Criterion Theatre
A–Z of all Productions
- 98.9
1911 – 1912.
- Absurd Person Singular
4th July 1973 – 28th September 1974.
- Advertising April
started 1923.
- After All
2nd February – 19th September 1931.
- After Haggerty, Royal Shakespeare Company, Eddie Kulukundis, and Knightsbridge Theatrical Productions Ltd
4th February – 3rd July 1971.
- After October, Ray Roddcliffe
20th February 1936 – 16th January 1937.
- All Rights Reserved
25th February – 13th July 1935.
- Amajuba-Like Doves We Rise, Oxford Playhouse Productions and The Farber Foundry
29th June 2004 – 30th April 2005.
- Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure
19th July 1921 – 19th August 1922.
- Amelie – The Musical
20th May – 25th September 2021.
- An American Lady
21st March 1874 (press night).
- And This Was Odd
2nd October – 17th November 1951.
- Art and Mrs. Bottle, Dennis Eadie and Arthur Gibbons
21st October 1929 – 1st February 1930.
- The Audition
17th June – ? 1968.
- The Bad Samaritan
27th April – 31st October 1953.
- Bent
4th July – November 1979.
- Birthday Honours
6th October 1953 – 1st May 1954.
- Black Nativity
started 14th August 1962.
- Bleak Expectations, Anthology Theatre Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, Patrick Gracey Productions, David Wolstencroft, David Mirvish, John Yonover, Ricardo Hornos & Tomas Rottemberg, Richard Winkler & Dawn Smalberg, Act Productions, TC Beech, Marianne Benton, and Scott Delman & Florence Sloan
3rd May – 3rd September 2023.
- Brief Lives
25th February – August 1969.
- Bunny
8th December 1972 – January 1973.
- Butley, Michael Codron Ltd
5th July 1971 – 14th October 1972.
- Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, Omega Stage Company
15th July – ? 1981.
- A Clean Kill, Alastair Sim and E P Clift
26th October 1959 – 16th April 1960.
- Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined, Menier Chocolate Factory
3rd October 2015 – 14th February 2016.
- Clouds, Ray Cooney
1st November 1978 – 30th June 1979.
- Come Out of Your Shell, Howard Wyndham and Bronson Albery
13th May – 24th August 1940.
- The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Mischief Theatre
31st March 2016 – 15th March 2020.
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Reduced Shakespeare Company
5th March 1996 – 3rd April 2005.
- Council Of Love
20th August – September 1970.
- The Countess, Countess Productions and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
4th May – 9th July 2005.
- David Garrick
1887 – 1888.
- Dear Liar
started 18th May 1960.
- The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The Eyes Of Cole Porter
27th August – 24th September 1966.
- Deep are the Roots, Tennent Productions Ltd
2nd June – 8th November 1947.
- The Dippers
22nd August 1922 – 20th January 1923.
- Dishonorable Ladies, Portfolio Management
5th – 9th April 1994.
- A Doll’s House
20th February – June 1973.
- A Doll’s House
2nd – 18th March 1936.
- A Doll’s House
20th March – 26th April 1930.
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
started 17th June 1993.
- Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens
29th October 1951 – 19th January 1952.
- An Evening With G.B.S.
28th September – October 1966.
- The Family Dance, H M Tennent Ltd
5th June – 9th October 1976.
- The Far-Off Hills
1st September – 25th October 1930.
- Fata Morgana, Arthur Greville Collins
15th September 1924 – 18th April 1925.
- Flat to Let
1st December 1931 – 19th March 1932.
- Flint
started 5th May 1970.
- French for Love
31st October 1939 – 25th May 1940.
- French Without Tears, Howard Wyndham and Bronson Albery
6th November 1936 – 6th May 1939.
- Fresh Fields
5th January 1933 – 17th February 1934.
- The Frontiers of Farce, Old Vic Company
11th October 1976 – 12th March 1977.
- Gaslight, Backstage Productions
1st March – 5th June 1976.
- General John Regan
25th November – 20th December 1930.
- The Ghost Train
21st December 1934 – 19th January 1935.
- The Gimmick
started 11th June 1962.
- The Girl Who Couldn’t Lie
6th – 26th July 1911.
- Gloo Joo, Hampstead Theatre Company
14th September 1978 – 12th May 1979.
- The Green Flag
5th – 3rd July 1915.
- Grouse in June, Howard Wyndham and Bronson Albery
24th April – 2nd September 1939.
- Grouse in June, Howard Wyndham and Bronson Albery
24th April – 2nd September 1939.
- Grumpy
26th March – 16th July 1921.
- The Guinea-Pig
19th February 1946 – 14th June 1947.
- Happy as Larry
16th December 1947 – 31st January 1948.
- Hay Fever
started 8th June 1925.
- Hedda Gabler, The Arts Theatre of Cambridge
21st February 1936 – 25th March 1938.
- Here Are Ladies
28th July – August 1970.
- The High Bid, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Henry Sherwood Productions, and Torwood Productions
13th October 1970 – February 1971.
- The Home Secretary
1894 – 1895.
- Hulla Baloo
31st October – December 1972.
- I Gotta Shoe
15th December 1976 – February 1977.
- In Town Again (revue)
6th – 13th September 1940.
- Indian Summer
started 12th December 1951.
- The Indifferent Shepherd, Sherek Players Ltd
5th February – 1st May 1948.
- The Irregular Verb to Love, Anna Deere Wiman and Jack Minster
27th February 1961 – 17th February 1962.
- Jack, A Night on the Town with John Barrymore
18th May – 16th July 1994.
- John Buchan’s ‘The 39 Steps’
10th August 2006 – 5th September 2015.
- Journey’s End
27th November – 15th December 1934.
- The Lady of La Paz
2nd July – 31st October 1936.
- Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Ian B Albery and Eddie Kulukundis
13th November 1979 – 31st May 1980.
- Lenny
14th April – May 1975.
- The Liars
1897 – 1898.
- Look Back in Anger, English Stage Company
29th October 1968 – February 1969.
- Looking Through A Glass Onion
18th October 1993 – 1st January 1994.
- Loot
November 1966 – August 1967.
- Lord Richard in the Pantry
started 11th November 1919.
- Mack & Mabel, Laurence Myers, Jon Wilner and Richard Temple present The Watermill Theatre Production
10th April – 1st July 2006.
- The Maitlands
4th July – 3rd November 1934.
- Making It Better, Hampstead Theatre Company
11th February – 5th December 1992.
- Mandrake, Donald Albery
16th April – 2nd May 1970.
- March Hares
12th December 1927 – 17th March 1928.
- The Marquise
16th February – 11th June 1927.
- The Master Builder, The Arts Theatre Club Cambridge
24th February 1936 – 14th March 1938.
- The Merchant of Venice 1936, Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, Alan Howard, Watford Palace Theatre, and HOME Manchester
15th February – 23rd March 2024.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, National Youth Theatre
6th December 2019 – 7th January 2020.
- Milestones
28th January – 12th April 1930.
- Misalliance, Meadow Players and Oxford Playhouse
9th October 1962 – 16th February 1963.
- Misery, Carnival Theatre
17th December 1992 – 15th May 1993.
- Miss Pell is Missing, Murray MacDonald and John Stevens Ltd., by arrangement with Donald Albery
started 12th September 1962.
- Mr Popper’s Penguins, Pins and Needles
15th – 31st December 2016.
- Mrs Wilson’s Diary
started 24th October 1967.
- The Mulberry Bush
29th April – 10th May 1930.
- Musical Chairs
started April 1932.
- My Night with Reg, Royal Court Theatre
24th November 1994 – 2nd September 1995.
- The New Sin
20th February – 8th June 1912.
- Next Time I’ll Sing to You, Michael Codron
23rd January – 22nd June 1963.
- Nina Conti – In Your Face
25th February – 17th September 2016.
- Nina Conti – In Your Face
25th February – 17th September 2016.
- Nine Till Six, Mrs Charles B Cochran
22nd January – 20th September 1930.
- Not in the Book
17th February 1958 – 6th June 1959.
- Oh Coward!
5th June – 2nd August 1975.
- One Way Pendulum, English Stage Company
22nd December 1959 – 11th June 1960.
- Otherwise Engaged, Mark Rubinstein, Sonia Friedman Productions, Lee Menzies, and TEG Productions
21st September 2005 – 28th January 2006.
- Our Mr. Hepplewhite, Arthur Wontner, Anthony Ellis, and Mary Moore
3rd April – ? 1919.
- The Owl and the Pussycat, Bernard Delfont and Arthur Lewis
21st February – 20th August 1966.
- Paddle Your Own Canoe, Donmar Productions
started 4th December 1957.
- A Pair of Trousers
8th December 1930 – 24th January 1931.
- Passing Brompton Road, Alban B Limpus and Barry O’Brien
11th June – 8th December 1928.
- Penelope
started 9th January 1909.
- Peppa Pig – Treasure Hunt
6th December 2012 – 6th January 2013.
- Peppa Pig’s Big Splash
5th December 2013 – 4th January 2015.
- Peppa Pig’s Big Splash
5th December 2013 – 4th January 2015.
- The Playboy of the Western World
28th October – 22nd November 1930.
- Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
15th October 2021 – 5th February 2022.
- The Real Inspector Hound
17th June – ? 1968.
- The Restoration of Arnold Middleton, English Stage Company and Donald Albery for Calabash Productions Ltd
4th July – October 1967.
- The Rivals, H M Tennent Ltd in association with CEMA
3rd September 1945 – 16th February 1946.
- Rosemary
1898 – 1899.
- Rosemary
started 1896.
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Young Vic
4th August 1975 – 13th March 1976.
- Rosmersholm
started March 1936.
- Rosmersholm, The Arts Theatre of Cambridge
19th – 21st March 1938.
- Run for Your Wife, Theatre of Comedy
29th March 1983 – 14th December 1991.
- Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club
27th September 1995 – 22nd January 1996.
- Ruth Draper – Character Sketches
25th September – 21st October 1950.
- Ruth Draper – Character Sketches
20th May – 28th June 1952.
- A Severed Head, Bristol Old Vic Company
started 7th May 1963.
- Sextet, John Gale for Lisden Productions Ltd
14th March 1977 – 4th November 1978.
- The Singer
11th October 1976 – March 1977.
- Sixteen
12th March – 15th September 1934.
- A Sleeping Clergyman
19th June – 6th September 1947.
- So What About Love
16th September 1969 – March 1970.
- Sugar Plum, H M Tennent Ltd
20th February – 6th May 1939.
- Taking Sides
15th May – 9th December 1995.
- A Taste of Honey, Theatre Workshop
27th May 1958 – 12th December 1959.
- There Goes the Bride, Ray Cooney Productions
22nd July 1974 – 26th July 1975.
- Third Person
30th October 1951 – 5th April 1952.
- The Thoughts Of Chairman Alf
started 1976.
- Three Spoonfuls
1915 – 1916.
- Tomfoolery
5th June 1980 – 30th May 1981.
- Tony Draws a Horse
26th January 1939 – 6th January 1940.
- Topsyturveydom
21st March – 17th April 1874.
- Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
15th March 1948 – 16th December 1950.
- The Unfriend, Chichester Festival Theatre, Playful Productions, Eric Kuhn, Karl Sydow, Sayers & Sayers Productions, and Sue Vertue / Hartswood Films
15th January – 16th April 2023.
- The Vortex
18th February – 17th May 1952.
- Waiting for Godot
12th September 1955 – 24th March 1956.
- The Waltz of the Toreadors, Donmar Productions Ltd and MEEC Productions Ltd
27th March 1956 – 21st December 1957.
- What the Butler Saw, Hampstead Theatre and PW Productions
24th August – 22nd October 2005.
- Where There’s a Will
1912 – 1913.
- Who is Sylvia?, H M Tennent Ltd
9th October 1950 – 13th October 1951.
- The Wild Duck, The Play Company of London
November – December 1970.
- The Wise-Woman
7th – 17th November 1934.
- Woza Albert!, Market Theatre, Johannesburg
October 1982 – November 1983.
- You Never Can Tell, Sherek Players Ltd
3rd October 1947 – 3rd July 1948.
- The Young Elizabeth
2nd April 1952 – 20th June 1953.