BWW Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, The Tobacco Factory
There is something perversely voyeuristic about this play, watching the self-destruction of these four individuals, and in particular the complex and antagonistic relationships.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: NOT I, CATASTROPHE AND ROCKABY, Brockley Jack Theatre
Angel Theatre Company bring Beckett to Brockley and leave this first time viewer looking forward to more.
BWW Review: THE WHIP, Swan Theatre
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
It would be really quite difficult to watch this musical and not leave with a smile on your face.
BWW Review: MICHAEL BALL AND ALFIE BOE: BACK TOGETHER, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe recently shared the Gielgud Theatre stage as Javert and Jean Valjean respectively in Les Miserables: The Staged Concert.
BWW Review: THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Bristol Old Vic
Welcome to Laramie, Wyoming - population 26,687.
BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY, Bristol Old Vic
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'.
BWW Review: A MONSTER CALLS, Chichester Festival Theatre
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
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
Flights looks into the hearts of three men whose lives in rural Ireland are not working out as they once hoped.
BWW Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
Kate O'Flynn is in award-winning form as the baby who grows into a girl and then a woman before her life's span is through in Alistair McDowall's clattering monologue.
BWW Review: RETURN TO HEAVEN, Tobacco Factory Theatres Bristol
A post-apocalyptic road warrior, an astronaut and a shark walk into a bara??
BWW Review: THE CROFT, Perth Theatre
Sometimes we just want to get away.
BWW Review: RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE, St. George's, Bristol
Rendezvous with Marlene started with a letter.
BWW Review: PERSONA, Riverside Studios
Persona transfers somewhat uneasily from screen to stage in Paul Schoolman's new adaptation, but retains its intellectual heft and eerily subversive quality.
BWW Review: ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS, Bristol Old Vic
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: THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF SMACK AND CRACK, Bristol Old Vic
In large part, Ed Edwards' class A drug odyssey The Political History of Smack and Crack does what it says on the tin.
BWW Review: THE CANARY AND THE CROW, Arcola Theatre
Daniel Ward's autobiographical tale, told as gig theatre, has plenty to say and says it well - we would be wise to listen.
BWW Review: FADING INTO NOTHINGNESS, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield
An assured and emotional debut from writer Theo Griffiths deals with a family in turmoil.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Jack Studio Theatre
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
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: TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS, Union Theatre
The Union Theatre's Essential Classics season kicks off with Phil Willmott's updating of a classic with much to say about England in 2020.
BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS, Crucible, Sheffield
The Crucible takes us to New York's bustling backstreets in this joyous revival.
BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Fairfield Halls
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: CINDERELLA, Lyceum, Sheffield
The latest Sheffield Theatres panto hits all the traditional panto beats.
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What The Ladybird Heard At Christmas Royal & Derngate (11/28-12/31) |
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The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/03-11/03) |
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Dick Whittington Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (11/20-1/17) |
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The Amy Winehouse Band: Back To Black 20th Anniversary Tour Victoria Theatre Halifax (10/24-10/24) |
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Adam Garcia's Emerald Storm Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/17-11/17) |
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Jack the Ripper Theatre show - Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton Public Hall (12/05-12/05) |
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The Sensational 60s Experience Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/20-11/20) |
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Bright Places HOME Manchester (10/29-10/31) |
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The Snow Queen Northern Stage (12/03-1/02) |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert (PG) The Royal Albert Hall (12/28-12/28) |
