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BWW Reviews: THE SEAGULL, New Wimbledon Studio, April 9 2013
The Black Coffee Theatre Company asks you to leave your preconceptions at the door as they place one of Chekhov's most known dramas in the roaring twenties....
BWW Reviews: CHARLES CASTRONOVO: DOLCE NAPOLI, THE NEAPOLITAN SONGS, King's Head Theatre, April 7 2013
Gary Naylor sees a slice of old Naples brought to London....
BWW Reviews: STREETS - A NEW KIND OF MUSICAL, Cockpit Theatre, April 5 2013
Gary Naylor sees a musical that is nearly very good indeed....
BWW Reviews: PROJECT COLONY, Trinity Buoy Wharf, April 4 2013
Gary Naylor sees a glimpse of an imagined present down by the riverside....
BWW Reviews: RETZ'S THE TRIAL, Shoreditch Town Hall and Rose Lipman Community Centre, April 3 2013
You are the target of state security services in this version of Kafka's nightmarish novel in Retz's impressive immersive experience....
BWW Reviews: MOBY DICK, Arcola Theatre, April 2 2013
Gary Naylor finally discovers what all the fuss is about about all the fuss about the great white whale....
BWW Reviews: GIBRALTAR, Arcola Theatre, March 28 2013
Gary Naylor enjoys an examination of the ethics of war and writing about war....
BWW Reviews: SING SOMETHING SIMPLE, Cockpit Theatre, March 27 2013
Gary Naylor enjoys four well-judged performances in a comedy with a message....
BWW Reviews: STARLIGHT EXPRESS, Bristol Hippodrome, March 27 2013
Last night, Starlight Express was celebrating 29 years to the day when it opened at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in the West End. Since ending an incredibly successful 18-year run in London, the production has not been very far from our stages. With one of the most impressive set designs in a residen...
BWW Reviews: THREE BIRDS, The Bush Theatre, March 22 2013
Having initially been performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, this production is the first London airing of Janice Okoh's Three Birds. All in all, this is a great production of a vibrant new work. Three Birds runs at the Bush Theatre until April 20 2013 and is unsuitable for a young audience....
BWW Reviews: QUASIMODO, King's Head Theatre, March 22 2013
50 years after Oliver! composer Lionel Bart began writing the score and book, this Hunchback of Notre Dame musical finally gets its world premiere....
BWW Reviews: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Birmingham Hippodrome, March 19 2013
How does one write about a work of art? Cameron Macintosh's touring production of The Phantom of the Opera is exactly that and brought the house down at the Birmingham Hippodrome last night. The 19th March is apt for the final press night of the current tour as the show is also marking it's 11,000th...
BWW Reviews: RING, Battersea Arts Theatre, March 13 2013
Fuel Presents 'Ring' Battersea Arts Theatre, Wednesday 13th March...
BWW Reviews: MORALGORITHM, Marylebone Gardens, March 13 2013
Gary Naylor sees an interactive event that hasn't quite found its feet....
BWW Reviews: MIES JULIE, Riverside Studios, March 11 2013
Based on August Strindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie, Mies Julie transfers the action from a Count's estate in Sweden to a powerful (unseen) white farmer's house in modern-day post-apartheid South Africa. The bulk of proceedings concerns his daughter Julie (Hilda Cronje) and John (Bongile Mantsai), a y...
BWW Reviews: SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Hackney Empire, March 8 2013
Gary Naylor sees a lesson in the dangers of pride and ambition....
BWW Reviews: THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, Crucible, Sheffield, March 4 2013
The director and designer of last year's award-winning Democracy return to the Crucible with this warm and witty adaptation of a DH Lawrence play....
BWW Reviews: SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, New Wimbledon Theatre, March 4 2013
Gary Naylor enjoys a damn good night out....
BWW Reviews: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, Edinburgh Playhouse, March 4 2013
During the standard photography and mobile phone announcement at the beginning of the show, there was an additional message for audience members to place any large wigs under the seat in front. This show had the audience laughing before the curtain even went up and this continued until the end....
BWW Reviews: COSI FAN TUTTE, Hackney Empire, March 2 2013
Gary Naylor sees outrageous silliness from the masterly Mozart....
BWW Reviews: DOROTHY IN OZ, Waterloo East Theatre, February 28 2013
Gary Naylor enjoys a trip to a less than merry old land of Oz....
BWW Reviews: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Kings Theatre Glasgow, February 25 2013
The 2013 national tour celebrating 40 years of Rocky proves that this musical is showing no signs of old age....
BWW Reviews: THE ROUTE TO HAPPINESS, February 22 2013
The Landor is currently presenting a season of international, new musical theatre entitled From Page to Stage - including Alexander S. Bermange's The Route to Happiness. While you may not leave convinced that they've reached contentment, you may well feel like you've accompanied for them some of the...
BWW Reviews: THE BLUES BROTHERS... APPROVED, New Wimbledon Theatre, February 19 2013
Gary Naylor catches up with Elwood and Jake and finds that little has changed - but that's no bad thing....
BWW Reviews: L'ELISIR D'AMORE, King's Head Theatre, February 12 2013
Gary Naylor sees an old favourite updated and performed with panache.there...
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