The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
Gary Nayor sees a production of Shakespeare's most loved comedy brimming with the traditional charm and wit one has come to expect from the Globe Theatre, about to tour the Far East.
Grounded had its UK premiere at the Gate Theatre Notting Hill last year to critical acclaim, following achieving the 2012 Smith Prize from the National New Play Network in America and a 2013 Fringe First award.
Gary Naylor sees a unique production of Romeo and Juliet set in the nave of the extraordinary Temple Church, resting place of the legendary Knights Templar.
Gary Naylor sees the winner of OperaUpClose's new writing competition, an opera that may be confined to a small performing space, but one unafraid to ask some difficult questions and unafraid to be defined by challenging, but ultimately rewarding, music and sensational singing.
Gary Naylor sees a new play set in the Kafkaesque world of the UK's Border Agency as a young idealist butts up against an old hand when a charismatic political activist shakes up the system.
Gary Naylor sees a play about a person's transition from female to male and how that impacts on her best friend - and himself.
A new comedy by Tom Basden, set after a plane crash in a post-cold war dystopia.
Anarchic fun for all in this stage version of the popular children's book series.
The new, Sheffield-themed, take on the Mystery Plays makes the most of its huge cast of locals.
Black Coffee is the first play that Agatha Christie wrote for the stage back in 1929, when the show is set.
This production of Entertaining Mr Sloane is the latest submission from London Classic Theatre.
Annie Get Your Gun premiered on Broadway nearly 70 years ago and many productions have graced stages across the world ever since then, plus a major MGM film in 1950 starring Betty Hutton.
Sheffield Theatres, current UK Regional Theatre of the Year (The Stage Awards), pushes its own desire to lead with the best home grown talent as it presents British icon Richard Wilson in Krapp's Last Tape, a play that explores the past through a series of memories and tape recordings.
I was fortunate enough to see 20th Century Boy on its debut outing at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry back in September 2012 and it was probably the best show I had seen that year.
Gary Naylor sees a revival of Stephen Sondheim's strange 1970s musical about 1850s Japan, production that borrows from a variety of theatrical styles without ever fully establishing its own.
Gary Naylor sees a perfectly realised adaptation of August Strindbeg's Miss Julie, packed with dramatic tension, big ideas and superb acting.
Gary Naylor sees a kitchen sink drama for our times that captures the sense of claustrophobia of Britain's (especially London's) debt culture and the swirling social ills that flow in and around inner city's sink estates.
Gary Naylor sees a piece of dance-theatre that covers the familiar ground of the Depression-era US dancing marathons that cruelly manipulated both competitors and audiences with ruthless cruelty.
Gary Naylor has a lot of fun with Fashion Victim, a satire on popular culture with songs, dance, some terrible plotting and some good jokes, but is left wondering if it shouldn't be a lot more.
Gary Naylor sees a long, but rewarding adaptation of Joseph Heller's notoriously unadaptable anti-war novel, Catch 22.
Gary Naylor sees an evocation of a Seventies superstar in a jukebox musical that delivers all the crowdpleasing moments one could hope for, if ultimately feeling a little light on dramatic tension.
The stage adaptation of Jacqueline WIilson's novel is a lovingly put-together blend of comedy, tragedy and circus performance.
Woman In Mind is thought of as one of Alan Ayckbourn's best works.
Gary Naylor sees a beautiful but sad cabaret based on the life of Mata Hari the woman shot by the French Army for spying whose short life contained more dramas than a hundred others.
The 1980s sitcom revival tour hits Sheffield
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Adam Garcia's Emerald Storm Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/17-11/17) |
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The Celine Experience Victoria Theatre Halifax (9/12-9/12) |
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Trainspotting the Musical Bradford Live (2/08-2/13) |
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Steve Steinman''s Bat! Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour The SSE Arena, Belfast (10/22-10/22) |
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Trainspotting The Musical New Theatre Oxford (2/15-2/20) |
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family O2 City Hall Newcastle (3/27-3/27) |
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The Go-Between Stamford Arts Centre (9/12-9/12) |
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Night Terrors Upstairs at the Gatehouse (10/16-10/16) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Lawrence Batley Theatre (5/22-5/22) |
