BWW Reviews: THE DREAMING, Union Theatre, September 10 2014
Gary Naylor sees a musical that captures the charm of its inspiration, A Midsummer Night's Dream, but is slightly let down by inconsistent singing.
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BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, New Wimbledon Theatre, September 9 2014
Gary Naylor sees an old-fashioned crowdpleaser of a musical, stuffed with the clever, catchy songs of all-time Broadway great Irving Berlin.
BWW Reviews: LAND OF OUR FATHERS, Trafalgar Studios, September 11 2014
Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised black comedy from debutant playwright Chris Urch, one that heralds a major new writer for the English stage.
BWW Reviews: AATIF NAWAZ - MUSLIMS DO IT FIVE TIMES A DAY, Leicester Square Theatre, September 7 2014
Aatif Nawaz's new show finds humour in the lives led by British Muslims, with their cultural roots in the subcontinent, in multicultural Britain and online.
BWW Reviews: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, September 4 2014
Gary Naylor sees a musical brimming with ambition and confidence flawed only by a slight weakness in its storytelling, the complexities of the great 19th century novel a little lost in the adaptation.
BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Rose Theatre Kingston, September 5 2014
Gary Nayor sees a production of Shakespeare's most loved comedy brimming with the traditional charm and wit one has come to expect from the Globe Theatre, about to tour the Far East.
BWW Reviews: LET ME STAY, Purcell Room, September 3 2014
Gary Naylor sees a funny, sad, heartwarming performance that captures the life of Shirley McNamara, the Queen of the Mersey, a character that loomed large in the life of her daughter, Julie, and one now facing the inevitable final chapter of a life very well lived.
BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET, Temple Church, September 1 2014
Gary Naylor sees a unique production of Romeo and Juliet set in the nave of the extraordinary Temple Church, resting place of the legendary Knights Templar.
BWW Reviews: THE BLANK CANVAS, King's Head Theatre, August 31 2014
Gary Naylor sees the winner of OperaUpClose's new writing competition, an opera that may be confined to a small performing space, but one unafraid to ask some difficult questions and unafraid to be defined by challenging, but ultimately rewarding, music and sensational singing.
BWW Reviews: THE TIGER LILLIES: RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, Queen Elizabeth Hall, August 30 2014
Gary Naylor sees a triumphant return to the Queen Elizabeth Hall for The Tiger Lillies, the cult trio led by Martyn Jacques, whose songs about the world that lurks just out of our sight in the dark dangerous shadows, have built a global following.
BWW Previews: The London Stage, September 2014
Gary Naylor previews an exciting selection of September's new openings as London gears up for what should be its most successful Autumn since the credit crunch claimed its first victims seven years ago this month.
BWW Reviews: EYE OF A NEEDLE, Southwark Playhouse, August 29 2014
Gary Naylor sees a new play set in the Kafkaesque world of the UK's Border Agency as a young idealist butts up against an old hand when a charismatic political activist shakes up the system.
BWW Reviews: SETH RUDETSKY'S DECONSTRUCTING BROADWAY, Leicester Square Theatre, August 10 2014
Gary Naylor sees a spectacularly entertaining show in which the laughs and the learning keeps coming and coming and coming - though Cher fans may wish to take a raincheck.
BWW Reviews: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, August 4 2014
Gary Naylor enjoys an adaptation of a classic that stretches both the running time and the whimsy , but delivers on the spectacle and the humour.
BWW Reviews: DRAG KING RICHARD III, Riverside Studios, July 31 2014
Gary Naylor sees a play about a person's transition from female to male and how that impacts on her best friend - and himself.
BWW Reviews: THE WORDS I SHOULD HAVE SAID TO PHOEBE LEWIS, Phoenix Artist Club, July 30 2014
Gary Naylor sees a warm and witty slice of London life from a young production company that have all the tools to really go places over the next few years.
BWW Reviews: INVINCIBLE, St James Theatre, July 15 2014
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious new play that gives plenty of laughs, and a few tears too, but never really escapes from the limitations placed on its four characters, who just aren't quite believable enough.
BWW Reviews: THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, Queen Elizabeth Hall, July 9 2014
Gary Naylor sees a beautiful, horrible, fascinating adaptation of Shakespeare's epic poem, a story of chastity and its destruction and of its consequences in shame and revenge.
BWW Reviews: DANIEL KOEK ALBUM SHOWCASE, Elgar Room Royal Albert Hall, July 7 2014
Gary Naylor sees the West End's Jean Valjean deliver an exhilarating preview of his forthcoming album, High, with plenty of top notch guests to lend more big voices to an already very big voice indeed.
BWW Reviews: THE GREAT BRITISH MUSICALS - IN CONCERT, St James Theatre, July 5 2014
Gary Naylor takes a magnificently entertaining trip through the history of the British Musical, a show brimming with intelligence, wit and great tunes delivered with great skill and warmth.
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