UK / WEST END THEATER REVIEWS

A moving new adaptation of Wilde's only novel has hit Trafalgar Studios; this thought-provoking, philosophical piece uses only four actors to tell the intricate story of a man and the visual manifestation of his soul....

Gary Naylor sees the much loved host of Pointless and fixture at British comedy's top table go back to his musical roots to deliver a splendidly entertaining show....

Gary Naylor sees a one-woman show that tells of the triumph of music and decency over hatred and fear....

Gary Naylor looks back on over 100 reviews to pick plenty of Christmas crackers and a few Christmas turkeys after another wonderful year in London Theatre....

Gary Naylor sees another version of Dick!, Leicester Square's favourite adult panto, still firing out the gags and the filth at an audience only too pleased to lap it up!...

Gary Naylor sees a beautiful production of a Christmas favourite that costs a lot, but delivers every penny in an all round sensory delight....

BWW:UK reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue lists her best and worst theatre experiences of 2015!...

Gary Naylor sees an extraordinary double bill, executed with complete confidence, providing three hours of heart-wrenching entertainment....

Following a ten-year hiatus from the London stage, A Christmas Carol at the Noel Coward Theatre marks Jim Broadbent's return to the West End. Patrick Barlow's take on the Charles Dickens classic is unlike anything I've ever seen before - which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Although Broadbent's Scro...

Irish writer and director Martin McDonagh is well known for his black comedies and Hangmen, his first play in 10 years, proves that he has definitely not lost his touch. Transferring to the West End from the Royal Court where it had a sell-out run in the summer, the play is set in 1965 on the day ...

Gary Naylor sees a tremendous performance that brings a French cultural icon back to life at a time when Paris needs its history and its narrative of pleasure amidst the pain....

Gary Naylor sees a confident and technically accomplished adaptation of a classic that provides classy entertainment as an alternative to panto....

Gary Naylor sees the work of three Kings of Broadway, their gifts to fans of musical theatre as valuable as any gold, frankincense and myrrh....

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Gary Naylor sees a show full of good songs and good singing that would be improved by the links that bring polish to a fine cabaret performance....

Gary Naylor sees a fine tribute to an all-time great of musical theatre and film only slightly let down by failing to give such majestic songs their full due....

Gary Naylor sees a show that has its flaws but has the audience laughing out loud with silly gags, appalling stereotypes and witty songs....

Gary Naylor sees two plays by Terence Rattigan, the first delving into the darker elements of the soul and the second provoking plenty of laughs....

Gary Naylor sees a star-studded production of The Winter's Tale that doesn't quite convince in overcoming the problems of one of Shakespeare's problem plays....

La Soiree's dysfunctional family are back in town, and what a seasonal treat they are....

Gary Naylor sees a fine new musical that takes impressive base material and creates a musical that raises the emotional stakes even higher....

ELF is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy's enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embar...

Gary Naylor sees a spectacular revival of Eugene O'Neill's hardboiled story of a hardcase who just can't fit into a world that doesn't really want him....

Gary Naylor sees the European premiere of a play that has plenty to interest the audience, but not quite enough to engage it....

Urinteown writer Greg Kotis' latest production Pig Farm, is set, unsurprisingly, on a Pig Farm in small town USA, where farmer Tom lives with his wife Tina and Tim, a teenage delinquent working on the farm as part of his probation....