BWW Review: FOOL FOR LOVE, Found 111, 31 October 2016November 1, 2016Gary Naylor sees a play that builds atmosphere rather than narrative and now feels of its time - 33 years ago
BWW Review: SIDE SHOW, Southwark PlayhouseOctober 27, 2016Gary Naylor sees a revival of a show that deserves, and gets, the full 'Big Musical' production treatment.
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, New Wimbledon Theatre, 25 October 2016October 26, 2016Gary Naylor sees a showbiz monument and finds that it's still as entertaining and as relevant as ever.
BWW Review: AFTER THREE SISTERS, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 21 October 2016October 23, 2016Gary Naylor sees an ambitious production that runs parallel storylines but doesn't solve the considerable problems so caused.
BWW Review: WONDERFUL TOWN, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, 19 October 2016October 20, 2016Gary Naylor sees a lovely show packed with great songs and imaginative staging.
BWW Review: MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, 18 October 2016October 19, 2016Gary Naylor sees an enthusiastic revival of Moby Dick The Musical that rather loses the wind from its sails in the second half.
BWW Review: RAGTIME, Charing Cross TheatreOctober 18, 2016Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised revival of a show that has never been more relevant since the novel was published in 1975.
BWW Review: POKER FACE, King's Head Theatre, 16 October 2016October 17, 2016Gary Naylor sees a play from Europe that can't quite decide what it wants to be but raises interesting questions all the same.
BWW Review: ULYSSES' HOMECOMING, Hackney Empire, 15 October 2016October 16, 2016Gary Naylor sees an opera dating from its earliest period that brims with emotional energy, if a lacking a little in 21st century pace.
BWW Review: LA CALISTO, Hackney Empire, 14 October 2016October 15, 2016Gary Naylor sees a spectacular and thought-provoking revival of Cavalli's 17th century opera of gods, myths and mortals.
BWW Review: FORCE OF TRUMP, Brockley Jack Theatre, 12 October 2016October 13, 2016Gary Naylor sees a well performed and funny satire on Donald Trump that struggles to be more outrageous than the real thing.
BWW Review: LUNCH AND THE BOW OF ULYSSES, Trafalgar Studios 2, 10 October 2016October 11, 2016Gary Naylor sees a relationship swell and suffer over 20 years in two plays lit up by linguistic excess.
BWW Review: XERXES, Hackney Empire, 8 October 2016October 10, 2016Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly realised updating of Handel's Xerxes set in the Battle of Britain and featuring an astonishing countertenor voice.
BWW Review: CONFESSIONAL, Southwark Playhouse, 7 October 2016October 8, 2016Gary Naylor sees Southend pitch up in Southwark as Tramp Theatre revive a Tennessee Williams slice of life on the margin.
BWW Review: THIS LITTLE LIFE OF MINE, Park TheatreOctober 6, 2016Gary Naylor sees a show that bristles with wit, warmth and wonderful songs and speaks directly to Londoners in 2016.
BWW Review: ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICAL, Finborough Theatre, 30 September 2016October 1, 2016Gary Naylor sees an award-winning musical that provides few catchy tunes, but revels in a marriage of music and vocals that lays feelings bare and says much about life today.
BWW Review: TOY SOLDIER, Brockley Jack Theatre, 29 September 2016September 30, 2016Gary Naylor sees a play that wears its heart on its sleeve, but suffers as a result of ill-conceived staging and characterisation.
BWW Review: FLOYD COLLINS, Wilton's Music HallSeptember 29, 2016Gary Naylor sees a remarkable tour-de-force that produces the definitive version of a tricky but utterly compelling piece of musical theatre.
BWW Review: THE LIBERTINE, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 27 September 2016September 28, 2016The Libertine makes a return to the London after adaptations for screen and stage, but fails to go out in a blaze of glory
BWW Review: OUT THERE, Union Theatre, 23 September 2016September 24, 2016Gary Naylor sees a musical packed with agreeable songs but short on characterisation, charm and credibility.