BWW Review: BIRDSONG, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
As the centenary of the armistice of the First World War approaches, there is no better time for Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong to be revived once again in its staged adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff.
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BWW Review: A LITTLE PRINCESS, Royal Festival Hall
The concert of A Little Princess at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall was a lovely production with lots of great talent of a musical that still feels a bit messy.
BWW Review: KING LEAR, BBC2 and iPlayer
King Lear given the Game of Thrones treatment on the small screen, losing a little of the claustrophobic madness en route.
BWW Review: BREAK OF NOON, Finborough Theatre
A revival of a work by the revered French playwright, Paul Claudel, that probably doesn't say enough, but does so at enormous length.
BWW Review: ADAM & EVE, The Hope Theatre
The couple at the heart of the award winning writer Tim Cook's new play - Adam (Lee Knight) and Eve (Jeannie Dickinson) - inevitably calls to mind its biblical counterpart.
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS, The Cockpit
Following a sell-out production in 2014, Sondheim's dark comic masterpiece detailing fairytale distress arrives at the Cockpit for a limited run.
BWW Review: CONFIDENCE, Southwark Playhouse
Boundless Theatre's Confidence at Southwark Playhouse feels a bit lacking in, dare I say, confidence.
BWW Review: RAMBERT'S LIFE IS A DREAM, Sadler's Wells
Life is a Dream is Rambert's first full-length work is over 40 years.
BWW Review: THE TEMPEST, Brighton Open Air Theatre
The Tempest follows the antics of a number of stranded voyagers on a remote island.
BWW Review: THREE SISTERS, Yard Theatre
C-H-E-K-H-O-V - that's the theme buzzing around the Yard Theatre right now.
BWW Review: PETER PAN, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel's production of J.
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
There is no greater anticipation in the ballet world than that for a new Swan Lake.
BWW Review: WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LERNER, Royal Festival Hall
With A Little Bit of Lerner combined an outstanding group of performers with the BBC Concert Orchestra to present an exciting variety of many of Lerner's well-known and lesser-known songs at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
BWW Review: THE STRING QUARTET'S GUIDE TO SEX AND ANXIETY, Theatre Royal Brighton
The Mental Health Foundation reports that there were 8.
BWW Review: A SOCKFUL OF CUSTARD, Pleasance Theatre
A curiously intrusive structure gets in the way of the extraordinary, one-off comic genius that was Spike Milligan in an affectionate tribute from Chris Larner and Jeremy Stockwell.
BWW Review: THE GRÖNHOLM METHOD, Menier Chocolate Factory
How far would you go to get the thing you so desperately want in life? That's the main question asked in Jordi Galceran's intense and twisted tale of four big-city hotshots who fight hard to win big.
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, New Wimbledon Theatre
For those not around in 1971, it's easy to be ignorant of the huge impact that Carole King's seminal album, Tapestry, had at the time.
BWW Review: THRILLER LIVE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Despite an incredible back catalogue to choose from, and a nine year production history, the show never really captivates it's audience in the way it should.
BWW Review: THE GIFT OF THE GAB, White Bear Theatre
Great to see a comedy set amongst the dodgy types who frequent a 70s Brighton brilliantly conjured by set and costumes, but an overly episodic structure and predictable conclusion lets down what could be a super show.
BWW Review: MISS SAIGON, Bristol Hippodrome
As one of the final so called mega-musicals of the 1980s, Miss Saigon could be forgiven if it felt a little dated by 2018.
BWW Review: 3WOMEN, Trafalgar Studios
Katy Brand makes her playwriting debut at Trafalgar Studios with 3Women, a supposedly progressive play which unfortunately falls into the pit of problematic feminism.
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT/HAMLET, Shakespeare's Globe
Michelle Terry's first season as Artistic Director of the Globe will be carefully scrutinised.
BWW Review: A TRIP ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Bob Hope Theatre
In 2007, Across the Universe brought the songs of The Beatles to a new generation in the form of a jukebox musical film that incorporated 34 of the band's songs, from the very famous to the more obscure numbers in their back catalogue.
BWW Review: THE HUMOURS OF BANDON, Brighthelm Centre
What craic! The Humours of Bandon is a delightful peek into the world of Irish Dancing Championships.
BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Though a challenge for the concentration, Maly Drama Theatre delivers a definitive Vanya against which all others can be judged.
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