BWW Reviews: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (OR SALISBURY), The Kings Head Theatre, March 20 2011March 20, 2011Gary Naylor finds out the original source for those great tunes he has heard so many times before.
BWW Reviews: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO, New Wimbledon Theatre, March 11 2011 March 12, 2011Gary Naylor enjoys almost, but not quite, too much tutu.
BWW Reviews: PAGLIACCI, The Kings Head Theatre, March 9 2011March 11, 2011Gary Naylor finds that an Italian job teeters on the edge.
BWW Reviews: HOLDING HANDS AT PASCHENDALE, The White Bear Theatre, March 4 2011March 8, 2011Gary Naylor sees a drama set in the killing fields of Paschendale that has much to say about life almost a century later.
BWW Reviews: GOTCHA, Riverside Studios, March 3 2011March 4, 2011Gary Naylor is reminded of his own days in a 70s inner city comprehensive school.
BWW Reviews: JEKYLL AND HYDE, New Wimbledon Theatre, March 1 2011March 2, 2011Gary Naylor sees ex-Wet Wet Wet man be Good Bad Bad as the infamous scientist.
BWW Reviews: TROLLOPE IN BARSETSHIRE, Riverside Studios, February 25 2011February 28, 2011Gary Naylor travels to Barsetshire to view a county at once unknown and familiar.
BWW Reviews:THE BLUES BROTHERS, New Wimbledon Theatre, February 22 2011February 23, 2011Sees an affectionate nostalgic tribute to an act that was an affectionate nostalgic tribute.
BWW Reviews: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, The Courtyard Theatre, February 9 2011 February 10, 2011Gary Naylor reflects on the universality (or not) of great art.
BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET, The Unicorn Theatre, February 3 2011 February 5, 2011Gary Naylor sees a play about teenagers, staged for teenagers, in a theatre dedicated to teenage audiences.
BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Broadway Theatre Studio, Catford, February 2 2011 February 3, 2011Gary Naylor sees a stripped-down Shakespearean favourite in unlikely, unwooded, unfairy-filled kingdom of Catford.
BWW Reviews: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT, St Anne's Church Hall, Wandsworth, January 30 2011 January 31, 2011Gary Naylor bids farewell to Panto for another year with a traditional production full of fun.
BWW Reviews: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, Riverside Studios, January 25 2011January 27, 2011Gary Naylor (The Oldish Man) goes down to The River to see The Old Man and The Sea.
BWW Reviews: A MORNING WITH GUY BURGESS, The Courtyard Theatre, January 13 2011January 14, 2011Gary Naylor reflects on Cold War spooks and the nature of betrayal.
BWW Reviews: SEASON'S GREETINGS, The National Theatre, January 13 2011January 14, 2011Gary Naylor admires the craft of a master at work, but wishes it wasn't quite so obvious.
BWW Reviews: MADAM BUTTERFLY (OR BANGKOK BUTTERFLY), The Kings Head Theatre, January 5 2011January 6, 2011Gary Naylor, not for the first time, learns to leave his preconceptions at the door and embrace art on its own terms, up close and personal.
BWW Reviews: LANZA, The Kings Head Theatre, December 16 2010December 17, 2010Gary Naylor hears a forgotten icon revived.
BWW Reviews: SALAD DAYS, Riverside Studios, December 14 2010 December 16, 2010Gary Naylor does not need a flying saucer to travel 56 years back in time to enjoy a simpler, more innocent time.
BWW Reviews: ANNIE, New Wimbledon Theatre, November 30 2010 December 1, 2010Gary Naylor enjoys the message that Big Government has a role to play in guiding economies out of recession.