Once upon a time: shows that opened in weeks gone by

Derren Brown: Mind Reader: An Evening of Wonders at Garrick Theatre, which opened on May 7, 2008.

Alison Jacques and Marek Zawalski in Augustine at the Place, London, which opened on May 2, 2007.

John Kani in Hamlet at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, which opened on May 3, 2006.

Chuk Iwuji in Henry VI at London’s Roundhouse, which opened on May 7, 2008.

Laurie Anderson in Homeland at London’s Barbican Theatre, which opened on April 30, 2008.

Will Beer, Preeya Kalidas and Nathaniel Martello-White in Oxford Street at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, which opened on May 7, 2008.

Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes by English National Opera at the London Coliseum, which opened on May 9, 2009.

Pitcho Womba Konga in Sizwe Banzi Is Dead at the Barbican Pit, London, which opened on May 10, 2007.

The Sultan’s Elephant in central London, which opened on May 5, 2006.

Julian Wadham, Matt Smith and Lindsay Duncan in That Face at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, which opened on May 9, 2008.

Lydia Leonard, Hattie Morahan, Francesca Annis and Lisa Jackson in Time and the Conways at London’s National Theatre, which opened on May 5, 2009.

Mark Lockyer and Joanna Scanlan in Vernon God Little at London’s Young Vic, which opened on May 8, 2007.

David Bark-Jones, Susan Tracy and Niamh Cusack in The Way of the World at Northampton Theatre Royal, which opened on May 1, 2007.

Davina Perera in Wuthering Heights by Tamasha at Lyric Hammersmith, which opened on April 30, 2009.