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Meet our local theater critics and editors

Do you love theatre and have a passion for sharing it with others? Consider joining team BroadwayWorld as one of our local contributors!

BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.

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Local Critics

Aliya Al-Hassan

Aliya Al-Hassan

Aliya Al-Hassan is UK Managing Editor of BroadwayWorld. A London-based theatre critic and journalist, she has a life-long passion for the arts, with a focus on theatre. She is always keen to promote new work and smaller venues. Follow her on Twitter @aliyajaderosa

Amber-Rae Stobbs

Amber-Rae Stobbs

Amber-Rae Stobbs is an actor and writer from Newcastle with a passion for theatre that makes you think - stories from smaller voices. After training in Musical Theatre, Amber-Rae uses reviewing as a way to learn more and celebrate the beautiful community of creatives our nation has to offer. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram @amberraestobbs.

Caroline Cronin

Caroline Cronin

Caroline has been a theatre journalist since 2011, spanning three different publications. Caroline specialises in musical theatre and cabaret, having reviewed a wide variety of productions, both in and off the West End and regionally.

Caroline has also conducted some high-profile industry interviews, including the likes of Caissie Levy and Oliver Tompsett, which she cites as among some of her career highlights. 

Having been based in London for 15 years, she now resides on the South Coast and whilst she still frequents London theatre regularly, she spends most of her time at Theatre Royal Brighton.

 

 

Cheryl Markosky

Cheryl Markosky

Hooked on theatre when a student usher at Theatre Calgary in her native Canada, Cheryl champions not only London's West End, but also regional venues. Splitting her time between London and Wiltshire, she knows she's lucky to pick up a number of shows given first runs at Theatre Royal Bath in the West Country. She's also supports work at Salisbury Playhouse. When not happily perched in the stalls, Cheryl does corporate writing as a jobbing journalist. Cheryl also writes flash fiction and short stories (some of which has been published) and is a member of Writers' HQ, Retreat West and The Society of Authors.

Cindy Marcolina

Cindy Marcolina

Member of the Critics' Circle (Drama) with a master's in dramaturgy. Also a script reader and huge supporter of new work. @Cindy_Marcolina on X; cindymarcolina.bsky.social on BlueSky

Franco Milazzo

Franco Milazzo

The Daily Beast were kind enough to call me "a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the city’s underground culture" and I have been editing/reviewing stage productions since 2010 for some of London's biggest websites covering theatre, opera, dance, cabaret, immersive and everything in between.

Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor is chief London reviewer for BroadwayWorld (https://www.broadwayworld.com/author/Gary-Naylor) and feels privileged to see so much of his home city's theatre. He writes about cricket for The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gary-naylor) and is a lead commentator at Guerilla Cricket (https://www.guerillacricket.com/). He podcasts on 80s and 90s football at https://www.nessundormapod.com/. He writes on films at Letterboxd  https://letterboxd.com/garynaylor999/. He tweets at https://twitter.com/garynaylor85. 

Guest Author

Guest Author

Guest author
Kat Mokrynski

Kat Mokrynski

Kat Mokrynski is currently a writer for BroadwayWorld UK, having previously written for BroadwayWorld as a part of the Student Blogger programme from November 2019 to September 2022. Some of her favourite shows include Les Misérables, Come From Away, The Play That Goes Wrong, Groundhog Day and David Byrne's American Utopia. She enjoys interviewing people involved in the theatre industry and reviewing a range of shows, from one-hour comedies to four-hour immersive experiences. Kat recently graduated from King's College London with a Master's Degree in Arts and Cultural Management. 

When she's not working or seeing as many shows as possible across London, you can usually find Kat wandering around historic sites, watching TikToks or traveling around the UK.

You can follow Kat on Twitter @larkofparis

Kerrie Nicholson

Kerrie Nicholson

Kerrie runs her own copywriting and content creation business, Curtain Call Consultancy. In theatre, she writes for BroadwayWorldUK and has her own theatre blog and podcast under the banner "Wheelie Stagey". As a wheelchair user, she's passionate about accessibility, authentic representation and shedding light on how the industry she loves can do better, and why it matters.

Michael Higgs

Michael Higgs

Michael is a London-based publishing editor born with a passion for literature, theatre, music and the arts. When he isn't busy publishing new academic papers or writing reviews for Broadway World, he is also a fervent advocate of British cheese.
 

Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for twelve years, specialising in classical dance and Ballroom, with a specific passion for Strictly. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance.

Vikki also wrote for Dancing Times from 2010 until the magazine's closure in 2022, as well as CultureWhisper and LondonDance.com. She currently also regularly reviews for Bachtrack.com and Dance for You magazine.

She is currently based in Germany, but that doesn't stop her making frequent flying visits to London for "essential" performances. 

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