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LES ACROSTICHES in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 2
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBYN HOOD (Drill Hall Arts Centre, London WC1; opened 4 December, 1998)
AFORE NIGHT COME (Theatr Clwyd, Mold; opened 26 January, 1998)
THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 7 May, 1998)
ANNIE (Victoria Palace Theatre, London SW1; opening night for new cast 15 December, 1998)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA in ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
ASHES TO ASHES/BUFF (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 24 June, 1998)
AS YOU LIKE IT in ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
AUTOCRAT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
AVIGNON FESTIVAL: Giulio Cesare/Surfeurs/Œdipe le Tyran/Le Cid (Various venues, Avignon; July, 1998)
THE BARBERS OF SURREAL (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 2 March, 1998)
LENNY BEIGE – ONE MAN AND HIS TALENT (Criterion Theatre, London W1; opened 1 October, 1998)
THE BLACK DAHLIA (Northcott Theatre, Exeter/touring; opened 2 November, 1998)
THE BLOODY CHAMBER (The London Dungeon, London SE1; opened 5 March, 1998)
BRASSED OFF (Royal National Theatre (Olivier), London SE1; opened 8 June, 1998)
BUFF presented with ASHES TO ASHES
KEN CAMPBELL'S PIDGIN MACBETH (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 25 July, 1998)
CHICAGO (Adelphi Theatre, London WC2; opening night for new cast 2 December, 1998)
CINDERELLA (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 3 December, 1998)
CINDERELLA (Oxford Playhouse; opened 5 December, 1998)
THE COLLECTOR (Derby Playhouse/Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 2 October, 1998)
COMIC POTENTIAL (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 4 June, 1998)
CRIMES OF THE HEART (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 8 November, 1998)
THE CUCUMBER MAN (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 6 May, 1998)
ALAN DAVIES: URBAN TRAUMA (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 3 March, 1998)
THE DEAD MONKEY (Whitehall Theatre, London SW1; opened 29 September, 1998)
DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
DEEP SPACE (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 20 March, 1998)
DISCO PIGS (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 June, 1998)
DON'T LAUGH IT'S MY LIFE in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 1
DRACULA (Hackney Empire, London E8; opened 4 February, 1998)
DUST (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 5 March, 1998)
ELTON JOHN'S GLASSES (Queen's Theatre, London W1; opened 10 June, 1998)
EMPTY JESTERS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
EURYDICE (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 20 November, 1998)
THE EXHIBITIONISTS in BELFAST FESTIVAL 2
EXODUS (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 15 October, 1998)
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
FASCINATIONS FROM THE CROWD in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
FLESH in THE GENERATION TRILOGY
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY (Nottingham Playhouse/Birmingham Rep; opened 28 April, 1998)
GARGANTUA in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1; opened 23 July, 1998)
GETTING THE PICTURE in BELFAST FESTIVAL 1
GIULIO CESARE in AVIGNON FESTIVAL
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 30 June, 1998)
GUARDS! GUARDS! (Hackney Empire, London E8/touring; opened 23 March, 1998)
HAMLET (Birmingham Rep; opened 22 September, 1998)
HINDLE WAKES/SO SPECIAL (Manchester Royal Exchange; opened 8 December, 1998)
HYMN TO LOVE (Drill Hall Arts Centre, London WC1; opened 12 May, 1998)
HYMN TO LOVE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
ICED (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 21 January, 1998)
THE ICE HOUSE in GLASGOW CITIZENS JANUARY OPENINGS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Richmond Theatre/touring; opened 9 November, 1998)
PHILIP JEAYS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
JUMPERS (Birmingham Rep; opened 22 June, 1998)
THE KING AND I (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 3 December, 1998)
KLUB in THE GENERATION TRILOGY
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE (The Pit, London EC2; opened 10 March, 1998)
LEBENSRAUM (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 27 April, 1998)
LIFEGAME (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 23 June, 1998)
LIVING TOGETHER in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS
LOVE UPON THE THRONE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! (Library Theatre, Manchester; opened 13 March, 1998)
MAKBED BLONG WILLUM SEKSPIA (KEN CAMPBELL'S PIDGIN MACBETH) (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 25 July, 1998)
MARTIN GUERRE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 8 December, 1998)
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE (Salisbury Playhouse Studio; opened 23 April, 1998)
MEN SHOULD WEEP in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 8 December, 1998)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Birmingham Rep/touring; opened ?? March, 1998)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Cheltenham Everyman/touring; opened 6 October, 1998)
MISS EVERS' BOYS (The Pit, London EC2; opened 16 September, 1998)
MR PUNTILA AND HIS MAN MATTI (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 13 October, 1998)
MONSTERS OF GRACE (Barbican Theatre, EC2; opened 19 May, 1998)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 18 February, 1998)
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL in BELFAST FESTIVAL 1
MY LAST WEEK WITH MODOLIA in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
MYRA AND ME in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL (Various venues, Scarborough; 1-8 April, 1998)
NEW EDNA – THE SPECTACLE (Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London SW1; opened 21 April, 1998)
ROB NEWMAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
NORTHERN STAR in BELFAST FESTIVAL 2
ŒDIPE LE TYRAN in AVIGNON FESTIVAL
OEDIPUS TYRRANOS [sic] (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 18 June, 1998)
ISSEY OGATA (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 24 February, 1998)
OTRA TEMPESTAD (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 21 July, 1998)
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1/touring; opened 16 September, 1998)
PERFECT PITCH (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 7 July, 1998)
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 15 September, 1998)
KEN CAMPBELL'S PIDGIN MACBETH (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 25 July, 1998)
QUATRE MAINS in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 1
QUATRE MAINS in BELFAST FESTIVAL 2
QUEEN (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 8 June, 1998)
RAMEAU'S NEPHEW in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
THE RED ZONE in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 1
THE RELAPSE, or VIRTUE IN DANGER in GLASGOW CITIZENS JANUARY OPENINGS
THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 1 May, 1998)
THE RINK (Leicester Haymarket; opened 5 September, 1998)
RITA, SUE & BOB TOO (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 29 July, 1998)
ROMEO AND JULIET (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 2 February, 1998)
ROUND & ROUND THE GARDEN in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS
SABINA! (Pleasance London, London N7; opened 3 March, 1998)
SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS (Queen's Theatre, London W1; opened 25 March, 1998)
SAVING CHARLOTTE (Bridewell Theatre, London EC4; opened 27 October, 1998)
SCHIPPEL, THE PLUMBER (Palace Theatre, Watford; opened 9 June, 1998)
SECOND-HAND THUNDER (Lyric Theatre, Belfast/touring; opened ?? June, 1998)
SILAS MARNER (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 14 April, 1998)
THE SINGULARITY in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 2
SKIN TIGHT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
SNAKES AND LADDERS (The Fire Station, London E14; opened 27 May, 1998)
THE SNOW PALACE (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 1 December, 1998)
SOLDIERS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
SO SPECIAL reviewed with HINDLE WAKES
SPERM WARS (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 11 September, 1998)
STILL PLAYING THE FOOL in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
SWEET CHARITY (Victoria Palace Theatre, London SW1; opened 19 May, 1998)
TABLE MANNERS in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Oxford Playhouse/touring; opened 17 October, 1998)
THREE MEN IN A BOAT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
THREE SISTERS (Birmingham Rep; opened 3 November, 1998)
THE TRACKERS OF OXYRHYNCHUS (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 10 October, 1998)
THE TURN OF THE SCREW in GLASGOW CITIZENS JANUARY OPENINGS
URBAN TRAUMA [ALAN DAVIES] (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 3 March, 1998)
VOLUNTEERS (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 22 October, 1998)
THE WARP (Albany Theatre, London SE8; 28-29 March, 1998)
THE WARP (Albany Theatre, London SE8; 2-3 May, 1998)
WEEKEND BREAKS (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 19 January, 1998)
THE WHITEHEADED BOY (Greenwich Theatre, London SE10/touring; opened 14 July, 1998)
WHITTINGTON JUNIOR AND HIS SENSATION CAT (Players' Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 December, 1998)
ROBERT WILSON in BELFAST FESTIVAL 2
YOU'LL HAVE HAD YOUR HOLE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 25 February, 1998)
ZERO in THE GENERATION TRILOGY