Gary Naylor - Page 18

New comedies are hard to get right and often land in a highly subjective space, but this one has to be called out as a bit of a dud

It's not a seamless transition from screen to stage, but it works well enough and, sadly, it still resonates with a truth albeit in a very different world

Opera Holland Park open the season with a faithful revival of a much loved classic

Irish National Opera bring a touring production to London in what might prove to be a show for the purists

Superb performances anchor a hurtling rollercoaster of a play that will live long in the memory of anyone who sees it.

Fair Play aims to increase the participation of working class people in Theatre. Stef O'Driscoll explains why it's needed and what it's going to do.

Landmark show creaks at the edges, but gets its share of laughs in this highly accomplished touring show

We see them in minor parts and in the background on stage, and they're always first at the curtain call. But what's life really like in the ensemble of a mega-musical?

Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features

A mixed bag of productions united by wonderful acting and committed writing

Practice-based learning lives on as the stars of the future are created

Leslie Ash leads a very funny play by first time writer Aaron Thakar, lit up by a charming and hilarious turn by another debutante, Jake Mavis

An old favourite brings the passion and the pain with beautiful singing and convincing acting

A tale for our time - a thought that brings both a disillusioned sense that little has changed in 150 years but also a sense that things can

English National Opera closes its troubled, but successful, 2023-24 season with Bartok's curious compelling slice of psychodrama beautifully played by its orchestra

Too much left unexplored in biting satire on the workplace and the emerging new media landscape of the 21st century

Rap and Bizet's music tells this updated story of love in a hostile world

The emotions driving the birth of the NHS, as experienced by its founding father, explored in epic production

By their very nature, improvised shows will have good nights and not so good nights

A shocking and taboo-busting production fires young minds like no other art form can.