Imelda Staunton - Theatre Work

Theatre Work

Repertory theatre:

  • Waiting for Godot (Lucky, 1976), Birmingham Rep
  • Hay Fever, Watermill, Newbury
  • Grease, York Theatre Royal
  • Henry V, Leeds Playhouse
  • The Gingerbread Man, Leeds Playhouse

Two seasons at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter:

  • Travesties (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • A Man for All Seasons (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • Elektra (Elektra, 1978) Northcott Exeter
  • Dear Daddy (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • Cinderella (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1978) Northcott Exeter:
  • Macbeth (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • Cabaret (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • As You Like It (1978) Northcott Exeter
  • Saint Joan (Saint Joan, 1979) Northcott Exeter
  • The Beggar's Opera (1979) Northcott Exeter
  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1979) Northcott Exeter
  • Side by Side by Sondheim (1979) Northcott Exeter

Two seasons at the Nottingham Playhouse (1980–81?):

  • Pam Gems' Piaf (Piaf) Nottingham Playhouse
  • Mack and Mabel (Mabel) Nottingham Playhouse
  • Mrs Warren's Profession, Nottingham Playhouse
  • A Little Night Music, Nottingham Playhouse

Touring (1981–82?):

  • She Stoops to Conquer (Kate Hardcastle) Oxford Stage Company UK tour

Theatre roles in London::

  • Guys and Dolls (Mimi, Hotbox Girl, 1982), Royal National Theatre Olivier
  • The Beggar's Opera (Lucy Lockit, 1982), Royal National Theatre Cottesloe
  • Schweyk in the Second World War (Anna, 1982) National Olivier
  • Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide, 1983) National Olivier
  • A Mad World, My Masters (Janet Cloughton, 1984) Theatre Royal Stratford East
  • Us Good Girls (Paulette, 1984) Soho Poly
  • The Corn Is Green (Bessie Watty, 1985), Old Vic – Olivier award
  • A Chorus of Disapproval (Hannah Llewellyn, 1985) National Olivier – Olivier award
  • The Fair Maid of the West (Bess Bridges, 1987) RSC Mermaid Theatre
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Gloria Beatty, 1987) RSC Mermaid
  • The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, 1987) RSC Barbican Theatre
  • Uncle Vanya (Sonya, 1988) Vaudeville Theatre
  • The Lady and the Clarinet (Luba, 1989) The King's Head Theatre, Islington
  • Into the Woods (Baker's Wife, 1990) Phoenix Theatre – Olivier award
  • Rona Munro's Bold Girls (Cassie, 1991) Hampstead Theatre
  • Tony Kushner's Slavs! (Bonfila, 1994) Hampstead Theatre
  • Habeas Corpus (play) (Mrs Swabb, 1996) Donmar Warehouse
  • Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide, 1996) National Olivier – Olivier nomination
  • Divas at the Donmar: Imelda Staunton and Her Big Band (1–5 September 1998) Donmar Warehouse
  • Yasmina Reza's Life X Three (Ines, 2000) National Cottesloe, then transferring to the Old Vic (2001)
  • Michael Hastings' Calico (Nora Barnacle, 2004) Duke of York's Theatre
  • Frank McGuinness's There Came a Gypsy Riding (Margaret, 2007) Almeida
  • Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane (Kath, 2009) Trafalgar Studios
  • Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Claire, 2011) Almeida Theatre
  • Sweeney Todd (Mrs Lovett, 2011), Chichester Festival Theatre
  • Sweeney Todd (Mrs Lovett, 2012), Adelphi Theatre

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