BWW Review: ALLEGRO, Southwark Playhouse, 12 August 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that had been forgotten, but is thrillingly brought to the London stage for the first time
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: SISTER ACT, Curve Theatre Leicester, 11 August 2016
Based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act premiered onstage in the West End in 2009 starring Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier and Sheila Hancock as the Mother Superior.
BWW Review: PRESENT LAUGHTER, Richmond Theatre, 1 August 2016
The 1939 play, written specifically by Noel Coward to create a tailormade part to showcase his own talent, is perhaps not one of his strongest pieces of work, needing a strong cast to carry it off - which thankfully this revival does have
BWW Review: CUTTIN' IT, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 20 July 2016
The award-winning new play from Charlene James is a vibrant and engaging piece that shines a light on the horrors of FGM as experienced through the eyes of two teenagers.
BWW Review: A DREAM, Crucible, Sheffield, 13 July 2016
Sheffield People's Theatre present a fantastical fun take on Shakespeare.
BWW Review: THE KREUTZER SONATA, Arcola Theatre, 12 July 2016
Gary Naylor sees an unblinking, fearless adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's often censored story, delivered with panache and menace by Greg Hicks.
BWW Review: AFTER MISS JULIE, Richmond Theatre, 11 July 2016
Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of a classic play that packs plenty of punch despite some less than satisfactory casting.
BWW Review: CARGO, Arcola Theatre, 8 July 2016
Gary Naylor sees a powerful, important play that speaks to a 2016 audience explicitly about the defining issue of our times.
BWW Review: CONTRACTIONS, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 5 July 2016
Mike Bartlett's taught and darkly-black workplace satire is an assured directorial debut for Lisa Blair, with two commanding lead performances.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Brockley Jack Theatre, 7 July 2016
Gary Naylor sees a production that has much to commend it, bringing a little of Athens wooded peace to the hurly-burly of London.
BWW Review: FOOTLOOSE, New Alexandra Theatre, 4 July 2016
In the mid-west American town of Bomont, a small tight knit community are suspicious of any new-comer, and especially streetwise Chicago teenager Ren McCormack.
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA, Birmingham Hippodrome, 30 June 2016
Every year, the Birmingham Hippodrome bring a blockbuster West End musical to the UK's second city; a brilliant tradition eclipsed only in size and scale by their annual pantomime.
BWW Review: SONGS UNSEEN, Oran Mor, July 1 2016
Songs Unseen is a performance that aims to create opportunities for Scottish and Scottish-based composers to have their work seen and ideas developed.
BWW Review: CAPTURED, Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham, June 30 2016
Prior to their run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, White Slate Theatre are currently previewing their new show Captured.
BWW Review: THE TEMPEST, Royal and Derngate, June 30
A National Youth Theatre ensemble shines in a specially adapted TEMPEST at Royal and Derngate, Northampton.
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT, The Savill Garden Open Air Theatre, June 24 2016
Gary Naylor sees a unique and completely delightful production of one of Shakespeare's sillier comedies in an environment that could have been made for it.
BWW Review: THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, Drayton Arms Theatre, June 23 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine comedy by Moliere brought to the stage in English and French by a company dedicated to resurrecting rarely performed Francophone plays.
BWW Review: VASSA ZHELEZNOVA, Southwark Playhouse, June 17 2016
Gary Naylor sees a courageous and demanding production of Maxim Gorky's play about a family and society breaking apart as authority oversteps itself.
BWW Review: HAPPY TO HELP, Park Theatre, March 16 2016
Gary Naylor sees a new comedy that takes aim at the power of supermarket multinational companies and skewers them like a £3.
BWW Review: GERTRUDE - THE CRY, Theatre N16, June 14 2016
Gary Naylor sees an close-up, no holds barred production of Howard Barker's sexy, sweary, sinful take on Hamlet and tries not to think of Sid James's laugh.
BWW Review: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI, Birmingham Hippodrome, June 2016
To celebrate their 70th anniversary, Welsh National Opera returns to the Birmingham Hippodrome to perform Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci; the same operas the company performed for their debut performance.
BWW Review: EIGENGRAU, King's Head Theatre, June 5 2016
Gary Naylor sees an interesting, if ultimately somewhat unsatisfactory, slice of life set amongst the twenty-somethings of London.
BWW Review: THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE, Union Theatre, June 4 2016
Gary Naylor sees a very fine production of one of the most popular plays of the last twenty years, crowned by a superb central performance.
BWW Review: KING LEAR, Birmingham Rep, May 2016
The Birmingham Rep present another exciting Shakespearean production to celebrate 400 years since the great writers' death; this time it was King Lear.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Southwark Playhouse, June 3 2016
Gary Naylor sees a high octane, fourth wall smashing, hugely enjoyable production of Shakespeare's much loved comedy
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The Musical Medea Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/30-10/04) |