BWW Reviews: HMS PINAFORE, Hackney Empire, February 15 2014
Gary Naylor finds that this bulked up, buffed up HMS Pinafore, currently voyaging around the country, is even more fun than when it launched from the Union Theatre last Autumn.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
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BWW Reviews: FINIAN'S RAINBOW, Union Theatre, February 14 2014
Gary Naylor sees a neglected, problematic musical full of wonderful songs given new life, if not quite full life, at The Union Theatre.
BWW Reviews: THE FINAL REVELATION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Pleasance Theatre, February 12 2014
Tim Norton revisits the gift that keeps on giving, Sherlock Holmes, to imagine his last case - he finds it's typically tricky, but sometimes funny too.
BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, New Alexandra Theatre, February 4 2014
The last time I saw Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was during the 2006 UK Productions tour which starred Dave Willetts and Shona Lindsay; a production that is close to my heart as it is one of the shows that made me want to pursue a career in theatre.
BWW Reviews: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Churchill Theatre Bromley, February 3 2014
Gary Naylor sees one of his favourite plays from last year now delivered bigger, brighter and just as bungled, as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society starts its UK tour.
BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Lyceum, Sheffield, 31 January 2014
Propeller's A Midsummer Night's Dream (currently touring along with The Comedy of Errors) is a riotous spectacle of a production.
BWW Reviews: BEAR, Old Red Lion Theatre, January 31 2014
Through the haze of fatigue, parents can only just recall the early days of child-rearing.
BWW Reviews: CARTHAGE, Finborough Theatre, January 30 2014
Is someone born bad, or does society make them that way - Who's to blame? That's the big question underpinning CARTHAGE, which had its world premiere at the Finborough Theatre last night.
BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY, Bristol Hippodrome, January 29 2014
I will probably be thrown into the darkest depths of Musical Theatre Purgatory for saying this, but…West Side Story has never been a favourite of mine.
BWW Reviews: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, Wolverhampton Grand, January 27 2014
Having seen Priscilla Queen of the Desert in the West End a few years ago, I was very interested to see how the production had been adapted to tour.
BWW Reviews: THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A NOBODY, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, January 22 2014
Third Angel's latest production is a thoughtful presentation on what it means to have an 'ordinary' life, slightly marred by a clumsy ending.
BWW Reviews: THE GAY NAKED PLAY, Above the Stag, January 21 2014
Following the success of its annual panto, David Bell's Off-broadway farce THE GAY NAKED PLAY (also known as THE PLAY ABOUT THE NAKED GUY) continues the first season in Above The Stag's new Vauxhall home.
BWW Reviews: SHANG-A-LANG, King's Head Theatre, January 24 2014
Just before she hit it big (Dancin' Queen big) with Mamma Mia! (the Rocky Horror Show de nos jours), Catherine Johnson wrote Shang-a-Lang (revived at the King's Head Theatre until 15 February).
BWW Reviews: THE WORLD GOES ROUND - THE SONGS OF KANDER AND EBB, Union Theatre, January 17 2014
There are - and you're going to have to believe me on this one - people who don't like musical theatre.
BWW Reviews: BLINK, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, January 14 2014
Phil Porter's one-act, two-handed play Blink earned a number of warm reviews in its 2012 runs in Soho and Edinburgh, and is now on tour throughout the UK in March.
BWW Reviews: OTHELLO, Riverside Studios, January 16 2014
Though not among Shakespeare's more gory tragedies (competition is pretty fierce after all), Othello is surely his most brutal, a slow motion car crash, in which love and trust go up against cynicism and venality - and lose.
BWW Reviews: DON QUIJOTE, Camden People's Theatre, January 7 2014
It is (natch) quixotic to stage a version of the mighty chronicle of the unhinged Spanish knight in a North London basement, but what's life (especially theatre) for if not such dreams?
BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, Bristol Hippodrome, January 14 2014
If the January blues are getting you down, I can suggest no better cure than to do-si-do on down to the Bristol Hippodrome this week for a thigh-slapping evening of musical mayhem with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
BWW Reviews: LOST BOY, Finborough Theatre, January 2 2014
Gary Naylor sees a salute to lost innocence, one hundred years on.
BWW Reviews: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE PANTO, The Cockpit Theatre, December 16 2013
So it turns out that the remedy to the hideous tradition of pantomime is Jane Austen.
BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS, The Donmar Warehouse, December 18 2013
One of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays, Coriolanus has exploded into one of the most hyped-up events the Donmar Warehouse has seen this year.
BWW Reviews: OLIVER! Crucible, Sheffield, December 16 2013
The Christmas musical is fast becoming one of the highlights of Sheffield Theatres' programme.
BWW Reviews: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Pleasance Theatre, December 13 2013
Gary Naylor sees another madcap laugh-a-minute disaster.
BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA, Bristol Hippodrome, December 10 2013
Fun, festive frolics abound in the Bristol Hippodrome's production of Cinderella! A sparkly curtain sets the tone for the upbeat evening ahead, which is full of colour, sparkle and flair (and some blindingly pink tights!).
BWW Reviews: ALADDIN, New Wimbledon Theatre, December 9 2013
Gary Naylor sees a traditional Wimbledon panto blockbuster.
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Lawrence Batley Theatre (5/22-5/22) |
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Future Makers The Royal Albert Hall (11/04-11/04) |
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The Amy Winehouse Band: Back To Black 20th Anniversary Tour Victoria Theatre Halifax (10/24-10/24) |
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Matilda in Concert (PG) Hosted and narrated live by Danny DeVito The Royal Albert Hall (10/30-10/30) |
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The Go-Between Southwold Arts Centre (9/09-9/09) |
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Dracula New Wolsey Theatre (10/13-10/17) |
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Calendar Girls The Musical New Wolsey Theatre (9/10-9/26) |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™ In Concert (PG) Royal Albert Hall (9/25-9/27) |
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Mammy's House Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/01-9/13) |