UK REGIONAL THEATER REVIEWS

Gary Naylor sees the second of OperaUpClose's valedictory season at the King's Head and finds its most famous and most garlanded production as fresh as ever....

Gary Naylor sees an extraordinary production of Shakespeare's most controversial play, one full of ambiguity and vicious cruelty, both physical and mental....

Cinderella is probably the most popular pantomime of all and QDOS have many productions of this around the country as well as other favourites. Last night I went to see Wolverhampton's version of the classic and it was as lavish and flamboyant as you would expect…and that isn't even taking into ac...

Following the exciting press launch a couple of months ago, Jersey Boys had been eagerly anticipated in Birmingham and the New Alexandra Theatre are proud to be hosting the production for the festive season. It was a packed house for the press night last night and they thoroughly deserved their full...

The annual Lyceum pantomime offers a good mix of classic panto jokes and contemporary song and dance numbers....

Sheffield Theatres celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Cole Porter musical with a production that definitely gives a kick....

Gary Naylor sees an imaginatively conceived and beautifully executed adaptation of a Christmas standard that never goes out of fashion....

Gary Naylor sees a panto packed with audience-pleasing routines and splendid performances, one that continues this venue's tradition of big shows with big stars....

Gary Naylor sees a a fine start to OperaUpClose's swansong to the King's Head with a Donizetti classic adapted for a Beverley Hills mansion....

The Sound of Music has seen several UK tours and productions over recent years and the Curve has decided to produce yet another version of the show for its Christmas production this year. Some say it's been done to death and Bill Kenwright has just announced another tour featuring Danielle Hope as M...

Gary Nayloe sees a beautiful, Christmassy adaptation of the CS Lewis's classic tale of talking animals, the fight between good and evil and imposition of childhood responsibility....

Gary Naylor sees another fringe panto full of enthusiasm, audience participation and laughs, the perfect alternative if you're tired of soap stars, high prices and special effects....

Gary Naylor sees a short, sharp, sweet play that has echoes of Christmas classics, but retains its own sense of the festive season in the Big Apple....

Gary Naylor sees another spectacular Christmas production at Chickenshed, an uplifting vision of humanity and a wonderfully entertaining show....

A fun and fabulous evening was had by all at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry last night for their panto press night. This year's Christmas production is Aladdin and is jam packed full of pantomime traditions and enjoyable entertainment for the whole family. I was first introduced to the Belgrade's se...

Gary Naylor sees a promising, if overly long and shouty, comedy set in a City office that isn't coping too well with the financial and social backlash of the 2008 recession....

Gary Naylor enjoys his first experience of opera beamed from the New York Met into the cinemas of the UK. Inevitably, one can hardly go wrong in the company of Seville's celebrated barber, despite quite a few hiccups on the way....

Gary Naylor sees a jukebox musical that takes us back to the 80s - in more ways than one - but leaves its audience on its feet, demanding more....

Gary Naylor sees a play that demands that we look beyond the horror of the images and into the conditions that drive men and women to do terrible things in time of war....

Gary Naylor spends an evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger but comes away feeling that he knew as much on the way in as on the way out....

Gary Naylor sees a promenade production of Shakespeare's notorious Scottish play, one that chills in more senses than one....

Slava's Snowshow is a global phenomenon which, following sell-out performances last year, is currently touring the UK before taking a short London residency until the New Year. The show is created and staged by Russian performance artist and clown Slava Polunin....

Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised play, the ambition of which never gets in the way of its storytelling, delivered through three of the strongest performances I have seen all year....

Gary Naylor sees a very fine debut from a new playwright that mixes comedy with reflection on the way the world has changed in little more than a generation and how that change impacts on a father, uncle and daughter....

A brand new work by Bryony Lavery opens in the Crucible Studio to mark 30 years since the miners' strike....