My top 5 theatre highlights (in no particular order)

1)The Ramayana directed by Indhu Rubasingham at The National Theatre and Birmingham Rep,

2)The Jollies directed by Alan Ayckbourn at The Stephen Joseph Theatre,

3)The Hansel Gretel Machine with The David Glass Ensemble an 18 month tour which included creating theatre with street children in Vietnam, Cambodia, Colombia, Philippines, China, Hong Kong and Bosnia.

4) A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch for The English Shakespeare Company

5) A whole raft of Shakespeare with Gregory Thompson including Benedick (Much Ado about Nothing), Petruchio (The Taming of The Shrew) and Trinculo (The Tempest)