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BY TITLE (or alternatively, VIEW BY DATE)
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST (Donmar Warehouse, London WC2; opened 26 February, 2003)
ALADDIN (Theatre Royal, Brighton; opened 16 December, 2003)
ANIMAL (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 10 September, 2003)
THE ARGUMENT: A FAMILY PORTRAIT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 7
THE ARGUMENT: A FAMILY PORTRAIT (The Pit, London EC2; opened 3 September, 2003)
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Strand Theatre, London WC2; opened 25 February, 2003)
AN AUDIENCE WITH PAUL DANIELS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
AXEL AND BERTHA (Rosemary Branch Theatre, London N1; opened 25 March, 2003)
BABY JANE (PEOPLE SHOW 113) in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
BILL BAILEY: PART TROLL (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 13 October, 2003)
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 17 January, 2003)
THE BIG HOWARD LITTLE HOWARD SHOW [HOWARD READ] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 7 May, 2003)
CAKE (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 19 November, 2003)
CALAMITY JANE (Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2; opened 26 June, 2003)
THE CARETAKER (Bristol Old Vic; opened 9 September, 2003)
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (London Palladium, London W1; new cast opened 22 September, 2003)
CHRISTMAS (Pavilion Theatre, Brighton; opened 9 December, 2003)
CHRISTMAS ON MARS (Finborough Theatre, London SW10; opened 3 April, 2003)
CINDERELLA (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 2 December, 2003)
CINDERELLA (Old Vic, Bristol; opened 4 December, 2003)
CIRCA (The Pit, London EC2; opened 5 February, 2003)
CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHIC in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
SHELL CONNECTIONS, Day 2: Purple / The Crossing Path (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; 16 July, 2003)
NINA CONTI & MICKY FLANAGAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
CROSSING JERUSALEM (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 19 March, 2003)
THE CROSSING PATH in SHELL CONECTIONS
CUCKOOS (The Pit, London EC4; opened 24 June, 2003)
AN AUDIENCE WITH PAUL DANIELS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
DARK EARTH in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Touring; opened 16 September, 2003)
DIMETOS (Gate Theatre, London W11; opened 3 June, 2003)
dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 28 February, 2003)
EXCUSES! (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 1 December, 2003)
THE FIREWORK-MAKER'S DAUGHTER (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; opened 18 March, 2003)
(NINA CONTI &) MICKY FLANAGAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
GIVING IT BOTH BARRELS (THE PUB LANDLORD) (Touring; tour opened 2 October, 2003)
THE GONDOLIERS (Festival Theatre, Chichester; opened 1 May, 2003)
THE GOREY END (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 15 May, 2003)
DAVE GORMAN'S GOOGLEWHACK ADVENTURE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
THE GREEN MAN (Bush Theatre, London W12; opened 24 February, 2003)
HAMLET (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 20 August, 2003)
THE HANGING MAN (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6; opened 5 June, 2003)
HAPPY DAYS (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 18 November, 2003)
MIRANDA HART: IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
LENNY HENRY: SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 November, 2003)
HOLES IN THE SKIN (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 18 June, 2003)
HONOUR (Royal National Theatre [Cottesloe], London SE1; opened 27 February, 2003)
ALEX HORNE: MAKING FISH LAUGH in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
HORSE COUNTRY / THE COMPLETE LOST WORKS OF SAMUEL BECKETT AS FOUND IN AN ENVELOPE (PARTIALLY BURNED) IN A DUSTBIN IN PARIS LABELED "NEVER TO BE PERFORMED. NEVER. EVER. EVER. OR I'LL SUE! I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!!!" (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 6 March, 2003)
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 21 March, 2003)
REGINALD D. HUNTER: WHITE WOMAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
HURRICANE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 7
IDEAS MEN (The Pit, London EC2; opened 1 October, 2003)
IF I [DEMETRI MARTIN] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
THE ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSE (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 10 September, 2003)
iMUMBO JUMBO (Barbican Theatre, London EC4; opened 10 July, 2003)
IPHIGENIA (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; opened 11 February, 2003)
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME! [MIRANDA HART] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Playhouse, Oxford; opened 6 December, 2003)
JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND (Tricycle Theatre, London NW6; opened 15 September, 2003)
KEEPERS OF THE FLAME (Live Theatre, Newcastle on Tyne; opened 6 November, 2003)
SARAH KENDALL in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
KINGS OF THE ROAD in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
DANIEL KITSON: A MADE UP STORY in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
LADIES & GENTS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
THE LAST NIGHT OF MANKIND (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; opened 11 August, 2003)
GARY LE STRANGE: POLAROID SUITCASE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
LEWIS IN WONDERLAND in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
LIFE IS RHYTHM (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 6 October, 2003)
THE LISBON TRAVIATA (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 17 November, 2003)
A LITTLE FANTASY (Soho Theatre + Writer's Centre, London W1; opened 15 January, 2003)
A MADE UP STORY [DANIEL KITSON] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; opened 24 September, 2003)
MAKING FISH LAUGH [ALEX HORNE] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
LINDA MARLOWE: NO FEAR! in EDINBURGH FRINGE 7
DEMETRI MARTIN: IF I in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
ME, MYSELF AND I (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 19 December, 2003)
A MILLENNIUM PRAYER in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
MOJO-MICKYBO (Lyric Studio Hammersmith, London W6; opened 1 May, 2003)
MONEY TO BURN (The Venue, London W1; opened 9 October, 2003; closed 11 October, 2003)
AL MURRAY as THE PUB LANDLORD: GIVING IT BOTH BARRELS (Touring; tour opened 2 October, 2003)
MUSEUM OF MODERN ODDITIES (Natural History Museum, London SW7; opened 3 May, 2003)
NAPOLEON IN EXILE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
NATHAN THE WISE (Minerva Studio, Chichester; opened 1 May, 2003)
SHARON NEILL: SECOND SIGHT in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
NINE PARTS OF DESIRE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
NO FEAR! [LINDA MARLOWE] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 7
NO. 2 (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 6 February, 2003)
DAVID O'DOHERTY in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
ONE TWO (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh) (August, 2003) reviewed with SAN DIEGO
OTHELLO (Theatre Royal, Northampton; opened 14 October, 2003)
OUT OF HIS MIND [MARC SALEM] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
PANDORA 88 in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
PART TROLL [BILL BAILEY] (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 13 October, 2003)
PEER GYNT (Arcola Theatre, London E8; opened 7 February, 2003)
THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
PEOPLE SHOW 113: BABY JANE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
PERFORMANCES (Gate Theatre, Dublin; opened 30 September, 2003)
PERICLES ("The Warehouse", Mandela Way, London SE1; opened 24 July, 2003)
THE PERMANENT WAY (Theatre Royal, York; opened 14 November, 2003)
PLAYING THE VICTIM in EDINBURGH FRINGE 4
POLAROID SUITCASE [GARY LE STRANGE] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
LUCY PORTER in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
THE PROVOKED WIFE (Southwark Playhouse, London SE1; opened 4 July, 2003)
THE PUB LANDLORD: GIVING IT BOTH BARRELS (Touring; tour opened 2 October, 2003)
PUGILIST SPECIALIST in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
RABBIT (Lyric Hammersmith, London W6/touring; opened 20 October, 2003)
HOWARD READ: THE BIG HOWARD LITTLE HOWARD SHOW in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
RICHARD III (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 23 July, 2003)
RIDICULUSMUS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
MARC SALEM'S OUT OF HIS MIND in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
SAN DIEGO (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh) / ONE TWO (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh) (August, 2003)
SECOND SIGHT [SHARON NEILL] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 5
THE SECRET RAPTURE (Lyric Theatre, London W1; opened 26 November, 2003)
SHADOWS (The Pit, London EC2; opened 5 November, 2003)
THE SHAPE OF METAL (Abbey Theatre, Dublin; opened 29 September, 2003)
SHELL CONNECTIONS, Day 2: Purple / The Crossing Path (Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1; 16 July, 2003)
SHOPWORKS (220 Upper Tooting Road, London SW17; opened 3 May, 2003)
SIMPLICITY (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; opened 10 October, 2003)
SNIPERCULTURE in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY [LENNY HENRY] (Wyndham's Theatre, London WC2; opened 11 November, 2003)
THE STRAITS in EDINBURGH FRINGE 1
SUGAR DADDIES (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 22 July, 2003)
SUNDAY FATHER (Hampstead Theatre, London NW3; opened 15 July, 2003)
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Touring; seen on 16 October, 2003)
TAPE (Soho Theatre + Writers' Centre, London W1; opened 31 July, 2003)
TAYLOR'S DUMMIES (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 10 July, 2003)
TELL ME A STORY [TOMMY TIERNAN] (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 25 September, 2003)
13 OBJECTS (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 30 October, 2003)
THOSE EYES, THAT MOUTH in EDINBURGH FRINGE 3
TOMMY TIERNAN: TELL ME A STORY (New Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2; opened 25 September, 2003)
TITUS ANDRONICUS (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; opened 23 September, 2003)
TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS (King's Head Theatre, London N1; opened 3 January, 2003)
TRIPLE ESPRESSO (Arts Theatre, London WC2; opened 21 January, 2003)
12 ANGRY MEN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 7
VAU DA SARAPALHA (The Pit, London EC2; opened 1 April, 2003)
A VERY NAUGHTY BOY: THE LIFE OF GRAHAM CHAPMAN in EDINBURGH FRINGE 2
VICTORY AT THE DIRT PALACE (Riverside Studios, London W6; opened 9 January, 2003)
WAIT UNTIL DARK (Garrick Theatre, London WC2; opened 15 October, 2003)
THE WATER BABIES (Festival Theatre, Chichester; opened 17 July, 2003)
THE WATERY PART OF THE WORLD (BAC [Battersea Arts Centre], London SW11; opened 27 June, 2003)
WAY UPSTREAM (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; opened 22 October, 2003)
WHITE WOMAN [REGINALD D. HUNTER] in EDINBURGH FRINGE 6
WHY THE WHALES CAME (Comedy
Theatre, London SW1; opened 11 December, 2003)