BWW Review: ULYSSES' HOMECOMING, Hackney Empire, 15 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees an opera dating from its earliest period that brims with emotional energy, if a lacking a little in 21st century pace.
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Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 Theatre
Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 2016
Gary 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 Hall
Gary 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 2016
The 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 2016
Gary Naylor sees a musical packed with agreeable songs but short on characterisation, charm and credibility.
BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Bromley Churchill Theatre, 22 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine production that will delight fans old and new of Jane Austen's immortal tale of unmarried daughters and their suitors.
BWW Review: THE GREATER GAME, Southwark Playhouse, 19 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine tribute to the men of Clapton Orient who went into battle for King and Country 100 years ago.
BWW Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Lyric Hammersmith, 16 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play with plenty of emotional torment on display but a dubious political message that sits ill with its venue.
BWW Review: A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR, Print Room at the Coronet, 15 September 2016
Gary Naylor enjoys a Tennessee Williams play full of sharp dialogue, tenderness and the poignant loss of missed opportunities.
BWW Review: THE ALCHEMIST, Barbican Theatre, 14 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a frenetic, physical production of the Ben Jonson classic that fizzes with fibbing and foolishness.
BWW Review: DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Barbican Theatre, 13 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees plenty of relevant stuff and controversial material in a new version of Marlowe's influential classic.
BWW Review: 27, Cockpit Theatre, 12 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that has plenty of rock but lacks strong characters and is overly predictable.
BWW Review: PUNKPLAY, Southwark Playhouse, 10 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play that examines suburban alienation in 80's America and the salvation Punk offered - on rollerskates!
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