UK / West End Theater Reviews

BWW Review: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, Almeida Theatre

by Anthony Walker-Cook — December 11, 2019

Following the success of Summer and Smoke at both the Almeida and the Duke of York's theatre, director Rebecca Frecknall returns to the former venue with John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

BWW Review: DICK WHITTINGTON, Bristol Hippodrome

by Tim Wright — December 11, 2019

When on song, panto can be monumentally brilliant.

BWW Review: CINDERELLA, Royal and Derngate

by Verity Wilde — December 11, 2019

BWW Review: A TASTE OF HONEY, Trafalgar Studios

by Laura Jones — December 10, 2019

Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey has returned to the West End for the first time in 60 years following a successful 2014 run at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre and a UK tour.

BWW Review: NUTCRACKER, London Coliseum

by Aliya Al-Hassan — December 12, 2019

For many, it simply cannot be Christmas without Nutcracker.

BWW Review: THREE SISTERS, National Theatre

by Debbie Gilpin — December 11, 2019

When confronted with the name Chekhov, hot Russian summers and country houses are probably what immediately spring to mind.

BWW Review: OTELLO , Royal Opera House

by Gary Naylor — December 10, 2019

Two years on, Otello is revived in all its austere majesty, albeit a majesty that can be demanding to watch across a three hours running time.

BWW Review: MCGREGOR + MUGLER MIXED BILL, London Coliseum

by Vikki Jane Vile — December 9, 2019

Manfred Thierry Mugler and Wayne McGregor are such renowned names in their respective fields, a collaboration between them need only be eponymously titled.

BWW Review: ABBA: SUPER TROUPERS – THE EXHIBITION, The O2

by Emma Watkins — December 8, 2019

Chances are that even if you aren't a fan of pop music, you could sing along to more than one of ABBA's hits, and you've almost certainly busted a move or two to Dancing Queen.

BWW Review: THE FAIRYTALE REVOLUTION: WENDY'S AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, Theatre503

by Aliya Al-Hassan — December 8, 2019

Billed as the only all-female panto in the world, The Fairytale Revolution: Wendy's Awfully Big Adventure is the latest pantomime offering from Battersea's Theatre503.

BWW Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Playhouse Theatre

by Aliya Al-Hassan — December 8, 2019

When you enter a theatre to a soundtrack of Stormzy and open the programme to see a Beatboxer listed on the credits, you know that this is probably not a traditional staging of a nineteenth century play.

BWW Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY, Old Joint Stock Theatre

by Jenny Ell — December 7, 2019

The Old Joint Stock Theatre in Birmingham continues to push the boundaries of originality with their programme.

BWW Review: I WANNA BE YOURS, Bush Theatre

by Charlie Wilks — December 7, 2019

Ella is from Yorkshire.

BWW Review: LITTLE MISS BURDEN, The Bunker

by Jonathan Marshall — December 7, 2019

The 90's was an incredible decade for music, film and fashion.

BWW Review: ONE MILLION TINY PLAYS ABOUT BRITAIN, Jermyn Street Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina — December 7, 2019

Jermyn Street Theatre's Christmas shows are always a surprise.

BWW Review: UBU – A SINGALONG SATIRE, Shoreditch Town Hall

by Debbie Gilpin — December 7, 2019

Welcome to Lovelyville.

BWW Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, The Mill At Sonning

by Anthony Walker-Cook — December 6, 2019

If you're in need of a brief sojourn away from London this Christmas period, then I've little hesitation in recommending the Mill at Sonning's Singin' in the Rain.

BWW Review: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER, Hampstead Theatre

by Gary Naylor — December 6, 2019

Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer takes us to Iceland in 1974 for the World Chess Championship, a clash between two very different men and two very different systems but with much that is not so different to the politics of today.

BWW Review: CHRISTMAS CAROL, Wilton's Music Hall

by Cindy Marcolina — December 6, 2019

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol places Ebenezer Scrooge centre-stage, shoving all its female characters to the side in an attempt to paint a deeply unfair and harrowing picture of London's Victorian society.

BWW Review: SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA - MODANSE, London Coliseum

by Vikki Jane Vile — December 5, 2019

Continuing a series of personal projects away from the mainstay of the Bolshoi repertoire, Svetlana Zakharova returns to the London Coliseum once more with Modanse, a chic double bill of UK premieres with high calibre support from a range of Bolshoi Principals and Soloists.

BWW Review: FAIRVIEW, Young Vic

by Debbie Gilpin — December 6, 2019

This is no ordinary play.

BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Old Red Lion Theatre

by Gary Naylor — December 5, 2019

This production pares back Chekhov's original text and foregrounds key themes with just a hint that Vanya even has something to say about the key political issue of the day.

BWW Review: MAISIE, Bread And Roses Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina — December 5, 2019

Things haven't been easy for Dan after his split with his ex-wife Mandy.

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Old Vic

by Anthony Walker-Cook — December 4, 2019

Panto might be the stalwart annual theatre trip at Christmas (yes, I know, 'oh no it isn't'.

BWW Review: THE BOY FRIEND, Menier Chocolate Factory

by Marianka Swain — December 4, 2019

How ripping! A saucy French maid doing the Charleston with a handsome chap in tennis whites sets the scene for the most delightful escapism in town: Matthew White's gossamer-light revival of Sandy Wilson's 1953 love letter to the Roaring Twenties.