The National Video Archive of Performance
Daniel Radcliffe in 'Equus', recorded at the Gielgud Theatre 2007
The National Video Archive of Performance (NVAP) is the outcome of a unique agreement between the Federation of Entertainment Unions and the V&A Theatre and Performance Department enabling us to make high quality archival recordings of live performance without payment of artists' fees for research purposes.
Viewing the recordings
These pages list the titles available in the archive, with links to information for individual productions. They can be accessed by individual researchers by appointment at the Theatre and Performance research facility at Blythe House in Olympia.
Email: tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk to book an appointment.
Group viewings take place in the Sackler Centre for Education in the V&A, South Kensington.
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NVAP Videos are not available for public screenings.
Videos of live performance available in the National Video Archive of Performance, recorded by the V&A Theatre and Performance Department. Where available, further details for specific productions can be viewed using the link from the production title in the listing.
To find out how to view these videos, visit the National Video Archive of Performance page.
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Title |
Recording Location |
Date |
Duration |
| A Flea in Her Ear |
The Old Vic |
23/02/2011 |
2 hrs |
| A View from the Bridge |
Duke of York's |
20/04/2009 |
1 hr 51 mins |
|
Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
20/11/1993 |
2 hrs 29 mins |
|
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Hampstead Theatre |
01/08/1998 |
2 hrs |
|
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Duke of York's |
10/10/2003 |
1 hr 40 mins |
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| Aladdin |
The Old Vic |
20/01/2005 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
| Aladdin |
Hackney Empire |
09/01/2010 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
| Alchemist, The |
National Theatre |
18/112006 |
2 hrs 21 Mins |
| All My Sons |
Apollo Theatre |
28/06/2010 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
Aldwych Theatre |
01/04/1998 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
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The Tricycle Theatre |
01/10/2000 |
1 hr 20 mins |
|
| An Ideal Husband |
Vaudeville Theatre |
12/01/2011 |
1 hr 50 mins |
| Antigone |
Bristol Old Vic |
01/03/2002 |
1 hr 30 mins |
| Antony and Cleopatra |
Swan Theatre, Stratford |
13/10/2006 |
2 hrs 49 mins |
|
Theatre Royal Haymarket |
24/05/1995 |
3 hrs 15 mins |
|
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Battersea Arts Centre |
01/01/2002 |
1 hr |
|
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The Albery Theatre |
01/02/1995 |
2 hrs 55 mins |
|
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Rose Theatre Kingston |
17/12/2004 |
2 hrs 26 mins |
|
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The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs |
01/10/1996 |
1 hr |
|
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Battersea Arts Centre |
01/02/1997 |
1 hr 22 mins |
|
| Avenue Q |
Noël Coward |
12/03/2009 |
2 hrs |
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Sadler's Wells |
01/01/1995 |
2 hrs 34 mins |
|
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Lyric Studio, Hammersmith |
01/03/1999 |
1 hr 40 mins |
|
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Bristol Old Vic |
02/05/2002 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
| Betrayal |
Harold Pinter Theatre (formerly the Comedy Theatre) |
28/07/2011 |
1 hr 30 mins |
|
Apollo Theatre |
21/06/2005 |
2 hrs 16 mins |
|
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Duchess Theatre |
24/06/2005 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
|
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Picture Gallery, Theatre Museum |
12/05/1996 |
1 hr 3 mins |
|
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Apollo Victoria Theatre |
15/07/2008 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
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Savoy Theatre |
17/05/2005 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
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Duchess Theatre |
01/07/2001 |
1 hr 50 mins |
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Minerva Theatre, Chichester |
01/08/2002 |
1 hr |
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| Boeing, Boeing |
Harold Pinter Theatre (formerly the Comedy Theatre) |
25/04/2007 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Chelsea Methodist Church |
01/06/1994 |
1 hr 3 mins |
|
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Natural Science Museum |
01/09/2000 |
1 hr 20 mins |
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Theatre Royal Haymarket |
28/08/2003 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
|
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Redbridge Drama Centre |
01/05/2002 |
55 mins |
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Duke of York's |
01/05/1995 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
|
| Butley |
Duchess Theatre |
16/08/2011 |
2 hrs |
|
The Tricycle Theatre |
09/06/2007 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
|
| Cardenio |
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
09/07/2011 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
| Caretaker, The |
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool |
27/11/2009 |
2 hrs 8 mins |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
Novello Theatre |
08/04/2010 |
3 hrs 25 mins |
|
Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
01/06/1997 |
2 hrs 58 mins |
|
| Cause Celebre |
The Old Vic |
12/05/2011 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
The Royal Court |
01/12/1997 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Gate Theatre |
15/04/1994 |
1 hr 54 mins |
|
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Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
01/01/2001 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
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Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon |
01/01/1996 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
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| Cherry Orchard, The (The Bridge Project) |
The Old Vic |
12/08/2009 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
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Birmingham Hippodrome |
01/02/1996 |
2 hrs 45 mins |
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Bush Theatre (with RNT Studio) |
14/01/1994 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
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| Cloaca |
The old Vic |
07/12/2004 |
2 hrs |
|
Richmond Theatre |
01/06/1998 |
55 mins |
|
| Colored Museum, The |
V&A Lecture Theatre |
19/10/2011 |
1 hr 30 mins |
| Comedians |
Lyric Hammersmith |
13/11/2009 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
Donmar Warehouse |
01/07/1999 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
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|
Gielgud Theatre |
18/05/2006 |
2 hrs 27 mins |
|
|
Wyndham's Theatre |
28/09/2004 |
2 hrs 12 mins |
|
| Design for Living |
The Old Vic |
18/11/2010 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
| Dick Turpin |
York Theatre Royal |
30/01/2009 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
Birmingham Hippodrome |
01/02/1994 |
2 hrs 44 mins |
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Lyric Hammersmith |
01/05/1999 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Young Vic |
01/04/2002 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
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|
Gielgud Theatre |
27/04/2005 |
3 hrs |
|
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Trafalgar Studios |
21/03/2007 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Wyndham's Theatre |
01/01/1996 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
|
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Battersea Arts Centre |
01/10/1997 |
1 hr 10 mins |
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Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
01/03/1997 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Elephant Vanishes, The |
Barbican Theatre |
16/09/2004 |
1 hr 30 mins |
| Endgame |
Duchess Theatre |
25/11/2009 |
1 hrs 42 mins |
| Enjoy |
Gielgud Theatre |
29/04/2009 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
| Enron |
Noël Coward | 31/03/2010 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
| Equus |
Gielgud Theatre |
21/05/2007 | 2hrs 06 mins |
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Hampstead Theatre |
06/11/1998 |
2 hrs |
|
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The Albery Theatre |
01/03/2001 |
50 mins |
|
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Garrick Theatre |
01/10/200 |
2 hrs |
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Almeida Theatre |
12/01/2004 |
2 hrs |
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Jackson's Lane Community Centre |
01/03/1996 |
1 hr 43 mins |
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Theatre Museum |
18/04/2004 |
1 hr 12 mins |
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Lyric Hammersmith |
01/11/2001 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Menier Chocolate Factory |
26/08/2004 |
1 hr 15 mins |
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The Tricycle Theatre |
07/02/2006 |
2 hrs 36 mins |
|
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Theatre Museum |
24/04/2004 |
45 mins |
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|
Ghosts |
Harold Pinter Theatre (formerly the Comedy Theatre) |
01/06/2001 |
2 hrs |
|
The Bush Theatre |
26/03/2002 |
1 hr 51 mins |
|
|
Donmar Warehouse |
01/05/1999 |
2 hrs |
|
| Great Game: Afghanistan, The |
The Tricycle Theatre |
17/05/2009 |
5 hrs 47 mins |
| Hair |
Gielgud Theatre |
30/08/2010 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
|
Barbican Theatre |
01/03/1993 |
3 hrs 51 mins |
|
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Donmar Warehouse |
25/11/1993 |
3 hrs 09 mins |
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The Old Vic |
21/07/2004 |
3 hrs 40 mins |
|
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Lyric Hammersmith |
21/06/2003 |
1 hr 31 mins |
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Duke of York's |
13/07/2005 |
2 hrs 1 mins |
|
|
Barbican Theatre (The Pit) |
09/01/1997 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
|
| Heretic, The |
The Royal Court |
17/03/2011 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
|
Young Vic |
20/06/2002 |
3 hrs 10 mins |
|
| Homecoming, The |
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
19/09/2011 |
2 hrs |
|
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
29/11/2001 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
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The Tricycle Theatre |
25/09/2002 |
1 hr 31 mins |
|
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The Old Vic |
30/08/1995 |
2 hrs 8 mins |
|
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Savoy Theatre |
06/05/1997 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
|
| Inadmissable Evidence |
Donmar Warehouse |
23/11/2011 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
|
Aldwych Theatre |
09/02/1994 |
1 hr 50 mins |
|
|
Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton) |
01/02/2000 |
1 hr 30 mins |
|
|
Vaudeville Theatre |
22/12/1993 |
2 hrs 9 mins |
|
| Jerusalem |
Royal Court Theatre |
15/08/2009 |
2 hrs 50 mins |
| Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
Young Vic |
16/06/2010 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
|
The Tricycle Theatre |
22/10/2003 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
|
|
John Gabriel Borkman |
Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton) |
30/11/1996 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
|
Royal Opera House |
05/05/1995 |
3 hrs 7 mins |
|
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The Old Vic |
13/02/1997 |
2 hrs 35 mins |
|
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Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
27/08/2005 |
2 hrs 35 mins |
|
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The Old Vic |
13/02/1997 |
2 hrs 55 mins |
|
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Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
27/08/2005 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
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Cochrane Theatre |
16/03/1994 |
2 hrs 49 mins |
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre, |
10/12/1993 |
3 hrs 21 mins |
|
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Young Vic |
25/06/1997 |
3 hrs 30 mins |
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| Krapp's Last Tape |
Duchess Theatre |
30/10/2010 |
53 mins |
|
Theatre Royal Haymarket |
24/05/2002 |
1 hr 50 mins |
|
| Late Middle Classes, The |
Donmar Warehouse |
07/07/2010 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
|
Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton) |
15/03/2003 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
|
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Barbican Theatre (Pit) |
16/01/2002 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Almeida Theatre |
28/03/1994 |
2 hrs 44 mins |
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Donmar Warehouse |
04/11/1993 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Royal Court Upstairs, Ambassadors |
12/03/1999 |
1 hr 30 mins |
|
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King's Head Theatre |
18/01/1997 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Lyttleton Theatre |
06/06/1998 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
|
|
Lion and Unicorn Theatre |
03/12/2004 |
1 hr 50 mins |
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| Loot |
The Tricycle Theatre |
28/01/2009 |
1 hr 40 mins |
|
Richmond Theatre |
27/06/1998 |
55 mins |
|
|
Maria Marten Or |
Britten Theatre |
01/12/1999 |
2 hrs |
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Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
17/10/1995 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton) |
16/03/2006 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
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Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
02/03/2000 |
3 hrs |
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| Midsummer |
The Tricycle Theatre |
20/01/2011 |
1 hr 50 mins |
|
Barbican Theatre |
19/08/1995 |
2 hrs 45 mins |
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| Midsummer Night's Dream, A |
The Roundhouse |
13/04/2007 |
2hrs 10 mins |
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Lyric Hammersmith |
10/05/1995 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
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Miserables, Les |
Palace Theatre |
25/03/2004 |
2 hrs 45 mins |
|
Mojo |
Royal Court Theatre |
01/08/1995 |
2 hrs |
| Moonlight |
Donmar Warehouse |
05/05/2011 |
1 hr 30 mins |
|
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl |
Royal Theatre, Northampton |
10/04/2003 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Mother Courage |
New Ambassadors Theatre |
01/05/2000 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Mrs Warren's Profession |
Strand Theatre |
01/01/2003 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
|
Much Ado About Nothing |
The Playhouse Theatre |
01/07/1998 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
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Murmuring Judges |
Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
01/11/1993 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
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My Fair Lady |
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
01/04/2002 |
3 hrs |
|
Nice Girls |
New Victoria Theatre, North Staffordshire |
01/11/1993 |
2 hrs 43 mins |
|
Night In November, A |
The Tricycle Theatre |
01/07/2002 |
2 hrs |
|
Noises Off |
Piccadilly Theatre |
01/08/2001 |
2 hrs |
| Not Black and White: Detaining Justice, Seize the Day, Category B |
The Tricycle Theatre |
15/12/2009 |
5 hrs 19 mins |
|
Number, A |
Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre) |
01/10/2002 |
1 hr |
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Oleanna |
Duke of York's |
01/01/1994 |
1 hr 54 mins |
|
Oliver! |
London Palladium |
01/07/1995 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
One For The Road |
New Ambassadors Theatre |
01/07/2001 |
40 mins |
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Oroonoko |
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon |
01/09/1999 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Othello |
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, |
01/10/1999 |
3 hrs |
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Our Country's Good |
Young Vic |
01/10/1998 |
2 hrs |
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Parents Terribles, Les |
Royal National Theatre (Lyttleton) |
01/07/1994 |
2 hrs 29 mins |
| Passion |
Donmar Warehouse |
25/11/2010 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Peer Gynt |
Barbican Theatre |
01/03/1994 |
3 hrs 36 mins |
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Pentecost |
Young Vic |
01/09/1995 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
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Permanent Way, The |
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
23/03/2004 |
1 hr 50 mins |
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Phantom Of The Opera |
Her Majesty's Theatre |
01/03/2003 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
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Phaedre |
The Albery Theatre |
01/11/1998 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Playing With Fire |
Studio Theatre, Theatre Museum |
01/04/1995 |
1 hr 13 mins |
| Posh |
Royal Court Theatre |
12/05/2010 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
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Present Laughter |
West Yorkshire Playhouse |
01/01/1999 |
2 hrs |
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Private Lives |
Lyric Hammersmith |
01/07/1996 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
Product: World Remix |
Bush Theatre |
31/01/2007 |
1 hr |
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Racing Demon |
Royal National Theatre (Lyttleton) |
01/11/1993 |
2 hrs 50 mins |
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Raisin In The Sun, A |
Young Vic |
01/06/2001 |
2 hrs 38 mins |
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Real Thing, The |
Donmar Warehouse |
01/08/1999 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
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Relatively Speaking |
Wycombe Swan |
01/02/2001 |
2 hrs 1 min |
|
Richard III |
Royal National Theatre (Lyttleton) |
01/05/1992 |
3 hrs 6 mins |
| Riots, The |
The Tricycle Theatre |
08/12/2011 |
1 hr 40 mins |
|
Rita, Sue And Bob |
Soho Theatre |
01/01/2001 |
1 hr 15 mins |
|
Rock'n'roll |
Royal Court Theatre |
14/07/2006 |
2 hrs 22 mins |
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Roman Actor, The |
Swan Theatre, Stratford |
01/06/2002 |
1 hr 40 mins |
|
Rose |
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
01/09/1999 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
|
Salad Days |
Vaudeville Theatre |
01/08/1996 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
| Saved |
Lyric Hammersmith |
03/11/2011 |
2 hrs 50 mins |
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Barbican Theatre |
01/11/1998 |
2 hrs 34 mins |
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| School for Scandal, The |
Barbican Theatre |
14/06/2011 |
3 hrs |
|
Glyndebourne |
01/06/1995 |
2 hrs |
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Shakespeare Revue, The |
Vaudeville Theatre |
01/01/1996 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Shockheaded Peter |
Lyric Hammersmith |
01/05/1998 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Shooting Shakespeare |
Hackney Empire |
21/10/2004 |
1 hr 40 mins |
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Shopping And F***ing |
Queen's Theatre |
01/03/1998 |
1 hr 40 mins |
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Wilton's Music Hall |
01/04/1999 |
2 hrs 30 mins |
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Simpatico |
Royal Court Theatre |
01/05/1995 |
2 hrs 37 mins |
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Skylight |
Wyndham's Theatre |
01/04/1996 |
2 hrs 20 mins |
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Hampstead Theatre |
01/05/1996 |
1 hr 55 mins |
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Gielgud Theatre |
01/03/2000 |
2 hrs |
|
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Royal National Theatre (Olivier) |
01/04/2002 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
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Royal Court Theatre |
01/10/1995 |
2 hrs 5 mins |
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Whitehall Theatre |
01/11/1994 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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Suddenly Last Summer |
The Albery Theatre |
07/07/2004 |
1 hr 35 mins |
|
Taking Sides |
Criterion Theatre |
01/09/1995 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
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Royal Court Theatre |
29/07/2005 |
2 hrs |
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Tarry Flynn |
Royal National Theatre (Lyttleton) |
01/08/1998 |
2 hrs |
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Tempest, The |
Shakespeare's Globe |
01/09/2005 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
| Tempest, The |
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
25/03/2011 |
1 hr 15 mins |
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This Night Only |
The Georgian Theatre, |
01/10/1997 |
3 hrs 30 mins, |
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Three Birds, The |
Gate Theatre |
01/11/2000 |
1 hr 35 mins |
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Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
01/09/1996 |
2 hrs |
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Wyndham's Theatre |
01/04/1995 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
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Threepenny Opera, The |
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
01/02/2003 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Aldwych Theatre |
01/02/2002 |
2 hrs 10 mins |
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| Tusk Tusk |
Royal Court Theatre |
23/04/2009 |
1 hr 26 mins |
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Barbican Theatre |
01/08/1995 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
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| Twelfth Night |
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
28/02/2011 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
|
Two |
Theatre Museum |
01/11/1993 |
1 hr 34 mins |
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Venus and Adonis |
Little Angel, Islington |
03/11/2004 |
1 hr |
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The Old Vic |
01/11/1997 |
2 hrs |
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| Waiting for Godot |
Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
17/06/2009 |
2 hrs 19 mins |
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War And Peace |
Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) |
01/11/1996 |
3 hrs 30 mins |
| Wastwater |
Royal Court Theatre |
26/04/2011 |
1 hr 30 mins |
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Water |
The Tricycle Theatre |
01/03/2001 |
50 mins |
|
Royal Court Theatre Downstairs |
01/03/1998 |
1 hr 45 mins |
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|
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
Almeida Theatre |
01/10/1996 |
2 hrs 24 mins |
|
Wine In The Wilderness |
The Tricycle Theatre |
01/03/2001 |
1 hr 20 mins |
| Winter's Tale, The (The Bridge Project) |
The Old Vic |
12/08/2009 |
2 hrs 40 mins |
| Woman in Black, The |
Fortune Theatre |
10/08/2010 |
1 hr 50 mins |
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Oval House |
03/04/2004 |
1 hr 50 mins |
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| Women Power and Politics Now |
The Tricycle Theatre |
17/07/2010 |
2 hrs 15 mins |
| Women Power and Politics Then |
The Tricycle Theatre |
17/07/2010 |
2 hrs 25 mins |
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Wonder, The |
Battersea Arts centre |
11/03/2007 |
1 hr 54 mins |
| Yes, Prime Minister |
Gielgud Theatre |
30/11/2010 |
2 hrs |
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