BWW Review: KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE, Southwark Playhouse
Gary Naylor sees a show sure to enchant all the family, a theatrical production every bit as good as its celebrated animated predecessor.
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BWW Review: LOVE, National Theatre
Love takes place in the communal area of a council run hostel for the homeless in the run-up to Christmas.
BWW Review: LUV, Park Theatre
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BWW Review: CHICAGO, New Alexandra Theatre
In a welcome break from the usual steady stream of pantomimes and children's productions, the New Alexandra Theatre takes a trip back to the Roaring Twenties this Christmas with Chicago.
BWW Review: HEDDA GABLER, National Theatre
Ibsen's Hedda has been called the female Hamlet and not just because it's a role that every serious actress wants to play.
BWW Review: GUY BARKER'S BIG BAND CHRISTMAS, Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is rapidly becoming synonymous with London's Christmas festivities, even being voted the 'Most Prestigious Christmas Venue' at the Prestigious Star Awards 2016.
BWW Review: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, Park Theatre
Gary Naylor sees a loyal, committed adaptation of CS Lewis's once celebrated novel that fails to ignite fully as drama, but works well as polemic.
BWW Review: THE SNOW QUEEN, Bristol Old Vic
When taking a work as well-known as Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to the stage, the challenge is how to adapt and present the material in such a way that feels new and exciting.
BWW Review: DREAMGIRLS, Savoy Theatre
For UK audiences, Dreamgirls will be more familiar from the critically acclaimed 2006 film, but incredibly, the iconic musical started life on Broadway all the way back in 1981.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Vaults
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most well-known and best-loved stories of the season.
BWW Review: POTTED PANTO, Garrick Theatre
James Seabright must be a very busy man at the moment.
BWW Review: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Rose Theatre
After the success of last year's A Christmas Carol, Kingston's Rose Theatre have again turned to talented Ciaran McConville for their festive show.
BWW Review: EIFMAN BALLET - UP & DOWN, London Coliseum
Opening the programme to discover your evening's viewing is set is a psychiatric clinic doesn't especially fill one with hope for an entertaining evening, however Boris Eifman and his chic St Petersburg company delivers an amusing, stylish and original performance in this multilayered story based on
BWW Review: WILD HONEY, Hampstead Theatre
Wild Honey is Michael Frayn's very funny version of the early Chekhov play alternatively known as The Play without a Name or Platonov.
Book Review: BRUTUS AND OTHER HEROINES by Harriet Walter
One of the big theatre stories of 2016 is women reclaiming Shakespeare, from Gillian Bevan's Cymbeline and Michelle Terry's Henry V to Glenda Jackson's Lear and Phyllida Lloyd's landmark all-female trilogy starring Harriet Walter.
BWW Review: SHE LOVES ME, Menier Chocolate Factory
For those seeking festive revelry, but with an equally seasonal undertow of quiet melancholy, She Loves Me is the blissful solution.
BWW Review: CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALE, Tobacco Factory
This show is the perfect antidote to the celebrity stuffed pantos offered up by more commercial outfits.
BWW Review: ONCE IN A LIFETIME, Young Vic
After a 2016 programme that included Blue/Orange and Yerma, the first offering in the Young Vic's new season is a revival of George S.
BWW Review: ANTHONY RAPP: LIVE IN CONCERT, St James Theatre
Anthony Rapp graces the intimately beautiful stage of the St.
BWW Review: HAMLET, Trafalgar Studios
The famous story of the Prince of Denmark follows Hamlet on his murderous quest to avenge the death of his father.
BWW Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY, Richmond Theatre
Gary Naylor sees a show that delivers traditional Christmas laughs and spectacle from the modern master of the form, writer Eric Potts.
BWW Review: THIS MIGHT BE IT, Theatre N16
Gary Naylor sees a new play about an old problem turning up in new forms - loneliness.
BWW Review: JEST END, Waterloo East Theatre, 3 December 2016
Jest End has returned to London's Waterloo East Theatre one year on from its most recent run at the venue.
BWW Review: THEBES LAND, Arcola Theatre
Gary Naylor sees an innovative and thought-provoking play from South America that has plenty to say about fathers, and about theatre too.
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