UK REGIONAL THEATER REVIEWS

Gary Naylor sees a traditional Wimbledon panto blockbuster....

Last night marked five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Curve Theatre in Leicester. To celebrate this, the wonderful team at the theatre put on a showbiz evening to remember....

Gary Naylor sees another Christmas Show triumph from the Charles Court Opera Company....

Gary Naylor sees another opera done Opera-Up-Close style....

Gary Naylor enjoys a revival of an Ayckbourn Christmas play rather more than he did the first time he saw it....

Gary Naylor sees a show long on entertainment if a little short on plot...

Gary Naylor sees another traditional panto at one of London's great panto theatres....

Chickenshed prepare to celebrate 40 years with a revival of an old favourite....

Gary Naylor sees a modern classic - perhaps the first modern classic...

Gary Naylor sees an engaging show about sibling rivalry - and love....

Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly realised homage to an immortal woman....

I left the house this evening after a long day at work, and stepped out into the dark, cold evening not feeling my best, but thanks to the Bristol Light Opera Club (BLOC) gang I came home with a smile on my face. Their production this year is Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which brings some festiv...

Gary Naylor sees a scaled down version of Verdi's classic that captures the soul of the story....

Mummy's boys, daddy's girls and a family falling apart form the centre of Polly Stenham's breakthrough play THAT FACE, now revived at the tiny Landor Theatre...

Gary Naylor finds that hell does indeed hath no fury like a woman scorned....

Like a bad night in Sauciehall Street, Jon Gun Thor's version of Macbeth is packed with scheming, macho violence and blood. Well, it is The Scottish Play after all. Pared back to 90 minutes and with a cast of six, many playing multiple roles, there's so much brawling and calling out that it sometime...

Gary Naylor sees a version of a classic that's never, well, hardly ever, been done before....

Reviewing a dance show when one's expertise in the area is negligible at best is a slightly daunting prospect and so, a disclaimer: this review will include no technical terms whatsoever because I don't know any. That said, the opportunity to see four new dance pieces without any prior knowledge was...

Gary Naylor sees an emotional play....

Gary Naylor sees the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen brought to the stage....

Gary Naylor goes on an emotional rollercoaster with definitely not the kids from Fame....

It's been ten years since I first (and last!) saw Cats, so I was thrilled to be returning to the over-sized rubbish dump this evening to enjoy an evening of feline fun and frolics at the Bristol Hippodrome....

Gary Naylor sees a play with potential fail to realise it....

Gary Naylor sees a music / comedy / performance art version of Oedipus Rex - oh yes he does!...

Gary Naylor sees a musical for a second time - 28 years on....