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RABBIT (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6/touring; opened 20 October, 2003)

RABBIT (Trafalgar Studio 2, London SW1; opened 7 September 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 18/2006

RABBIT HOLE (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 4 February, 2016)

RACE (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 29 May, 2013)

RACING DEMON (Theatre Royal, Bath; opened 28 June, 2017)

THE RADICALISATION OF BRADLEY MANNING in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2013) (St Thomas of Aquin's High School, Edinburgh; opened August, 2013)

RADIO GOLF (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 6 October, 2008)

RADIO MUEZZIN (Project Arts Centre / Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin; opened 10 October, 2009)

RAFTA, RAFTA... (Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1; opened 26 April, 2007) in PROMPT CORNER 09/2007

THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 19 July, 2010)

RAGTIME (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1; opened 28 May, 2012)

RAGTIME (Charing Cross Theatre, London WC2; opened 17 October, 2016)

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Waterloo Eurostar Terminal, London SE1; opened 12 July, 2010)

RAIN MAN (Apollo Theatre, London W1; opened 19 September, 2008)

RALEGH: THE TREASON TRIAL (Great Hall, Winchester; opened 16 November, 2018)


RAMAYANA (Lyric Hammersmith. London W6; opened 14 February, 2007)

RAMEAU'S NEPHEW in GLASGOW CITIZENS SEPTEMBER OPENINGS (1998)

RAMZY ABUL MAJD (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs at the Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 23 June, 1997)

R AND J in BELFAST FESTIVAL 1 (1999)

random (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 10 March, 2008)

random (Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, London SE1; opened 8 March, 2010)

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 22 January, 2014)

RASHOMON [SHAKTI] (Roxburgh Halls, Edinburgh; August, 1995)

THE RAT PACK (Peacock Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 November, 2002)

RAT PLAY (Old Red Lion, London EC1; opened 24 March, 1992)

RATTIGAN'S NIJINSKY (Chichester Festival Theatre, W. Sussex; opened 25 July, 2011)

RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 May, 2004)

RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN (Comedy Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 May, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 10/2004

RAW (STREET TRILOGY) (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 16 February, 2005)

HOWARD READ: THE BIG HOWARD LITTLE HOWARD SHOW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6 (2003)

HOWARD READ: THE LITTLE HOWARD APPEAL in EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (2005) (Smirnoff Underbelly, Edinburgh; August, 2005)

THE READER (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)

THE READER in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4: THEATRE (2000)

THE REAL DON JUAN (New End Theatre, London NW3; opened 27 July, 1995)

THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 9 July, 2010)

REALISM (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2006)

REALITY AND DREAMS (Offstage Downstairs, London NW1; opened 23 May, 1991)

THE REAL THING (The Old Vic, London SE1; opened 21 April, 2010)

REASONS TO BE HAPPY (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 24 March, 2016)

RE-BRANDING MR GOD [JULIAN FOX] (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)

THE RECRUITING OFFICER (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 16 May, 2000)

RED (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 8 December, 2009)

RED, BLACK AND IGNORANT (Southside, Edinburgh; August, 2002)

RED, BLACK AND IGNORANT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2002)

RED, BLACK AND IGNORANT (Cock Tavern, London NW6; opened 2 November, 2010)

RED BUD (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London SW1; opened 25 October, 2010)

RED FOREST (Young Vic Theatre [Maria], London SE1; opened 20 June, 2014)

RED PRINCESS (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon; opened 29 September, 1995)

RED RIDING HOOD (Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15; opened 15 December, 2010)

THE RED ROOM in EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2009)

RED ROSES AND PETROL (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 11 July, 1995)

RED SUN (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon; opened 17 March, 2004) in PROMPT CORNER 06/2004

THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (Criterion Theatre, London W1; opened 7 March, 1996)

RED VELVET (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 1 February, 2016)

THE RED ZONE in LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL 1 (1998)

REEKIE (Dr Roberts' Magic Bus, Edinburgh; August, 2006)

REGENERATION (Royal Theatre, Northampton; opened 2 September, 2014)

THE REHEARSAL: PLAYING THE DANE in DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL (Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin; October, 2010)

THE RELAPSE, or VIRTUE IN DANGER in GLASGOW CITIZENS JANUARY OPENINGS (1998)

RELATIVELY SPEAKING (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 May, 2013)

RELATIVE VALUES (Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1; opened 14 April, 2014)

RELOCATED (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London SW1; opened 13 June, 2008)

REMEMBER THIS (Royal National Theatre [Lyttelton], London SE1; opened 15 October, 1999)

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST (Olivier Theatre, London, SE1; opened 23 February, 2001)

REN-SA in EDINBURGH COLUMN 3 (Aurora Nova @ St Stephen's, Edinburgh; August, 2005)

RENT (Prince Of Wales Theatre, London W1; opened 5 December, 2001)

RENT (Duke Of York's Theatre, London WC2; opened 15 October, 2007)

RENT (Duke Of York's Theatre, London WC2; opened 15 October, 2007) in PROMPT CORNER 21/2007

RENT (St James Theatre, London SW1; opened 13 December, 2016)

THE REPORTER (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; opened 21 February, 2007) in PROMPT CORNER 04/2007

REQUIEM FOR GROUND ZERO (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; opened 17 August, 2002)

RESIDENT ALIEN (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 12 November, 1999)

RESIDENT ALIEN in EDINBURGH FRINGE (2001)

THE RESIDENTS PLAY WORMWOOD (The Forum, London NW5; 19 July, 1999)

RESILIENCE in THE CONTINGENCY PLAN (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 7 May, 2009)

RESISTANCE IS FERTILE [ROBERT NEWMAN] (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)

RESISTANCE IS FERTILE [ROBERT NEWMAN] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2: COMEDY

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 11 July, 2012)

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 28 April, 2017)

RESOLUTION (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2001)

RESOLUTION / THE AGE OF CONSENT (Scotsman Assembly / Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2001)

A RESPECTABLE WEDDING in THE BIG BRECHT FEST 1 (Young Vic, London SE1; opened 4 April, 2007)

RESURRECTIONS (Cochrane Theatre, London WC1; opened 3 October, 1994)

RETREAT (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 9 May, 1995)

RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET (Cambridge Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 September, 1989 – reviewed December, 1991)

REVELATION OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1992)

THE REVENGERS' COMEDIES (Parts One and Two) (Strand Theatre, London WC2; opened 16/17 October, 1991)

THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 1 May, 1998)

THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; opened 2 June, 2008)

THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (Olivier Theatre, London SE1; opened 4 June, 2008)

REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. in MIDSUMMER MISCHIEF (The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 21 June, 2014)

RHINOCEROS (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 27 September, 2007)

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD II (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 10 September, 1991)

RICHARD II (The Pit, London EC2; opened 21 December, 2000)

RICHARD II (Ludlow Castle, Shropshire; opened 26 June, 2005)

RICHARD II (The Old Vic, London SE1; opened 4 October, 2005)

RICHARD II (The Old Vic, London SE1; opened 4 October, 2005) in PROMPT CORNER 20/2005

RICHARD II (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 16 November, 2006)

RICHARD II (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 16 November, 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 23/2006

RICHARD II (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 16 August, 2007)

RICHARD II (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 17 October, 2013)

RICHARD II (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 22 July, 2015)

RICHARD II (Shakespeare's Globe [Sam Wanamaker Playhouse], London SE1; opened 6 March, 2019)

RICHARD II (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 18 December, 2018)

RICHARD III (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 27 June, 1996)

RICHARD III (Young Vic Theatre, London SE1; opened 24 April, 2001)

RICHARD III (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 23 July, 2003)

RICHARD III (The Roundhouse, London NW1; opened 6–7 May, 2008)

RICHARD III (Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and touring; opened 28 January, 2011)

RICHARD III (Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1; opened 25 July, 2012)

RICHARD III (Rose Theatre, Kingston; opened 3 October, 2015)

RICHARD III (Alexandra Palace Theatre, London N22 / touring; opened 14 March, 2019)

RICHARD III: AN ARAB TRAGEDY (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 13 February, 2007)

THE RIDE DOWN MT MORGAN (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 31 October, 1991)

RIDICULUSMUS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3 (2003)

RIFLEMIND (Trafalgar Studio 1, London SW1; opened 18 September, 2008)

A RIGHT ROYAL FARCE (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 31 July, 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 16-17/2006

THE RINK (Leicester Haymarket; opened 5 September, 1998)

THE RIOTS (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 22 November, 2011)

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 October, 2009)

THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2; opened 20 October, 2009) in PROMPT CORNER 21/2009

THE RISING OF THE MOON (Old Red Lion, London EC1; opened 27 February, 1991)

RISK-GAY [SCOTT CAPURRO] (Southside, Edinburgh; August, 1994)

RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 29 July, 1998)

RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 January, 2018)

RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 January, 2018)

RITUAL IN BLOOD (Nottingham Playhouse; opened 30 May, 2001)

THE RITUAL SLAUGHTER OF GORGE MASTROMAS (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 September, 2013)

THE RIVALS (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 18 December, 2000)

THE RIVALS (Theatre Royal, Bath; opened 13 September, 2010)

RIVERRUN in DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL (2013) (Project Arts Centre, Dublin; opened October, 2013)

JOAN RIVERS: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY A LIFE IN PROGRESS (Leicester Square Theatre, London W1; opened 4 September, 2008)

ROAD (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 28 July, 2017)

ROADKILL in EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2010)

ROAD MOVIE (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 1995)

ROAD MOVIE (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 22 May, 1996)

ROADMOVIE (Pleasance, Edinburgh; August, 2002)

ROAD TO NOWHERE (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 20 October, 2005)

ROAD TO NOWHERE (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 20 October, 2005) in CAN YOU HEAR ME AT THE BACK?  21/2005

THE ROARING GIRL (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 15 April, 2014)

THE ROARING GIRL'S HAMLET (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon; opened 5 February, 1992)

ROARING TRADE (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 12 January, 2009)

THE ROBBERS (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 31 July, 1995)

ROBERTO CALVI IS ALIVE AND WELL (Finborough Theatre, London SW10; opened 14 October, 1992)

ROBINSON CRUSOE in CHRISTMAS SHOWS 5 (1999)

ROCK (Oval House, London SE11; opened 29 May, 2008)

ROCKABY (The Pit, London EC2; opened 22 March, 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 06/2006

ROCKABY (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 13 January, 2014)

ROCK ’N ’ ROLL (Royal Court Theatre, London SW1; opened 14 June, 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 12/2006

ROCK OF AGES [BARRY CRYER AND RONNIE GOLDEN] (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh; August, 2002)

ROCK OF AGES (Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 September, 2011)

ROGUES TO RICHES (Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, nr. Newbury; opened 23 July, 1996)

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: ROLEPLAY (Duchess Theatre, London WC2; opened 7 September, 2002)

HENRY ROLLINS: SPOKEN WORD (Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh; August, 2007)

ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES – THE SONGS OF RANDY NEWMAN (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 8 July, 1996)

ROM [ROME] (Deutsches Theater, Berlin; opened 16 March, 2018)

ROMAN & MARYS (Offstage Downstairs, London NW1; opened 29 February, 1992)

ROMANCE (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 14 September, 2005)

ROMANCE (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 14 September, 2005) in PROMPT CORNER 19/2005

THE ROMAN TRAGEDIES (Barbican Theatre, London EC2; opened 20 November, 2009)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh; August, 1994)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 2 February, 1998)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Westminster Theatre, London SW1; opened 13 January, 2000)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 5 July, 2000)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Barbican Theatre, London EC4; opened 17 January, 2001)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Festival Theatre, Chichester; opened 27 August, 2002)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 18 November, 2004)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Albery Theatre, London WC2; opened 21 December, 2004)

ROMEO AND JULIET (The Pit, London EC2; opened 23 November, 2006) in PROMPT CORNER 24/2006

ROMEO AND JULIET (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1; opened 9 June, 2008)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Touring; seen at Theatre Royal, Brighton; opened 23 October, 2008)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 18 March, 2010)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 10 March, 2011)

ROMEO AND JULIET IN BAGHDAD (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 27 June, 2012)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 25 May, 2016)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 25 May, 2016)

ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon / touring; opened 1 May, 2018)

ROMEO AND JULIET – THE PANTOMIME (Finborough Theatre, London SW10; opened ?? December, 1990)

ROMEO E GIULIETTA in BELFAST FESTIVAL 1 (1999)

ROOKERY NOOK (Menier Chocolate Factory, London SE1; opened 29 April, 2009)

THE ROOM presented with CELEBRATION

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 14 November, 2001)

ROPE (Salisbury Playhouse; opened 16 January, 1997)

THE ROSE AND THE RING (Hen and Chickens, London N1) / MOTHER GOOSE (Oxford Playhouse) (December, 2001)

ROSEBUD: THE LIVES OF ORSON WELLES / BIOGRAPHIES IN A BAG (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh; August, 2004)

ROSENBAUM'S RESCUE (Park Theatre, London N4; opened 15 January, 2019)

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Chichester Festival Theatre, W. Sussex; opened 31 May, 2011)

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (The Old Vic, London SE1; opened 7 March, 2017)

ROSE RAGE (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1; opened 16 June, 2002)

THE ROSE TATTOO (Playhouse Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 June, 1991)

ROSS (Chichester Festival Theatre; opened 9 June, 2016)

ROUND & ROUND THE GARDEN in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS

A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN (Aldwych Theatre, London WC2; opened 30 November, 2011)

THE ROUND TABLE (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 20 February, 1991)

ROUND THE HORNE... REVISITED (The Venue, London WC2; opened 22 January, 2004)

JASON ROUSE: IN MY DARKEST HOUR in EDINBURGH COLUMN 2 (2005) (Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh; August, 2005)

ROUTES (Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London SW1; opened 25 September, 2013)

THE ROVER (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 15 September, 2016)

THE ROVER (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 15 September, 2016)

ROXANA (Chelsea Centre, London SW10; opened 7 October, 1991)

RSC NEW WORK FESTIVAL: Postcards From America / Nowhere To Belong: Tales Of An Extravagant Stranger/ Breakfast With Mugabe (Various venues, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 19 October, 2005)

THE RUBENSTEIN KISS (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 23 November, 2005)

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS (Birmingham Rep; opened 9 September, 2014)

RUHE (The Hub, Edinburgh; August, 2008)

THE RULES OF THE GAME (Almeida Theatre, London N1; opened 12 May, 1992)

THE RULING CLASS (Trafalgar Studio 1, London SW1; opened 27 January, 2015)

RUM AND VODKA / THE GOOD THIEF (Scotsman Assembly, Edinburgh; August, 2000)

RUMBLE (Aurora Nova at St Stephen's, Edinburgh; August, 2004)

RUNNING DREAM (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London E15; opened 2 March, 1993)

RUNNING WILD (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW; opened 19 May, 2016)

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)

RUTHERFORD AND SON (Viaduct Theatre, Halifax and touring; opened 13 February, 2013)

RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 27 March, 2018)


RYDER in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2 (1996)

RYMAN AND THE SHEIKH (Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh; August, 2002)
 


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