BWW Review: NORMA JEANE: THE MUSICAL, Lost Theatre, June 2 2016
Gary Naylor sees a musical that starts with a good idea and fades due to a script that lacks the pace and humour to drive the plot forwards.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: THE QUIET HOUSE, Birmingham Rep Theatre, June 1 2016
As part of Fertility Fest, Gareth Farr's new play The Quiet House has its world premiere at Birmingham Rep this week.
BWW Review: SHADOWLANDS, Birmingham Rep, May 31 2016
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre is transported back to Oxford in the 1950s for Birdsong Productions' new adaptation of Shadowlands.
BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE UNTOLD, Wilton's, June 1 2016
Gary Naylor sees a couple of fine introductions to Shakespeare plays aimed at kids, but with more than enough for adults to enjoy no matter how familiar they may be with the sources.
BWW Reviews: SOUL, Royal and Derngate, May 27
SOUL is billed as the untold story of Marvin Gaye - but it's really a dysfunctional family drama, with one participant who happens to be famous.
BWW Review: FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS, Crucible, Sheffield, May 23 2016
Clare Burt shines as an ordinary woman with a big dream in Daniel Evans' goodbye to Sheffield Theatres.
BWW Review: JACKIE THE MUSICAL, New Alexandra Birmingham, May 2016
We took a trip back to Planet Seventies at the New Alexandra Theatre as Jackie the Musical swept into town.
BWW Review: A SUBJECT OF SCANDAL AND CONCERN, Finborough Theatre, May 23 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine revival of a play that was of its time in the buttoned up, pre-Beatles 1960s, but has much to say to audiences in 2016.
BWW Review: MADE UP, Birmingham Rep Theatre, May 17 2016
Birmingham-based company Stan's Cafe have been creating new theatre for 25 years.
BWW Review: THE JAMES PLAYS, The Lyceum, Sheffield, May 7-8 2016
The touring production of Rona Munro's Scottish historical trilogy is an epic achievement.
BWW Review: LAST OF THE BOYS, Southwark Playhouse, May 13 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play that covers some old ground in old and insensitive ways and concludes that it wasn't the best choice of what was available.
BWW Review: WIPERS, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, May 12 2016
Inspired by the true story of the first South Asian recipient of the Victoria Cross, soldier Khudadad Khan single handedly held off advancing enemy troops at the battle of Ypres (or Wipers) in the First World War, whilst a group of British and South Asian soldiers took refuge in a disused barn.
BWW Review: THE LOVERS OF VIORNE, The Theatre Room, May 11 2016
Gary Naylor sees a strange, unsettling but fascinating play set in 1960s France, but it could be anywhere any time.
BWW Review: DEVILISH, Landor Theatre, May 10 2016
Gary Naylor sees a new musical which gets plenty right - and one or two things wrong!
BWW Review: KING LEAR, Richmond Theatre, May 9 2016
Gary Naylor sees a Lear that resonates more through its political themes than its psychological or sexual elements - and sends a message to us all before the upcoming Referendum.
BWW Review: SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS, King's Head Theatre, May 5 2016
Gary Naylor sees a much performed cult musical that does its best work in the songs and the memories it brings forward.
BWW Review: RICHARD II, Arcola Theatre, May 3 2016
Gary Naylor sees a Richard II for today which succeeds largely, if not totally, in its contemporary staging.
BWW Review: BAD JEWS, New Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, May 3 2016
Family gatherings and occasions are frequently tarnished by disagreements; none more so than at weddings, christenings and funerals when extended families are often brought together.
BWW Interview: Director Samir Bhamra on BRING ON THE BOLLYWOOD
With the rise of shows like Bombay Dreams and the smash-hit West End musical Bend It Like Beckham ushering in a new dawn for the British musical, the nation's appetite for Bollywood spectacle shows no signs of slowing.
BWW Review: CLOCKS 1888: THE GREENER, Hackney Empire, April 20 2016
Gary Naylor sees an occasionally brilliant, occasionally confused new opera about life lived against the clock in the 19th century East End of London.
BWW Review: GATSBY, Union Theatre, April 19 2016
Gary Naylor sees a production that loses its way as a result of forgetting that the most important things to get right in musical theatre are the voices.
BWW Review: DARKNET, Southwark Playhouse, April 18 2016
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious and, at times, genuinely interesting play that ultimately fails to achieve its potential.
BWW Review: OUT OF THIS WORLD, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, April 15 2016
Gary Naylor sees a very strange revival of a 1950s Broadway show saved by some fine singing and sensational songs.
BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE, Curve Theatre Leicester, April 14 2016
Legally Blonde the Musical has had an array of productions all over the world since its 2007 Broadway opening.
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