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.
January 28, 2022
Beautifully executed production is let down by a dud script
January 27, 2022
One star recreates another, but we learn more about Ava's men than about Ava herself
January 25, 2022
One of our reviewers shares his top picks!
January 22, 2022
Nicky Allpress puts Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in the midst of an 80s Brixton feud.
January 20, 2022
Tamara Rojo doesn't go far enough in re-inventing Raymonda, its new story lacking the boldness of its new setting in the Crimean War.
January 11, 2022
Skiing on stage? That's not the only slippery slope in this clever adaptation of the 2014 Swedish movie about failing fathers and the, gulp, crisis of masculinity.
January 5, 2022
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand lead Joel Coen's cinematic tour de force
December 23, 2021
Gary Naylor finds some magnificent productions in a difficult year for theatre
December 22, 2021
Even those as lucky as regular reviewers do not take theatres' unique pleasures for granted - here are a few of our favourite things
December 15, 2021
A collage of scenes set largely in Latin America examine when, or if, individuals can find a place in fracturing communities.
December 14, 2021
It's good to hear collective laughter again in a theatre, but the dated characters grate rather than charm, and fewer jokes land in 2020s than in the 1970s.
December 11, 2021
Though flawed by too much dialogue, West Side Story will thrill young and old with its set pieces and soaring score
December 10, 2021
James Graham's new play bristles with wit, recreating Gore Vidal and William F Buckley's TV debates of 1968 - and a whole lot more
December 9, 2021
Fine theatrical effects, but thus adaptation of Lyra Belacqua's first year of life never escapes the confines imposed by the origin story genre's structure
December 3, 2021
A lesson not just in history, but in theatre, from an ensemble and creative team in complete command of complex, riveting material
December 1, 2021
A madcap, spoofing comedy briiming with energy and chest hair
November 27, 2021
A new play with music tells the story of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two cross-dressing pirates, through song and rhyme
November 26, 2021
Ferocious and funny, Ireland's play has lost none of its power, and gained even more relevance, ten years on from its Omagh debut
November 24, 2021
A beautiful production that does not intend to break new ground - and is all the better for it.
November 20, 2021
Some curious directorial choices fail to blunt the force of Wagner's musical donner und blitzen as the gods bicker and bully and the mortals bleed
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