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BWW Review: IONESCO - DINNER AT THE SMITHS', The Latvian House
Ionesco's absurd theatre brought to life in a handsome production that is full of wit and humour, but never loses its avant garde character....
BWW Review: SNOW IN MIDSUMMER, Royal Shakespeare Company
Snow in Midsummer is a modern retelling of an ancient Chinese drama, which marks the start of an ambitious cultural project translating Eastern classics into English, and Shakespeare into Chinese. The original 13th century play, by Guan Hanqing, bears all the hallmarks of traditional Chinese drama, ...
BWW Review: PLASTIC, Ustinov Studio, Bath
It's ironic that this first production of The Ustinov Studio's German season should be concerned with that most British of subjects- class. British theatre has a rich history of playwrights poking our sensitivities about guilt, entitlement and shame. Marius von Mayenburg's Plastic does it with wit, ...
BWW Review: SWIFTIES, Theatre N16
Swifties examines the obsessive nature of fandom, as dress-up and role play turns into something much more sinister in this reinvention of Jean Genet's The Maids....
BWW Review: HAMLET, Almeida Theatre
Hamlet anew in this technology infused but oh so human production of Shakespeare's great tragedy in which Andrew Scott gives us a warm, flawed, and eventually mad Prince....
BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Arcola Theatre
The Cherry Orchard retains its power to reach across decades and tell us harsh truths about a changing world....
BWW Review: TITANIC, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Southern Light Opera Company rises to the challenge of staging Maury Yeston's award-winning musical, in an ambitious production with a cast of 90 and orchestra of 27....
BWW Review: THE COMMITMENTS, Bristol Hippodrome
We're in Dublin and it's 1986. Jimmy and his musician friends are fed up of art school synth music and want to bring soul music back to the people. The Commitments is adapted from Roddy Doyle's novel of the same name (that in turn was made into a cult hit film). However, for a show that proclaims on...
BWW Review: OTHELLO, Tobacco Factory, Bristol
This seasons offering from Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory is a story of politics, love and being an outsider in a world that mistrusts you....
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The 2012 National Theatre adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-selling novel embarks on its second UK tour, and is compelling, thought-provoking and exceptionally well-performed....
BWW Review: LA RONDE, The Bunker
Max Gill's clever adaptation of this classic play brings it right up to date, into the world of Tinder and Grindr and fluid sexual identities....
BWW Review: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Jack Studio Theatre
Intense and focused, this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's celebrated novel ratchets up the tension without losing the material's intellectual heft....
BWW Review: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, New Alexandra Theatre
It's 1922, and young Millie Dillmount arrives in New York from a small town in Kansas, ready to take control of her destiny and make her fortune by marrying well. After all, the modern marriage is a business affair. Skirts get shorter, heels get higher and hair is bobbed flapper style, making Millie...
BWW Review: EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, Crucible, Sheffield
This new musical from Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae fizzes with energy and warmth - a must-see!...
BWW Review: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, Union Theatre
Anyone Can Whistle is a rare combination of a well-deserved flop and a must-see show. Swallow the myriad flaws, and its an entertaining, sharp and eerily prophetic show....
BWW Review: STRICTLY COME DANCING LIVE!, Wembley Arena
The Strictly Tour has now been an annual fixture in fans' calendars for ten years. Each time the casual enthusiast mentally prepares themselves for a some full on fluff and scripted joviality but on this opening night at Wembley, this relentlessly joyful show was full of heart which is exactly what ...
BWW Review: MY LAND'S SHORE, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
The show has bags of potential, passion to burn and excellent singing, but is let down by a pedestrian book and sprawling subplots....
BWW Review: THE RED SHOES, Birmingham Hippodrome
Based on the 1948 film of the same name, starring Moira Shearer, Matthew Bourne's production of The Red Shoes tells the story of ballerina Victoria Page and her tragic struggle between love and duty. Both the film and Matthew Bourne's production are inspired by Han Christian Andersen's fairytale of ...
BWW Review: NEWSIES THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, Selected cinemas, 19 February only
This one-off cinema presentation is a great way to see Newsies The Broadway Musical and get a feel for what it's like to be in a big New York audience....
BWW Review: RUN THE BEAST DOWN, Finborough Theatre
Run The Beast Down creates a world collapsing psychologically and socially as the foxes, real and metaphorical, close in on Charlie....
BWW Review: SCHOOL PLAY, Southwark Playhouse
Contemporary and hard-hitting, Alex MacKeith's debut, School Play, doesn't quite add up to the sum of its parts....
BWW Review: SALOME, Hoxton Hall
Impressively designed in a wonderful space, Theatre Lab Company's Salome isn't quite compelling enough as entertainment nor thought-provoking enough as polemic....
BWW Review: ROALD DAHL'S FANTASTIC MR FOX, Lyric Hammersmith
Gary Naylor sees a new adaptation of an old favourite that hits the mark with broad appeal, plenty of laughs and fine songs....
BWW Review: WHAT'S IN A NAME, Birmingham Rep
Set in a trendy warehouse flat in Peckham, What's In A Name follows the ups and downs of a friendly dinner party. Ill-timed jokes, secrets long hidden and a clash of ideologies take place amidst the backdrop of a familiar setting of cheap rose and the cries of children interrupting adult conversatio...
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