UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 47

BWW Reviews: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE, King's Head Theatre, December 6 2014
by Gary Naylor - December 07, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a a fine start to OperaUpClose's swansong to the King's Head with a Donizetti classic adapted for a Beverley Hills mansion....

BWW Reviews: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Curve Theatre Leicester, December 3 2014
by Jenny Antill - December 04, 2014

The Sound of Music has seen several UK tours and productions over recent years and the Curve has decided to produce yet another version of the show for its Christmas production this year. Some say it's been done to death and Bill Kenwright has just announced another tour featuring Danielle Hope as M...

BWW Reviews: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, Rose Theatre, December 4 2014
by Gary Naylor - December 06, 2014

Gary Nayloe sees a beautiful, Christmassy adaptation of the CS Lewis's classic tale of talking animals, the fight between good and evil and imposition of childhood responsibility....

BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA AND THE BEANSTALK, Theatre 503, December 5 2014
by Gary Naylor - December 07, 2014

Gary Naylor sees another fringe panto full of enthusiasm, audience participation and laughs, the perfect alternative if you're tired of soap stars, high prices and special effects....

BWW Reviews: TIMES SQUARE ANGEL, Union Theatre, December 3 2014
by Gary Naylor - December 04, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a short, sharp, sweet play that has echoes of Christmas classics, but retains its own sense of the festive season in the Big Apple....

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN, Chickenshed, November 29 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 30, 2014

Gary Naylor sees another spectacular Christmas production at Chickenshed, an uplifting vision of humanity and a wonderfully entertaining show....

BWW Reviews: ALADDIN, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, November 28 2014
by Jenny Antill - November 29, 2014

A fun and fabulous evening was had by all at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry last night for their panto press night. This year's Christmas production is Aladdin and is jam packed full of pantomime traditions and enjoyable entertainment for the whole family. I was first introduced to the Belgrade's se...

BWW Reviews: SAXON COURT, Southwark Playhouse, November 24 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 26, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a promising, if overly long and shouty, comedy set in a City office that isn't coping too well with the financial and social backlash of the 2008 recession....

BWW Reviews: MET OPERA - IL BARBIERE DE SEVIGLIA, Cineworld Wandsworth, November 22 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 24, 2014

Gary Naylor enjoys his first experience of opera beamed from the New York Met into the cinemas of the UK. Inevitably, one can hardly go wrong in the company of Seville's celebrated barber, despite quite a few hiccups on the way....

BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES, New Wimbledon Theatre, November 18 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 19, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a jukebox musical that takes us back to the 80s - in more ways than one - but leaves its audience on its feet, demanding more....

BWW Reviews: THE COLLECTOR, Arcola Theatre, November 17 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 18, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a play that demands that we look beyond the horror of the images and into the conditions that drive men and women to do terrible things in time of war....

BWW Reviews: AN EVENING WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Lancaster Hotel, November 15 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 16, 2014

Gary Naylor spends an evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger but comes away feeling that he knew as much on the way in as on the way out....

BWW Reviews: MACBETH, Clapham Omnibus, November 14 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 15, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a promenade production of Shakespeare's notorious Scottish play, one that chills in more senses than one....

BWW Reviews: SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, Birmingham Hippodrome, November 13 2014
by Jenny Antill - November 14, 2014

Slava's Snowshow is a global phenomenon which, following sell-out performances last year, is currently touring the UK before taking a short London residency until the New Year. The show is created and staged by Russian performance artist and clown Slava Polunin....

BWW Reviews: STREAMING, Pleasance Theatre, November 13 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 14, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised play, the ambition of which never gets in the way of its storytelling, delivered through three of the strongest performances I have seen all year....

BWW Reviews: CANS, Theatre 503, November 7 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 08, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a very fine debut from a new playwright that mixes comedy with reflection on the way the world has changed in little more than a generation and how that change impacts on a father, uncle and daughter....

BWW Reviews: QUEEN COAL, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, Nov 2014
by Ruth Deller - November 06, 2014

A brand new work by Bryony Lavery opens in the Crucible Studio to mark 30 years since the miners' strike....

BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD, Harrington's Pie and Mash Shop, November 4 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 05, 2014

Gary Naylor sees an extraordinary production of Stephen Sondheim's extraordinary musical, one embedded in a Pie Shop... and in its local community....

BWW Reviews: GIRLFRIENDS, Union Theatre, October 31 2014
by Gary Naylor - November 01, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a musical performed with great commitment and skill let down by a plodding book and a half-hearted introduction of the question of morality in wartime....

BWW Reviews: THIS IS MY FAMILY, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, October 28 2014
by Jenny Antill - October 29, 2014

This Is My Family broke all sales records at the Sheffield Crucible last year and due to this success has been sent on the road to visit several venues across the country. Tim Firth, writer of Calendar Girls, has turned his hand to this musical comedy and having his name attached to the production i...

BWW Reviews: THE PERFECT MURDER, New Wimbledon Theatre, October 27 2014
by Gary Naylor - October 28, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a well-crafted, old-fashioned murder mystery, the comic touches of which cannot quite compensate for the hideous characters portrayed....

BWW Reviews: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Curve Theatre Leicester, October 24 2014
by Jenny Antill - October 25, 2014

I remember studying Abigail's Party in school and watching the 1977 television Play For Today version, based on the original Hampstead Theatre production. The dialogue is colloquial and there is nothing complex about the content. It is a situational drama crammed full of every day occurrences, stres...

BWW Reviews: THREE MINUTE HEROES, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, October 20 2014
by Jenny Antill - October 21, 2014

If you are a fan of ska music, there is much to like about the Belgrade Theatre's production of Three Minute Heroes. Dubbed as the 2 Tone Musical, the production follows fictional characters trying to make it in the music industry. With the band consisting of a diverse group of young people, 2 Tone ...

BWW Reviews: THE RIVALS, Arcola Theatre, October 21 2014
by Gary Naylor - October 23, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a classic of the English Stage delivered with verve and wit - he just hopes that the cast were enjoying it as much as they appeared to do!...

BWW Reviews: OUR TOWN, Almeida Theatre, October 17 2014
by Gary Naylor - October 18, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a slice of early twentieth century life in which not quite enough happens, but in an interesting and innovative way, beautifully acted and intelligently staged....