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ALPHABETICALLY BY TITLE:
L
LABOUR
OF LOVE (Noël Coward
Theatre, London WC2; opened 3 October, 2017)
LABYRINTH
(Hampstead Theatre,
London NW3; opened 7 September, 2016)
LADIES & GENTS in EDINBURGH
FRINGE 3 (2003)
LADYBIRD (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, London SW1; opened 8 March, 2004)
LADY CARIAD'S CHARACTERS in EDINBURGH
FRINGE 1 (Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh; August, 2011)
THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Arcola Theatre, London E8; opened
2 May, 2008)
DIE
FRAU VOM MEER [THE LADY FROM THE
SEA] (Deutsches
Theater, Berlin; opened 26 November, 2014)
THE
LADY FROM THE SEA (Donmar
Warehouse,
London WC2; opened 18 October, 2017)
LADY JULIE (Duke Of
Cambridge
Theatre Club, London NW5; opened 28 January, 1993)
A
LADY OF LITTLE SENSE (Arcola Theatre,
London E8; opened 30 January, 2014)
THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING (Minerva
Studio, Chichester; opened 28 May, 2002)
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 6 May, 1997)
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 13 September, 1999)
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 22 January, 2018)
LAMPEDUSA
(Soho Theatre +
Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 10 April, 2015)
LANDSCAPE WITH WEAPON (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1;
opened 5 April, 2007)
THE LAP OF THE GODS (Duke's
Head,
Richmond; opened 28 May, 1991)
THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Sound Theatre, London W1; opened 24 June, 2005)
THE LAST CIGARETTE (Minerva
Studio, Chichester; opened 17 March, 2009)
THE LAST
CIGARETTE (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 17 March, 2009) in PROMPT CORNER 06/2009
THE LAST CONFESSION (Chichester Festival Theatre;
opened 8 May, 2007)
LAST DANCE AT DUM DUM (New
Ambassadors
Theatre, London WC2; opened 14 July, 1999)
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened
3 April, 2008)
THE LAST
DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 3
April, 2008) in PROMPT CORNER
07/2008
THE
LAST DAYS OF TROY (Royal
Exchange Theatre,
Manchester; opened 14 May, 2014)
THE LAST EMPRESS (Apollo
Hammersmith,
London W6; opened 1 February, 2002)
THE LAST ENEMY (Drill Hall Arts Centre, London WC1; opened 3 October, 1991)
THE
LAST
FIVE YEARS
(Menier Chocolate Factory, London SE1; opened 25 July, 2006)
THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Menier
Chocolate Factory, London SE1; opened 25 July, 2006) in PROMPT
CORNER 15/2006
LAST LETTERS FROM STALINGRAD (Bridewell
Theatre, London EC4; opened 31 July, 1997)
THE LAST NIGHT OF MANKIND (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 11 August, 2003)
THE LAST OF THE DUCHESS (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 26 October, 2011)
THE
LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS (National
Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1;
opened 19 June, 2012)
THE LAST OF THE MACEACHANS in
ANE SATYRE OF THE THRIE ESTAITIS
THE LAST SHIP (Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne / touring; opened 21 March, 2018)
THE LAST SHIP (Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne / touring; opened 21 March, 2018)
LAST
STAND TO REASON (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre,
London W1; opened 7 December, 2009)
THE LAST THRASH (Orange Tree
Theatre,
Richmond; opened 30 April, 1999)
THE
LAST WITCH in EDINBURGH COLUMN 6 (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh;
August, 2009)
THE LAST YANKEE (Young Vic
Theatre,
London SE1; opened 26 January, 1993)
THE LAST YANKEE (Colchester Mercury; opened 8 February, 1996)
THE
LAST YANKEE (Print Room Theatre,
London W2; opened 12 September, 2013)
LATIN! OR, TOBACCO AND BOYS (Gilded
Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
LATIN! OR, TOBACCO AND BOYS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (2002)
LAUGHING WILD (Over-Seas House, Edinburgh; August, 1991)
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Queen's Theatre, London W1; opened 3 October, 1996)
LAZARUS
(King's Cross
Theatre, London N1; opened 8 November, 2016)
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN in
EDINBURGH
FRINGE 1 (1996)
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN in EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY 1 (1997)
LEAVES (Royal Court Jerwood
Theatre Upstairs, London SW1; opened 19 March, 2007) in PROMPT
CORNER 06/2007
LEAVES OF GLASS (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre,
London W1; opened 8 May, 2007)
LEAVE TAKING (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 31 May, 2018)
LEAVE TO REMAIN (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 24 January, 2019)
LEAVING
PLANET EARTH (Edinburgh
International Conference Centre / Edinburgh International Climbing Arena;
opened August, 2013)
LEBENSRAUM (King's Head
Theatre,
London N1; opened 27 April, 1998)
DAVID
LEDDY'S REEKIE
(Dr Roberts' Magic Bus,
Edinburgh)
STEWART LEE: PEA GREEN BOAT (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
STEWART LEE: PEA GREEN BOAT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4 (2002)
STEWART LEE (Smirnoff Underbelly, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
LEGALLY BLONDE (Savoy Theatre,
London WC2; opened 12 January, 2010)
THE LEGEND OF PERICLES (Riverside
Studios, London W6; opened 7 November, 1996)
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (National Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1; opened 12 July, 2018)
THE
LEISURE SOCIETY (Trafalgar
Studio 2, London SW1; opened 1 March, 2012)
LEONCE AND LENA (Tabard
Theatre, London W4; opened 19 January, 2007)
LESSNESS (Cottesloe Theatre,
London
SE1; opened 25 September, 2002)
GARY LE STRANGE: FACE ACADEMY (Pod Deco, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
GARY LE STRANGE: POLAROID SUITCASE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6 (2003)
LET
IT BE (Prince Of Wales Theatre,
London W1;
opened 24 September, 2012)
LET ME OUT (Komedia
Southside,
Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LET'S LOOK AT SOUND [BRIAN APPLETON] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE LETTER (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 11 September, 1995)
THE LETTER (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2;
opened 1 May, 2007)
THE
LETTER OF LAST RESORT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1 (2012) (Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh;
opened August, 2012)
A LETTER OF RESIGNATION (Comedy
Theatre, London SW1; opened 16 October, 1997)
LETTERS FROM THE SEAFRONT (OR HOW TO BE ALWAYS WELL) (The Roxy, Edinburgh; August, 1992)
LETTERS I DIDN'T SEND HOME (Chaplaincy Centre, Edinburgh; August, 1992)
LETTERS I DIDN'T SEND HOME in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1992)
LET
THE RIGHT ONE IN (Royal Court
Theatre, London SW1;
opened 5 December, 2013)
LETTICE
AND LOVAGE (Menier
Chocolate
Factory, London SE1; opened 17 May, 2017)
LETTICE
AND LOVAGE (Menier Chocolate
Factory, London SE1; opened 17 May, 2017)
LEWIS IN WONDERLAND in EDINBURGH
FRINGE 3 (2003)
LES
LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Donmar
Warehouse, London WC2; opened 17 December, 2015)
LIBERACE'S SUIT (Jermyn
Street
Theatre, London SW1; opened 27 May, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER
11/2004
LIBERIAN
GIRL (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London
SW1; opened 13 January, 2015)
THE
LIBERTINE (Theatre Royal,
Haymarket, London SW1; opened 27 September, 2016)
A LIE OF THE MIND in SAM
SHEPARD
FESTIVAL
LIES
HAVE
BEEN TOLD
(Trafalgar
Studio
2, London SW1;
opened
11 January, 2006)
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (The
Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 11 May, 2001)
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2; opened 4 July, 2018)
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2; opened 4 July, 2018)
THE
LIFE (Southwark Playhouse,
London SE1;
opened 29 March, 2017)
LIFE
AFTER SCANDAL (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 25
September, 2007)
LIFE AFTER SCANDAL (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 25 September, 2007) in PROMPT
CORNER 20/2007
THE
LIFE
AND ADVENTURES
OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened
20 July, 2006)
LIFE AND BETH (Stephen Joseph Theatre,
Scarborough; opened 22 July, 2008)
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY
(Komedia
Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF IAN DURY in
EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (The Zoo,
Edinburgh; August, 2008)
THE LIFE AND RHYMES OF IAN DURY
(Leicester Square Theatre, London WC2; opened 13 January, 2009)
LIFE COACH (Trafalgar Studio 2, London SW1; opened
22 May, 2008)
LIFE DURING WARTIME (Lyric Studio
Hammersmith, London W6; opened 15 July, 1999)
LIFEGAME (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 23 June, 1998)
LIFEGAME (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; opened 6 May, 2004)
LIFEGAME (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; opened 6 May, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 10/2004
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Apollo Theatre, London W1; opened 2 February, 2005) in PROMPT CORNER 03/2005
A LIFE
IN THREE ACTS in EDINBURGH COLUMN 6 (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August,
2009)
LIFE IS A
DREAM (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 13 October, 2009) in PROMPT CORNER 21/2009
LIFE IS RHYTHM (Lyric Theatre,
London W1; opened 6 October, 2003)
THE LIFE OF GALILEO (Birmingham Rep; opened 1 November, 2005)
A
LIFE OF GALILEO (Swan
Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 12 February, 2013)
LIFE SUPPORT (Etcetera Theatre,
London NW1; opened 19 February, 1992)
LIFE x 3 (Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1; opened 7 December, 2000)
LIGHT
(The Pit,
London EC2; opened 20 January, 2015)
THE LIGHTS (Royal Court
Theatre,
London SW1; opened 22 July, 1996)
LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
(Arcola Theatre, London E8; opened 16 July, 2010)
LIGHT
SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (National
Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1;
opened 23 April, 2015)
LIKE A FISHBONE (Bush
Theatre, London W12; opened 14 June, 2010)
LIKE CANDYFLOSS in EDINBURGH
FRINGE
THEATRE 2 (1999)
LIKE THUNDER (Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House, Edinburgh; August, 2001)
LILLY
THROUGH THE DARK in EDINBURGH COLUMN 7 (Bedlam, Edinburgh; August,
2009)
LIMEHOUSE
(Donmar Warehouse,
London WC2; opened 8 March, 2017)
THE
LINE (Arcola Theatre, London E8; opened
23 November, 2009)
THE LINE (Arcola
Theatre, London E8; opened 23 November, 2009) in PROMPT
CORNER 24/2009
THE LION (Cochrane Theatre, London
WC1; opened 1 October, 1993)
THE LION AND THE JEWEL (The Pit, London EC2; opened 28 September, 2005) in PROMPT CORNER 20/2005
THE LION IN WINTER (Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London SW1;
opened 15 November, 2011) in PROMPT CORNER
23/2011
JEREMY
LION: WHAT'S THE TIME, MR LION? in EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY (Pleasance
Courtyard, Edinburgh; August, 2005)
LIPSTICK TANGO (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 1991)
LIPSTICK TANGO in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1991)
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (Derby Playhouse; opened 3 June, 1997)
LIPSYNCH (Barbican Theatre,
London EC2; opened 7
September, 2008)
THE LISBON TRAVIATA (King's Head
Theatre, London N1; opened 17 November, 2003)
LITTLE EAGLES (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 21 April, 2011)
A LITTLE FANTASY (Soho Theatre
+ Writer's Centre, London W1; opened 15 January, 2003)
LITTLE
GEM in EDINBURGH COLUMN 1 (Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2009)
THE LITTLE
HOWARD APPEAL [HOWARD READ] in EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (2005) (Smirnoff
Underbelly, Edinburgh; August, 2005)
LITTLE
LIGHT (Orange Tree
Theatre, Richmond; opened 6 February, 2015)
THE
LITTLE MERMAID (Bristol Old Vic; opened 3 December, 2013)
MARK LITTLE'S ATOMIC DILEMMA (Assembly
Rooms, Edinburgh; August, 1990)
MARK LITTLE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1992)
LITTLE NELL (Theatre Royal, Bath; opened 12 July,
2007)
A LITTLE
NIGHT MUSIC (Menier Chocolate
Factory, London SE1; opened 3
December, 2008)
A LITTLE OLDER (Theatre Workshop,
Edinburgh; August, 1992)
A LITTLE OLDER (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 28 October, 1992)
LITTLE PLATOONS (Bush
Theatre, London W12; opened 24 January, 2011)
LITTLE
REVOLUTION (Almeida Theatre,
London N1; opened
3 September, 2014)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Menier
Chocolate Factory, London SE1; opened 29 November, 2006) in
PROMPT
CORNER 24/2006
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Duke Of
York's Theatre, London WC2; opened 12 March, 2007)
LITTLE WOMEN (Duchess Theatre,
London WC2; opened 13 October, 2004)
LITTLE WOMEN (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 13 October, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 21/2004
LIVE AT THE LOUNGE [THE HOLLOW MEN] (Gilded Balloon at Tailor's Hall, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE
LIVING ROOM (Jermyn Street
Theatre, London W1;
opened 8 March, 2013)
LIVINGROOM OF THE LIVING DEAD
presented
with THE OXYMORON
LIVING TOGETHER in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS
ROBERT LLEWELLYN: WOMAN WIZARD (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
LOBBY HERO (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 10 April, 2002)
LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 10 October, 1996)
LOCO COUNTY LONESOME (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
LONDON ASSURANCE (Olivier
Theatre, London SE1; opened 10 March, 2010)
THE
LONDON 50-HOUR IMPROVATHON 2014 (Park
Theatre,
London N4; 24–26 January, 2014)
LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF
THEATRE:
Sampler/The Tale Of Teeka (Various venues, London; June, 1995)
LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL:
Head
Quarters/Bertrand's Toys (Various venues, London;
January, 2001)
LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL (Various venues, London; January, 2002)
THE LONDON THING (C, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Grove Theatre, London W10; opened 17 October, 1990)
LONE
STAR (King's Head
Theatre, London N1; opened 30 August, 2007)
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT in
GLASGOW
CITIZENS AUTUMN OPENINGS (1996)
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 21 November, 2000)
LONG
DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Apollo
Theatre, London W1; opened 10 April, 2012)
LONG
DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Bristol
Old Vic; opened 29 March, 2016)
LONGITUDE
(Greenwich
Theatre, London SE10; opened 10 October, 2005)
JOSIE
LONG: KINDNESS AND EXUBERANCE (Café Royal, Edinburgh) in EDINBURGH
FRINGE
COLUMN 4 (2006)
LONG
LIFE (The
Hub, Edinburgh; August, 2006)
LONG
LIVE THE LITTLE KNIFE in
EDINBURGH
FRINGE 1 (2013) (Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh; opened August, 2013)
THE LONG MIRROR (Theatr Clwyd,
Mold; opened 9 February, 1996)
LONG TIME DEAD in EDINBURGH COLUMN 1 (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh;
August, 2007)
LOOKING FOR A MISSING EMPLOYEE /
BIOKHRAPHIA
(ICA,
London SW1; opened 10 June, 2004)
LOOKING FOR HOME in COMING ON STRONG
LOOT (Churchill Theatre, Bromley/West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened ?19 June, 1996)
LORD BYRON – MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW [CHRIS LYNAM] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1991)
LORD OF THE FLIES (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6/touring; opened 18 January, 1999)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
WC2; opened 19 June, 2007)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Theatre
Royal, Drury Lane, London WC2; opened 19 June, 2007) in PROMPT
CORNER 13/2007
LOSERVILLE
(Garrick Theatre, London WC2;
opened 17 October, 2012)
LOSING
LOUIS (Trafalgar Studios, London SW1; opened 1 March, 2005)
THE
LOTTERY OF LOVE (Orange
Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 3 April, 2017)
LOVE (West Yorkshire
Playhouse,
Leeds; opened 25 July, 1995)
LOVE (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened
3 June, 2008)
LOVE
AND INFORMATION (Royal
Court Theatre,
London SW1;
opened 14 September, 2012)
LOVE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (Southwark
Playhouse, London SE1; opened 24 October, 2001)
H.P. LOVECRAFT'S AZATHOTH (C venue, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
LOVE
FOR LOVE (Swan
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 4 November, 2015)
LOVE IN A WOOD (Swan
Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 April, 2001 – reviewed September, 2001)
LOVELACE: A ROCK MUSICAL (Udderbelly's Pasture, Edinburgh; August, 2010)
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (Watford
Palace and touring; opened 16 March, 2011)
LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE in PROMPT CORNER 09/2012 (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1;
opened 3 May, 2012)
LOVE ME TONIGHT (Hampstead
Theatre,
London NW3; opened 28 October, 2004)
LOVE NEVER DIES (Adelphi
Theatre, London WC2; opened 9 March, 2010)
LOVEPLAY [THE WEIRD SISTERS] (Pleasance,
Edinburgh; August, 2000)
THE LOVER (Comedy Theatre,
London SW1; opened 29 January, 2008)
THE LOVER in PINTER
AT THE PINTER (Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1; opened 28/29 September, 2018)
LOVE'S
LABOUR'S LOST (Courtyard
Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 8
October, 2008)
LOVE'S
LABOUR'S LOST (Rose Theatre,
Kingston
upon Thames; opened 28
October, 2008)
LOVE'S
LABOUR'S LOST / LOVE'S
LABOUR'S WON
(MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING) (Royal
Shakespeare
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 15 October, 2014)
LOVE'S
SACRIFICE (Swan
Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 20 April, 2015)
LOVE SONG (New
Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 4 December, 2006) in
PROMPT
CORNER 25-26/2006
LOVE STORY (Minerva Studio,
Chichester; opened 7 June, 2010)
LOVE UPON THE THRONE in EDINBURGH
FRINGE 2 (1998)
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! (Library Theatre, Manchester; opened 13 March, 1998)
THE
LOWER DEPTHS (Arcola Theatre, London E8; opened
16 January, 2017)
LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT (Orange
Tree
Theatre, Richmond; opened 19 March, 1999)
LUCE
(Southwark Playhouse, London SE1; opened 11
March, 2016)
LUCIA MELTS / EPISTLE TO YOUNG
ACTORS
(The
Hub, Edinburgh; August, 2004)
LUISE MILLER (Donmar
Warehouse, London WC2; opened 13 June, 2011)
LULU (Lilian Baylis Theatre,
London
EC1; opened 27 October, 1992)
LULU (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)
LULU (Almeida at King's Cross, London NW1; opened 19 March, 2001)
LUMINOSITY (The Pit, London EC4; opened 23 March, 2001)
LUNA
GALE (Hampstead
Theatre, London NW3; opened 22 June, 2015)
THE LUNATIC
QUEEN (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 2 March, 2005)
LUNCH
WITH THE HAMILTONS (Pleasance
Dome, Edinburgh) in EDINBURGH
FRINGE
COLUMN
3 (2006)
LUNCH WITH THE HAMILTONS in
EDINBURGH COLUMN 3 (Pleasance
Dome,
Edinburgh; August, 2008)
LUNG (Riverside Studios, London
W6; opened [sort of] 25 May, 2001)
ATMEN
(LUNGS) (Schaubühne, Berlin; opened
November, 2013)
LA LUPA (The Other Place,
Stratford-upon-Avon;
opened 4 July, 2000)
LUTHER (Royal National Theatre [Olivier], London SE1; opened 5 October, 2001)
CHRIS LYNAM: LORD BYRON – MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1991)
LYSISTRATA (Greyfriars Kirk
House,
Edinburgh; August, 1990