EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: BOY IN A DRESS at Stand 3, August 5
A weird and wonderful show; Boy in a Dress does impress.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: UNMYTHABLE at the Zoo Venues' Monkey House, August 5
Michael Elm reviews the show that not that many are people are talking about - not yet anyway- Unmythable.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: THE BLIND, August 3
Noise and energy were present in equally large measures as THE BLIND launches at the Edinburgh festival.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: CELIA PACQUOLA - DELAYED, August 1
Michael Elm reviews a preview of Celia Pacquola's upcoming Edinburgh show and compares it to a cup of tea.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: WHY DO YOU STAND THERE IN THE RAIN?, C+2, August 1 2012
Peter Arnott's new play takes its name from the Woody Guthrie song, and tells the story of the 'Bonus Expeditionary Force': 25,000 world war one veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to seek promised payments from the US government.
BWW Reviews: PROUD, Lost Theatre, July 26 2012
Gary Naylor sees a topical comedy in the Olympic City.
BWW Reviews: 1936, Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler's Wells, July 19 2012
Gary Naylor sees a shameful episode of Olympics history exposed and explained.
BWW Reviews: MOMENTOUS MUSICALS, New Wimbledon Theatre, July 20 2012
Gary Naylor sees a new kind of show and is impressed.
BWW Reviews: THE DREAMING at International Youth Arts Festival, Rose Theatre Kingston, July 17 2012
Gary Naylor has to remind himself that the actors and musicians are teenagers!
BWW Reviews: MR KOLPERT, Kings Head Theatre, July 16 2012
Gary Naylor sees suburbia shattered
BWW Reviews: VIEUX CARRÉ, Kings Head Theatre, July 13 2012
Mrs Wire runs her shabby New Orleans boarding house with Basil Fawlty's arch sense of misplaced morality and a similar contempt for guests that spills over, literally at one point, into violence.
BWW Reviews: DIRTY DANCING, Birmingham Hippodrome, July 10 2012
"Nobody puts Baby in the corner" and "I carried a watermelon" are probably two of the most iconic phrases in the history of film, and are ones that were welcomed with a rapturous response at the press night of Dirty Dancing at the Birmingham Hippodrome last night.
BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT, The Actor's Church, July 2012
St Paul's Church on the west side of Covent Garden piazza is known as 'The Actor's Church', apt as it sits nestled in buzzing theatreland.
BWW Reviews: BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, Unicorn Theatre, June 30 2012
Gary Naylor sees an innovative, at times extraordinary, work that sits somewhere between theatre and performance art.
BWW Reviews: Pixar's BRAVE at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
We should forget our differences and all get along.
BWW Reviews: EQUUS, Greenwich Theatre, June 27 2012
Gary Naylor sees an intense production of an intense play.
BWW Reviews: THE FIX, Union Theatre, June 26 2012
Gary Naylor sees political ambition thwarted and theatrical ambition achieved.
BWW Reviews: A COMING STORM, Battersea Arts Centre, June 2012
Forced Entertainment bring avant-garde back to the BAC
BWW Reviews: AGAINST TIME, New Wimbledon Theatre, June 23 2012
Gary Naylor sees an unlikely marriage succeed.
BWW Reviews: BORGES AND I, New Diorama Theatre, June 22 2012
Gary Naylor sees one of his literary heroes sit in the centre of a gentle love story.
BWW Reviews: EITHER WAY (Á annan veg), Edinburgh International Film Festival
Sexposition, the technique of making boring dialogue interesting by putting characters in a sexual situation, is subverted in an interesting way for one of the scenes of Either Way, an Icelanic film making its UK Premiere this week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
BWW Reviews: THE HISTORY BOYS, Greenwich Theatre, June 18 2012
Gary Naylor sees a fine production of Alan Bennett's bittersweet comedy.
BWW Reviews: BUD, The Kings Head Theatre, June 17 2012
Gary Naylor sees a darkly funny portrayal of country life.
BWW Reviews: SPINACH, The Kings Head Theatre, June 15 2012
Gary Naylor sees a sexy, sung show called Spinach.
BWW Reviews: BE GOOD REVOLUTIONARIES, Ovalhouse, June 14 2012
Gary Naylor swaps the metaphorical jungle of South London for the real jungle of Central America
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Love Me, Love Me Not... Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/26-9/27) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Palace Theatre, Southend (4/08-4/08) |
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Paul Merton & Suki Webster''s Improv Show MAST Mayflower Studios (9/23-9/23) |
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Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra The Royal Albert Hall (10/31-10/31) |
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Mammy's House Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/01-9/13) |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: A New Musical Victoria Theatre Halifax (10/21-10/21) |
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family Connexin Live (4/24-4/24) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Brighton Dome (3/09-3/13) |
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Fascinating Aida Scarborough Spa Theatre (2/20-2/20) |