UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 22

BWW Review: DIGGING DEEP, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - February 21, 2019

Presented by Just Add Milk as part of Let's Talk @ VAULT Festival - a collaboration with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust to start a conversation about death and grief - Digging Deep sees 22-year-old Mossy (Kyle Rowe) fundraising his own funeral....

BWW Review: PRINCESS & THE HUSTLER, Bristol Old Vic
by Leah Tozer - February 23, 2019

Beauty pageants and bus boycotts seldom belong on the same page, but in Chinonyerem Odimba's joyously playful and beautifully played Princess & the Hustler, they're brought together by Princess James, a flamboyant young girl who is black, beautiful, and brilliantly funny....

BWW Review: CAN-CAN!, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 15, 2019

Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast....

BWW Review: CARMEN, King's Head Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 14, 2019

The King's Head pulls off another re-imagining of a classic opera that packs plenty of punch and is a joy for newbies and old hands alike....

BWW Review: RUTHERFORD AND SON, Crucible, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - February 13, 2019

Sheffield Theatres' revival of Githa Sowerby's play skillfully balances drama and humour....

BWW Review: BLUE DOOR, Theatre Royal Bath
by Leah Tozer - February 20, 2019

From mathematics professor Lewis's insomnia and amnesia plagued night emerges a poetic, fragmented and poignant reflection on race, forgetfulness, and legacy enlightened by two fine performances in a thoughtfully directed production from Eleanor Rhode as part of the Ustinov Studio's UK premieres fro...

BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - February 12, 2019

Mike Leigh's iconic class comedy, Abigail's Party, has arrived at Nuffield Southampton Theatres on its UK tour....

BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Barbican Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 06, 2019

The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre brings its modern, surreal take on Chekhov's classic play to The Barbican, with a barb or two directed towards some familiar faces....

BWW Review: THE SHADOW FACTORY, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - February 02, 2019

Nuffield Southampton Theatres celebrates the first birthday of its modern city-centre venue with the return of The Shadow Factory; the first show performed at NST City which proved to be a sell-out in 2018....

BWW Review: THE ORCHESTRA, Omnibus Theatre
by Gary Naylor - February 01, 2019

The Orchestra digs into the hearts of the six women and one man stuck playing light classics in a hollowed out French spa town and finds bleak, Chekhovian humour in their plights....

BWW Review: WISE CHILDREN, Bristol Old Vic
by Tim Wright - January 25, 2019

'Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people' writes Angela Carter in her 1992 book Wise Children and that is the starting point for Emma Rice's furiously fast adaptation in this, the first outing for her newly formed theatre company of the same name....

BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Jo Fisher - January 25, 2019

American Idiot brings Green Day's much-loved album to life in a punk-rock production that rebels against the musical archetype and vigorously sticks its middle finger up to everything and anything that gets in its way....

BWW Review: A MODEST LITTLE MAN, Bread and Roses Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 18, 2019

A Modest Little Man tells us something of the man and his achievements, Clement Attlee surrounded by egos and rivals (talented though) in this gem of a political comedy....

BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - January 17, 2019

Those who have attended an excruciatingly awkward cocktail party will revel in this production of Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh....

BWW Review: ROSENBAUM'S RESCUE, Park Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 16, 2019

Rosenbaum's Rescue compelling drama concerns itself with big questions (like what is truth) as they apply to a fractured family today and the interpretation of traumatic events in the past....

BWW Review: STOP AND SEARCH, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 15, 2019

Gabriel Gbadamosi's writing touches on many hot button topics for 2019, but it never quite finds the characters to lend credibility and, crucially, empathy, to his contemporary and important play....

BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - January 12, 2019

Having the entire Motown back catalogue to work with must be a dream starting point for any jukebox musical. There are decades worth of hit after hit to cram in. And cram them in Motown The Musical certainly does. 66 of them to be precise. It's a whistle-stop tour of all of Motown's greatest artists...

BWW Review: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, New Diorama Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 11, 2019

I confess to entering the theatre with a sense of foreboding. The legend of Orson Wells' The War of the Worlds has been done to death - the radio broadcast that created panic across the USA, as people were convinced that Martians had landed in New Jersey. So what? It was over 80 years ago and we'd n...

BWW Review: SONGS FOR NOBODIES, Ambassadors Theatre
by Fraser MacDonald - January 10, 2019

As a performer, Robinson excels in her vocal talent and is sure to deliver a glorious homage to many of the great voices that are sadly no longer with us....

BWW Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 10, 2019

Phil Willmott's updating of An Enemy of the People could hardly be more timely, but falls a little flat for want of some attention to detail....

BWW Review: TIME IS LOVE / TIEMPO ES AMOR, Finborough Theatre
by Gary Naylor - January 04, 2019

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BWW Review: ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - December 19, 2018

Richard O'Brien's cult rock and roll musical Rocky Horror Show launches its 2019 World Tour with a festive stint at Brighton's Theatre Royal....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL IN CONCERT, Lyceum Theatre
by Fraser MacDonald - December 17, 2018

The performance itself is as a live concert rather than a fully costumed and set production, allowing actors to focus on the delivery of the score, bringing the music to life in a way that other productions cannot....

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Laban Theatre
by Gary Naylor - December 16, 2018

To the beautifully appointed Laban Theatre on the banks of Deptford Creek (now a much sought after locale doncha know) for Trinity Laban's Christmas show, Thea Musgrave's A Christmas Carol....