BWW Review: BROKEN BISCUITS, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 15 November 2016
This story of teenage friendship is a funny and touching new play with three fantastic performances from talented young actors.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 9 November 2016
Gary Naylor sees a young cast attack a classic play to update for today's world, a venture that succeeds partially, and is never less than interesting.
BWW Review: TRUMPAGEDDON, King's Head Theatre, 8 November 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show about, and I can hardly believe what I'm writing here, the 45th President of the United States of America.
BWW Review: ST JOHN PASSION, Blackheath Halls, 6 November 2016
Gary Naylor sees an impassioned production of Bach's St John Passion, by and for, the people under the guidance of English Touring Opera
BWW Review: PATTERN RECOGNITION, Dance Xchange, 3 NOVEMBER 2016
Former Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rambert dancer Alexander Whitley continues an ongoing investigation into relationship between dance and modern technology with Pattern Recognition, seen at Dance Xchange in Birmingham.
BWW Review: ORCA, Southwark Playhouse, 4 November 2016
Gary Naylor sees an accomplished, eerie play about a remote Scottish community that doesn't quite have the courage of its convictions.
BWW Review: VAMOS CUBA, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 November 2016
An exciting new partnership between Sadler's Wells, Birmingham Hippodrome and the Lowry Salford is bringing international dance companies to the UK for the very first time, offering financial and creative support to artists who may not otherwise have been able to make the journey.
BWW Review: THE MOUSETRAP, New Alexandra Theatre, 31 October 2016
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap truly is a theatrical phenomenon.
BWW Review: THE WEIR, Tobacco Factory Theatres, 28 October 2016
It's almost 20 years since THE WEIR had its premiere at the Royal Court and Conor McPherson's heart-warming tale about a close knit community feels just as relevant today.
BWW Review: SIDE SHOW, Southwark Playhouse
Gary Naylor sees a revival of a show that deserves, and gets, the full 'Big Musical' production treatment.
BWW Review: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, Manchester Opera House, 24 October 2016
When its most devoted audience is known to shout expletives towards its stage, it takes a certain kind of understanding of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to be able to work its magic.
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, New Wimbledon Theatre, 25 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a showbiz monument and finds that it's still as entertaining and as relevant as ever.
BWW Review: AFTER THREE SISTERS, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 21 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious production that runs parallel storylines but doesn't solve the considerable problems so caused.
BWW Review: LENNON: THROUGH A GLASS ONION, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 21 October 2016
Lennon: Through A Glass Onion is a part-biographical, part-concert whistle stop journey into the mind of international musical icon, John Lennon.
BWW Review: WONDERFUL TOWN, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, 19 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a lovely show packed with great songs and imaginative staging.
BWW Review: MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, 18 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees an enthusiastic revival of Moby Dick The Musical that rather loses the wind from its sails in the second half.
BWW Review: POKER FACE, King's Head Theatre, 16 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play from Europe that can't quite decide what it wants to be but raises interesting questions all the same.
BWW Review: RUN, 2 FACED DANCE, Dance Xchange, 14 October 2016
2 Faced Dance Company's Run is an evening of dance presented by three female choreographers, featuring three new works from the company's artistic director Tamsin Fitzgerald, Prague-based Lenka Vagnerova and the first BENCH commission recipient Rebecca Evans.
BWW Review: LA CALISTO, Hackney Empire, 14 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a spectacular and thought-provoking revival of Cavalli's 17th century opera of gods, myths and mortals.
BWW Review: FORCE OF TRUMP, Brockley Jack Theatre, 12 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a well performed and funny satire on Donald Trump that struggles to be more outrageous than the real thing.
BWW Review: BUDDY, Belgrade Coventry, 12 October 2016
It seems as though every popular musician has been the subject of a jukebox musical, and so it is not surprising that the story of Buddy Holly has been explored in Buddy.
BWW Review: 946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS, Birmingham Rep, 10 October 2016
There's a buzz of excitement in the air whenever Kneehigh Theatre are in town; their joyful, anarchic style combined with a strong emphasis on storytelling is popular with all ages.
BWW Review: DIRTY DANCING, Palace Theatre Manchester, 10 October 2016
Nostalgia brought the Palace Theatre to life through the skirt-lifting, tight-jean wearing fervour of Dirty Dancing.
BWW Review: THE TEMPEST, Birmingham Royal Ballet, 4 October 2016
As the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death draw to a close, the Birmingham Royal Ballet present the anticipated new creation from David Bintley, The Tempest.
BWW Review: XERXES, Hackney Empire, 8 October 2016
Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly realised updating of Handel's Xerxes set in the Battle of Britain and featuring an astonishing countertenor voice.
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family Connexin Live (4/24-4/24) |
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Live Odyssey Camden Market (5/22-12/20) |
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Steve Steinman''S Fuel Injected MAgic! 50th Anniversary Concert The SSE Arena, Belfast (10/22-10/22) |
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The Moth in London: Tightrope Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre (9/09-9/09) |
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Trainspotting The Musical New Theatre Oxford (2/15-2/20) |
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Bath Forum (12/11-12/11) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Brindley Theatre (3/03-3/03) |