BWW Review: TIME OF MY LIFE, Brockley Jack Theatre, April 14 2016
Gary Naylor sees a smart revival of a Nineties Ayckbourn comedy that gets through some tricky theatrical challenges to deliver a funny and thought-provoking play.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Birmingham Rep, April 12 2016
Devised at breakneck speed in just ten days by a company renowned for anarchic, divisive work, Filter's Twelfth Night was always destined to be a curious beast.
BWW Review: TO KILL A MACHINE, King's Head Theatre, April 12 2016
Gary Naylor sees a new take on the stroy of Alan Turing, the war hero and computer scientist whose sexuality led the state to bring him down.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, Manchester Palace Theatre, April 5 2016
Green Day's American Idiot had the punk rock band's fans out in force for the band's rock opera - even if the staged version of the 2004 concept album was a little less than the sum of its parts.
BWW Reviews: KING LEAR, Royal and Derngate, April 5
Michael Pennington takes on KING LEAR at Northampton's Royal and Derngate, ahead of a UK tour.
BWW Review: DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, Theatre N16, April 4 2016
Gary naylor sees a play that understands that people can change bu also that finding the person who catalyses that reaction is much harder than it looks.
BWW Review: A FLEA IN HER EAR, Tabard Theatre, March 31 2016
Gary Naylor sees a traditional farce in a new translation that succeeds, but might work better if a little shorter and a little slower.
BWW Review: HENRY V, Middle Temple Hall, March 30 2016
Gary Naylor sees a wonderful production crowned by a masterful Henry in a unique and evocative venue.
BWW Review: RIGHT NOW, Bush Theatre, March 29 2016
Right now, in the heart of Shepherds Bush, there is a rare opportunity to see a Quebecois play by award-winning playwright Catherin-Anne Toupin.
BWW Review: THE PERFECT MURDER, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, March 29 2016
Back in February 2014, I watched the first touring production of Peter James' novel The Perfect Murder starring Les Dennis and Claire Goose as unhappily married couple Victor and Joan Smiley.
BWW Review: BAR MITZVAH BOY, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, March 25 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that has plenty of great songs and feelgood family fun, but topples into schmaltz showing its 40 years in Act Two.
BWW Review: GREG WOHEAD: COMEBACK SPECIAL, Shoreditch Town Hall, March 24 2016
Gary Naylor sees a one-man show that is more Performance Art than theatre and finds it track to maintain concentration on lines repeated over and over and over again.
BWW Review: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, March 24, 2016
Robert Gould reviews the Simon Greiff-helmed revue of Stiles and Drewe songs, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre for BWW.
BWW Review: DON'T SLEEP THERE ARE SNAKES, Park Theatre, March 23 2016
Gary Naylor sees a strange play that never quite decides on what it wants to be and finishes just when the drama is getting started.
BWW Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Birmingham Rep Theatre, March 23 2016
With an original publication date back in 1836, Nikolai Gogol's satirical play The Government Inspector is certainly not new writing.
BWW Review: WITCHES OF EASTWICK, Old Rep Theatre Birmingham, March 19 2016
Stage musical Witches of Eastwick was adapted from John Updike's novel of the same name thirteen years after the film was released in 1987- starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer.
BWW Review: THE NAP, The Crucible, Sheffield, Mar 15 2016
Finally - a play about snooker at The Crucible! Richard Bean's new comedy is a fun night out celebrating the theatre and the game.
BWW Review: BU21, Theatre 503, March 18 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play that shows humanity at its best and worst and plenty of points in between, driven by a brilliant script by one of Britain's best young playwrights.
BWW Review: MARY POPPINS, Birmingham Hippodrome
Everyone's favourite magical nanny, Mary Poppins, is back in this award-winning musical adaptation of the P.
BWW Review: LUCE, Southwark Playhouse, March 14 2016
Gary Naylor sees an engrossing play that asks as many questions as it answers about teenagers, parents, schools and language.
BWW Review: BAD GIRLS THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, March 12 2016
Gary Naylor sees a prison musical revived in a more suitable environment by a talented ensemble cast and impressive live band.
BWW Review: DON GIOVANNI, Hackney Empire, March 11 2016
Gary Naylor sees a superbly staged adaptation of Mozart's opera, sung in English and packed with comedy and villainy - and with a message for today too.
BWW Review: GANGSTA GRANNY, Lyceum, Sheffield, Mar 9 2016
David Walliams' bestseller is a child-pleasing tale of how the elderly can surprise us.
BWW Review: PIA DE' TOLOMEI, Hackney Empire, March 10 2016
Gary Naylor sees an opera that, though is Italian as a gondolier eating an ice cream while conducting a loud argument with his best friend, has much in common with Shakespearean tragedy.
BWW Review: BERYL, Rose Theatre Kingston,March 8 2016
Gary Naylor sees something between a play and an illustrated lecture that tells the story of one of Britain's forgotten sporting greats.
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