AIBU to ask what is the best theatre show you have seen?

Wasn't it though! Just astonishing, the energy and the charisma of her - you really couldnt take your eyes off of her! I had been roped in at the last minute by a friend who ended up with a spare ticket and knew I liked greek and roman history and mythology. It was a great decision to go along with him.

Saw a production of Cold Comfort Farm in the Watermill theatre nr Newbury back in the 90s. It was really different whereby the audience moved around from in the theatre to outside and back in.

It's a difficult question because human nature is to remember things you've seen more recently.

For an individual performance, Branagh in Ivanov in 2008 (Michael Grandage) was pretty spectacular rather than the whole production.

Recently Simon Russell Beale in Titus Andronicus was fantastic.

Glenda Jackson as Lear was pretty remarkable more so given her age, the size of the part and the fact she hadn't done stage work for years.

For musicals, I saw Something Rotten on Broadway which I really enjoyed. It's hilarious. If you've never seen it the plot is that Shakespeare is superstar in Elizabethan England and the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, theatrical failures, are trying to compete and decide to invent the concept of a musical. The song A Musical is where a soothsayer comes up with the idea - it has loads of musical references to other musicals. If you like musicals you may enjoy trying to spot the clever musical nod references:

This video gives some of the answers but not all of them.

I have to say The Rocky Horror Show. It''s a great experience before you even see the show.

I was SO desperate to see that His Dark Materials production! I never did, but even now I always think of AMM as my Lyra. I did see the Bridge production of La Belle Sauvage though, and absolutely adored it.

Jerusalem with Mark Rylance

Home I'm Darling with Catherine Parkinson and Richard Harrington. We saw it a couple of nights after it opened on its original run so didn't know what to expect. It was fantastic. At that point it was in a small auditorium, we were in the front row so felt like we were on the set with them.

Our Town with Michael Sheen was amazing, we saw that a few weeks ago and were blown away.

Blood Brothers is a bit of a perpetual favourite, I think I have seen it about 5 times altogether over the years.

I am very envious of the people who saw Prima Facie. I watched it on National Theatre at Home and would love to see it live.

So many
Medea with Helen McCrory (plus I met her whilst decompressing in the pub after the performance, she was so lovely and asked if I'd seen it on my own hence needing a large drink!)
Anthony & Cleopatra with Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench at the National (it was my least favourite A level text but this play changed that)
His Dark Materials at the National with Anna Maxwell Martin as Lyra
Titus Adronicus circa 1987 in Stratford - just the play had my jaw on the floor
Macbeth with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest with Christian Slater
A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson at the Young Vic

Musicals
Hans Christian Anderson with Tommy Steele (mid 70s, I was a small child and stood up through the entire performance not entirely believing that such magic could exist)
Come From Away
Les Miserables - I've seen in about 20 times and would happily watch it again and again

Did you see it at The Lowry? It was fantastic wasn't it.

Iphegenia in Splott is on Audible! Not the same as seeing it, but it is remarkable even if you can't see her.

Oh and I love Punchdrunk too - I missed Masque sadly but Drowned Man was incredible.

Sweet Charity came to Manchester around 8 years ago, starring Kaisa Hammarlund as Charity, it was really great.

Miss saigon. Ghost. Phantom of the opera. Les mis.

I bought a ticket last minute on the train down to London, did not know what to expect but just wow!

Hope you do get to see it one day

We have tickets!

Anyone seen Austentatious? Wondering whether it’s worth going a bit further afield to catch this as isn’t not on near me

Favourite has always been Les Mis since I first saw it 25 years ago.

I saw Harry Potter and the cursed child last year and was really impressed by the traditional theatre trickery.

Hamilton on Broadway with Leslie Odom jr. Unbelievably good. So excited he’s coming to London this summer!

Prima Facie, Jodie Comer is incredible ❤️

Maybe The Queen with Helen Mirren closely followed by Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in Frank and Percy.

Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre - the immersive audience participation one. It was so good I actually started weeping during it.

I have seen a lot and I wonder if anyone here saw any of these? .. most memorable from years ago…

*National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch
*Shared Experience’s Mill on the Floss
*Hamlet Hail to the Thief
*Ken Branagh’s Hamlet
*RSC Troilus & Cressida with Ralph Fiennes
*The Author by Tim Crouch
*Most stuff by Frantic Assembly / Cheek by Jowl / Kneehigh

Theatre isn’t what it used to be… but I am getting nostalgic. Thanks for making me remember!

So many!

Been lucky enough to see Andrew Scott in two live productions in small spaces - Birdland at the Royal Court and The Dazzle in some sort of attic room in Charing Cross, which was also in the round. Spellbinding, both of them.

Loads of musicals - Phantom, Book of Mormon, Lion King, Six all a few times each.

Seen loads and loads of National Theatre Live productions, too many to count and all just incredible.

Stamptown. If you know, you know. Absolutely batshit and unpredictable each time.

Blood brothers in the early 90s.