The best performance I've ever seen
Joe Penhall: the best performance I've ever seen
Playwright Joe Penhall recalls Mark Rylance's bravura performance in Sam Shepard's True West
Miranda Raison: the best performance I've ever seen
Spooks star Miranda Raison on Ken Campbell's thought-provoking one-man show
Janie Dee: the best performance I've ever seen
Actress Janie Dee remembers David Caves's mesmerising performance last year in The Changeling at Southwark Playhouse
Samuel Barnett: the best performance I've ever seen
Actor Samuel Barnett on Tim Crouch's disturbing and divisive performance in The Author
Lee Hall: the best performance I've ever seen
Playwright Lee Hall on Derek Jacobi's Olivier-winning turn as Cyrano de Bergerac
Tracie Bennett: the best performance I've ever seen
Actor Tracie Bennett on Mark Rylance's riveting central performance in Jerusalem
Ché Walker: The best performance I've ever seen
Director Ché Walker recalls his own mother's 'incredibly moving' portrayal of a lonely woman in Through the Leaves
Chris Goode: the best performance I've ever seen
Writer and performer Chris Goode on Hitch, Kieran Hurley's charismatic one-man show
Ben Daniels: the best performance I've ever seen
Actor Ben Daniels on Vinette Robinson and Jack Gordon's thrillingly intense turn in Philip Ridley's Tender Napalm
Geraldine James: the best performance I've ever seen
Actor Geraldine James on Peggy Ashcroft's transformative performance in A Delicate Balance in 1969
The best performance I've ever seen: Cassa Pancho
Choreographer Cassa Pancho on seeing Deborah Bull in Steptext for the Royal Ballet in 1996
The best performance I've ever seen: Anthony Neilson
John Malkovich in Wet Weather Cover at the Royal Court theatre, 1995
The best performance I've ever seen: David Greig
The playwright tells Nicole Bahbout how a performance by Michael Gambon fundamentally changed the way he writes
The best performance I've ever seen: Greta Scacchi
Actor Greta Scacchi on an unforgettable turn from Geraldine McEwan in Noël Coward's Hay Fever
The best performance I've ever seen: Bunny Christie
Set designer Bunny Christie on the magic of Michael Clark
The best performance I've ever seen: Simon Stephens
Playwright Simon Stephens recalls an unforgettable six hours of Shakespeare – in Dutch
The best performance I've ever seen: Rona Munro
Playwright Rona Munro remembers a production of Happy Days that taught her why Beckett is revered
The best performance I've ever seen: Vivienne Franzmann
Playwright Vivienne Franzmann remembers an Edinburgh fringe show with a hands-on role for the audience
The best performance I've ever seen: Rufus Norris
Rufus Norris treasures the memory of Giselle by Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in 2005
The best performance I've ever seen: Steve Pemberton
Writer and comedy performer Steve Pemberton recalls Zoë Wanamaker's sympathetic star turn in Dead Funny
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