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BWW Review: CASANOVA at Sadler's Wells
Five years since its premiere, Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova remains a distinctive and highly engaging addition to Northern Ballet’s repertoire. It’s danced with confident storytelling by its cast and Christopher Oram’s set design is glossy and slick and of course, it’s pretty hot, this is al...
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Oasis Farm
You're guaranteed a lot of fun when the Handlebards ride into town...
BWW Review: TIL DEATH DO US PART, Theatre 503
Safaa Benson Effiom's debut play promises much for the future, with a script that balances drama with an important message...
BWW Review: ANIMAL FARM, Richmond Theatre
Read our critic's review. George Orwell’s allegory of the Russian revolution and the Soviet descent into authoritarianism has something to say to every generation. Indeed, watching it today, in the era of war in Europe, fake news and failing trust in our leaders, it feels more resonant than ever....
BWW Review: FOXES, Seven Dials Playhouse
Dexter Flanders' new play is a powerful statement from a community whose stories are too often marginalised by contemporary theatre...
BWW Review: DREAMGIRLS, New Wimbledon Theatre
Based loosely on the story of The Supremes, Dreamgirls originated on Broadway back in 1981 and went on to impress the West End a few years ago. Now on a UK tour, the show continues to sparkle. Read our critic's review. ...
BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, King's Head Theatre
Mark Ravenhill directs a new version of La bohème with an LGBT spin that does not do enough to engage in its themes....
BWW Review: WARRIOR QUEENS // SHADES OF BLUE at Sadlers Wells Theatre
Sadlers Wells presents a double bill consisting of work touching on social movement and cultural heritage. Brought to the stage by some of the next generation of leading UK choreographers, Warrior Queens and Shades of Blue are both ambitious pieces of work that really make you pay attention....
BWW Review: AGE OF RAGE, Barbican Theatre
Revenge is a dish best served old seems to be the message in Age Of Rage, the latest of Ivo van Hove’s latest extreme theatre productions as he serves up seven Greek stories, all in gloriously guttural Dutch. Read our critic's review. ...
BWW Review: OKLAHOMA!, Young Vic
Forget the butter-churner and the lasso. This Oklahoma! has no need of them. Following a Broadway run and a U.S. tour, Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein’s Tony-winning production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical comes to London’s Young Vic like a hipster cowboy riding into town. In their audacio...
BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Old Red Lion Theatre
Anton Chekhov strips humanity down to its component parts again in his searing play beautifully brought to life by Candid Broads. Read our BWW critic's review. ...
BWW Review: JUNIPER AND JULES, Soho Theatre
It must have been said at some point in history that the course of lesbian love never did run smooth. Jules is vivacious and unconventional, whereas Juniper is thoughtful and quiet. Lustful glances across a noisy bar leads the pair to embark on a fiery relationship, learning to love and trust each o...
BWW Review: MIDDLE, National Theatre
David Eldridge thrusts the agony and the ecstasy of middle class struggles into the limelight in his new play at the National Theatre's Dorfman stage. Let's see what BWW's critic had to say......
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA!, Birmingham Hippodrome
There aren't many places in the UK where you can experience the charms and sunshine of a Greek island, but the Mamma Mia! tour is one of them. Read our critic's review. ...
BWW Review: MULAN ROUGE, The Vaults
Anyway you look at it, the concept of The Vaults' Mulan Rouge – a dinner/cabaret mashup of Disney’s Mulan and musical Moulin Rouge – is both exciting and bonkers. But definitely bonkers....
BWW Review: ORLANDO, Jermyn Street Theatre
“He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life” writes Virginia Woolf in her novel Orlando: A Biography. The fictional life of her gender non-conforming hero has been hailed as a feminist masterpiece, a subversive classic, and an impressive love letter....
BWW Review: HOUSE OF IFE, Bush Theatre
Families are complex and the relationships between parents and children and siblings themselves is a rich basis for drama. Beru Tessema’s new play House of Ife is a tense and fascinating insight into the dynamics of a British-Ethiopean family, living in London, and navigating life and personal gri...
BWW Review: THE END OF THE NIGHT, Park Theatre
Ben Brown's play, set at the end of World War II, does not fully deliver on its raw materials' dramatic possibilities Read our BWW critic's review. ...
BWW Review: DON PASQUALE, Royal Opera House
Damiano Michieletto’s modern-day staging of Donizetti’s sparkling comedy Don Pasquale divided critics when it last appeared at The Royal Opera House in 2019. The story of the tricking of an old man into marrying a seemingly demure bride, only for her to rapidly becomes a nightmarish tyrant as so...
BWW Review: JOE STILGOE & THE BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA, Barbican Centre
Joe Stilgoe’s new album is an ode to theatre itself. After an overture worthy of the most exquisite Golden Age musical, the jazz wizard goes into a warm, rich love letter to show business. Read our BWW critic's review. ...
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, The Globe
A talented cast and insightful direction steer Much Ado About Nothing towards success....
BWW Review: JERUSALEM, Apollo Theatre
Sir Mark Rylance revisits his extraordinary Rooster Byron in a play that vibrates differently than when first staged in an England almost unrecognisable from the England of today...
BWW Review: THE MISFORTUNE OF THE ENGLISH, Orange Tree Theatre
Touching on nationalism, childish loyalty and what it means to be English, The Misfortune Of The English is Pamela Carter’s new play, inspired by tragic, true events. In April 1936 a group of 27 schoolboys are on a walking holiday in Nazi Germany’s Black Forest. By the end of the day, after coll...
BWW Review: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, London County Hall
A great new cast has just taken to the stage in Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution. Settle in, pay close attention and you’ll soon be wrapped up in trying to work out who’s guilty....
BWW Review: PRIMA FACIE, Harold Pinter Theatre
It is doubtful that Prima Facie would have received the same pre-show hype if Jodie Comer had not been making her West End stage debut in the production. The transition from screen to stage is littered with fallen idols, but fans can rest assured that the play and Comer’s performance is worth gett...
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