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BWW Review: BUBBLE, Nottingham Playhouse Online

BWW Review: BUBBLE, Nottingham Playhouse Online

by Ruth Deller — October 24, 2020
Bubble, the second play in Nottingham Playhouse's Unlocked season, sees Pearl Mackie and Jessica Raine shine as a not-yet-couple deciding whether or not to move in together for lockdown....
BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, Amazon Prime Video

BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, Amazon Prime Video

by Fiona Scott — October 13, 2020
Ita??s unsurprising why Amazon has decided now is the time to release a recorded performance of Heidi Schrecka??s electric political play, What the Constitution Means to Me, on its Prime Video streaming platform. Playing herself, Schreck takes us back to her childhood of speaking at oratory competi...
BWW Review: WORK_FROM_HOME, New Diorama Theatre online

BWW Review: WORK_FROM_HOME, New Diorama Theatre online

by Jo Fisher — June 27, 2020
work_from_home is New Diorama Theatre's online theatrical experience. This production is a digital adaptation of Nathan Ellis's work.txt which should have been performed at the 'missing' 2020 Incoming Festival, and was nominated for an Innovation Award at VAULT Festival 2020....
BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream

BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream

by Gary Naylor — April 14, 2020
A surfeit of exposition and shouty scenes detract from an important story that resonates to this day....
BWW Review: HENRY V, Barn Theatre Live Stream

BWW Review: HENRY V, Barn Theatre Live Stream

by Gary Naylor — March 28, 2020
The Barn Theatre stream their Henry V right into your living room - why not watch it with your stay at home band of brothers?...
BWW Update: Australian Artists Entertain During Forced Shutdown - List of People And

BWW Update: Australian Artists Entertain During Forced Shutdown - List of People And Companies To Follow For Your Theatre World Fix.

by Jade Kops — March 26, 2020
BWW Update: Australian Artists Entertain During Forced Shutown - List of People And Companies To Follow For Your Theatre World Fix....
BWW Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, Pitlochry Festival Theatre

BWW Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, Pitlochry Festival Theatre

by Fiona Scott — March 15, 2020
What happens after the honeymoon? Do opposites really attract? Neil Simon's hit play, Barefoot in the Park, has been revived and is currently running at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in collaboration with the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh....
BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

by Jo Fisher — March 12, 2020
Sweatpants and slippers aren't the costumes you'd expect to see in an opera. Can a modern version of a classic hit the high notes?...
BWW Review: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

BWW Review: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith

by Gary Naylor — March 12, 2020
Mike Bartlett's play has aged not a jot in its analysis of how one generation's freedoms constrains anothers. Funny and clever, it hits hard, even if it ultimately stretches credibility a tad too far....
BWW Review: GHOST HOUSE, VAULT Festival

BWW Review: GHOST HOUSE, VAULT Festival

by Cindy Marcolina — March 11, 2020
Jay has just bought his first home. And not just any home, a luxury flat in a swanky complex with a concierge. A dream. In the matter of days he realises that there must be something wrong with his new abode, and it turns out that even though he keeps hearing noises and meeting neighbours, he's the ...
BWW Review: CORIOLANUS, Crucible, Sheffield

BWW Review: CORIOLANUS, Crucible, Sheffield

by Ruth Deller — March 11, 2020
Robert Hastie directs a dynamic, contemporary production of Shakespeare's tale of leadership, political machinations and the whims of public opinion....
BWW Review: TALKING HEADS, Watford Palace Theatre

BWW Review: TALKING HEADS, Watford Palace Theatre

by Gary Naylor — March 11, 2020
Jan Ravens and Julia Watson excel in three of Alan Bennett's famous monologues, two of which pack a surprising punch, 30 years on....
BWW Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, Manchester Opera House

BWW Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, Manchester Opera House

by Emma Kershaw — March 12, 2020
Back to the Future is a must see, whether you're a fan of the film or not. The cast and creatives have nailed this production on the head, finding the perfect balance within every aspect. First stop, Manchester. Next stop? World domination....
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Perth Theatre

BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Perth Theatre

by Fiona Scott — March 8, 2020
During a week when comedian Joe Lycett legally changed his name by deed poll to Hugo Boss, ever dedicated to his craft, it felt fitting to see a revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The comedy about identity and the elite has been revived at Perth Theatre....
BWW Review: RUN SISTER RUN, Crucible Studio, Sheffield

BWW Review: RUN SISTER RUN, Crucible Studio, Sheffield

by Ruth Deller — March 6, 2020
Chloe Moss's funny and moving new play explores the relationship between two sisters over four decades....
BWW Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, The Tobacco Factory

BWW Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, The Tobacco Factory

by Alice Cope — February 29, 2020
There is something perversely voyeuristic about this play, watching the self-destruction of these four individuals, and in particular the complex and antagonistic relationships....
BWW Review: NOT I, CATASTROPHE AND ROCKABY, Brockley Jack Theatre

BWW Review: NOT I, CATASTROPHE AND ROCKABY, Brockley Jack Theatre

by Gary Naylor — February 28, 2020
Angel Theatre Company bring Beckett to Brockley and leave this first time viewer looking forward to more....
BWW Review: THE WHIP, Swan Theatre

BWW Review: THE WHIP, Swan Theatre

by Gary Naylor — February 27, 2020
The Whip packs so much into its near three hour running time that its issues, anger and need to educate drowns its dramatic potential and we're left with something that fails to reach its considerable potential....
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome

BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome

by Alice Cope — February 26, 2020
It would be really quite difficult to watch this musical and not leave with a smile on your face. Whether or not you're a big fan of Carole King's own singing career, you'll find great joy in the way that the range of pop songs from her songwriting era - which are peppered throughout - are performe...
BWW Review: MICHAEL BALL AND ALFIE BOE: BACK TOGETHER, SSE Hydro, Glasgow

BWW Review: MICHAEL BALL AND ALFIE BOE: BACK TOGETHER, SSE Hydro, Glasgow

by Fiona Scott — February 22, 2020
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe recently shared the Gielgud Theatre stage as Javert and Jean Valjean respectively in Les Miserables: The Staged Concert. They now return to the stage, in their third UK tour as a double act and launched their 10-date tour in Glasgow this evening....
BWW Review: THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Bristol Old Vic

BWW Review: THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Bristol Old Vic

by Alice Cope — February 22, 2020
Welcome to Laramie, Wyoming - population 26,687. Here we find a small town shaken by a shocking event which impacted almost everyone who lived there. Although this play was first performed 20 years ago, it still feels so current and real for the world we live in today....
BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY, Bristol Old Vic

BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY, Bristol Old Vic

by Kerrie Nicholson — February 17, 2020
Founded in 2009, OperaUpClose's mission is to create 'innovatively staged, unintimidating, and crucially high quality English Chamber re-imaginings of well known work and premieres of new operas'. With 29 operas to date, a mix of classics and contemporary work, and an Olivier Award in 2011, there's...
BWW Review: A MONSTER CALLS, Chichester Festival Theatre

BWW Review: A MONSTER CALLS, Chichester Festival Theatre

by Jo Fisher — February 16, 2020
Produced by The Old Vic, in association with Bristol Old Vic, Oliver award-winning A Monster Calls is making its way around the UK on tour, and has just closed its appearance at Chichester Festival Theatre....
BWW Review: ALONE IN BERLIN, Royal and Derngate

BWW Review: ALONE IN BERLIN, Royal and Derngate

by Verity Wilde — February 15, 2020
Given the turbulent times that we live in, a new stage adaptation of Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin would seem like a smart choice for an ambitious theatre (or theatres, as this is a co-production with York Theatre Royal, in association with Oxford Playhouse)....
BWW Review: FLIGHTS, Omnibus Theatre

BWW Review: FLIGHTS, Omnibus Theatre

by Gary Naylor — February 14, 2020
Flights looks into the hearts of three men whose lives in rural Ireland are not working out as they once hoped....
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