BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Nuffield Southampton TheatresSeptember 25, 2019There are possibly no four words more chilling to the avid theatre-goer than The Woman in Black. Having taken the West End by storm, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's classic ghost story is now haunting theatres around the UK on its tour, after celebrating its thirtieth birthday this year.
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Nuffield Southampton TheatresSeptember 19, 2019It's Pittsburg, 1969, and the city's Hill District is far from the vibrant, bustling, jazz-soaked African-American neighbourhood it was in its prime. August Wilson's Two Trains Running brings a shabby diner in this threatened community to life, offering a window onto the lives of seven irregular regular customers and, ultimately, the state of America in the sixties.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, Mayflower Theatre, SouthamptonJanuary 25, 2019American Idiot brings Green Day's much-loved album to life in a punk-rock production that rebels against the musical archetype and vigorously sticks its middle finger up to everything and anything that gets in its way.
BWW Review: SIX, Nuffield Southampton TheatresNovember 13, 2018We are all familiar with the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII. Or at least, their endings - divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But what about the women behind the rhyme?
BWW Review: FUP: A MODERN FABLE, Nuffield Southampton TheatresOctober 16, 2018Fup: A Modern Fable brings Jim Dodge's novel from the page and onto the stage. Adapted and directed by Simon Harvey, the tale takes place in the depths of Cornwall, at the haphazard home of a centenarian, a slightly drunken duck, and a large man called Tiny.
BWW Review: WOMEN IN POWER, Nuffield Southampton TheatresSeptember 14, 2018Opening with its world premiere at Nuffield Southampton Theatres' City venue, Women in Power gives life to a classic Greek comedy, bringing it into the twenty-first century with music, mayhem and mischevious humour.