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.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
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.
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.
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.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BURGERZ, Traverse Treatre
In 2016, someone threw a burger at performance artist Travis Alabanza.
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.
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.
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.
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA!, Chichester Festival Theatre
Oklahoma! stands at the very start of musical theatre's post-war re-invention on Broadway, Rodgers and Hammerstein's template for storytelling on show for two wonderful hours.
BWW Review: OUR CHURCH, Watermill Theatre
Our Church looks at how a moral dilemma impacts on a small community and at how pain can vibrate through decades before re-surfacing - and it avoids the glibness of a resolution founded in easy answers.
BWW Review: LIFE OF PI, Crucible, Sheffield
This stunning new adaptation of Yann Martel's much loved novel is a must-see.
BWW Review: DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE (AND OTHER LOVE SONGS), Bristol Old Vic
'Bring it down, bring it all down' is the anarchic cry from Macheath in Kneehigh's take on The Beggar's Opera.
BWW Review: ONE GIANT LEAP, Jack Studio Theatre
One Giant Leap takes a good set up - a failing sci-fi show asked to fake the moon landings - but loses its way amongst predictable stereotypes and laughs that come few and far between.
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Bright Places New Wolsey Theatre (10/20-10/20) |
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Blue | Glas Theatr Clwyd (10/06-10/07) |
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We'll Always Have Paris The White Bear (9/15-10/03) |
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Reuben Solo - Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me The Limelight 2 (9/04-9/04) |
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The Go-Between Stamford Arts Centre (9/12-9/12) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Castle Theatre (5/28-5/28) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Shrewsbury Theatre Severn (4/23-4/23) |
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The Go-Between Sheringham Little Theatre (9/14-9/14) |
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Bring Your Own Baby The Royal Albert Hall (12/01-12/18) |