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Jan 7, 2010 6:46:52 PM Archived Entry: "Live performances, 2010"

Last year was a watershed in terms of how many shows I saw (116, many of which I didn't enjoy), and this year I'm determined to see less.

1. Into the Hoods - Queen Elizabeth Hall
2. The Little Dog Laughed - The Garrick
3. EGBDF - National Theatre
4. Silence: The Musical - Above the Stag Theater
5. Rakes Progress - Royal Opera House
February
6. 11 and 12 - Barbican
7. Life in Three Acts - Soho Theatre
8. God's Garden - Linbury Theater
9. Nuevo Ballet Español’s “Cambio de Tercio” - Sadler’s Wells
10. Megan Mullally – Vaudeville Theatre
11. Disconnect – Royal Court (Jerwood Theatre Upstairs)
12. Eva Yerbabuena, "Lluvia" – Sadler’s Wells
13. As One, Rushes, Infra – Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
14. Lost Soul Music (The Devil You Know) – White Rose Theatre at the Pleasance
15. Maria Pagés and Company – 2010 Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival
16. Gala Flamenca (Molina, Galván, Liñán, López) – 2010 Salder’s Wells Flamenco Festival
March
17. London Assurance - National Theater (London)
18. Legally Blonde – The Savoy Theatre
19. Dunsinane – Royal Shakespeare Company at Hampstead Theatre
20. Henry V – Southwark Playhouse
21. Measure for Measure – Almeida Theatre
22. Blaze – Peacock Theatre
23. Macbeth – Cheek by Jowl productions at The Barbican
24. Homage to Nureyev – various dancers at the London Coliseum
25. White Guard - National Theatre (London)
26. MacMillan Triple Bill (Concerto, Judas Tree, Elite Syncopations) – Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
27. La Fille Mal Gardee – Royal Ballet
28. Cloud Dance Festival, Night Two - Pleasance Theatre
29. Cole Porter’s “Paris” – Lost Musicals, Sadlers Wells
30. Ballet Russes Encounters - Peacock Theater
31. Swan Lake - Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Lndon Coliseum
32. Spring Storm - National Theatre
April
33. Maurice - Above the Stag Theater
34. Pirates of Penzance - Wilton's Music Hall
35. Cinderella - Royal Ballet (Royal Opera House)
36. Magia de la Danza - Ballet Nacional de Cuba (ENO)
37. Hair - Gielgud
38. Posh - Royal Court
39. Last Five Years - Barbican (Guildhall Music School)
40. Women Beware Women - National Theatre
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41. Xanadu - Bob Carr Center, Orlando
42-46. Various performances for the Lufthansa Festival of the Baroque
47. Royal Ballet Mixed Rep (Electric Counterpoint/New Scarlett/Carmen) - Royal Opera House
48. Ingredient X- Jerwood Theater
49. Paradise Found - Menier Chocolate Factor (DOG!)
50. Salome - Richmond Theater
51. Rambert Dance Company (something and Curva Linhea) - Sadler's Wells
June
52. Royal Ballet Mixed Rep (Chroma/Tryst/Symphony in C) - Royal Opera House
53. Shochiku Kabuki’s “Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees” – Sadler’s Wells
54. Joe Turner - Young Vic
55. The Mousetrap -
56. Michael Clark Company "come been gone" - Barbican
57. All My Sons - Apollo Theater
58. Dream of the Dog - Trafalgar Studios
59. Dangerous - Above the Stag
60. Day Before Spring - Lost Musicals, Sadler's Wells
61. Calamity Jane - Gatehouse Theater
July
62. Swan Lake - Mikhailovsky at London Coliseum
63. Hofesh Shechter, Political Mother - Sadler's Wells
64. Cipollino - Mikhailovsky at London Coliseum
65. Triple Bill (including Halte de Cavalerie) - Mikhailovsky at London Coliseum
66. Duchess of Malfi - ENO and Punchdrunk
67. Laurencia - Mikhailovsky at London Coliseum
68. Phillip Glass' Dracula - Kronos Quartet at Hackney Empire
69. Concert - Munich, Germany
70. Concert - Munich, Germany
71. Bach and Friends - Concert, Munich, Germany
72. Giselle - Bolshoi at Royal Opera House
73. Premieres - Carlos Acosta at London Coliseum
74. Blink Twice - Above the Stag
75. Russian Seasons, Petrushka, Paquita pas de deux - Bolshoi at the Royal Opera House
76. Spartacus - Bolshoi at the Royal Opera House
August
77. Earthquakes in London - National Theater
78. Le Corsaire - Bolshoi at the Royal Opera House
79. A Rat's Tale - Marine Theatre (Lyme Regis)
80. Cirque Invisible - Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Center)
81. Great Game Part 3 - Tricycle Theater
82. Deathtrap - Noel Coward Theater

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