First was an obscure play called Johnson over Jordan in 2001, where when you arrived in the the theatre to sit down, he was already laid on a slab in the midst of the where you were to sit, acting dead. So he laid there for a good 30 minutes after the doors opened and before the play actually started while everyone was finding their seats.
Second was another obscure play called A Life in the Theatre in 2005
Third was Macbeth in 2007, awesome as you would expect.
Fourth was Waiting for Godot in 2009 with Ian McKellan, oh and Simon Callow
Fifth was him in Hamlet playing Hamlet's father/Ghost, and David Tennant playing Hamlet, in 2009
The Hamlet one was notable as the play required the actors to walk on and off via a pathway from the front of the stage to the back of the theatre, basically through the audience, and we had our seats right next to this path at the very back. So there was one point in the play where Patrick Stewart was waiting to come back on via this pathway, and so he was literally standing there within touching distance for like 5 minutes. That was pretty memorable.
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