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.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
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.
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.
BWW Review: WISE CHILDREN, Bristol Old Vic
'Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people' writes Angela Carter in her 1992 book Wise Children and that is the starting point for Emma Rice's furiously fast adaptation in this, the first outing for her newly formed theatre company of the same name.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
American Idiot brings Green Day's much-loved album to life in a punk-rock production that rebels against the musical archetype and vigorously sticks its middle finger up to everything and anything that gets in its way.
BWW Review: A MODEST LITTLE MAN, Bread and Roses Theatre
A Modest Little Man tells us something of the man and his achievements, Clement Attlee surrounded by egos and rivals (talented though) in this gem of a political comedy.
BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Theatre Royal Brighton
Those who have attended an excruciatingly awkward cocktail party will revel in this production of Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh.
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Royal Concert Hall Nottingham (12/04-12/04) |
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Paul Merton & Suki Webster''s Improv Show MAST Mayflower Studios (9/23-9/23) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Southend Cliffs Pavilion (12/05-12/05) |
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Disneys Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert - Film with Live Orchestra Symphony Hall (12/09-12/09) |
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Disney Princess - The Concert Wales Millennium Centre (4/18-4/18) |
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An Evening with Arthur Smith New Wolsey Theatre (10/09-10/09) |
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The Haunting of Widow's Leap Farm Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/08-11/08) |
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Casino Royale in Concert (12A) The Royal Albert Hall (12/30-12/30) |
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Steve Steinman''s BAT - Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour Vaillant Live, Derby (11/04-11/04) |