UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 42

BWW Review: MEDEA, Gate Theatre, November 9 2015
by Gary Naylor - November 11, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a remarkable adaptation of Medea, one that allows the children to tell the story of their tragic fate....

BWW Review: THE MOUSETRAP, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, November 9 2015
by Jenny Ell - November 10, 2015

Amongst the ongoing change and turnover in the West End, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has always been solid and constant. After a short UK tour, the show set up camp at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 1952 where it played for 22 years before moving to the bigger St Martin's Theatre where it ...

BWW Review: THE DISTANCE, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, Nov 3 2015
by Ruth Deller - November 07, 2015

There isn't a bad performance in the Orange Tree Theatre/Sheffield Theatres production of Deborah Bruce's The Distance, currently playing at the Crucible Studio....

BWW Review: LORD OF THE FLIES, Birmingham Rep Theatre, November 3 2015
by Jenny Ell - November 04, 2015

William Golding's epic novel Lord of the Flies may have been published over sixty years ago but its themes and content are still supremely relevant today. This was reflected last night at Birmingham Rep with a virtually full house, consisting of many school parties. The book still remains on the sch...

BWW Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS, New Wimbledon Studio, October 31 2015
by Liz Cearns - November 03, 2015

Shakespeare's bloodiest drama is playing at the New Wimbledon Studio for one more week....

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY, Palace Theatre Manchester, October 26 2015
by Adrian Bradley - October 29, 2015

Revived again, the touring favourite Hairspray is again packing out theatres across the country.  This new production delivers some impressive performances and a fun evening, if not quite living up to dancing in the aisles quality of the West End original....

BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, October 22 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 24, 2015

Gary Naylor sees an innovative take on Romeo and Juliet which gets plenty of laughs early on before a descent to murder and suicide....

BWW Review: ANITA & ME, Birmingham Rep, October 2015
by Emma Cann - October 16, 2015

Meera Syal's debut novel, Anita & Me, receives its world stage premiere at the Birmingham Rep this month. Famously autobiographical, this coming of age tale follows Meena, a 13 year old 'naff and uncool' daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington. As the summer holidays ...

BWW Reviews: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, October 14 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 18, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a scaled-back adaptation of Sondheim's A Little Night Music that manages to capture all (well, almost all) of the appeal of the West End show....

BWW Reviews: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, Britten Theatre, October 10 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 11, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a scaled back but utterly compelling version of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, that makes the occasional compromise with the stories, but none at all with the quality of the singing nor the sets....

BWW Reviews: WERTHER, Britten Theatre, October 8 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 10, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a scaled back Werther that still packs an impressive punch, as two lives fall apart caught between love and duty....

BWW Reviews: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Cineworld Wandsworth, October 5 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 06, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a demanding, but rewarding, cinema presentation of Mozart's enduring comic opera, The Marriage of Figaro....

BWW Review: 5 GUYS CHILLIN', Kings Head Theatre, October 3 2015
by Adrian Bradley - October 05, 2015

Peter Darney's verbatim tale of chill-outs and sex parties - 5 Guys Chillin' makes an impressive transfer from the Brighton Fringe - and holds a mirror to some of the seedier parts of the party scene....

BWW Reviews: THE SILVER SWORD, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, October 3 2015
by Jenny Ell - October 05, 2015

Based on Ian Serraillier's popular children's novel, Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Sell A Door Theatre Company have produced a musical adaptation of The Silver Sword which debuted in Coventry last week. It is now embarking on a short tour across the country for the next four weeks....

BWW Review: NOBODY'S BUSINESS, King's Head Theatre, Oct 2 2015
by Carrie Dunn - October 05, 2015

They say death is easy, comedy is hard. It should almost be noted that if comedy is hard, farce is even harder. It needs to look like chaos and work like clockwork....

BWW Reviews: THE WARS OF THE ROSES, Rose Theatre Kingston, October 3 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 04, 2015

Gary Naylor revels in an extraordinary day at the theatre, an epic presentation of Shakespeare's account of what his royal family, the Tudors, inherited from the chaotic rule of the Houses of York and Lancaster....

BWW Reviews: VOLPONE OR THE FOX, Brockley Jack Theatre, October 2 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 03, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a fine production of a classic Ben Jonson play illuminated by a fine central performance by Pip Brignall....

BWW Review: SLAP, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Oct 1 2015
by Carrie Dunn - October 03, 2015

Not for the faint-hearted, 'Slap' thrusts you into the shimmering world of Dominique, a trans hooker on the brink of a breakdown. With her cute, chavvy, but oh so high boyfriend locked in the toilet and her current client banging down her door, so to speak, the night can only get wilder – and this p...

BWW Reviews: MEDEA, Almeida Theatre, October 1 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 02, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a gruelling production of Medea that updates its story to the present day but loses its sense of direction just when it needs it most....

BWW Reviews: THE SWEETHEARTS, Finborough Theatre, September 30 2015
by Gary Naylor - October 01, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a play that may not fully realise all its characters, but raises interesting questions and provides a shocking denouement....

BWW Reviews: DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE (AND OTHER LOVE SONGS), Birmingham Rep, September 29 2015
by Jenny Ell - September 30, 2015

For thirty years now, Kneehigh have been creating original, innovative pieces of theatre. Over this time, they have grown to an international scale and have built a solid reputation for quality which any theatre company would be envious of. Earlier this year saw Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca being giv...

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Crucible, Sheffield, September 23 2015
by Ruth Deller - September 26, 2015

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BWW Reviews: DINNER WITH SADDAM, Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, September 22 2015
by Gary Naylor - September 23, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a comedy set in the unlikely environment of Central Baghdad, as the war of 2003 gets underway and Saddam begins his long journey to his awful demise....

BWW Reviews: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, Regent Theatre Stoke, September 21 2015
by Jenny Ell - September 22, 2015

Priscilla Queen of the Desert has had massive success all over the world since it opened in Sydney, Australia in 2006 - no more so than in this country where the show enjoyed a two-year run in London and is currently on its second UK tour. From place to place and on each outing, there always seems t...

BWW Reviews: THE STING, Wilton's Music Hall, September 14 2015
by Gary Naylor - September 16, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a fine, if not quite perfect, stage adaptation of the famous 1973 film in a truly extraordinary location....