The Stage

My Favourite Play

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

My Favourite Play: Lyndsey Marshal

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor Lyndsey Marshal chooses a Sarah Kane play that provided an unforgettable experience

My Favourite Play: Sarah Connolly

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired our leading theatremakers? Opera star Sarah Connolly chooses an impactful Pinter play at the Almeida

My Favourite Play: Paul Chahidi

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired our leading theatremakers? Actor Paul Chahidi chooses a work by award-winning, avant-garde company Complicité

My Favourite Play: Sharon D Clarke

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired our leading theatremakers? Olivier-award-winning actor Sharon D Clarke chooses a searing verbatim play about the interpreters involved with post-apartheid trials

My Favourite Play: Jessica Hung Han Yun

by David Benedict

Which productions most inspired our leading theatremakers? Award-winning lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun selects a revelatory work from Hofesh Shechter

My Favourite Play: Lucy Kirkwood

by David Benedict

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