UK REGIONAL THEATER REVIEWS

Gary Naylor sees a 400 year-old play that still hits hard....

Gary Naylor sees a cry to act in the face of complacency and fear....

Gary Naylor sees an affectionate and funny send-up of an old favourite....

Gary Naylor is left amused and amazed at a magic show with a difference....

Gary Naylor sees some men behaving badly....

Gary Naylor has a lot of fun with the classic (is it too early to say so?) musical....

Gary Naylor sees a play that bubbles without quite coming to the boil....

Robert Gould reviews Self Taught, Still Learning, an album of new musical theatre songs by Chris Passey....

Gary Naylor sees a play that hits and misses....

Unique staging and naturalistic performances as Penelope Skinner's sparky comedy arrives in Sheffield...

Gary Naylor sees a muse unamused....

Gary Naylor has a great time watching players having a great time....

Gary Naylor sees a good ol' musical crowdpleaser please a good ol' musical crowd....

The Crucible Theatre unveils its latest Shakespearean tragedy....

Done to death by companies up and down the country over the past few years, Jonathan Larson's RENT can't quite be accused of being underexposed. As a result, it's a bit of a struggle to summon much enthusiasm about a new London production (particularly when there's another one waiting to open shortl...

Gary Naylor isn't the only one reliving his youth in Hackney....

Gary Naylor sees love crash and burn in a musical adaptation of the F Scott Fitgerald classic...

Michael Elm reviews Emily Jenkin's latest brilliantly grim play....

trick, or most commonly, the bullet catch - but the wonder and awe it instills has remained constant. Written and performed by Rob Drummond, the Edinburgh incarnation of this infamous trick offers its audience even more....

Having whipped Fringe audiences into something of a big gay frenzy last year with their enormously charming and very much sold-out offering 'Little Shop of Homos', the London Gay Men's Chorus Ensemble - a new name; last year they were known as Far From Kansas - are back. 'Hi-De-Homo', their holiday ...

Killing Time, an entertaining last hour before the Apocalypse reviewed by Michael Elm....

Michael Elm revels in the tension-and light tricks-of The Lonely One at the Underbelly....

Soho Cinders does what it says on the tin - it's a cheeky London W1 reworking of the classic Cinderella tale, centred on Robbie (Tom Milner), a cute but savvy young gay man with very little family but many dreams. He has ugly sisters (the deliciously vulgar, lycra-clad Suzie Chard and Beverly Rudd),...

Camille Claudel waits patiently, a sculpture herself, as the audience enters the studio theatre of the Pleasance Courtyard. Her smile, welcoming but manic, is directed at each individual as they tentatively join the space....

Excellent character comedy from the very talented Nick Mohammed at the Pleasance....