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BWW Review: WOLFIE, Theatre503
Wolfie glows with the energy and hope of youth, even as it paints a grim picture of a world stacked against it by the alienating forces of a society retreating from its obligations to its children....
BWW Review: STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE, Crucible, Sheffield
Sheffield's Richard Hawley-based musical is a spectacular piece of theatre that is full of humour and love - without dodging difficult social issues....
BWW Review: OTHELLO, Union Theatre
Othello remains as relevant today as ever it were, Phil Willmott's adaptation setting it in the Raj of 1919, but it's as much in the White House and Palace of Westminster of 2019....
BWW Review: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
A bold and often beautifully staged production that makes women men and men women to throw light on the often brutal text. What emerges is plenty of new insight, but the nagging doubt persists that the play just isn't very good....
BWW Review: STRIKE UP THE BAND, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The Gershwins' sublime music and lyrics rescue a show hamstrung by a confused and clumsy book and some very familiar characters....
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE, Bristol Hippodrome
When Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake received its world premiere in 1995, it ripped up the rulebook in terms of traditional dance and storytelling. It won over 30 awards internationally, including three Tonys and an Olivier Award, and paved the way for new generations of young male dancers.
Returning ...
BWW Review: THE PROJECT, White Bear Theatre
The Project is set in an in-between space in history, not freedom, but not yet the death camps, but its fails to explore the possibilities that environment suggests, lost in too many words and too little credibility....
BWW Review: A LESSON FROM ALOES, Finborough Theatre
Seen for the first time in 35 years, Athol Fugard's play loses none of its relevance as two men and one woman fall apart under the strain of living under the Apartheid regime....
BWW Review: HANG, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
Sheffield Theatres bring debbie tucker green's play to the city in this vibrant revival....
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Tobacco Factory Theatres
It's fitting that the once industrial space of the Tobacco Factory is now the dystopian setting for the latest outing of the Factory Company - a gender-bending A Midsummer Night's Dream....
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS, Bristol Hippodrome
There's something undeniably irrepressible about Kinky Boots - it's a fully sequined, unabashed romp through a true (ish) story of a shoe factory threatened with closure until a radical idea to start producing oh so fabulous boots for drag queens appears....
BWW Review: CHEATING DEATH, Cockpit Theatre
Cheating Death fails to solve the considerable problems of writing and staging farce in an ambitious show that falls well short of expectations....
BWW Review: AS A MAN GROWS YOUNGER, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
David Bromley brings Italo Svevo back to life in Howard Colyer's monologue, As A Man Grows Younger, and finds plenty of parallels with the Europe of today....
BWW Review: EDEN, Hampstead Theatre
There's much to admire in Eden, a play that pits town against country, development against conservation, corruption against integrity, love against careers, the big guy against the little guy....
BWW Review: DIGGING DEEP, VAULT Festival
Presented by Just Add Milk as part of Let's Talk @ VAULT Festival - a collaboration with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust to start a conversation about death and grief - Digging Deep sees 22-year-old Mossy (Kyle Rowe) fundraising his own funeral....
BWW Review: PRINCESS & THE HUSTLER, Bristol Old Vic
Beauty pageants and bus boycotts seldom belong on the same page, but in Chinonyerem Odimba's joyously playful and beautifully played Princess & the Hustler, they're brought together by Princess James, a flamboyant young girl who is black, beautiful, and brilliantly funny....
BWW Review: CAN-CAN!, Union Theatre
Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast....
BWW Review: CARMEN, King's Head Theatre
The King's Head pulls off another re-imagining of a classic opera that packs plenty of punch and is a joy for newbies and old hands alike....
BWW Review: RUTHERFORD AND SON, Crucible, Sheffield
Sheffield Theatres' revival of Githa Sowerby's play skillfully balances drama and humour....
BWW Review: BLUE DOOR, Theatre Royal Bath
From mathematics professor Lewis's insomnia and amnesia plagued night emerges a poetic, fragmented and poignant reflection on race, forgetfulness, and legacy enlightened by two fine performances in a thoughtfully directed production from Eleanor Rhode as part of the Ustinov Studio's UK premieres fro...
BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
Mike Leigh's iconic class comedy, Abigail's Party, has arrived at Nuffield Southampton Theatres on its UK tour....
BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Barbican Theatre
The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre brings its modern, surreal take on Chekhov's classic play to The Barbican, with a barb or two directed towards some familiar faces....
BWW Review: THE SHADOW FACTORY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
Nuffield Southampton Theatres celebrates the first birthday of its modern city-centre venue with the return of The Shadow Factory; the first show performed at NST City which proved to be a sell-out in 2018....
BWW Review: THE ORCHESTRA, Omnibus Theatre
The Orchestra digs into the hearts of the six women and one man stuck playing light classics in a hollowed out French spa town and finds bleak, Chekhovian humour in their plights....
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