The Stage

My Favourite Play

Discover which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers

My Favourite Play: Lucy Kirkwood

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Playwright Lucy Kirkwood selects a firm favourite that teams serious politics with slapstick comedy

My Favourite Play: Nina Raine

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Director and playwright Nina Raine selects a production that made her laugh and then sob

My Favourite Play: Jeremy Sams

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Director Jeremy Sams chooses a joyful, recent hit show that made him go back for more

My favourite play: Michela Meazza

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Dancer and choreographer Michela Meazza picks the Annie Ernaux adaptation that became the talk of the industry

My favourite play: Toheeb Jimoh

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor Toheeb Jimoh chooses a modern adaptation of a classic that he watched multiple times while working as an usher

My Favourite Play: David Pugh

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? West End and Broadway producer David Pugh selects the 1981 production of Dreamgirls in New York

My Favourite Play: Lolita Chakrabarti

by David Benedict

Actor and writer Lolita Chakrabarti selects Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium as her favourite production, which was a formative experience for her

My favourite play: Hiran Abeysekera

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor Hiran Abeysekera selects a production of Asinamali! that he saw at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2007

My favourite play: Ron Cook

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor Ron Cook chooses director Robert Icke’s reworking of Sophocles’ pivotal ancient drama

My favourite play: Rupert Goold

by David Benedict

Incoming Old Vic artistic director Rupert Goold chooses Richard III, featuring a legendary performance from Antony Sher, as his favourite play

My favourite play: Arinzé Kene

by David Benedict

Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene chooses his first experience of seeing a show by debbie tucker green as his favourite play

My favourite play: Roy Williams

by David Benedict

For his favourite play, writer Roy Williams chooses David Eldridge’s ’risky’ debut at the Bush Theatre

My favourite play: Sheila Hancock

by David Benedict

Actor and author Sheila Hancock on her favourite theatre production, a farce that first brought home to her the power of comedy and the unique talent of comic performers

My favourite play: Arlene Phillips

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Award-winning choreographer Arlene Phillips chooses a Trevor Nunn-directed Shakespeare production

My Favourite Play: Dillie Keane

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor, singer and co-founder of Fascinating Aida, Dillie Keane, chooses a show she saw after hitchhiking to the Avignon Festival in France