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BWW Review: MOJO MICKYBO, Union Theatre
Mojo and Mickybo are growing up in a city tearing itself apart...
BWW Album Review: HADLEY FRASER AND WILL BUTTERWORTH - LIGHTS AROUND THE SHORE
On a summer day in 2014, Hadley Fraser pulled a Taylor Swift and dropped his first EP Just Let Go out of the blue. Now, eight years later, it feels like a treat to receive a new album (announced in a timely fashion this time) from the thespian, who's joined by Will Butterworth on piano this time....
BWW Review: NINA CONTI, Arts Theatre
Landing in the West End for 10 performances, Nina Conti brings her completely bonkers, truly thrilling and eye-wateringly hilarious new show to audiences. A non-stop feast of exuberant joy, this is a wonderful and playful exploration of modern-day love. Featuring audience interaction, participation,...
BWW Review: STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY, Bridge Theatre
Nicholas Hytner can't quite sustain the verve of the first half of a play that says as much about the 21st century as it does the last...
BWW Review: TEMPEST, Pleasance Theatre
Loud and lively, Wildcard's wild Tempest is musical, manic and occasionally magical in a hit-and-miss adaptation...
BWW Review: CLYBOURNE PARK, Park Theatre
A revival of Bruce Norris’s biting satire Clybourne Park still feels relevant today to questions of racial tension and gentrification. ...
BWW Review: THE MARRIAGE OF ALICE B. TOKLAS BY GERTRUDE STEIN, Jermyn Street Theatre
The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, both written and directed by Edward Einhorn, makes its European premiere at Jermyn Street Theatre....
BWW Review: EATING JEFF, Camden People's Theatre
A new satirical comedy that just might remind you of a company just a click away from here...
BWW Review: THE HUMAN VOICE, Harold Pinter Theatre
After two years of on and off isolation, connected to fellow humans by electronic devices alone, it is perhaps inevitable that Ivo van Hove has brought his adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice to the West End. This solo show focuses on a woman (played by Ruth Wilson) having one final phone...
BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK, New Wimbledon Theatre
Audiences at the New Wimbledon Theatre are in for a treat, as the 2003 classic is brought to life....
BWW Review: THE GREAT GATSBY, Immersive LDN
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby explores decadence, duplicity and desperation, and where better to do that nowadays than in a central London bar?...
BWW Review: DEV'S ARMY, Bread and Roses Theatre
Laughs and learnings from an accomplished, if somewhat lopsided, dramedy...
BWW Review: FRIDGE, The Hope Theatre
The themes of classism, of family, and especially of the rural/city divide work so well on stage and are written and performed with honesty and creativity. The set, projection, and lighting are exciting, transforming the pub theatre space. The performances are fantastic. Fridge has all the component...
BWW Review: PETER GRIMES, Royal Opera House
There are few operas which, at once, gives some insight into the history of the current UK opera scene, the sexual politics of the 1940s and the darkness within Benjamin Britten’s mind. Peter Grimes does all that and also provides a visceral and heart-rending story, deep in meaning, high in emotio...
BWW Review: UNDER THE RADAR, Old Red Lion Theatre
The concept of a submarine has long fascinated writers across media. Jules Verne captivated his readers through Captain Nemo’s Nautilus and, more recently, Suranne Jones was trapped in one for a murder investigation on the BBC....
BWW Review: BACON, Finborough Theatre
“The memories are imprinted in my mind like ink that spreads”. This is Mark’s story. New at school, his Year-10 classmates ignore him and the highlight of his day is going back home to play with his dog Barney. Then, he meets Darren. A lads’ lad and part of the local bully group, he chooses ...
BWW Review: THE WASHING LINE, Chickenshed
A unique approach to storytelling proves triumphant in a deeply moving production that demands our attention and repays it handsomely....
BWW Review: THE WICKER HUSBAND, The Watermill Theatre
The Wicker Husband is a folk musical written by Rhys Jennings, with music by Darren Clark. Half world-premiere, half returning reboot, its original March 2020 run was cut short when theatres shut for the pandemic. Now it’s back in all its heartening glory and, from start to finish, it delivers in ...
BWW Review: COCK, Ambassadors Theatre
It's 13 years since Mike Bartlett's provocatively named play made its debut at the Royal Court. Now, Marianne Elliott assembles a starry cast for this West End revival. But how has Bartlett's exploration of sexuality and identity aged, and does it earn its place in the current theatre landscape?...
BWW Review: TOM FOOL, Orange Tree Theatre
On the night marking two years since theatres were forced to close their doors due to the pandemic, we are reminded of the power of theatre in Franz Xaver Kroetz’s Tom Fool. This poignant and disquieting play from 1978 neatly explores the crumbling of a family as social pressures thwart the...
BWW Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, London Coliseum
Phelim McDermott is among the very top tier of opera directors and, with this welcome revival of his 2014 interpretation of Così fan tutte, it is easy to see why....
BWW Review: LITTLE WIMMIN, Queen Elizabeth Hall
When you think of Little Women, what probably springs to mind is a group of earnest young ladies in Massachusetts learning how to navigate the adult world – or, potentially, Joey’s reaction to Beth getting sick when he reads the book in an episode of Friends. What you don’t immediately think o...
BWW Review: DOGS OF EUROPE, Barbican
A powerful cacophony of visceral imagery, music, and poetry, Dogs of Europe paints a haunting vision of fractured identities, nations, and narratives. It is unsettling to watch because it is a future that is increasingly tangible....
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
Some nights at Covent Garden feel heavy with a sense of occasion and this particular performance of Swan Lake, taking place a week after opening night, was certainly one of them. Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake is not even 4 years old as a production in the Royal Ballet’s repertoire but it already ...
BWW Review: GHOSTS OF THE TITANIC, Park Theatre
Just a few days after it was announced that Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance was found in near-perfect conditions off the coast of Antarctica after it sank in 1915, a play about another tragic, marginally more famous shipwreck opens at the Park Theatre....
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