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BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
There 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 y...
BWW Review: BIANCA DEL RIO: IT'S JESTER JOKE, Wembley Arena
Accurately reviewing Bianca del Rio's It's Jester Joke tour is perhaps one of the most challenging reports I've ever had to write. That's because so much of what I witnessed was quite frankly, and delightfully, unrepeatable. ...
BWW Review: REASONS TO STAY ALIVE, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
Starkly beautiful scenery and strong performances drive this Sheffield Theatres and English Touring Theatre adaptation of Matt Haig's popular memoir....
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
It'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 reg...
BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Bristol Old Vic
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that if you produce Jane Austen, especially in the South-West, then it is to be as authentic, as earnest and as close to traditional BBC magnificence as possible. Then along came Tron Theatre Company and Blood of the Young and shredded that truth until it was...
BWW Review: LIT, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
Lit is an astonishing debut play from Sophie Ellerby telling the tale of Bex, a teen adrift in a world full of threats with wit, wisdom and overwhelming humanity. Eve Austin is in award-winning form as the girl on the edge....
BWW Review: MALORY TOWERS, York Theatre Royal
After a sparkling debut last year with an adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children, Emma Rice's company of the same name returns for its second outing with another literary classic - Malory Towers....
BWW Review: RUST, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
Rust takes us into the lives - the other lives - of Daniel and Nadia, having an affair, but not quite able to leave their real homes at home....
BWW Review: HEDDA TESMAN, Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre
Hedda Tesman transports one of theatre's great roles into the present day, but Cordelia Lynn's script never quite lands....
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Royal And Derngate
A slice-of-African-American-life in 1960s Pittsburgh comes to life at Royal and Derngate...
BWW Review: THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & HYDE, Jack Studio Theatre
This take on the familiar tale brings out many of the subtleties of its source material and has much to say about today's world. It is a little too long though....
BWW Review: HELLO AGAIN, Union Theatre
Hello Again is lovely to look at and a wonder to hear, let down only by a slightly half-hearted approach to the messy business of sex....
BWW Review: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
Gary Naylor sees his last show at this season's Grimeborn, an Italian opera based on the original sources of Romeo and Juliet sung with tremendous panache....
BWW Review: HOTSPUR/PIERROT LUNAIRE, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
FormidAbility's unique approach to integrating those with disabilities on either side of the fourth wall enhances two pieces that prove tricky for the uninitiated to appreciate fully....
BWW Review: TREEMONISHA, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
You know Scott Joplin is a genius, but having that conformed by this wonderful, uplifting, yet shocking opera, is a delight and a privilege. Beautifully performed too....
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
After the success of an en masse production of Pericles last year, the National Theatre has collaborated with the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch to bring together a colourful and joyous large-scale musical version of Shakespeare's As You Like It as part of their Public Acts scheme....
BWW Review: COUNT ORY, Arcola Theatre
Opera Alegría plonk Rossini's naughty Count on the Home Front in 1943, with lots of laughs in between the fine singing and beautifully played piano....
BWW Review: 8 HOTELS, Minerva Theatre
Nicholas Wright's new play, set on the road in wartime America, examines the relationships between Paul Robeson and his Othello co-stars, José Ferrer and Uta Hagen. It does not waste that wonderful set up....
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BURGERZ, Traverse Treatre
In 2016, someone threw a burger at performance artist Travis Alabanza. No one did anything....
BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Grimeborn sees a condensed version version of the early part of Wagner's Ring Cycle that packs a punch in its intense 100 minutes running time....
BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Theatre Royal Bath
In his introduction to the play in the programme, David Hare remarks that: a?oeit's not just that Vanya soaks up a bewildering variety of interpretation... it's also, that, in the theatre, it's often hard to discern exactly what it's about.a??
This elusiveness characterises this specially commiss...
BWW Review: KISS ME, KATE, The Watermill Theatre
The vivacity of this production of Kiss Me, Kate hits you even harder than the gifts of the multi-talented cast. Just what you need to escape these troubled times....
BWW Review: STONES IN HIS POCKETS, Theatre Royal Brighton
There's always a buzz of excitement when a film crew come to your home town but is it always a positive impact on the community? Marie Jones' multi-award winning comedy, Stones in His Pockets, is currently touring the UK and is making its stop in Brighton's Theatre Royal this week....
BWW Review: VIOLETTA, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Violetta kicks off the Grimeborn Festival with a perfect example of how to pare back a grand opera and make a fine chamber piece that is played and sung beautifully....
BWW Review: WAR AND PEACE, Royal Opera House
This epic WNO production captures the scale of Prokofiev's ambition with a chorus that, like the Russian winter, just keeps coming....
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