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Repertory season of Hobson's Choice starring Penelope Keith, A Coat of Varnish (Sir Ronald Millar), Capt. Brassbound's Conversion (Bernard Shaw), Uncle Vanya (Chekhov), Rules of the Game (Luigi Pirandello) and Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw) starring Peter O'Toole.
The School for Scandal starring Donald Sinden, Heartbreak House (Bernard Shaw), Ben Kingsley as Edmund Kean, A Patriot for Me (John Osborne), The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov) and The Sleeping Prince (Terence Rattigan).
The Aspern Papers starring Christopher Reeve, Aren't We All (Frederick Lonsdale) and The Way of the World (William Congreve).
Sweet Bird of Youth starring Lauren Bacall, Old Times (Harold Pinter) and Fatal Attraction (Bernard Slade).
Antony and Cleopatra starring Vanessa Redgrave, Breaking the Code starring Derek Jacobi, Long Day's Journey Into Night starring Jack Lemmon and The Applecart (Bernard Shaw).
Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know (Jane McCulloch) and Melon (Simon Gray).
Orpheus Descending starring Vanessa Redgrave, You Never Can Tell (Bernard Shaw), The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Rattigan) and Admirable Crichton (J.M. Barrie).
London Assurance (Dion Boucicault), An Evening with Peter Ustinov and Gasping (Ben Elton).
Silly Cow (Ben Elton), John Sessions' Travelling Tales, Becket starring Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay.
Cyrano de Bergerac, title role played by Robert Lindsay, celebrates 40 years since the Queen's accession in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Margaret and Prince Edward. Heartbreak House and A Woman of No Importance followed.
£1.3 million major work of refurbishment consuming twelve hundred "books" – layers of twenty four carat English gold leaf. Overhaul and reinforcement of stage roof trusses installed in 1821. Art restoration to Joseph Harker's ceiling and cleaning of two thousand lead crystals in central chandelier. Fresh carpet, new upholstery, hand blocked wallpapers and marble polishing.
Theatre Royal Haymarket re-opens with An Evening with Peter Ustinov, followed by the award winning Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, which ended in June 1995 after 431 performances.
Burning Blue, a new play by the first time playwright David Greer.
Sir Peter Hall directs Ibsen's The Master Builder starring Alan Bates.
An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde) returns 100 years since its premiere at the Haymarket, directed by Peter Hall with Martin Shaw as Lord Goring in “a haunting and revelatory production”, “marvellously paced and exquisitely designed”; followed by a successful 12 week run of Neil Simon's timeless comedy The Odd Couple starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Lynn Redgrave flies in from the United States of America bringing her award winning one woman show Shakespeare for My Father to the London stage.
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams). An outstanding production directed by Peter Hall, starring Jessica Lange, Toby Stephens and Imogen Stubbs. Lady Windermere's Fan, (Oscar Wilde), an award winning production running for over 100 performances. The return, after touring, of the extremely successful An Ideal Husband with Martin Shaw and Kate O'Mara for a limited season.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, brings together Maggie Smith, John Standing, Annette Crosbie and Best Actress Award Winner Eileen Atkins for a sell-out run.
Jasper Carrott's one man show enjoys a sell-out run, followed by Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, which transferred from the Royal National Theatre.
Fascinating Aida perform a comic revue, followed by a successful run of Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue with Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason, and a short run of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney with Charlton Heston and Lydia Clarke Heston. A transfer of the Chichester Festival production of The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) follows,starring Patricia Routledge.
Collected Stories by Donald Marguiles, starring Helen Mirren, runs through to the New Year, with a new version of Strindberg's Miss Julie running through to the spring.
The Blue Room by David Hare, directed by Loveday Ingram and starring Michael Higgs and Camilla Power was followed by the critically acclaimed Japes by Simon Gray. This was directed by Sir Peter Hall and starred Jasper Britton, Toby Stephens and Clare Swinburne. Peter Bowles then starred in The Beau by Ron Hutchinson which was directed by Caroline Hunt.
The Royal Family starring Dame Judi Dench, followed by Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan which was directed by Peter Hall. Also in 2002, the RSC brought in a short season featuring Much Ado About Nothing and Antony and Cleopatra, and TRH Productions co-produced Edward Hall's Rose Rage.
Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith appeared for the first time together on stage in The Breath of Life. The Rat Pack, featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr, followed. Also in 2003, Ralph Fiennes starred in Brand by Henrik Ibsen, which was directed by Adrian Noble, who also directed Rupert Graves, Samantha Bond, Prunella Scales and Joanne Pearce in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance, 110 years after its premiere on the same stage.
The stage production of the hit film, When Harry Met Sally, starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. Singular Sensations At The Theatre Royal Haymarket was a season of performances by international stars Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein, Michael Ball and Joshua Rifkin. This was followed by Becket by Jean Anouilh (adapted by Frederic and Stephen Raphael) which was directed by John Caird and starred Dougray Scott and Jasper Britton.
Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques The Musical!, starring Julie Walters and directed by Trevor Nunn enjoyed sell-out audiences for its sixteen week run. This was followed by The Genius of Ray Charles and A Few Good Men starring Rob Lowe.
A Man For All Seasons starring Martin Shaw. Hay Fever by Noël Coward, starring Judi Dench and Peter Bowles. This was followed by Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, starring Dave Willetts and Shona Lindsay, and by Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Claire Bloom and Billy Zane.
Pinter's People, starring Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon, Geraldine McNulty and Sally Phillips, followed by The Lady From Dubuque, starring Maggie Smith.