Your first time... How was it?

Coming in late. First show ever was Blackbird by David Harrower, at the old Albery. Early 2006, and a friend who was visiting from the north asked me, so what's to do in town? I was new myself, having moved to London just three months before. So took a punt - and it turned out to be quite an experience. Roger Allam / Jodhi May / grooming / pedophilia. Billington wrote "Not since Festen has the West End offered such a searing theatrical experience." There was some brief nudity, I think, and even a full-sized car driving on to the stage!

Some two thousand shows later, and I still go around three times a week.