BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York
Staging a production in an open-air Elizabethan-style theatre such as Shakespeare's Rose is a feat rife with both challenges and potential.
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BWW Review: THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York
Philip Franks' take on The Tempest is one of four productions playing in rep at the theatre over the summer (the others being Hamlet, Twelfth Night and Henry V).
BWW Review: MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
'Measure still for measure': justice is still a tricky concept.
BWW Review: SUMMER ROLLS, Park Theatre
Summer Rolls takes us into the heart of a British Vietnamese family that is struggling to deal with the present, a consequence of the long shadow cast by the past.
BWW Review: CROOKED DANCES, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
Crooked Dances takes us deep into the French forest and deep into the mysteries of the occult, as go-getting journalist, Katy, learns more than she would like about reclusive pianist Silvia and her obsession with the music of Erik Satie.
BWW Review: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
More than a decade after Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel was published, the same much-adored story has taken to the stage.
BWW Review: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Bristol Old Vic
It's 1964 and Cassius Clay has just beaten the odds to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.
BWW Review: THE POPE, Royal and Derngate, Northampton
The world premiere of Anthony McCarten's (The Theory of Everything, Bohemian Rhapsody, Darkest Hour) play The Pope at Royal and Derngate looks at a turning point moment in the Catholic Church - the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI and his replacement with Pope Francis.
BWW Review: PLENTY, Chichester Festival Theatre
The one-time highly controversial David Hare play still packs a punch and a message that seems, if anything, even more insistent in these Austerity / Brexit days.
BWW Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY, York Theatre Royal
Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-winning 1987 play made famous by a 1989 film adaptation starring Morgan Freeman, is brought back to the stage in a new production by York Theatre Royal.
BWW Review: BREXIT, King's Head Theatre
Brexit looks at, well, Brexit and finds comedy in the twists and turns it forces upon the new Prime Minister, Adam Masters - but the jokes could be funnier and the satire more biting.
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Grand Opera House York
Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show has had audiences worldwide shivering in 'antici.
BWW Review: FORCE OF NATURE NATALIA, Curzon Mayfair
Force Of Nature gives us an unprecedented up close and personal insight of the work of Royal Ballet Principal, Natalia Osipova, but leaves us wanting to know more about the woman who animates the dancer.
BWW Review: BLACK TEETH AND A BRILLIANT SMILE, The Ambassador Bradford
Adapted by Freedom Studios from Adelle Stripe's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile is a fictionalised account of Dunbar's brief but turbulent life.
BWW Review: VENICE PRESERVED, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Prasanna Puwanarajah's revival of Venice Preserved brings the look of the show right up to date - its narrative is very 21st century, so needed nothing.
BWW Review: THE AUDIENCE, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
As the United Kingdom waits to see who will be the next prime minister, a production focusing on the relationship between PM and the Queen could not be more perfectly timed.
BWW Review: USER NOT FOUND, The CoffeeWorks Project, Battersea Power Station
USER NOT FOUND plunges us into the very contemporary and very real issues concerning one's digital legacy.
BWW Review: RICHARD III, Royal and Derngate
Held together by a mesmerising performance by Tom Mothersdale, Headlong's production of Richard III races along at such a pace that it's only after it stops that you realise exactly how much ground they have managed to cover.
BWW Review: HAPPY JACK, Jack Studio Theatre
Happy Jack is an early play by John Godber full of working class warmth tempered with a hard edge of social criticism.
BWW Review: UTE LEMPER: RENDEZVOUS WITH MARLENE, Arcola Theatre
Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene sees a living legend portraying a now lost legend - up close and personal and a privilege to see.
BWW Review: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON, Park Theatre
Jonathan Maitland delivers a satirical take on Brexit in general and Boris Johnson in particular, that lacks the insight and the jokes required to do justice to its source material's rich potential.
BWW Review: THE PROVOKED WIFE, Swan Theatre
The Provoked Wife combines tremendous comedy with a hard-edged look at human nature and the institutions that underpin society - as relevant today as when it was written over 300 years ago.
BWW Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome
Children are just revolting aren't they? They're snivelling maggots that need discipline, discipline and more discipline.
BWW Review: Gerald Santos Comes Full Circle in Homecoming Concert
Back in Manila from his two-year stint as Thuy in the UK/Ireland and International tour of 'Miss Saigon,' Gerald Santos is now a certified crossover artist.
BWW Review: BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES, Bristol Old Vic
'It's your pub' says Winston, about the Three Kings Barber shop in London.
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Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band Victoria Theatre Halifax (9/06-9/06) |
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Simon Yates Of Touching The Void: My Mountain Life Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/10-11/10) |
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Come from Away Marriott Theater - Lincolnshire IL (8/26-10/18) |
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Lucy Beaumont presents Bad At Quiz Shows, Good With Weirdos Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/18-11/18) |
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Disney Princess: the Concert Waterfront Hall Auditorium (4/20-4/20) |
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Fascinating Aida Scarborough Spa Theatre (2/20-2/20) |
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Shalom Belfast Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/06-9/06) |
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The Beast The Great Hall - Cardiff University Students' Union (9/11-9/11) |
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Undertale: The Determination Symphony World Tour Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/13-11/13) |