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Gary Naylor

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. 






BWW Review: THE KNOWLEDGE, Charing Cross Theatre
BWW Review: THE KNOWLEDGE, Charing Cross Theatre
September 12, 2017

A timely revival for one of Jack Rosenthal's celebrated TV plays of the 70s with much to say about the age of the Uber.

BWW Review: BRITNEY SPEARS - THE CABARET, The Other Palace
BWW Review: BRITNEY SPEARS - THE CABARET, The Other Palace
September 7, 2017

Britney Spears The Cabaret entertains and provokes with the story of the pop princess's life told through Christie Whelan Browne's comic cuts and wonderful singing.

BWW Review: DEADLINE DAY, Theatre N16
BWW Review: DEADLINE DAY, Theatre N16
September 5, 2017

Deadline Day has echoes of The Likely Lads in its humour, drawn from the clashing of cultures as a boy wonder footballer and his go-getting agent travel to London to sign for Chelsea.

BWW Review: SALAD DAYS, Union Theatre
BWW Review: SALAD DAYS, Union Theatre
August 18, 2017

Salad Days is easy to dismiss is the lightest of light entertainment, but has plenty of political punch under its joyous exterior.

BWW Review: HANSEL & GRETEL AND THE WITCH BABA YAGA, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
BWW Review: HANSEL & GRETEL AND THE WITCH BABA YAGA, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
August 9, 2017

Director, Amy Draper, packs plenty into realising writer Daniel Winder's ambitious take on the Grimm fairytale, but the show needs to be edited back to two hours maximum running time to succeed fully.

BWW Review: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Arcola Theatre
BWW Review: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Arcola Theatre
August 2, 2017

The Cunning Little Vixen is a opera favourite but no less fascinating for that, especially in this innovative and engaging production.

BWW Review: WILLEMIJN VERKAIK IN CONCERT, Cambridge Theatre
BWW Review: WILLEMIJN VERKAIK IN CONCERT, Cambridge Theatre
August 1, 2017

Long a star of Wicked, Willemijn Verkaik delivers a splendid one-off concert to her adoring fans.

BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF KIM K, Arcola Theatre
BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF KIM K, Arcola Theatre
July 26, 2017

The Marriage of Kim K is an innovative melding of musical genres, as three couples find life together more difficult than expected, their lives revealed in a very 21st century style.

BWW Review: I LOVED LUCY, Arts Theatre
BWW Review: I LOVED LUCY, Arts Theatre
July 25, 2017

I Loved Lucy returns to the West End with a change in tone, but retaining its charm and its pathos with another incandescent star performance from Sandra Dickinson.

BWW Review: POULENC'S LA VOIX HUMAINE, King's Place
BWW Review: POULENC'S LA VOIX HUMAINE, King's Place
July 11, 2017

La Voix Humaine, Poulenc's one act, one soprano opera based on a play by Jean Cocteau, is a visceral, demanding, rewarding evening, ferociously up to date in every sense.

BWW Review: KING KONG (A COMEDY), The Vaults
BWW Review: KING KONG (A COMEDY), The Vaults
July 4, 2017

King Kong (A Comedy) tries a little too hard for laughs, but captures some of the pathos of its 1933 movie inspiration in a breathless 80 minutes show..

BWW Review: MACBETH, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
BWW Review: MACBETH, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
June 30, 2017

A Macbeth that stays true to the 17th century origin of the play, yet feels bang up to date with plenty for teenage fans of Game of Thrones and Shakespeare veterans to enjoy.

BWW Review: BLONDEL THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre
BWW Review: BLONDEL THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre
June 28, 2017

Blondel The Musical has elements of pantomime and elements of the real punch of musical theatre in a show that works well only intermittently.

BWW Review: THESE TREES ARE MADE OF BLOOD, Arcola Theatre
BWW Review: THESE TREES ARE MADE OF BLOOD, Arcola Theatre
June 17, 2017

These Tress Are Made Of Blood tells the story of Argentina's Dirty War using cabaret as a vehicle to describe the horrors and the politics that drove it.

BWW Review: LA STRADA, The Other Palace
BWW Review: LA STRADA, The Other Palace
June 1, 2017

La Strada, adapted from the Fellini movie is a play with music that captures the style and ethics of a classic movie, indeed the Neo-Realism style.

BWW Review: VIXEN, The Vaults
BWW Review: VIXEN, The Vaults
June 1, 2017

Vixen updates Leos Janacek's opera for the victims of Generation Rent moving the action into the big city of 2017 with hi tech and great singing.

BWW Review: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Union Theatre
BWW Review: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Union Theatre
May 29, 2017

Annie Get Your Gun delivers wonderful, uncynical entertainment, the romance studded with some of the finest songs ever written for the theatre.

BWW Review: JAM, Finborough Theatre
BWW Review: JAM, Finborough Theatre
May 27, 2017

Jam, Matt Parvin's first play, shows promise but cannot overcome its structural and narrative problems to deliver its full potential.

BWW Review: THE MIKADO, Richmond Theatre
BWW Review: THE MIKADO, Richmond Theatre
May 25, 2017

The Mikado is as much as ever in this all male version that showcases the great songs with some fine voices.

BWW Review: OTHELLO, Wilton's Music Hall
BWW Review: OTHELLO, Wilton's Music Hall
May 20, 2017

Othello's extraordinary tapestry of human vulnerabilities, brilliantly woven in Richard Twyman's brutal production, remains as relevant today as ever.



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