Editor's Blog: Top 10 Performances of 2015

Check out my top ten favourite performances of 2015 below! Please note that as I saw Gypsy in Chichester in 2014, Imelda Staunton was included in last year's list.

10

Andrew Scott

for The Dazzle at Found111

Photo by Marc Brenner

I usually start drafting my ‘top ten’ lists in November, but earlier this month - during my final week of reviewing - Andrew Scott reminded my why these lists shouldn’t be finalised until the year is actually through. A temporary theatre on the site of the old Central St Martins School of Art on Charing Cross Road, Scott embraced the intimacy of Found111 where he starred in The Dazzle, performing with such intricate detail and giving a performance to remember!

Read our 4* review of The Dazzle

Andrew Scott is in "advanced discussions" to play Hamlet

9

Amy Lennox

for Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre

Photo by Matt Crockett

Amy Lennox is an absolute revelation as Lauren in Kinky Boots. As her character develops a crush on her new boss Charlie, Lennox brings the house down with her rendition of 'The History of Wrong Guys' - I have never witnessed so many mid-song applauses during a musical number. She is silly, weird and wacky and the audience couldn't get enough of her impeccably delivered one-liners. 

Read our 5* review of Kinky Boots

Check out our previous interview with Amy Lennox

8

Michael Urie

for Buyer and Cellar at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Photo by Joan Marcus

Review: The Dazzle at Found111 starring Andrew Scott & David Dawson

The Dazzle
Found111
Reviewed on Tuesday 15th December 2015
★★★★

Staged at Found111 - the site of the old Central St Martins School of Art on Charing Cross Road - Simon Evans' production of The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg is one of the most beautifully atmospheric plays I have seen all year.

GOSSIP: Andrew Scott to play Hamlet?

According to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Sherlock/Spectre actor Andrew Scott is in "advanced discussions" to play Hamlet.

Bamigboye reports Scott is hoping to play the role at the Almeida Theatre, but stresses that dates are still being negotiated. 

The production could be staged in late 2016 or in early 2017. Please remember nothing has been confirmed.

Andrew Scott & David Dawson to star in UK premiere of Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle

It has been announced that Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle will receive its UK premiere at FOUND111, a new venue at the site of the old Central St Martins School of Art on Charing Cross Road.

Michael Grandage Company and Emily Dobbs Productions are co-producing the production.

Simon Evans directs Andrew Scott and David Dawson as Langley and Homer. The production opens on 15th December 2015 (previews from 10th December), and runs for a strictly limited season until 30th January 2016. Further casting will be announced shortly.