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BY TITLE (or alternatively, VIEW BY DATE)
ABANDONMENT (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE ACCUSED (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1; opened 5 December, 2000)
ACHILLES (Club Pleasance @ Potterrow, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE ADVENTURES OF PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (Ludlow Castle; opened 24 June, 2000)
ALADDIN (Palace Theatre, Watford; December, 2000)
ALCESTIS (Viaduct Theatre, Dean Clough, Halifax/touring; opened 18 September, 2000)
ALONE IT STANDS (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ANCIENT LIGHTS (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 6 December, 2000)
AN DIE MUSIK (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 11 September, 2000)
ANGELS AND SAINTS reviewed with BE MY BABY
THE ANTIPODES (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 18 August, 2000)
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 19 January, 2000)
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM (Arden's House, Faversham, Kent; opened 30 August, 2000)
ARE YOU DAVE GORMAN? (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ARE YOU DAVE GORMAN? in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
ARISTOCRATS (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 12 September, 2000)
ART (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; new cast opened 9 November, 2000)
ARTAUD IN WONDERLAND (Komedia @ Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
BALLAD OF YACHIYO (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 28 January, 2000)
BE MY BABY/ANGELS AND SAINTS (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 22 May, 2000)
THE BENCH (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 19 July, 2000)
THE BICYCLE BRIDGE (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
BLITHE SPIRIT in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
BLITHE SPIRIT (Leeds West Yorkshire Playhouse; opened 13 December, 2000)
THE BOGUS WOMAN (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE BOGUS WOMAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1: THEATRE
BOXED (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 10 May, 2000)
BRIDGES AND HARMONIES (Bridewell Theatre, London EC4; opened 14 November, 2000)
BRENDON BURNS (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
BYZANTIUM .00AD (Union Chapel, London N1; opened 31 January, 2000)
SCOTT CAPURRO (Pleasance, Edinburgh; )August, 2000
CARDOSO FLEA CIRCUS (Edinburgh's switch2.net Garden Party; August, 2000)
CARDOSO FLEA CIRCUS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3: NOVELTY SHOWS
THE CARETAKER (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 15 November, 2000)
LA CAVA (Piccadilly Theatre, London W1; re-opened 21 August, 2000)
CELEBRATION/THE ROOM (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 22 March, 2000)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Forum Theatre, Malvern/touring; opened 28 April, 2000)
LA CHUNGA: THE WOMAN OF OUR DREAMS in BELFAST FESTIVAL
CINDERELLA(Theatre Royal, Brighton; December, 2000)
THE CIRCLE (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 9 October, 2000)
CIRCUS OZ (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 1 March, 2000)
MAURICE CLARK IS A MAN OF SUBSTANCE IN A WORLD OF FILTH (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
JEFFREY COBB'S STRESS MANAGEMENT ROADSHOW (Komedia @ Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 29 November, 2000)
COMEDY STORE MANCHESTER – GALA OPENING (14 September, 2000)
CONVICTIONS in BELFAST FESTIVAL
COPENHAGEN (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; reviewed October, 2000)
RICH HALL IS OTIS LEE CRENSHAW (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
RICH HALL IS OTIS LEE CRENSHAW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
CROSSING (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 8 September, 2000)
CRUCIFIXION (Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
DEATH IN VENICE in GLASGOW CITIZENS NOVEMBER OPENINGS
DECKY DOES A BRONCO (Scotland Yard Playground, George V Park, Canonmills, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
DENIAL (Bristol Old Vic; opened 17 May, 2000)
OMID DJALILI: WARM TO MY WINNING SMILE (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
OMID DJALILI: WARM TO MY WINNING SMILE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
DOLLY WEST'S KITCHEN (Old Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 17 May, 2000)
DON CARLOS (The Pit, London EC2; opened 18 January, 2000)
THE DONKEY SHOW (Club Pleasance @ Potterrow, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE DONKEY SHOW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3: NOVELTY SHOWS
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (Colchester Mercury; opened 4 April, 2000)
THE DUTCH COURTESAN (Wimbledon Studio Theatre, London SW19; opened 4 July, 2000)
EDINBURGH FRINGE: A few closing words (August, 2000)
ENDGAME in GLASGOW CITIZENS FEBRUARY OPENINGS
EQUUS (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 24 March, 2000)
THE ERPINGHAM CAMP (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EVER AFTER (Rocket @ St John's Hall, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
EVERYTHING MUST GO (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff/touring; opened 1 March, 2000)
FALLEN ANGELS (Apollo Theatre, London W1; opened 25 October, 2000)
FILTH (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 22 March, 2000)
FIREFACE (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London SW1; opened 31 May, 2000)
FOUR HORSEMEN UK (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE FREE STATE (Bath Theatre Royal/touring; opened 8 March, 2000)
FRENCH AND SAUNDERS: LIVE IN 2000 (Apollo Hammersmith, London W6; opened 7 November, 2000)
GARTH MARENGHI'S FRIGHT KNIGHT (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
FUNHOUSE in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
GHOSTS (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; opened 11 September, 2000)
THE GHOST TRAIN TATTOO (Manchester Royal Exchange; opened 27 March, 2000)
THE GIFT (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 24 July, 2000)
THE GIMMICK (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE GIMMICK in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1: THEATRE
THE GOD SHOW (Club Pleasance @ Potterrow, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE GOOD THIEF presented with RUM AND VODKA
ARE YOU DAVE GORMAN? (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ARE YOU DAVE GORMAN? in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
THE GRADUATE (Gielgud Theatre, London W1; new cast opened 8 August, 2000)
THE BOOTHBY GRAFFOE SHOW (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
GREEKS: Oedipus/Electra/Medea (Tramway @ The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow; 18 March, 2000)
HALF A SIXPENCE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 21 November, 2000)
RICH HALL IS OTIS LEE CRENSHAW (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
RICH HALL IS OTIS LEE CRENSHAW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
HAMLET – FIRST CUT (Bloomsbury Theatre, London WC1; opened 18 January, 2000)
A HANDFUL OF STARS in THE WEXFORD TRILOGY
HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 30 May, 2000)
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 19 September, 2000)
HE STUMBLED (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 1 November, 2000)
THE HOLLOW MEN: LIVE AT THE LOUNGE (Gilded Balloon at Tailor's Hall, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
HOPELESS GAMES (Komedia @ Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
HOUSE/LIGHTS (Glasgow Tramway; opened 8 June, 2000)
HOWIE THE ROOKIE (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 27 October, 2000)
HYSTERIA (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 10 October, 2000)
I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT (Komedia @ Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
INNER CITY JAM (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 5 April, 2000)
IN ON IT (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
IN ON IT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1: THEATRE
IT WAS HENRY FONDA'S FAULT [OWEN O'NEILL] (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
IT WAS HENRY FONDA'S FAULT [OWEN O'NEILL] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE
JAZZ in GLASGOW CITIZENS FEBRUARY OPENINGS
KINDLING (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
KING OF SCOTLAND (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 27 January, 2000)
LIFE x 3 (Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1; opened 7 December, 2000)
LIVE AT THE LOUNGE[ THE HOLLOW MEN] (Gilded Balloon at Tailor's Hall, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
LOCO COUNTY LONESOME (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE LONDON THING (C, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 21 November, 2000)
LOVEPLAY [THE WEIRD SISTERS] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
LA LUPA (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 4 July, 2000)
MacHOMER (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
MADAME MELVILLE (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 18 October, 2000)
A MAN OF SUBSTANCE IN A WORLD OF FILTH [MAURICE CLARK] (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE MAN WHO STOLE A WINTER COAT (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 6 April, 2000)
MARCHING ON (Lyric Theatre, Belfast; opened 13 June, 2000)
GARTH MARENGHI'S FRIGHT KNIGHT (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
MARTIN NIGHT (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 7 September, 2000)
MAYBELLENE THE LIVING FASHION DOLL (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE MESSIAH (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 15 December, 2000)
METROPOLIS KABARETT (Terrace Café, Royal National Theatre, London SE1; opened 17 March, 2000)
MILLENNIUM MYSTERIES (Coventry Cathedral; opened 18 July, 2000)
LES MISÉRABLES (Palace Theatre, London W1; opened 4 December, 1985 – reviewed November, 2000)
MRS STEINBERG AND THE BYKER BOY (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 9 June, 2000)
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION (Manchester Royal Exchange; opened 5 June, 2000)
MR ENGLAND (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; opened 26 October, 2000)
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 April, 2000)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1; opened 16 June, 2000)
THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS (Albery Theatre, London WC2; re-opened 30 October, 2000)
NAKED LUNCH in BELFAST FESTIVAL
NAPOLEON (Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2; opened 17 October, 2000)
NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL (Various venues, Scarborough; 12-19 April, 2000)
NEVER NOTHING FROM NO ONE (Cockpit Theatre, London NW8; opened 13 January, 2000)
NEW BOY (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ROBERT NEWMAN: RESISTANCE IS FERTILE (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ROBERT NEWMAN: RESISTANCE IS FERTILE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS (Dominion Theatre, London W1; opened 23 May, 2000)
THE NUALAS (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 7 November, 2000)
NO. 2 (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 27 July, 2000)
OWEN O'NEILL: IT WAS HENRY FONDA'S FAULT (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
OWEN O'NEILL: IT WAS HENRY FONDA'S FAULT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE
THE ORANGE GIRLS (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
PAL JOEY in GLASGOW CITIZENS NOVEMBER OPENINGS
PEER GYNT in GLASGOW CITIZENS NOVEMBER OPENINGS
THE ADVENTURES OF PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (Ludlow Castle; opened 24 June, 2000)
RUSSELL PETERS: COMEDY CHAMELEON (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
RUSSELL PETERS: COMEDY CHAMELEON in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
PHAEDRA (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 18 April, 2000)
A PLACE AT THE TABLE (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 11 February, 2000)
THE PLEASURE MAN in GLASGOW CITIZENS FEBRUARY OPENINGS
POISON (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 21 February, 2000)
POOR BEAST IN THE RAIN in THE WEXFORD TRILOGY
PRESENT LAUGHTER (Birmingham Rep; opened 27 June, 2000)
THE PRICE OF MEAT (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 17 January, 2000)
PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3: NOVELTY SHOWS
THE READER (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE READER in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE
THE RECRUITING OFFICER (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 16 May, 2000)
RESISTANCE IS FERTILE [ROBERT NEWMAN] (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
RESISTANCE IS FERTILE [ROBERT NEWMAN] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
RICHARD II (The Pit, London EC2; opened 21 December, 2000)
THE RIVALS (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 18 December, 2000)
ROMEO AND JULIET (Westminster Theatre, London SW1; opened 13 January, 2000)
ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 5 July, 2000)
THE ROOM presented with CELEBRATION
RUM AND VODKA/THE GOOD THIEF (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
SAY NOTHING (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
SAY NOTHING in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1: THEATRE
THE SEA (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 13 June, 2000)
SEAGULLS (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 19 January, 2000)
THE SECOND AMENDMENT CLUB (C Underbelly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
A SERVANT TO TWO MASTERS (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 14 December, 2000)
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (Queen's Theatre, London W1; Opened 9 October, 2000)
THE SIMPSONS-MANIA TOUR 2000 (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; 14 August, 2000)
SINGLE SPIES (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 20 April, 2000)
666 [YLLANA] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 25 July, 2000)
ARTHUR SMITH SINGS LEONARD COHEN (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
ARTHUR SMITH SINGS LEONARD COHEN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3: NOVELTY SHOWS
SPACE BOY (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
SPEAKING IN TONGUES (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 8 June, 2000)
SPLENDOUR (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
SPLENDOUR in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1: THEATRE
STAND-UP – A PLAY ABOUT COMEDY (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW (Augustine's, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
STATIC (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
STIFF: UNDERTAKING UNDERTAKING (Club Pleasance @ Potterrow, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
STOLEN (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 6 July, 2000)
STONES IN HIS POCKETS (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 24 May, 2000)
TANTALUS (Denver Performing Arts Centre; opened 21 October, 2000)
THE TEMPEST (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 26 May, 2000)
THE TEMPEST (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 14 December, 2000)
3 DARK TALES (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Young Vic, London SE1; opened 6 December, 2000)
THUNDERSTRUCK (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THUNDERSTRUCK in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE
TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND (Bongo Club, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
TWELFTH NIGHT (Birmingham Rep; opened 5 September, 2000)
TWO WAY MIRROR in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS
ÜBERWORLD (C Too, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
VENECIA (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 2 June, 2000)
VINCENT RIVER (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 13 September, 2000)
VOICES (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
VOICES in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE
VOMIT AND ROSES (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WANTED (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WANTED MAN (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WARM TO MY WINNING SMILE [OMID DJALILI] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WARM TO MY WINNING SMILE [OMID DJALILI] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY
WATER presented with WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
RUBY WAX: STRESSED (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 14 November, 2000)
THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Manchester Royal Exchange; opened 25 April, 2000)
THE WEIRD SISTERS: LOVEPLAY (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WHITE MEN WITH WEAPONS (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
WINE IN THE WILDERNESS/WATER (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 16 October, 2000)
WINNER TAKES ALL (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 21 January, 2000)
THE WINTER'S TALE (Southwark Playhouse, London SE1; opened 29 June, 2000)
THE WOMAN OF OUR DREAMS in BELFAST FESTIVAL
WOMEN ON THE VERGER (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 26 June, 2000)
WONDERFUL TENNESSEE (Nottingham Playhouse; opened 6 June, 2000)
YLLANA'S 666 (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE YORK MILLENNIUM MYSTERY PLAYS (York Minster; opened 22 June, 2000)
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET (AGAIN) [COUNT ARTHUR STRONG AND TERRY TITTER] (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE ZERO YARD (The Garage, Edinburgh;
August, 2000)