BWW Reviews: FINIAN'S RAINBOW, Union Theatre, February 14 2014
Gary Naylor sees a neglected, problematic musical full of wonderful songs given new life, if not quite full life, at The Union Theatre.
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BWW Reviews: 1984, Almeida Theatre, February 13 2014
'Orwellian' is a word understood by millions of people who have never read George Orwell's books; 'Big Brother' and 'Room 101' are television shows that feel like they have been around since 1984; and screens fill our homes which we use to 'interact'.
BWW Reviews: THE FINAL REVELATION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Pleasance Theatre, February 12 2014
Tim Norton revisits the gift that keeps on giving, Sherlock Holmes, to imagine his last case - he finds it's typically tricky, but sometimes funny too.
BWW Reviews: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Churchill Theatre Bromley, February 3 2014
Gary Naylor sees one of his favourite plays from last year now delivered bigger, brighter and just as bungled, as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society starts its UK tour.
BWW Reviews: JOAN COLLINS: ONE NIGHT WITH JOAN, Leicester Square Theatre, February 2 2014
It's back to the 80s (and the 50s, 60s, 70s, 90s and 00s) with a legend of the screen telling tales about some of the most famous names in entertainment.
BWW Reviews: BEAR, Old Red Lion Theatre, January 31 2014
Through the haze of fatigue, parents can only just recall the early days of child-rearing.
BWW Reviews: SHANG-A-LANG, King's Head Theatre, January 24 2014
Just before she hit it big (Dancin' Queen big) with Mamma Mia! (the Rocky Horror Show de nos jours), Catherine Johnson wrote Shang-a-Lang (revived at the King's Head Theatre until 15 February).
BWW Reviews: THE UGLY SISTERS, Soho Theatre, January 22 2014
Pantomime, even fairy tales, are not known for their well-rounded characters - and the cookie-cutter bad girls, The Ugly Sisters from Cinderella, are no exceptions.
BWW Reviews: THE WORLD GOES ROUND - THE SONGS OF KANDER AND EBB, Union Theatre, January 17 2014
There are - and you're going to have to believe me on this one - people who don't like musical theatre.
BWW Reviews: OTHELLO, Riverside Studios, January 16 2014
Though not among Shakespeare's more gory tragedies (competition is pretty fierce after all), Othello is surely his most brutal, a slow motion car crash, in which love and trust go up against cynicism and venality - and lose.
BWW Reviews: DON QUIJOTE, Camden People's Theatre, January 7 2014
It is (natch) quixotic to stage a version of the mighty chronicle of the unhinged Spanish knight in a North London basement, but what's life (especially theatre) for if not such dreams?
2014 Theatre Preview: Gary Naylor's Picks
One of the joys of a gig like mine is precisely the opposite of this piece's predicate - I do not look forward to productions at all, simply rolling with the flow and seeing what might come up.
BWW Interviews: Aatif Nawaz on his one-man show, TALK ROTI TO ME
Gary Naylor finds out more about the riding star of the stand-up circuit.
BWW Reviews: LOST BOY, Finborough Theatre, January 2 2014
Gary Naylor sees a salute to lost innocence, one hundred years on.
BWW Previews: The London Stage, January 2014
Gary Naylor previews London Theatre's start to the New Year.
BWW Reviews: FOLDS, Southbank Centre, December 19 2013
Four lads bicker on stage in a multiplicity of languages - like a bad night in the Green Room at the Eurovision Song Contest.
BWW Reviews: SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, Royal Festival Hall, December 18 2013
Like a giant teddy bear in a red nose, the Yellow Clown chases a balloon one minute, kicks through snow the next and, occasionally, clambers into the audience.
2013 Year in Review: Gary Naylor's Best and Worst of Theatre
So, 109 shows reviewed in 2013 (with a couple more to come) - how to choose the best from that lot! Of course, I can't, as the variety and quality of London's theatre make comparisons invidious.
BWW Previews: SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW at the Southbank Centre 17 December - 6 January
Slava's Snowshow is back for a third winter in London, having continued its worldwide success since its creator first came to London in 2011.
BWW Reviews: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Pleasance Theatre, December 13 2013
Gary Naylor sees another madcap laugh-a-minute disaster.
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