BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY, Bristol Hippodrome, August 7 2013
Kathryn Pintus reviews Hairspray at the Bristol Hippodrome....
BWW Reviews: DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS, New Wimbledon Theatre, July 29 2013
I was definitely born in the wrong era. If I could get a DeLorean out and go back to the past it would be to 1955 and to the birth of rock and roll: when men wore quiffs and leather jackets and Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock' was released....
BWW Reviews: WAG! THE MUSICAL, Charing Cross Theatre, July 24 2013
Gary Naylor enters the world of Footballers' Wives (and Girlfriends)...
BWW Reviews: LOST MUSICALS 2013 - WORDS AND MUSIC, Lilian Baylis Studio, July 14 2013
Gary Naylor sees the first of a season of Sunday afternoon musical revivals...
BWW Reviews: TIMBER!, Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Southbank Centre, July 11 2013
Gary Naylor sees Backwoodsmen's take on circus....
BWW Reviews: SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, Bristol Hippodrome, July 8 2013
Kathryn Pintus reviews the boy-meets-girl love story set in the 1960s....
BWW Reviews: LUKE JERMAY: SIXTH SENSE, Leicester Square Theatre, July 9 2013
Gary Naylor sees minds laid bare....
BWW Reviews: MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Union Theatre, July 5 2013
Gary Naylor finds a few problems with one of Shakespeare's problem plays....
BWW Reviews: SOUL SISTER, Bristol Hippodrome, July 1 2013
Kathryn Pintus reviews the Tina Turner spectacular...
BWW Reviews: JULIUS CAESAR, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, July 1 2013
Gary Naylor sees an open-air version of Shakespeare's political thriller....
BWW Reviews: THIS IS MY FAMILY, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, June 24 2013
Tim Firth's new musical about the family opens in Sheffield...
BWW Reviews: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Bristol Hippodrome, June 18 2013
Having only ever seen an amateur production of a Gilbert and Sullivan piece, I was very much looking forward to seeing The Scottish Opera and D'Oyly Carte production at the Bristol Hippodrome....
BWW Reviews: PAYBACK THE MUSICAL, Riverside Studios, June 14 2013
Gary Naylor sees a new British musical that hits more than it misses....
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES, New Wimbledon Theatre, June 13 2013
Gary Naylor sees a glimpse of stocking, but the only shocking on show was the pink of the gowns....
BWW Reviews: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF, King's Head Theatre, June 3 2013
Gary Naylor sees a play set in the 16th century with plenty of relevance today....
BWW Reviews: BOYS' LIFE, King's Head Theatre, June 2 2013
Gary Naylor sees a slice of the 80s with some truths that apply just as much, some thirty years on....
BWW Reviews: BILLY, Union Theatre, June 1 2013
Gary Naylor, a Northerner who came to London, enjoys a musical about a Northerner who dreamt of the same....
BWW Reviews: PARADISE LOST, Trinity Buoy Wharf, May 31 2013
Gary Naylor sees an immersive version of Milton's epic verse down by the old docks of London Town....
BWW Reviews: MANDRAKE, Brockley Jack Theatre, May 30 2013
Gary Naylor sees a Machiavellian comedy (really - he wrote it) adapted by Howard Colyer....
BWW Reviews: THE GREAT GATSBY, Riverside Studios, May 24 2013
The quintessential "roaring twenties" story - the heightened style of musical theatre actually really suits the exaggerated characters and their lavish lifestyle. The Great Gatsby runs at the Riverside Studios until June 8....
BWW Reviews: NOTHING IS THE END OF THE WORLD (EXCEPT THE END OF THE WORLD), The Finborough Theatre, April 25 2013
Despite a clunky start Nothing is the End of the World (Except the End of the World) ultimately proved to be a thought-provoking piece of theatre....
BWW Reviews: THE BEAR, Ovalhouse, May 23 2013
Gary Naylor sees a bear in South London!...
BWW Reviews: THE HISTORY BOYS, Crucible Theatre Sheffield, May 22 2013
It is appropriate that in the year that Sheffield Theatres is wearing The Stage's best regional theatre badge it has been showcasing the region. We have already had archetypal stories of pits and the decline of the steel industry; this time we are at school in Sheffield with Alan Bennett....
BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY, Birmingham Hippodrome, May 22 2013
The roof got lifted off the Birmingham Hippodrome last night with the rapturous audience reaction to Stage Entertainment's UK touring production of Hairspray. With big hair and fun aplenty, you will not find a show with so much energy and attack as this one. With wide appeal across the board due to ...
BWW Reviews: NEXT THING YOU KNOW, Landor Theatre, May 21 2013
What with all the deliberating about whether to pursue an acting career over a full-time job as a lawyer, or whether to move to LA or stay in NYC, Next Thing You Know should be really be renamed #FirstWorldProblems....
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