Shows I've Loved
I began this Substack at the start of 2026 but I’ve been blowing my money on theatre for at least a decade now. This page list some of those shows that have really stayed with me over the years; see if you can pinpoint the year when a hobby evolved into an addiction!
2016:
Yerma at the Young Vic
2017:
Travesties at the Apollo
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Harold Pinter
An Octoroon at the Orange Tree
Angels in America in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National
Albion at the Almeida
2018:
Mary Stuart at the Duke of York’s
The Inheritance at the Young Vic
Fun Home at the Young Vic
Company at the Gielgud
2019:
Nine Night at Trafalgar Studios
Sweat at the Gielgud
The Son at the Duke of York’s
2020:
Fairview at the Young Vic
A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios
2021:
The Last Five Years at the Garrick
Hamlet at the Young Vic
The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Duke of York’s
2022:
Passion Fruit at the New Diorama
Clybourne Park at the Park Theatre
Prima Facie at the Harold Pinter
House of Ife at the Bush
Jerusalem at the Apollo
The Crucible in the Olivier Theatre at the National
The Doctor at the Duke of York’s
2023:
My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican
Standing at the Sky’s Edge in the Olivier Theatre at the National
Guys & Dolls at the Bridge
Further than the Furthest Thing at the Young Vic
Blackout Songs at Hampstead Theatre
Leaves of Glass at the Park Theatre
Next to Normal at the Donmar
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Kiln
2024:
The Picture of Dorian Gray at Theatre Royal Haymarket
King Lear at the Almeida
Faith Healer at Lyric Hammersmith
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Garrick
The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter
Machinal at the Old Vic
People, Places and Things at Trafalgar Theatre
Mnemonic in the Olivier Theatre at the National
A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells
The Years at the Almeida
Giant in Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
The Other Place in the Lyttleton Theatre at the National
2025:
See list here