BWW Review: BILLY BUDD, Royal Opera House
In a minimalist setting, Benjamin Britten's 20th-century reflections on Herman Melville's novel are deftly captured musically and visually.
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BWW Review: WEST END EUROVISION, Adelphi Theatre
West End Eurovision does exactly what it says on the tin: casts of West End musicals compete by performing past Eurovision songs to win over juries of their peers and the live audience.
BWW Review: THE FULL MONTY, New Wimbledon Theatre
Based on his 1997 smash hit film and adapted for the stage by Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy, The Full Monty is the bittersweet story of a group of unemployed Sheffield steelworkers who, inspired by a local Chippendale show, turn to stripping to raise some much-needed money.
BWW Review: KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARDS 2019 FINAL, Wigmore Hall
Stupendous singing from a group of students battled old professionals who didn't dare reward risks.
BWW Review: MITTEN WIR IM LEBEN SIND/BACH6CELLOSUITEN, Sadler's Wells
At the beginning of the performance of Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (she's also one of the five dancers) comes right to the front of the stage and holds up what appears to be a peremptory finger as if to silence the welcoming applause.
BWW Review: MARKET BOY, The Union Theatre
Market Boy takes us back to the days of George and Andrew with plenty of bad boys in Romford.
BWW Review: JANE CLEGG, Finborough Theatre
In their venture rediscovering lost classic, Finborough Theatre brings back to the stage St John Ervine's Jane Clegg.
BWW Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', Southwark Playhouse
Ain't Misbehavin' crashes through the gloom of Brexity Britain with bangin' tunes and bubbly bantz.
BWW Review: DIARY OF AN EXPAT, Tristan Bates Theatre
Cecilia Gragnani moved to London from Milan ten years ago with stars in her eyes, anticipating the vibrant world that would be spreading out in front of her once in the city.
BWW Review: CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, Rose Theatre
Selling millions of copies and adapted into a 2001 film, Louis de Bernieres' epic wartime novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a literary tour de force.
BWW Review: ALL MY SONS, Old Vic
London's latest foray into Arthur Miller has serious transatlantic star power, with its leading quartet of Bill Pullman, two-time Oscar-winner Sally Field, Colin Morgan and Jenna Coleman.
BWW Review: OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, Southwark Playhouse
Other People's Money shows us that the misogyny and avarice scrawled on social media and polluting today's politics, can trace its roots back 30 years at least.
BWW Review: OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD, Tobacco Factory Theatres
It's a sensible time to be tackling Timberlake Wertenbaker's modern classic Our Country's Good.
BWW Review: SS MENDI: DANCING THE DEATH DRILL, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Isango Ensemble's SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill is a sad lament for needlessly lost lives and a celebration of the cultures from which the men had sprung.
BWW Review: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre
Night of the Living Dead Live! pays homage to its inspiration, the George A.
BWW Review: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Richmond Theatre
At a time when youth and beauty are valued above all andwe can edit our own images at the touch of a button, a staging of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray seems both prescient and timely.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield
Sheffield's Merlin Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with its first professional production.
BWW Review: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, Cadogan Hall
There are many Beatles shows around the world, but few will be as successful as this one, the orchestral arrangements complementing the accomplished band up front.
BWW Review: TUMULUS, Soho Theatre
The corpse of a young man is found dead on the Tumulus on Hampstead Heath.
BWW Review: A MAN OF GOOD HOPE, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Isango Ensemble bring their unique storytelling skills to show us the life of a Somali boy, alone and running away to a place that barely differs from the hell he leaves behind.
BWW Review: SWEET CHARITY, Donmar Warehouse
Set in 1960s New York, Sweet Charity centres around unlucky-in-love dance hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine who has dreams of making a better life for herself.
BWW Review: AMELIE, Watermill Theatre
Craig Lucas, Daniel Messe and Nathan Tysen's musical adaptation of the acclaimed film Amelie, which ran on Broadway in 2017 and now kicks off a UK tour, fills the Watermill's stage with the music, bustle and romance of Paris.
BWW Review: THREE SISTERS, Almeida Theatre
Director Rebecca Frecknall and actress Patsy Ferran recently picked up deserved Olivier Awards for their revelatory revival of Summer and Smoke.
BWW Review: A GERMAN LIFE, Bridge Theatre
Having been away from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith has returned in exceptional style in Christopher Hampton's A German Life.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, Theatre Royal Brighton
Green Day's 2004 concept album American Idiot shot to fame for its themes of disillusion and angst in society during events such as the war in Iraq.
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