight dilemma as to whether I should keep this because it was the only theatre I've seen in San Francisco, but the fact I don't remember it persuaded me not to. I could see Sean Hayes in London this summer but I don't think I will.

The Fourth Box

My excitement at having reached the last of the boxes faded somewhat when I took all the theatre programmes out and found I was left with half a box of other stuff to go with the two boxes. With the programmes I've saved I've probably only reduced it by one box and have a long way to go. Starting with this pile:

Ian McKellen on stage with Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and You

Ian McKellen on stage with Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and You, Guildhall of St George, King's Lynn, 2019.

Cast: Sir Ian McKellen

Director: Sean Mathias

My God doesn't he look well for 80. This was a treat because Sir Ian is lovely and funny and sweet and interesting, all the things we all hope we might be at some point in our lives. He's had such an interesting life that every time I hear him talk about it he's fascinating. This was no exception. I skipped the scrum for autographs at the end as I didn't trust myself not to scream, "I love you!"

Standing at the Sky's Edge

Standing at the Sky's Edge, Crucible, 2019.

Cast: Darragh Cowley, Nicole Deon, Louis Gaunt, Adam Hugill, Robert Lonsdale, Fela Lufadeju, Maimuna Memon, Johanne Murdock, Damian Myerscough, Alastair Natkiel, Faith Omole, Deborah Tracey, Rachael Wooding, Alex Young, Dylan Hughes/Fraser Hughes, Eva Phillips, A'vaye Stewart Paton.

Music & lyrics: Richard Hawley

Book: Chris Bush

Director: Robert Hastie

This was just magnificent. I love Richard Hawley and am increasingly fond of Sheffield so I went to it with an open heart and wasn't disappointed. The staging was brilliant, really cleverly recreating the block of flats you see when you come into Sheffield station. Alex Young being in the cast was a nice bonus. This is exactly the kind of thing regional theatre should do more of - a joy!

Calendar Girls the Musical

Calendar Girls the Musical, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2019.

Cast: Fern Britton, Anna-Jane Casey, Sara Crowe, Karen Dunbar, Ruth Madoc, Rebecca Storm, Denise Welch, Sebastian Abineri, Richard Anthony-Lloyd, Isabel Caswell, Phil Corbitt, Pauline Daniels, Tyler Dobbs, Catherine Diggs, Derek Elroy, Danny Howker, Ellie Leah, Ian Mercer, Alan Stocks.

Writers: Gary Barlow & Tim Firth

Director: Matt Ryan

Can Fern Britton sing? Presumably so as she was cast in a musical, but the whole cast look like they would have been more comfortable in the play than singing. Having seen both the play and the film as well as this it's not really surprising that details are sketchy. I like that some of the petals on the cover of the programme are people.

Coming Clean

Coming Clean, Trafalgar Studios, 2019.

Cast: Lee Knight, Stanton Plummer-Cambridge, Tom Lambert, Elliot Hadley

Writer: Kevin Elyot

Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher

This was on in London and having liked Kevin's play, My Night with Reg, I was interested having completely forgotten that I'd seen this. Yet again I have no idea what it was about.

War Horse

War Horse, Lyttelton Theatre, 2018.

Cast: Marcus Adolphy, Adam Barlow, Peter Becker, Joelle Brabban, Jasper William Cartwright, Jo Castleton, Jonathan Charles, Thomas Dennis, Bob Fox, Jason Furnival, Max Gallagher, Chris Garner, William Ilkley, Ben Ingles, Billy IRving, Kiran Landa, Gwilym Lloyd, Jack Lord, Toyin Omari-Kinch, Arinder Sadhra, Elizabeth Stretton, Simon Victor, Thomas Gilbey.

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford

Directors: Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris

This might have been the first production I saw at the cinema via NT Live and it really impressed me, both for the play and the way it worked in the cinema. But it took me until the tenth anniversary production to actually see it in a theatre and I loved it all over again. I'm seeing it on tour this autumn and am ready to be impressed. What a pity we had to endure the sentimental Spielberg film. This is one of those reminders of how good theatre can be.

Snow White

Snow White, London Palladium, 2018.

Cast: Dawn French, Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot, Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace, Charlie Stemp, Danielle Hope, Josh Bennett, Simeon Dyer, Craig Garner, Ben Goffe, Jamie John, Blake Lisle, Andrew Martin, Ben Brason, Richard Cadle, Zac Middleton, Chris Rait, Darragh Cowley, Liz Ewing, Ross Finnie, James Patterson, Lucie-Mae Sumner, Carrie Sutton, Faye Best, Myles Brown, Ivan de Freitas, Scott English, Diana Girbau, Matt Holland. Abigayle Honeywill, Stevie Hutchinson. Jemima Loddy, Megan Louch, Mollie McGugan, Leanne Pinder, Oliver Roll, Jordan Rose, Aaron J Smith, Grant Thresh, Charlotte Wilmott.

Written & directed by Michael Harrison

Dawn French was a big deal and I'm sure this was amazing, but inevitably I can't remember it.

Aspects of Love

Aspects of Love, Southwark Playhouse, 2019.

Cast: Kelly Price, Felix Mosse, Jerome Pradon, Madalena Alberto, Minal Patel, Eleanor Walsh, Julie J Nagle, Jason Kajdi, Jack Churms.

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics: Don Black & Charles Hart

Director: Jonathan O'Boyle

I think at this stage I was feeling a warmth towards Andrew Lloyd-Webber which this ruined. The plot is probably "of its time" with a relationship between an older man and a younger woman that was creepy and unpleasant. The only song I know - Love Changes Everything - is the first number and I expect it was downhill from there.

Company

Company, Gielgud Theatre, 2018.

Cast: Patti Lupone, Daisy Maywood, Richard Fleeshman, Jonathan Bailey, George Blagden, Rosalie Craig, Ashley Campbell, Mel Giedroyc, Gavin Spokes, Alex Gaumond, Richard Henders, Jennifer Saayeng, Ben Lewis, Matthew Seadon-Young.

Music & lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Book: George Furth

Director: Marianne Elliott

I knew Company years before I ever saw it because BBC2 showed the Donmar Warehouse production with Adrian Lester one Saturday evening. I saw a production at the Southwark Playhouse and then an amateur production and accumulated several cast recordings but this is the first proper big West End production. Oh my God it was worth it. Listening to the cast recording now the gender switch at the heart of it really works, and oh good heavens I saw Patti Lupone! I feel like nobody can do this for a while as they'll be competing with this production and coming up short.

Cock

Cock, Minerva Theatre Chichester, 2018.

Cast: Luke Thallon, Matthew Needham, Isabella Laughland, Simon Chandler.

Writer: Mike Bartlett

Director: Kate Hewitt

I hated this, particularly the story in which one half of a gay couple suddenly falls in love with a woman. Now I can't remember why I hated it - unrealistic? insulting? stupid? unoriginal? It wasn't helped by the lack of set either. 

Me and My Girl

Me and My Girl, Chichester Festival Theatre, 2018.

Cast: Siobhan Harrison, Dominic Marsh, Jacqui Dubois, Matt Harrop, Jennie Dale, Caroline Quentin, Clive Rowe, Jak Skelly, Matt Lucas, Alex Young, Oliver Tester, Lauren Hill, Ryan Pidgen, Toyan Thomas-Browne, Ronan Burns, Victoria Hinde, Davide Fienauri, Lydia Bannister, Natasha Mould, Pippa Raine, Monica Swayne, Charlotte Scott, Emile Ruddock, Melissa Lowe.

Book & lyrics: L Arthur Rose & Douglas Furber

Book revised by Stephen Fry with contributions by Mike Ockrent

Music: Noel Gay

Director: Daniel Evans

All these old musicals blend a little bit but I'm disappointed I don't remember something starring Caroline Quentin and also featuring Alex Young who I've seen in so many things it feels like stalking. Perhaps The Lambeth Walk was too awful and I've wiped it from my mind.

Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart, Cambridge Arts Theatre, 2018.

Cast: Michael Byrne, Christopher Colquhoun, Rudi Dharmalingam, Calum Finlay, David Jonsson Fray, Elliot Levey, John Light, Carmen Monroe, Eileen Nicholas, Daniel Rabin, Juliet Stevenson, Lia Williams, Harry Anton, Matt Butcher, Jane Macfarlane, Denise Stephenson, Rachel Kitts, Georgia Vyvyan.

Writer: Friedrich Schiller

Adapted & directed by Robert Icke

My overwhelming memory of this is that it was about half an hour too long. My next memory is that it didn't have much set - no Tudor castles were recreated. But reading the programme it turns out that Juliet and Lia were alternating in the roles of Elizabeth & Mary, an idea borrowed from Danny Boyle's Frankenstein although perhaps he wasn't the first. I have no idea which way around I saw them, and I doubt it mattered. It also looks like Cambridge was the only place it played outside London, although 50 minutes from London is hardly that far. I think we were supposed to feel lucky that it came but it's a pity they didn't send something more fun - there's a whole page about Carl Jung in the programme for goodness sake!

Everybody's Talking about Jamie

Everybody's Talking about Jamie, Apollo Theatre, 2018.

Cast: John McCrea, Josie Walker, Mina Anwar, Tamsin Carroll, Lucie Shorthouse, Phil Nichol, Alex Anstey, James Gillan, Daniel Jacob, Ken Christiansen, Daniel Davids, Luke Baker, Courtney Bowman, Jordan Cunningham, Ryan Hughes, Harriet Payne, Shiv Rabheru, Lauren Rae, Kirstie Skivington.

Music & orchestrations: Dan Gillespie Sells

Book & lyrics: Tom Macrae

Director & Co-writer: Jonathan Butterell

This is just pure joy and I hope I get to see it many more times.

The Inheritance

The Inheritance, Young Vic, 2018.

Cast: Hugo Bolton, Robert Boulter, Andrew Burnap, Hubert Burton, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Hilton, Samuel H Levine, Syrus Lowe, Michael Marcus, Vanessa Redgrave, Kyle Soller, Luke Thallon, Michael Walters.

Writer: Matthew Lopez

Director: Stephen Daldry

Somehow it doesn't feel right that something which made so much of an impact on me has such a thin programme. This was my first visit to the Young Vic, which I really liked as a theatre and would definitely go back to. It's a play in two parts and we saw both on the same Saturday, a long day with a quick dinner between the two, which left me feeling hugely satisfied. As much as I might wish everything was 90 minutes long with no interval there are times when the work is so good that you can do this with it. I didn't see it when it transferred to the West End as I didn't think the staging would work in an old theatre and the seats wouldn't be comfortable enough to get through it. Stupidly I'd forgotten that Vanessa Redgrave was in it.

This House

This House, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2018.

Cast: Ian Barritt, William Chubb, Giles Cooper, Stephen Critchlow,James Gaddas, Natalie Grady, Ian Houghton, David Hounslow, Marcus Hutton, Harry Kershaw, Louise Ludgate, Geoffrey Lumb, Nicholas Lumley, Martin Marquez, Matthew Pidgeon, Miles Richardson, Tony Turner, Orlando Wells, Charlotte Worthing.

Writer: James Graham

Directors: Jeremy Herrin & Jonathan O'Boyle

I saw this from my usual cheap seat at the back of the theatre but enjoyed it so much I wished I'd seen it from a decent seat so it would have been easier to tell all the straight white men apart. A great piece of theatre, as we've come to expect from James Graham, although I perhaps wish he was a bit less prolific just so we can all keep up.

Fat Friends the Musical

Fat Friends the Musical, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2018. 

Cast: Joel Montague, Jodie Prenger, Jonathan Halliwell, Natalie Anderson, Sam Bailey, Rachel Wooding, Neil Hurst, Kevin Kennedy, Natasha Hamilton, Chloe Hart, Craig Armstrong, Emma Crossley, Ellie Leah, Laura Mansell, Ryan Pidgen, Lizzie Bea, Paul Brangan.

Book, lyrics & director: Kay Mellor

Composer: Nick Lloyd Webber

I have a strong suspicion I left this at the interval. I'd never seen the TV show it's based on but assumed that because it's a musical and I've been overweight all my life I might enjoy it. It's a pretty decent cast for this kind of thing - one of Atomic Kitten! - but I remember nothing of it.

The York Realist

The York Realist, Donmar Warehouse, 2018.

Cast: Ben Batt, Jonathan Bailey, Lesley Nicol, Lucy Black, Matthew Wilson, Katie West, Brian Fletcher.

Writer: Peter Gill

Director: Robert Hastie

The Donmar is so small - 180 seats? - that you're lucky if you can get a seat there for anything remotely popular and yet I've been a few times. I'd have been very sad if I'd missed this as it was so good I went to see it again in Sheffield which made me realise how accessible that city is and how lovely. Great production of a really lovely play.

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter, The Empire Cinema London, 2018.

Cast: Isabel Pollen, Jim Sturgeon, Dean Nolan, Beverly Rudd, Katrina Kleve, Lucy Thackeray, Jos Slovick, Peter Dukes, Seamas Carey, Pat Moran.

Adaptor & director: Emma Rice

I'd see this again at the drop of a hat (although now I say that I wonder if it's toured and stupidly I didn't). It reminds me now of the production of The 39 Steps that I hated, because it made it funny, whereas while this had humour in it it also took the subject of love very seriously. It looked beautiful too in a big old cinema.

Pippin

Pippin, Southwark Playhouse, 2018.

Cast: Genevieve Nicole, Jonathan Carlton, Rhidian Marc, Bradley Judge, Mairi Barclay, Tessa Kadler, Michelle Andrews, Scott Hayward, Ellie Seaton, Andrew Halliday, Olivia Faulkner.

Book: Roger D. Hirson

Music & lyrics: Stephen Schwarz

Director: Jonathan O'Doyle

At this point I realise that I can no longer tell apart all the musicals I've seen at the Southwark Playhouse. I expect I loved this as I saw it - songs by the man who wrote Wicked! - but I can't remember a thing about it.

The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare's Globe, 2018.

Cast: Moyo Akandé, Jude Akuwudike, Andy Cryer, Sue Devaney, Bryan Dick, Matt Henry, Melissa James, Francesca Mills, Kat Rose-Martin, Paul Stocker, Ellora Torchia, Jon Trenchard, Jos Vantyler.

Writer: William Shakespeare

Director: Barrie Rutter

I'm convinced I've only seen one play at the Globe and this wasn't it. Apparently folk musician Eliza Carthy wrote music for it. I'm none the wiser.

The Life I Lead

The Life I Lead, Park Theatre, 2019.

Cast: Mile Jupp

Writer: James Kettle

Directors: Didi Hopkins & Selina Cadell

As the picture on the programme suggests this is about the man who played the father in Mary Poppins, who, it turns out, had a really interesting life (although I've forgotten it now). Miles Jupp was really well cast as a slightly posh bloke. I remember really enjoying it. 

Strangers in Between

Strangers in Between, Trafalgar Studios, 2018.

Cast: Roly Botha, Stephen Connery-Brown, Dan Hunter.

Writer: Tommy Murphy

Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher 

I remember nothing about this although after a bit of thought I recalled that it was set in Australia. Perhaps there was a bathroom as part of the set and someone was sick, but that could have been As If, another gay play I saw at the same place.

My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 2019.

Cast: Paddy Daly, Kammy Darweish, Hareet Deol, Jonny Fines, Nicole Jebeli, Omar Malik, Balvinder Sopal, Cathy Tyson, Gordon Warnecke.

Writer: Hanif Kureishi

Director: Nikolai Foster

Not the first play of this film I've seen and I doubt it will be the last - something about the subject and when it was made continues to resonate with men of a certain age. But I doubt I'd have travelled to Coventry to see it if Pet Shop Boys hadn't written some songs for it. No idea why they did but it's always nice to hear new things from them. Gordon Warnecke was in the original film, which was a nice connection.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, London Palladium, 2019.

Cast: Paul O'Grady, Julian Clary, Matt Baker, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot, Janine Duvitski, Sophie Isaacs, Lauren Stroud, Peter Pavlov & The Globe of Speed, The Skating Medini, Phil Hitchcock, Charlotte Bazeley, James Bennett, Myles Brown, Samara Casteallo, Belle Kizzy Green, Sally Jayne Hind, Stevie Hutchinson, Ediz Ibrahim, Mollie McGugan, Ella Nonini, Alexandra O'Reilly, Justin Thomas, Amy Thornton, Maxwell Trengove, Charlotte Wilmott, Luke Woollaston.

Writer & director: Michael Harrison

Stupidly this was the only time I ever saw Paul O'Grady on stage. I guess I thought he would always be there performing and then he got fed up with it and stopped, so I was lucky to see him in this. I think perhaps it wasn't the best fit for him and Julian Clary is just better at this kind of thing. I imagine they had a lot of fun taking the piss out of Matt Baker.

Matilda the Musical

Matilda the Musical, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2019.

Cast: Adam Vaughan, Peter Bindloss, Rebecca Thornhill, Sebastien Torkia, Matt Gillett, Matthew Caputo, Michelle Chantelle Hopewell, Carly Thoms, Emily Bull, Steffan Lloyd-Evans, Elliot Harper, Anu Ogunmefun, Richard Astbury, Oliver Bingham, Samara Casteallo, Joe Atkinson, Nina Bell, Sam Lathwood, Charlie Martin, Dawn Williams, Scarlett Cecil/Olivia Juno Cleverley/Freya Scott/Nicola Turner/Sophie Woolhouse, Presley Charman/Charlie Garton/Theo Hanness/Toby Mocrei, Oliver Dalby/Adam Lord/Ben Pike, Darcy Kelly/Felicity Mitson/Erin Rushidi, Brooke Burke/Chantelle Tonolete/Lily van Veen, Aiya Agustin/Georgia Mae Brown/Joely Robertson, Evie Allen/Lillie May Downton/Porsha Hoyland-Lau, Toby Hales/Noah Leggott/Ryan Tayler-Young, Joseph Black/Elliot Boothroyd/Alfie Sanderson.

Book: Dennis Kelly

Music & lyrics: Tim Minchin

Director: Matthew Warchus

I remember really enjoying this although the only thing that sticks in my memory is a scene with lots of kids standing on school desks. I'd like to see it again although I imagine it would attract a very young audience so perhaps I'd be better off seeing the film instead.

Torch Song

Torch Song, The Turbine Theatre, 2019

Cast: Matthew Needham, Daisy Boulton, Dino Fetscher, Jay Lycurgo, Rish Shah, Bernice Stegers.

Writer: Harvey Fierstein

Director: Drew McOnie

It was only as I typed this that I noticed the word "trilogy" is missing from the show title and yet it's still referred to like that in Harvey Fierstein's biography. I wonder what that's about?

This theatre is now closed, possibly because the person who ran it was awful, and that's a shame (excluding the awfulness) as it's another gay theatre space lost. I suppose it was a miracle it lasted as long as it did with just 92 seats in Battersea before the power station reopened.

I'm always going to enjoy this play. It's one of those things that's part of the gay landscape now, something that helped make men of a certain age who we are. I don't think we appreciate Harvey Fierstein enough.

Assassins

Assassins, Nottingham Playhouse, 2019

Cast: Peter Dukes, Eddie Elliott, Phoebe Fildes, Lillie Flynn, Joey Hickman, Matthew James Hinchcliffe, Evelyn Hoskins, Grace Lancaster, Alex Mugnaioni, Simon Oskarsson, Sara Poyzer, Jack Quarton, Ned Rudkins-Stow, Steve Simmonds, Zheng Xi Yong, Alfie John Atterby, Gabriel Boot.

Music & lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Book: John Weidman

Director: Bill Buckhurst

This is the only time I've been to the theatre in Nottingham and I'd love to go back but since the pandemic they seem to just have touring stuff on or their original stuff doesn't appeal enough for me to make the trip, which is a real shame as this was absolutely excellent. The narrator was changed to a woman and that worked brilliantly and the whole thing looked and sounded amazing. It's surprising how quickly I've gone from not knowing this show even existed to seeing three significant productions of it. I'd love to see it again.

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2019.

Cast: Jodie Prenger, Gemma Dobson, Tom Varey, Durone Stokes, Stuart Thompson.

Writer: Shelagh Delaney

Director: Bijan Shelbani

I look at this and wonder if it needed reviving, or if I needed to go. I think it was the first time I'd seen it although like every Morrissey fan I'm sure I've seen the film. Is it timeless and still relevant? Perhaps someone else could have had a go at telling the story instead? 

Amelie

Amelie, Playhouse Liverpool, 2019.

Cast: Audrey Brisson, Danny Mac, Sophie Crawford, Faoileann Cunningham, Rachel Dawson, Oliver Grant, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Chris Jared, Charley Magalit, Caolan McCarthy, Samuel Morgan-Grahame, Emma Jane Morton, Kate Robson-Stuart, Josh Sneesby, Jez Unwin.

Book: Craig Lewis

Music: Daniel Messe

Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Daniel Messe

Director: Michael Fentiman

I only ended up seeing this because the original plan to go to a gay club that evening proved ambitious for someone my age. It was absolutely delightful and I would have liked to have seen it again later on the same tour but never got round to it. If it was revived I'd definitely go. 

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2019

Cast: Catrin Aaron, Radhika Aggarwal, Fanta Barrie, Charlotte Beaumont, Samuel Gosrani, Leah Haile, Avita Jay, Andrew Joshi, Nicholas Khan, Leigh Lothian, Huw Parmenter, Lynda Rooke, Jack Sandle.

Writer: Alice Sebold

Adaptor: Bryony Lavery

Director: Melly Still

I've probably read the book and seen the film version of this too but all I can remember about it was that Stanley Tucci is the bad guy in the film. 

Young Marx

Young Marx, Bridge Theatre, 2017.

Cast: Duncan Wishey, Rory Kinnear, Joseph Wilkins, Nancy Carroll, Oliver Chris, Laura Elphinstone, Logan Clark/Rupert Turnbull/Joseph Walker, Tony Jayawardena, Eben Figueiredo, Dixie Egericks/Matilda Shapland/Harriet Turnbull, Scott Karim, Alana Ramsey, Fode Simbo, Nicholas Burns, Miltos Yerolemou, William Troughton, Sophie Russell.

Writers: Richard Bean & Clive Coleman

Director: Nicholas Hytner

This was the first production at the Bridge Theatre and although I've been three more times since then I still don't think it's found its identity. It just feels like the same sort of thing Nicholas Hytner would have done when he was at the National Theatre and often involves the same people he worked with before. I remember this being a farce - lots of running around a rather gloomy set. Unlikely choice for a first production.

A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2019.

Cast: Emma Amos, John Bett, Isla Blair, Meg Coombs, Rachel Essex, Tim Gibson, Liza Goddard, Roy Hudd, Tom Jude, Will Kelly, Georgia Landers, Mark Meadows, Paul Rider, Katy Stephens.

Writer: Oscar Wilde

Director: Dominic Dromgoole

I'd forgotten this even existed and remember nothing about it. I wonder if it was originally part of the season in London where they did every one of Wilde's play, which I never made it to as they were all very averagely reviewed. Roy Hudd seems like a link to music hall and older times and I'd forgotten I'd ever seen him. I think this must have been his last production.