Gary Naylor is chief London reviewer for BroadwayWorld (https://www.broadwayworld.com/author/Gary-Naylor) and feels privileged to see so much of his home city's theatre. He writes about cricket for The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gary-naylor) and is a lead commentator at Guerilla Cricket (https://www.guerillacricket.com/). He podcasts on 80s and 90s football at https://www.nessundormapod.com/. He writes on films at Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/garynaylor999/. He tweets at https://twitter.com/garynaylor85.
December 19, 2022
Some highlights of the last year and some hopes for an uncertain future
December 17, 2022
Rumpelstiltskin as you've never seen (nor heard) it before
December 9, 2022
The foundations of musical theatre are sacrificed for spectacle and energetic enthusiasm in a venue with acoustics that fail to do justice to the quality of the singing and musicianship
December 8, 2022
As fine a Christmas show as you'll see in a beautiful venue and at a price that won't blow the budget (well, not too much)
December 7, 2022
Another triumphant vindication of a uniquely thoroughgoing philosophy at Chickenshed
December 1, 2022
A dystopian past and dystopian future form the backdrop to two plays that never quite escape their specificities and, consequently, remain a little distant
November 27, 2022
Opera based on much loved 1946 film offers a vision of a town without music, without joy, without love and, in doing so, compels us to value what we have - a moral shared by everyone in the house, but not outside it.
November 25, 2022
Super fun for 7 year-olds to 77 year-olds with all that stage magic up there on the screen
November 24, 2022
Super fun for Christmas with two of the world's most loved Victorian characters together at last
November 22, 2022
Frank McGuinness's new play puts two giants of 20th century culture together but fails to ignite a spark between them
November 21, 2022
John Hill's play touches on a range of interesting themes, but its narrative meanders and its tension falls away
November 17, 2022
Brimming with ideas, Richard Harris's play never forgets that its first obligation is to entertain
November 12, 2022
One of Shakespeare's most political plays is on the nose for our times, but this production doesn't quite have the courage of its aesthetic convictions
November 11, 2022
Devastating production showcases outstanding writing, directing and acting to create a production that will live long in the memory
November 10, 2022
Relationships are forged and fractured in the emotional fires of lockdown
November 8, 2022
A play from an award-winning Spanish playwright that captures our life and times in the UK with a domestic dilemma that raises big questions for the next generation
October 28, 2022
David J Blair's new play has punch and relevance but may need expanding to fulfil its potential
October 26, 2022
A show full of good songs, fine singing and engaging characters doesn't quite live up to the sum of its parts
October 22, 2022
Heartfelt condemnation of treatment of undocumented immigrants let down by structural issues and predictable plotting
October 21, 2022
A new West End theatre launches with a show that is heartwarming but unnecessarily irritating in its structure and style
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