BWW Review: WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, Union Theatre
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.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: DICK WHITTINGTON, Bristol Hippodrome
When on song, panto can be monumentally brilliant.
BWW Review: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER, Hampstead Theatre
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
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: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Bridge House Theatre
Scrooge, the ghosts and a very Tiny Tim just an arm's length away in a fine adaptation of Dickens' timeless tale.
BWW Review: HUNGER, Arcola Theatre
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: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Theatre Royal Brighton
All it takes are some happy thoughts and fairy dusta??that's how the boy who never grows up is able to fly, at least.
BWW Review: FUNNY GIRL, Théâtre Marigny, Paris
The feeling you don't conform to the mould that society expects, is a feeling familiar to most of us in our lives at some point or another.
BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME?, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
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
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: MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
Sheffield Theatres and Fingersmiths reinvent Charlotte Keatley's classic play about the lives of four women in one family.
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, York Theatre Royal
The theatrical phenomenon that is The Woman In Black began in 1987, when Stephen Mallatratt adapted Susan Hill's spine-chilling work of gothic fiction for the stage.
BWW Review: THE MATCH BOX, Omnibus Theatre
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
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.
BWW Review: TOAST, Theatre Royal Brighton
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger is a best-selling memoir novel from the renowned Observer food columnist, Nigel Slater.
BWW Review: EDRED, THE VAMPYRE, The Old Red Lion Theatre
Edred, The Vampyre is a lot of fun with its fair quotient of chills thrown in and a fine example of how to stage horror, a tricky genre for theatres.
BWW Review: A MUSEUM IN BAGHDAD, Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
Hannah Khalil's new play grapples with some big issues for over two hours, but the biggest issue of all for any play - the drama between the characters - is absent for much of that time.
BWW Review: FRIENDSICAL, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
This year, the ever-popular sitcom Friends turns 25 years old; and what better way to celebrate than by seeing it memorialised on stage in musical form?
BWW Review: THE ENTERTAINER, Theatre Royal Brighton
Roll up, roll up, it's a revival of John Osbourne's The Entertainer.
BWW Review: FLEDGLINGS, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
Change can be tricky - not least when you're a teenage girl going through puberty, loss, and friendship trouble.
BWW Review: OUT OF SORTS, Theatre503
Danusia Samal's award-winning play packs plenty of issues, perhaps too many, into its drama but says important things about the way young Muslim women are expected to behave, as they navigate the first generation immigrant experience.
BWW Review: ASSASSINS, Watermill Theatre
Assassins is never less than engaging and interesting, for all its structural flaws.
BWW Review: SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't really need an introduction.
BWW Review: EXTRAORDINARY WALL (OF SILENCE), Bristol Old Vic
1880 was something of a watershed moment in the history of the Deaf community.
BWW Review: MAME, Hope Mill Theatre
Hope Mill Theatre is known for its excellent musical theatre revivals, and the current production of MAME is no exception.
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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) |
