BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Chelsea Theatre, June 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream - indoors at Chelsea Theatre - not in the Open Air!
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
BWW Reviews: EIF's LOVE IN A LIBRARY Guerrilla Opera Focuses on the Music
A simple love story between a librarian and a young English teacher is the excuse for a twenty minute jukebox opera, inflicted on unsuspecting Edinburgh library goers all this week.
BWW Reviews: OPERATION GREENFIELD, Battersea Arts Centre, June 8 2012
Gary Naylor is reminded of the terror (and the joy) of adolescence.
BWW Reviews: DOROTHY SQUIRES MRS ROGER MOORE, White Bear Theatre, June 7 2012
Gary Naylor enjoys a drag act that is anything but a drag.
BWW Reviews: BEAST, White Bear Theatre, June 7 2012
Gary Naylor enjoys a poetic take on love's mystery
BWW Reviews: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Kensington Gardens, June 7 2012
Ever since its publication in 1950, the first Chronicles of Narnia book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has enchanted children with its magical characters and mystical setting.
BWW Reviews: SISTER ACT, New Wimbledon Theatre, June 6 2012
Gary Naylor is won over by the sheer joie-de-vivre of the convent crowdpleaser
BWW Reviews: PORGY AND BESS, Birmingham Hippodrome, June 6 2012
Porgy and Bess is an opera which, in the past, has predominantly been set in the 'Deep South', or more specifically South Carolina; highlighting African-American life in the 1920's.
BWW Reviews: I DREAMED A DREAM, Birmingham Hippodrome, May 29 2012
I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Musical.
BWW Reviews: HENRY V, Marylebone Gardens, May 29 2012
Gary Naylor is immersed in the fog of war, as he is made to feel N-N-N-N-Nineteen again.
BWW Reviews: LEANERFASTERSTRONGER, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, May 25 2012
Chol Theatre and Sheffield Theatres offer an interesting take on the 2012 Olympics.
BWW Reviews: THE IRISH GIANT, Southwark Playhouse, May 24 2012
Gary Naylor sees a curate's egg of a show from Cartoon de Salvo
BWW Reviews: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Palace Theatre Manchester, May 19 2012
Jo Whytock reviews the revamped 25th anniversary touring production
BWW Reviews: DENIAL, The Kings Head Theatre, May 23 2012
Gary Naylor sees one of Arnold Wesker's lesser performed plays in the cauldron of the King's Head Theatre.
BWW Reviews: WONDERFUL TOWN, Birmingham Hippodrome, May 22 2012
Wonderful Town is the Tony Award winning musical with a big heart.
BWW Reviews: BETRAYAL, Crucible Theatre, May 22 2012
Pinter's classic play opens at Sheffield Crucible with a star cast.
BWW Reviews: JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, May 18 2012
Gary Naylor sees a brutal and ambitious version of a classic tale.
BWW Reviews: STARLIGHT EXPRESS, New Wimbledon Theatre, May 15 2012
Gary Naylor sees a legendary musical still years away from hitting the buffers.
BWW Reviews: AESOP'S FABLES, Hackney Empire, May 13 2012
Gary Naylor enjoys the third of Isango Ensemble's productions every bit as much as the others.
BWW Reviews: THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS - IZIGWILI EZIDLAKAZELAYOLA, Hackney Empire, May 12 2012
Gary Naylor sees a legendary novel brought to the stage.
BWW Reviews: BABEL, Caledonian Park, May 11 2012
As the crowd traipses through the gates of Caledonian Park, their babble mingles with performers' voices, welcoming us with murmurs of "tonight's the night".
BWW Reviews: LA BOHEME ABANXAXHI, Hackney Empire, May 11 2012
Gary Naylor sees a show for which only that old solecism 'very unique' will do.
BWW Reviews: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS Plays Hightide Festival
Gary Naylor sees a deserving target skewered by a masterly monologue.
BWW Reviews: MUDLARKS at the Hightide Festival
Gary Naylor sees a slice of 2012 that reminds him of a slice of 1980.
BWW Reviews: HOW TO THINK THE UNTHINKABLE, Unicorn Theatre, May 5 2012
Gary Naylor sees a version of Antigone for teens that pulls no punches.
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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) |