2001
All reviews copyright © Ian Shuttleworth; all rights reserved.
BY TITLE (or alternatively, VIEW BY DATE)
AFORE NIGHT COME (Young Vic, London SE1; opened 29 September, 2001)
THE AGE OF CONSENT (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE AGE OF CONSENT / RESOLUTION (Pleasance / Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
ALADDIN (Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15; opened 13 December, 2001)
ALL WORDS FOR SEX (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 14 February, 2001)
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Queen's Theatre, London W1; opened 29 May, 2001)
AMONG UNBROKEN HEARTS (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 27 April, 2001)
ANDORRA (Young Vic, London SE1; opened 23 October, 2001)
ANTARCTICA (Savoy Theatre, London WC2; opened 9 October, 2001)
BRIAN APPLETON: LET'S LOOK AT SOUND (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
AS THE BEAST SLEEPS (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 19 September, 2001)
AS YOU LIKE IT (The Pit, London EC2; opened 2 January, 2001)
BACK TO METHUSELAH (The Pit, London EC4; opened 20 February, 2001)
THE BATTLE (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 18 June, 2001)
BELLE (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 9 March, 2001)
BERKOFF'S WOMEN (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2/touring; opened 5 February, 2001)
BERTRAND'S TOYS in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL
BEWILDERNESS (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 3 May, 2001)
BLACKBIRD (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 8 June, 2001)
BLUE/ORANGE (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 30 April, 2001)
THE OFFICIAL TRIBUTE TO THE BLUES BROTHERS (Whitehall Theatre, London SW1; opened 2 May, 2001)
BOB (The Pit, London EC2; opened 5 June, 2001)
BOUNCERS (Whitehall Theatre, London SW1; opened 2 February, 2001)
BOY GETS GIRL (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court, London SW1; opened 7 November, 2001)
BRIXTON STORIES (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 17 October, 2001)
BUCHETTINO (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 19 June, 2001)
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 18 September, 2001)
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 2 November, 2001)
CAUGHT IN THE NET (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 29 August, 2001)
CHARLIE LAVENDER: A BANKSIDE BOY reviewed with THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
CHEKHOV DOUBLE BILL: The Jubilee/The Wedding (Shaw Theatre, London NW1; opened 15 June, 2001)
CHICAGO (Adelphi Theatre, London WC2; new cast opened 30 April, 2001)
CIRCUS OF EVIL [TREV AND SIMON] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
CLOCKWATCHING (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 30 March, 2001)
CLOSER TO HEAVEN (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 31 May, 2001)
ANDREW CLOVER: PUPPY LOVE (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 12 March, 2001)
COOPED (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LE COSTUME (Young Vic, London SE1; opened 24 January, 2001)
CYMBELINE (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 10 July, 2001)
DAHLING YOU WERE MARVELLOUS (C Belle Angèle, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
DANGEROUS CORNER (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 6 November, 2001)
THE DANNY CROWE SHOW (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 12 October, 2001)
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 1 October, 2001)
THE DEAD MOVE FAST (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
DEALING WITH CLAIR (Union Theatre, London SE1; opened 15 February, 2001)
DECKY DOES A BRONCO (Coram's Fields, London WC1; opened 21 June, 2001)
DON JUAN (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; opened 2 October, 2001)
ecstasy + GRACE (Finborough Theatre, London SW6; opened 8 March, 2001)
THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 3 July, 2001)
FAITH HEALER (Almeida Theatre at King's Cross, London N1; opened 28 November, 2001)
FALSETTOLAND (Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
FAR AWAY (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 18 January, 2001)
FEELGOOD (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 April, 2001)
THE FEMALE ODD COUPLE (Apollo Theatre, London W1; opened 23 April, 2001)
THE FINAL BEATITUDE (UTTAR PRIYADARSHI) (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 26 September, 2001)
FINDING THE SUN presented with MARRIAGE PLAY
FOLEY / MIDDEN (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
FOREIGN AIDS [PIETER-DIRK UYS] (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 4 July, 2001)
FOURTEEN SONGS, TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 16 February, 2001)
JULIAN FOX: RE-BRANDING MR GOD (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
FRANKENSTEIN: A TRULY MONSTROUS EXPERIMENT (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 9 November, 2001)
FUCKING GAMES (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, London SW1; opened 13 November, 2001)
FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 24 May, 2001)
GAGARIN WAY (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
GAMEPLAN (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 29 May, 2001)
GHOSTDANCING (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6/touring; opened 11 October, 2001)
GHOSTS (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 2 April, 2001)
GHOST SHIRT in EDINBURGH FRINGE
GOD ONLY KNOWS (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 March, 2001)
THE GOOD HOPE (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 8 November, 2001)
THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN (Contact Theatre, Manchester/touring; opened 1 March, 2001)
GOOSE NIGHTS (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE GRADUATE (Gielgud Theatre, London W1; new cast opened 21 February, 2001)
GREEK (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 9 January, 2001)
HAMLET (Olivier Theatre, London SE1; opened 11 June, 2001)
HAMLET (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 11 December, 2001) [same production as above]
HAPPY (The Pit, London EC2; opened 20 June, 2001)
HEAD QUARTERS in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL
HEDDA GABLER (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; opened 29 October, 2001)
HELPING HARRY (Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1; opened 19 January, 2001)
HENRY V (Barbican Theatre, London EC4; opened 22 March, 2001)
HENRY VI, PART 1 (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 24 April, 2001)
HENRY VI, PART 2 (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 24 April, 2001)
HENRY VI, PART 3 (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 24 April, 2001)
HIGH SOCIETY (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; opened 18 December, 2001)
HOCK AND SODA WATER (Minerva Theatre, Chichester; opened 27 November, 2001)
THE HOLY LAND (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE HOMECOMING (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 25 September, 2001)
HORSE AND CARRIAGE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 7 November, 2001)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Savoy Theatre, London WC2; opened 23 January, 2001)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, nr Newbury, Berks.; opened 4 June, 2001)
IN CELEBRATION (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 17 July, 2001)
INCONCEIVABLE (Leeds West Yorkshire Playhouse/Plymouth Theatre Royal; opened 31 May, 2001)
AN INSPECTOR CALLS (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; re-opened 27 September, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS (Royal National Theatre, London SE1; performance seen 11 July, 2001)
INTO THE WOODS (Byre Theatre, St Andrews; opened 26 June, 2001)
JAPES (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1; opened 7 February, 2001)
JITNEY (Royal National Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1; opened 15 October, 2001)
JOHNSON OVER JORDAN (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 12 September, 2001)
JUBILEE (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 July, 2001)
THE JUBILEE in CHEKHOV DOUBLE BILL
JULIUS CAESAR (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 26 July, 2001)
KING JOHN/THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Viaduct Theatre, Halifax/touring; opened 7/8 March, 2001)
KING JOHN (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 28 March, 2001)
KING LEAR (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 22 May, 2001)
KING OEDIPUS (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton; opened 16 October, 2001)
LET ME OUT (Komedia Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LET'S LOOK AT SOUND [BRIAN APPLETON] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 11 May, 2001)
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY (Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LIKE THUNDER (Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LOVE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (Southwark Playhouse, London SE1; opened 24 October, 2001)
LOVE IN A WOOD (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 April, 2001 – reviewed September, 2001)
LULU (Almeida at King's Cross, London NW1; opened 19 March, 2001)
LUMINOSITY (The Pit, London EC4; opened 23 March, 2001)
LUNG (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened [sort of] 25 May, 2001)
LUTHER (Royal National Theatre [Olivier], London SE1; opened 5 October, 2001)
MACBETH (Ludlow Castle; opened 25 June, 2001)
MAHLER'S CONVERSION (Aldwych Theatre, London WC2; opened 2 October, 2001)
GARTH MARENGHI'S NETHERHEAD (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
MARRIAGE PLAY / FINDING THE SUN (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; opened 8 May, 2001)
THE MARQUEZ BROTHERS (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA in EDINBURGH FRINGE
MEDEA (Queen's Theatre, London W1; opened 30 January, 2001)
MEDEA (The Garage, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
MEDEA [different show] in EDINBURGH FRINGE
MENTAL (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Viaduct Theatre, Halifax/touring; opened 7/8 March, 2001)
MIDDEN / FOLEY (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 22 March, 2001)
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (touring/New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened in London 4 April, 2001)
MOUTH TO MOUTH (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court, London SW1; opened 6 February, 2001)
MOUTH TO MOUTH (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 21 May, 2001)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 1 February, 2001)
AL MURRAY as THE PUB LANDLORD (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 19 April, 2001)
MY ONE AND ONLY (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 24 July, 2001)
NAKED JUSTICE (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 2 February, 2001)
NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL (Various venues, Scarborough; 4-11 April, 2001)
NETHERHEAD [GARTH MARENGHI] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
NIGHT MANAGER (River Thames, London; opened 14 June, 2001)
NOËL COWARD TONIGHT (Jermyn Street Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 May, 2001)
THE NOISE OF TIME (Barbican Theatre, London EC2/touring internationally; opened 6 July, 2001)
NO MAN'S LAND (Royal National Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1; opened 6 December, 2001)
THE NOTEBOOK / THE PROOF (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 20 April, 2001)
NOVECENTO (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
OFFICE (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
OUR BAD MAGNET (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
OUT IN THE OPEN (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 20 March, 2001)
OVER THE MOON (The Old Vic, London SE1; opened 15 October, 2001)
OXYGEN (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 15 November, 2001)
PARADISE TOMORROW (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 10 July, 2001)
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 August, 2001)
PINK ORTHODOX (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 25 May, 2001)
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park/touring; opened 29 August, 2001)
PLATONOV (Almeida Theatre at King's Cross, London N1; opened 11 September, 2001)
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; opened 20 February, 2001)
THE PLAY WHAT I WROTE (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 5 November, 2001)
PORT AUTHORITY (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 22 February, 2001)
THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 18 July, 2001)
PRIVATE LIVES (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 4 October, 2001)
PRIVATES ON PARADE (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 10 December, 2001)
THE PROOF / THE NOTEBOOK (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE PUB LANDLORD (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 19 April, 2001)
PULL MY STRINGS (C Belle Angèle, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
PUPPY LOVE [ANDREW CLOVER] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
RE-BRANDING MR GOD [JULIAN FOX] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST (Olivier Theatre, London, SE1; opened 23 February, 2001)
RENT (Prince Of Wales Theatre, London W1; opened 5 December, 2001)
RESIDENT ALIEN in EDINBURGH FRINGE
RESOLUTION (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
RESOLUTION / THE AGE OF CONSENT (Scotsman Assembly / Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
RICHARD III (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 24 April, 2001)
RITUAL IN BLOOD (Nottingham Playhouse; opened 30 May, 2001)
ROMEO AND JULIET (Barbican Theatre, London EC4; opened 17 January, 2001)
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 14 November, 2001)
RUNT (Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
A RUSSIAN IN THE WOODS (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 29 March, 2001)
ST NICHOLAS (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
ST NICHOLAS in EDINBURGH FRINGE
SAKINA'S RESTAURANT (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 23 November, 2001)
SCHOOL FOR FOOLS in EDINBURGH FRINGE
THE SECRET GARDEN (Aldwych Theatre, London WC2; opened 27 February, 2001)
SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL I AM (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 7 September, 2001)
SEMI-MONDE (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 21 March, 2001)
THE SERVANT (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 13 March, 2001)
THE SHAGAROUND (Soho Theatre + Writer's Centre, London W1; opened 27 July, 2001)
SHANG-A-LANG (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 20 June, 2001)
SINGULAR PEOPLE (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 4 June, 2001)
SITTING PRETTY (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton; opened 11 September, 2001)
SKELETONS OF FISH (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 29 June, 2001)
THE SLEEPERS DEN (Southwark Playhouse, London SE1; opened 29 June, 2001)
SPIKE (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton; opened 6 February, 2001)
SPIRIT (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, London SW1; opened 15 March, 2001)
STAR QUALITY (Apollo Theatre, London W1; opened 29 October, 2001)
SWEENEY TODD (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich; opened 3 February, 2001)
TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 1 May, 2001)
CATHERINE TATE (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE TEMPEST (Touring; opened 18 January, 2001)
TENDER (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 10 September, 2001)
THE THEFT OF SITA (Riverside Studios, London W6/touring; opened 25 October, 2001)
THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 4 December, 2001)
DYLAN THOMAS: REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD (New End Theatre, London NW3; opened 12 January, 2001)
THREE WISHES (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
TREV AND SIMON'S CIRCUS OF EVIL (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY (Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
TROPICAL TREE (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 10 May, 2001)
UMABATHA – THE ZULU MACBETH (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 19 April, 2001)
UNCLE VANYA (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; opened 10 September, 2001)
UNDER THE DOCTOR (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 22 February, 2001)
UNDERWORLD (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 23 April, 2001)
UTTAR PRIYADARSHI (THE FINAL BEATITUDE) (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 26 September, 2001)
PIETER-DIRK UYS in FOREIGN AIDS (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 4 July, 2001)
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 10 May, 2001)
VOICES (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 19 June, 2001)
THE WALLS (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 14 March, 2001)
THE WEDDING in CHEKHOV DOUBLE BILL
A WEDDING STORY (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 18 January, 2001)
WHO GOES THERE? (Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton; opened 8 May, 2001)
THE WINSLOW BOY (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 12 June, 2001)
THE WINTER'S TALE (Olivier Theatre, London SE1; opened 23 May, 2001)
WIPING MY MOTHER'S ARSE (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE WONDER OF SEX (Royal National
Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1; opened 19 December, 2001)