BWW Review: OVERFLOW, Bush Theatre
When Rosie is confined and cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle, she is determined to rescue herself from the situation for once.
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BWW Review: NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS, Almeida Theatre
It is refreshing to see the Almeida come back with something a little different: a play with songs about loss and connection.
BWW Review: THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Macrobert Arts Centre have collaborated to bring audiences a fun Christmas show to enjoy at home called The Magic of Christmas.
BWW Review: THE DUMB WAITER, Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre are reopening their doors after an exceptionally difficult year with their long-delayed production of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter.
BWW Review: OLEANNA, Theatre Royal Bath
Can a controversial production that was staged nearly 30 years ago still feel relevant today? The answer is a resounding yes.
BWW Review: UNLIMITED: THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, Thespie
Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz is the first in a series of Reunited concert performances developed by Aimie Atkinson, Creative Producer of Thespie, an online platform specialising in theatre and live performance.
BWW Review: CONSTELLA'S 'CONNECTING STARS' CHRISTMAS GALA, online streaming
As theatre companies across the world struggle to survive this uniquely-challenging year, opera-ballet company Constella recognised both the isolation in care homes and artists’ own struggles to survive.
BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ONLINE, Jack Be Nimble
Former Blue Peter presenter, writer, director and regular pantomime dame, Peter Duncan, decided to film a pantomime in his back garden to entertain audiences at home and in cinemas this Christmas.
BWW Review: THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK, Bristol Old Vic At Home
Even though we entered the last month of 202 and we saw the end of a second lockdown in England, the unfortunate theatres around the country that happen to find themselves in Tier 3 are still closed to the public.
2020 Year In Review: Gary Naylor's Best of Theatre
BWW reviewer Gary Naylor highlights his favourite theatre productions and performances of 2020.
BWW Review: GABRIEL Studio Cast Recording
Just in time for festive season, SimG Records will be releasing the Studio Cast Recording of Gabriel, a new two-act Christmas musical that tells the Nativity story from ambitious angel Gabriel’s perspective.
BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ONLINE, Belgrade Theatre
The team behind Belgrade Theatre Coventry’s panto has shown that it is still possible to spread Christmas cheer via the means of modern technology, with their 2020 production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
BWW Review: THE LEGEND OF MOBY DICK WHITTINGTON, YouTube
Not even a pandemic could stop brilliant comedy trio Sleeping Trees to spread their customary Christmas cheer.
BWW Review: THE THEATRE CHANNEL EPISODE 3
The Theatre Channel is back with a third episode with rock numbers from the musicals.
BWW Review: FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS Original Cast Recording
Following the limited release of the filmed production earlier on this year, the 2018 Chichester Festival Theatre company of Flowers for Mrs Harris have reunited to bring us an eagerly awaited cast album, which acts as the perfect companion to a stunning show.
BWW Review: RENT, Hope Mill Theatre
For Hope Mill Theatre, their highly anticipated revival of Jonathan Larson’s seminal rock musical of the nineties was disrupted not once, but twice due to COVID.
BWW Review: THE POLTERGEIST, Southwark Playhouse
Playwright Philip Ridley is known for his menace, his verbal gymnastics and the bleak lens through which he observes the world his characters inhabit.
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES - THE STAGED CONCERT: THE SENSATIONAL 2020 LIVE RECORDING
Today marks the release of Les Miserables – The Staged Concert: The Sensational 2020 Live Recording.
BWW Review: MARRY ME A LITTLE, Streaming Online, The Barn Theatre
Marry Me A Little, starring Celinde Schoenmaker and Rob Houchen, opened at The Barn Theatre in Cirencester on 16 October during that golden window of opportunity for socially-distanced indoor theatre performances.
BWW Review: 'WHAT I LOVE' WITH RUSSELL BRAND, Podcast
The latest interview between acclaimed director Ian Rickson and members of the arts community has just dropped.
BWW Review: L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES, VOPERA
Seeing so accomplished and engaging a production as this (VOPERA's first to boot), a genuine question arises - is the socially-distanced, digitally distributed show no longer merely a stopgap, an ersatz simulacrum, but a new art form in itself?
BWW Review: ROYAL BALLET LIVE: WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR, Royal Opera House
This latest gala from the Royal Ballet had been planned to be performed in front of a live and appreciative audience, drinking in their first in-person, post lockdown performance.
BWW Review: TITLE OF SHOW, London Coliseum
Not since the Landor production in 2013 has the UK seen a professional production of Title of Show, the self-referential musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell about two struggling writers in New York who decided to write an original musical for the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
BWW Review: EMILIA, Online
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm penned the now three-time Olivier Award-winning play, Emilia, which tells her story.
BWW Review: THEATRE IN TIMES OF CRISIS, Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury
The release of Dom O’Hanlon’s Theatre in Times of Crisis: 20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times is certainly timely, even without COVID.
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