Skip to main content
Shop Merch Add a Show Listing
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

UK Regional Theater Reviews

The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.

BWW Review: ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS, Bristol Old Vic

BWW Review: ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS, Bristol Old Vic

by Kerrie Nicholson — January 24, 2020

When Romantics Anonymous originally premiered at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2017, it received wonderful reviews and there was such a joyful buzz surrounding this show that I unfortunately didn't get to experience for myself.

BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Jack Studio Theatre

BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Jack Studio Theatre

by Gary Naylor — January 17, 2020

This no frills Twelfth Night rattles through Shakey's comedy getting laughs along the way, but includes some artistic decisions that didn't quite land as clearly as they were, perhaps, intended to.

BWW Review: ONCE, Ashcroft Playhouse Fairfield Halls

BWW Review: ONCE, Ashcroft Playhouse Fairfield Halls

by Gary Naylor — January 10, 2020

Once shows all its crowdpleasing credentials in this new touring production with a tremendous cast doing full justice to its score and carrying a somewhat corny plot to a standing ovation curtain.

BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Fairfield Halls

BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Fairfield Halls

by Gary Naylor — December 13, 2019

Cinderella delivers a true family pantomime that mixes spectacular sets and costumes with plenty of laughs in a show that doesn't push back any boundaries, but delivers what its audience wants at Christmas.

BWW Review: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, Union Theatre

BWW Review: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, Union Theatre

by Gary Naylor — December 11, 2019

Sasha Regan revisits her 2015 production of the 1996 musical to deliver a splendid show for Christmas, with a relevance and harder edge that was missing a little four long years ago.

BWW Review: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER, Hampstead Theatre

BWW Review: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER, Hampstead Theatre

by Gary Naylor — December 6, 2019

Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer takes us to Iceland in 1974 for the World Chess Championship, a clash between two very different men and two very different systems but with much that is not so different to the politics of today.

BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Old Red Lion Theatre

BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Old Red Lion Theatre

by Gary Naylor — December 5, 2019

This production pares back Chekhov's original text and foregrounds key themes with just a hint that Vanya even has something to say about the key political issue of the day.

BWW Review: HUNGER, Arcola Theatre

BWW Review: HUNGER, Arcola Theatre

by Gary Naylor — November 26, 2019

Hunger, adapted from controversial Norwegian, Knut Hamsun's, early career novel, brings us a man alienated from an uncaring world - as much a fixture on the fringes of our city some 130 years since the book was published.

BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME?, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME?, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

by Jo Fisher — November 20, 2019

We all know that you should never judge a book by its cover a?' but should you ever judge a person by their name? This is the question posed to us in What's In A Name?, which has landed at Nuffield Southampton Theatres at the end of its first-ever UK tour.

BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Wilton's Music Hall

BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Wilton's Music Hall

by Gary Naylor — November 14, 2019

Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory have a lot of fun with their London transfer of Shakespeare's battle of the sexes, but not every decision pays off and they need to be more sympathetic to the unique pros and cons of this remarkable venue.

BWW Review: THE MATCH BOX, Omnibus Theatre

BWW Review: THE MATCH BOX, Omnibus Theatre

by Gary Naylor — November 2, 2019

Frank McGuinness's play is never less than engaging, Angela Murray tremendous as the woman left alone after her daughter is shot, but it's an unrelenting and demanding watch

BWW Review: I DO! I DO! Upstairs at the Gatehouse

BWW Review: I DO! I DO! Upstairs at the Gatehouse

by Gary Naylor — October 31, 2019

I Do! I Do! even with this updated book, is an old-fashioned two-hander musical that never fails to please, without ever challenging the traditional approach to the union between a man and a woman.

BroadwayWorld TV


GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) in UK Regional GETTING REKT (The Evening Star)
The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in UK Regional Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Royal Albert Hall (12/12-12/12)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in UK Regional Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
Lawrence Batley Theatre (5/22-5/22)
Ghost House in UK Regional Ghost House
Scarborough Spa Theatre (2/06-2/06)
Operation MI6 in UK Regional Operation MI6
Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/12-11/12)
Disney Princess - The Concert in UK Regional Disney Princess - The Concert
Wales Millennium Centre (4/18-4/18)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in UK Regional Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
Derby Theatre (5/05-5/05)
Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition] in UK Regional Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition]
Fairfield Social Club (9/10-9/11)
David Moore in UK Regional David Moore
Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall (10/17-10/17)
LOLA: Grief Bacon Pyjama Party in UK Regional LOLA: Grief Bacon Pyjama Party
Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/18-9/18)