Review: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Formosa Gardens
All’s Well That Ends Wells, a production by Shakespeare in the Square and directed by Sioned Jones, is a touring version of Shakespeare’s work, being performed in gardens across the UK.
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Shakespeare North Playhouse
Award winning Theatre company Not Too Tame return with their latest production - William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night - and I can say without a doubt, that it is the best Shakespeare production you will see this year.
Review: CIRQUE: THE GREATEST SHOW, Leicester Curve
With its live singers, superb clowning and disappointing vaudeville acts, The Entertainers’ Cirque: The Greatest Show is bringing its dazzling show around the country.
Review: MY FAIR LADY, Leeds Playhouse
Two terrific leads will delight audiences, but the source material's misogyny proves too much to simply sweep aside
Review: ACCOLADE, Theatre Royal Windsor
Written by Emlyn Williams in 1950, Accolade tells the fictional story of an accomplished writer named Will Trenting (Ayden Callaghan) who finds the world he has built falling apart in front of him as a secret from the past comes to haunt him.
Brighton Fringe Review: IT JUST SO HAPPENED: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY SHOW, Brighton Toy & Model Museum
It Just So Happened: An Alternative History Show has a simple concept, as shown in the show’s description - “Three guest comedians/history buffs perform short stand-up sets based ‘on this day’ in history before exploring some possible alternative histories of Brighton people and events.
Brighton Fringe Review: RICHARD PULSFORD: GET RICH QUICK, Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak
Entering the Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak for Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick, you are greeted by a screen with Tweets by Pulsford flashing by every few seconds.
Brighton Fringe Review: BEN GOLDSMITH: CRIMELANDTOWN, Presuming Ed's
Walking into Ben Goldsmith: Crimelandtown, you are greeted by Goldsmith putting on a character you’d find in The Godfather, thanking you for coming to visit Crimelandtown Casino on “the day of my daughter’s wedding” and handing each audience member a poker chip.
Brighton Fringe Review: CHIN WANG: WANG'S REPUBLIC, Rotunda Theatre Brighton: Squeak
Chin Wang: Wang’s Republic begins with Wang filling out an online form, the site projected onto a screen behind her.
Brighton Fringe Review: GHOST WALKS OF THE LANES, The Druid's Head
Ghost Walk of the Lanes is an eighty-minute tour of “Brighton’s oldest and most haunted quarter,” with a storyteller dressed in a Victorian costume leading audience members around several historic sites of the city, stopping and telling stories, ringing a bell to lead the way.
Brighton Fringe Review: KIDS CAN HECKLE!, Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
Kids Can Heckle!, hosted by comedian Ollie Horn, has an interesting concept.
Review: FANNY, Watermill Theatre
With a captivating performance from Charlie Russell leading a fantastic ensemble and a well crafted script by Calum Finlay, this should mark your next visit to the Watermill Theatre in its amazing summer season.
Review: PARTY GAMES!, Theatre Royal Windsor
Written by Michael McManus and directed by Joanna Read, Party Games! is a “comedy-drama” that gives audience members an inside look into the political world of the United Kingdom through the “One Nation” party, which has been created in opposition to the other existing parties.
Review: COMIC CON LIVERPOOL, Exhibition Centre Liverpool
Since hosting their first event at Exhibition Centre Liverpool in 2018, Comic Con Liverpool have delighted fans with one of Europe’s largest pop culture conventions - and this year’s was one of their biggest, best and most brilliant yet.
Review: THE DEEP BLUE SEA, Theatre Royal Bath
Tamsin Greig is a marvel as Hester Collyer in Lindsay Posner's new revival of Terence Rattigan's 1950s classic, The Deep Blue Sea, at Theatre Royal Bath's intimate, 126-seater Ustinov Studio.
Review: THE HOUSE PARTY, Chichester Festival Theatre
Superb performances anchor a hurtling rollercoaster of a play that will live long in the memory of anyone who sees it.
Review: POP UP PUPPET CINEMA, Exhibition Centre Liverpool
At the first Comic Con Liverpool event of 2024, Pop Up Puppet Cinema delighted audiences with performances of two iconic films - Back to the Future and Jaws.
Book Review: A SENSE OF THEATRE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S NATIONAL THEATRE, by Richard Pilbrow
In the summer of 1962, Sir Laurence Olivier invited lighting designer Richard Pilbrow to 'sort out the bloody awful lighting' at Chichester Theatre two days before it opened.
Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Theatre Royal Windsor
Landmark show creaks at the edges, but gets its share of laughs in this highly accomplished touring show
Brighton Fringe Review: WHOA MAMA!, Spiegeltent, Bosco Theatre
The strapline for Stephanie Ware’s WHOA MAMA! had me intrigued – a one woman comedy about a 40-something woman and her choice to remain childfree.
Review: VANITY FAIR, Open Bar Theatre
Pub garden theatre specialist Open Bar Theatre has returned for a spring season with a deft and slightly chaotic version of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair.
Review: TIM RICE: MY LIFE IN MUSICALS, Liverpool Playhouse
Currently on tour across the UK, Tim Rice: My Life In Musicals is two hours of musical theatre bliss that you will never forget.
Review: A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Salisbury Playhouse
What can be more cheering on a dreary, wet evening than seeing a jolly Alan Ayckbourn comedy?
Review: MACBETH IN CINEMAS, Filmed at Dock X
An intense and well filmed release of an atmospheric production of Macbeth.
Review: BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, Liverpool's Royal Court
Following its sold out run in 2023, Boys from the Blackstuff has returned to Liverpool’s Royal Court, before the show transfers to the National Theatre in London and Garrick Theatre in the West End.
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast Victoria Theatre Halifax (9/30-9/30) |
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London Community Gospel Choir at Christmas The Royal Albert Hall (12/16-12/16) |
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Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine Barbican (10/20-10/20) |
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Steve Steinman''S Fuel Injected MAgic! 50th Anniversary Concert The SSE Arena, Belfast (10/22-10/22) |
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family O2 City Hall Newcastle (3/27-3/27) |
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Paul Merton & Suki Webster''s Improv Show MAST Mayflower Studios (9/23-9/23) |
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Michael Starring Ben: The Magic Of Michael Jackson Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/21-11/21) |
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Undertale: The Determination Symphony World Tour Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/13-11/13) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Brindley Theatre (3/03-3/03) |