BWW Reviews: UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, Camden People's Theatre, May 2 2012
Gary Naylor sees New Jersey girl, Amy Lamé obsess over Manchester's Morrissey....
BWW Reviews: MACBETH, The House of Detention Clerkenwell, May 1 2012
gary Naylor enjoys and endures a unique theatrical experience....
BWW Reviews: HOWLIN' COMEDY CLUB, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, April 30 2012
Gary Naylor sees two hours of traditional stand-up in an intimate setting...
BWW Reviews: PLATFORM 18: THATCHER’S CHILDREN, BEATS, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh - April 28
This double bill of the winners of the Arches' Platform 18 competition presents two one-hour plays as different from each other as they could possibly be: Thatcher's Children by Gary Gardiner and Beats by Kieran Hurley....
BWW Reviews: HIS GREATNESS, Finborough Theatre, April 27 2012
Gary Naylor sees a play about failing powers and Tennessee Williams. ...
BWW Reviews: David Shrigley's PASS THE SPOON, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, April 26
June Spoon and Phillip Fork host Pass the Spoon, a vibrant cookery show/opera mashup by David Shrigley, David Fennessy and Nicholas Bone. Mr Granules is coming to dinner, and the presenters must impress him with a Special Menu. Everything seems to be going to plan, but when the chops burn and Mr Gra...
BWW Reviews: BARBARIANS, Tooting Arts Club, April 25 2012
Gary Naylor is buffeted by a blast from the past...
BWW Reviews: BABES IN ARMS, Union Theatre, April 24 2012
Gary Naylor sees a musical full of classic songs....
BWW Reviews: SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME, Southwark Playhouse, April 23 2012
Gary Naylor sees a twenty year old play send a timeless message....
BWW Reviews: AUTOBIOGRAPHER, Toynbee Studios, April 20 2012
Gary Naylor sees a work that sits somewhere between theatre and performance art. ...
BWW Reviews: SOUL SISTER, Hackney Empire, April 19 2012
Gary Naylor sees a West End show in the East End. ...
BWW Reviews: DANCING QUEEN at New Wimbledon Theatre, April 17 2012
Gary Naylor sees some great songs performed well, if not sung particularly well....
BWW Reviews: THERE'S A LEAK! / MEDEA, Greenwich Theatre, April 16 2012
Gary Naylor sees two contrasting plays united in a desire to foster youth theatre....
BWW Reviews: BLACK BATTLES WITH DOGS, Southwark Playhouse, April 13 2012
Playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes left a disclaimer: "Black Battles with Dogs is not about Africa, it is not about the blacks - I am not an African playwright - it is not about neocolonialism, not about the racial question."...
BWW Reviews: CARMEN, The Kings Head Theatre, April 10 2012
Gary Naylor sees a Carmen for our times....
BWW Reviews: ANASTASIA, Pushkin House, April 9 2012
Gary Naylor sees an historical slow burn play with much to say about life today...
CD REVIEW: Richard Beadle - Songs, Feat. Julie Atherton, Jon Boydon & More
There's much to love in this collection of musical theatre pieces written by Richard Beadle, whose musical direction credits include Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre), Hair! (Gielgud Theatre), Priscilla, Queen Of the Desert (Palace Theatre) and Grease (Piccadilly Theatre)....
BWW Reviews: MERCURY FUR, Old Red Lion Theatre, April 8 2012
Gary Naylor sees Philip Ridley's warning from the past....
BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Middle Temple Hall, April 7 2012
Gary Naylor enjoys one of his favourite Shakespeares in one of his favourite places in all ol' London Towne....
BWW Reviews: MARY ROSE, Riverside Studios, April 5 2012
Gary Naylor sees ghosts in a plaintive tale of loss....
BWW Reviews: UNCLE VANYA, The Print Room, April 4 2012
Gary Naylor sees a classic done full justice by translator, director and cast. ...
BWW Reviews: MONKEE BUSINESS, Manchester Opera House, April 4 2012
Craig Hepworth is not impressed with this new jukebox show...
BWW Reviews: RESTITUTION at The Kings Head Theatre, March 18 2012
Gary Naylor sees an important issue brought to life in an accessible and thought-provoking play....
BWW Reviews: THE SONG OF THE SEAGULL, The Menier Gallery, March 17 2012
Gary Naylor sees a group of highly strung artists do the highly strung artists thing....
BWW Reviews: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Lost Theatre, March 15 2012
Gary Naylor sees a great book and a greater film brought to the stage....
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