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Post by Michael on Dec 17, 2016 11:39:07 GMT
Those of you who were also members of the old board may remember that we used to have an annual thread to post all the new theatres you visited in this year for the first time (in forever  ) - and the show(s) you saw there. Here's the 2016 edition, and I'll go first  UKLondonNoel Coward Theatre: Mrs Henderson Presents London Coliseum: Sunset Boulevard Harold Pinter Theatre: Sunny Afternoon Charing Cross Theatre: Titanic Old Vic: Lorax and Groundhog Day RegionalLeicester - Curve Theatre: Legally Blonde Bradford - The Alhambra Theatre: Wicked International Tour USNew YorkSt James Theatre: Something Rotten Eugene O'Neill Theatre: Book of Mormon Wintergarden Theatre: School of Rock Longacre Theatre: A Bronx Tale Music Box Theatre: Dear Evan Hansen RegionalSt. Louis - Fox Theatre: Newsies US Tour San Diego - Civic Theatre: Newsies US Tour |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 11:49:47 GMT
Great thread!
London:
Noel Coward - Mrs H
Phoenix - Bend it like Beckham
Prince Edward - Miss Saigon
Duke of Yorks - Work
Dominion - The Bodyguard
Regional:
Woking - Hairspray, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Post by d'James on Dec 17, 2016 12:03:04 GMT
Kings Cross Theatre - In The Heights and The Railway Children
Coliseum - Sunset Boulevard
Wilton's Music Hall - Springtime for Henry and Barbara, Floyd Collins
Oxford Playhouse - Single Spies
Maybe the Apollo - The Go-Between
Maybe The Lyttelton at the National - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
I'd never been to The Charing Cross Theatre since it's been called that so that semi-counts maybe.
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Post by CG on the loose on Dec 17, 2016 12:22:42 GMT
London:
Lyceum Theatre (next Monday - can't believe I've never been before!)
Wilton's Music Hall
Regional:
City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
Curve Theatre Studio, Leicester (first visit to the studio after many to the main space)
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth
Oakengates Theatre, Telford
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
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Post by Polly1 on Dec 17, 2016 14:48:30 GMT
Found 111 - The Dazzle Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - Andreas Scholl concert Park Theatre - Patriotic Traitor and Don't Sleep There Are Snakes Soho Theatre- Monster Raving Loony Arcola - Kenny Morgan Orange Tree Richmond - French Without Tears Wilton's - Britten in Brooklyn King's Cross - The Tempest and Lazarus A bumper year for new theatres for me |
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Post by zsazsa on Dec 17, 2016 15:03:19 GMT
London Coliseum: Sunset Boulevard
Sunderland Empire: Billy Elliot
Palace Theatre (Kilmarnock): Made In Dagenham
Opera House, Manchester: Bernadette Peters
Jermyn St Theatre, London: I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road
Duchess Theatre: The Play That Goes Wrong
The Queens Theatre, Hornchurch: Made In Dagenham
Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkaldy: Stella Parton
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 16:49:32 GMT
Trafalgar Studios 2 - Vanities
Southwark Playhouse - Side Show
The Old Vic - Groundhog Day
Waterloo East Theatre - Jest End
St. James Theatre - Rachel John: The Songs I'll Necer Sing
New Wimbledon Theatre - Sister Act & Dick Whittington
Charring Cross Theatre - Titanic
Noel Coward Theatre - Mrs. Henderson Presents & Half a Sixpence
Duke of Yorks Theatre - Doctor Faustus
Arts Theatre - American Idiot & Murder Ballad
New London Theatre - Show Boat
... jeez, thats alot of new theatres!
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Post by David J on Dec 17, 2016 17:12:45 GMT
London
Arts Theatre - Murder Ballad
Criterion - The Comedy about a bank robbery
Apollo - Nell Gwynn
Garrick - The Painkiller
Wimbledon - Lady Anna: All at Sea
Jack Studio Theatre - The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bush Hall - Boys will be Boys
Theatre Royal Haymarket - How the other half loves
Etcetera - The Tempest
Theatro Technis - Danger: Memory
Regional
Birmingham Hippodrome - Mary Poppins
Bristol Old Vic (though only through the back door because of the restoration works - King Lear
Lighthouse Theatre, Poole - Hamlet
I'm kinda hoping to try some regional venues further afield next year
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 17:22:06 GMT
Arcola - Kenny Morgan
Kings Cross - In The Heights, The Tempest, Lazarus
The Bunker - Tonight With Donny Stixx
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 17:41:32 GMT
Swalec Stadium, Pontcanna - The Insatiable Inflatable Candylion (NTW)
Corys Building, Butetown - Black Stuff (Volcano)
Arcola Theatre, Dalston - Kenny Morgan (Arcola)
Kings Cross Theatre - In the Heights (Southwark Playhouse)
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Shakuntala (India Dance Wales)
Butetown History and Arts Centre - Swarm (Fio)
The Other Place, Stratford-upon- Avon - Fall of the Kingdom Rise of the Foot Soldier & Always Orange (RSC)
Unicorn Theatre, Southwark - Adler and Gibb (Tim Crouch / Royal Court)
Tramshed, Cardiff - Wonderman (Gagglebabble / NTW / WMC)
Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff - The Memo (Big Loop)
The Yard, Hackney Wick - Pilgrims (HighTide / Theatr Clwyd ~ The Yard)
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Southwark - Comus & The Little Matchgirl (Shakespeare's Globe)
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Post by Steffi on Dec 17, 2016 18:31:20 GMT
Not that many new theatre for me this year.
London: King's Cross Theatre - Lazarus
Dartford: Orchard Theatre - Blood Brothers
Northampton: Royal & Derngade - Peter and the Starcatcher
New York: Walter Kerr Theatre - The Crucible
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 17, 2016 18:57:45 GMT
London
Queens Theatre, Dagenham - Made in Dagenham
Wilton's Music Hall - Floyd Collins
Found 111 - Bug
Gatehouse - Legally Blonde
Finborough - Adding Machine
kings Cross Theatre - Lazarus
Regional
Old Vic, Bristol - King Lear & Long Day's Journey Into Night
New Theatre, Cardiff - Guys and Dolls
Welsh Milenium Centre - Billy Elliot
Theatre Royal, Bath - Present Laughter
New Theatre, Oxford - Sound of Musi
Regents Theatre, Stoke - Cats
Toronto
Royal Alexander - Come From Away
New York
The Signature Centre - Sweet Charity
The Irish Reportary Theatre - Finan's Rainbow
No Broadway - Cos I am just a Broadway Baby
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 19:02:55 GMT
London:
st James- miss atomic bomb
the globe- a midsummer nights dream
dorfman:national- the flick and our ladies
duchess- the play that goes wrong
charing cross- titanic and ragtime
old vic- groundhog day
apollo- the go between
almeida- oil
wyndams- no mans land
and umpoming on Wednesday she loves me at the meneir
i also went to the palace theatre in new York to see an American in Paris
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 0:15:52 GMT
London:
Gielgud - The Curious Incident...
National (Olivier, but first time at the NT altogether) - The Threepenny Opera
Old Vic - Groundhog Day
Regional:
RSC, Stratford-Upon-Avon - Wendy and Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Though visited the foyer and gift shop MANY times before!)
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Post by viserys on Dec 18, 2016 6:06:48 GMT
Not many new ones in London for me:
Coliseum (Sunset Blvd)
Trafalgar Studios (The Maids)
Union Theatre (The Fix / I had never been to the old one, so I'm not just counting the new building)
If we earn bragging rights for theatres abroad, it's been:
Le Palace, Paris (Le Rouge et Noir)
Théâtre Châtelet, Paris (42nd Street)
Lenkom Theatre, Moscow (Juno & Avos)
Bolshoi Theastre, Moscow (Boris Godunov)
Operetta Theatre, Moscow (Count Orlov)
Opera House Dortmund (Sunset Blvd)
Will add the (in)famous Kings Cross in January when I finally see Lazarus there!
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Post by mistressjojo on Dec 18, 2016 8:17:44 GMT
London
Found 111 - The Dazzle
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - Pericles
Barbican - Richard 11
Donmar Warehouse - Les Liasons Danereuse
New York
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre - American Psycho
The Laura Pels Theatre - Love Love Love
Booth Theatre - Les Liasons Danereuse
BAM Harvey Theatre - RSC Richard II , Henry IV, Henry V
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Post by daniel on Dec 18, 2016 16:34:03 GMT
London:
Lyceum (The Lion King)
Duke of Yorks (Dr Faustus)
Playhouse (1984)
Charing Cross (Titanic)
Kings Cross (In The Heights & Lazarus)
Adelphi (Kinky Boots)
The Old Vic (Groundhog Day)
Criterion (Bank Robbery)
Wyndham's (No Mans Land)
Harold Pinter (Sunny Afternoon)
Southwark Playhouse (Side Show)
Noel Coward (Half A Sixpence)
New Wimbledon Theatre (Sister Act)
Waterloo East Theatre (Jest End)
National Theatre (The Red Barn)
Palladium (Cinderella)
Piccadilly (Jersey Boys)
Apollo (Peter Pan Goes Wrong)
Aldwych (Beautiful)
Royal Albert Hall (Disney's Broadway Hits)
Regional:
Royal Exchange, Manchester (Into The Woods)
The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham (Ushers)
Alhambra, Bradford (Wicked)
Theatre Royal, Newcastle (Mary Poppins)
Edinburgh Playhouse (Mamma Mia)
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Post by Squire Sullen on Dec 18, 2016 21:56:38 GMT
Barely any for me this year - I guess I should try a bit harder to get to some new venues in 2017.
London
Found111 (The Dazzle, Bug, Unfaithful, Fool for Love)
Soho Theatre (Monster Raving Loony, Bits of Me Are Falling Apart)
King's Cross Theatre (Lazarus)
Further afield
Abbey Theatre, Dublin (The Plough and the Stars)
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Dec 19, 2016 12:54:53 GMT
All in London for me:
Harold Pinter Theatre (lovely small theatre)
Southwark Theatre (three times!)
Trafalgar Studios (ridiculous layout and tiny toilets)
Coliseum (loved it, even being right at the top, dramatic auditorium and lovely big staircases and foyers)
Noel Coward Theatre
Union Theatre (in both its incarnations)
Apollo Theatre
Dominion Theatre (huge!)
Charing Cross Theatre (boiling for Titanic, and not even one of the hottest days)
Arts Theatre (ugh)
New London (great space, would definitely go back!)
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Post by zak97 on Dec 19, 2016 20:09:04 GMT
Apollo
Coliseum
Palace
Phoenix
Donmar Kings Cross
Noel Coward
New London
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 21:57:06 GMT
Prompted by SamB's post - I missed the New London from my list. Really liked it.
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Post by steve10086 on Dec 19, 2016 22:20:36 GMT
Lots of mentions of the Coliesum so far. In my aim of visiting every (major) London theatre I saw an opera at the Coliseum a few years ago. It was The Marriage of Figaro... and I fell asleep. Oh well, it was worth it as I'd never get in the theatre otherwise.
Then came 5 visits to see Sunset Boulevard.
And two visits coming up next year for Bat Out Of Hell.
Damn you Figaro!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:05:21 GMT
London:
Charing Cross Theatre: Titanic
Gielgud Theatre: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
New London Theatre: Show Boat & School of Rock
Noel Coward Theatre: Impossible
Old Vic: The Lorax and Groundhog Day
Theatre Royal Haymarket: The Libertine
New York:
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre - The Color Purple
Music Box Theatre - Shuffle Along
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 9:15:54 GMT
Charing Cross - Ragtime
Kings Cross - Lazarus
I used to go to the Charing Cross when it was The Players but the new layout made this seem like a totally different space.
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Post by bellboard27 on Dec 20, 2016 15:05:57 GMT
Greater London:
Bathway Theatre
Bunker Theatre
Corbett Theatre
Found 111
Fred’s Place Theatre
Greenwood Theatre
Hen and Chickens Theatre
Holland Park Opera
Hope Theatre
Rose Theatre, Kingston
Rose Theatre, Welling
St Martins Theatre
Shaw Theatre
The Print Room
Theatre N16
Regional:
Chichester, Minerva Theatre
Non-UK:
Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera and Ballet
Amsterdam, Frascati Theater
Berlin, Schiller Theater
Bratislava, Old National Theatre
Brussels, Cirque Royale
Brussels, Kaaitheatre
Brussels, Les Brigittines
Brussels, Petit Theatre Mercelis
Brussels, Warehouse Theatre
Copenhagen, Opera House
Copenhagen, National Theatre
Liege, Opera House
Lille, Opera House
Madrid, Theatro de la Zarzuela
Malmo, Opera House
Malta, Teatru Manoel
Paris, Opera Bastille
Paris, Theatre de Chatelet
The Hague, Zuiderstand Theatre
Utrecht, Beatrix Theatre
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) - and the show(s) you saw there. Here's the 2016 edition, and I'll go first 
