BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, 27 September 2016
The cult musical, Little Shop of Horrors, has long been a favourite amongst cinema and theatre fans alike.
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BWW Review: THE LIBERTINE, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 27 September 2016
The Libertine makes a return to the London after adaptations for screen and stage, but fails to go out in a blaze of glory
BWW Review: IMOGEN, Shakespeare's Globe, 23 September 2016
The Globe is breaking bad.
BWW Review: OUT THERE, Union Theatre, 23 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a musical packed with agreeable songs but short on characterisation, charm and credibility.
BWW Review: FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, Royal Court, 22 September 2016
The current racial crisis in America might seem too urgent, too horrific, for us to be constantly seeking historical stories, but Suzan-Lori Parks's play cycle makes a vividly articulate case for the long thread running from 19th-century slavery to 2016 debate over entrenched ethnic hierarchies and
BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Bromley Churchill Theatre, 22 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine production that will delight fans old and new of Jane Austen's immortal tale of unmarried daughters and their suitors.
BWW Review: NO MAN'S LAND, Wyndham's Theatre, 20 September 2016
Harold Pinter's No Man's Land returns to the Wyndham's theatre no more than forty-six years after it last hit the same stage.
BWW Review: THE GREATER GAME, Southwark Playhouse, 19 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a fine tribute to the men of Clapton Orient who went into battle for King and Country 100 years ago.
BWW Review: GOOD CANARY, Rose Theatre Kingston, 21 September 2016
The first thing to say about Good Canary is it is not always an easy play to watch.
BWW Review: CHICAGO, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 19 September 2016
Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, fights to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.
BWW Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Lyric Hammersmith, 16 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play with plenty of emotional torment on display but a dubious political message that sits ill with its venue.
BWW Review: A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR, Print Room at the Coronet, 15 September 2016
Gary Naylor enjoys a Tennessee Williams play full of sharp dialogue, tenderness and the poignant loss of missed opportunities.
BWW Review: THE ALCHEMIST, Barbican Theatre, 14 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a frenetic, physical production of the Ben Jonson classic that fizzes with fibbing and foolishness.
BWW Review: DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Barbican Theatre, 13 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees plenty of relevant stuff and controversial material in a new version of Marlowe's influential classic.
BWW Review: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, St James Theatre, 13 September 2016
Following a critically acclaimed run earlier this year, Hershey Felder's The Pianist of Willesden Lane is playing again at the St.
BWW Review: SISTER ACT, New Alexandra Theatre, 12 September 2016
Jamie Wilson and the Leicester Curve's new production of Sister Act contains all of the ingredients for a smash-hit musical: a star director, a celebrity lead, a well-known, beloved story based on a popular film, and a plethora of sequins and catchy tunes.
BWW Review: 27, Cockpit Theatre, 12 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a show that has plenty of rock but lacks strong characters and is overly predictable.
BWW Review: JESS AND JOE FOREVER, Orange Tree Theatre, 12 September 2016
Zoe Cooper's new play, Jess and Joe Forever, taps into an experience that so many of us have had; the intensity and importance of a friendship made on a childhood holiday.
BWW Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Royal Opera House, 13 September 2016
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is perhaps the most famous 'opera buffa'- an informal style of comic opera developed to appeal to the lower classes in the early 18th Century.
BWW Review: DINNER AT THE TWITS, The Vaults, 14 September 2016
The genius of Roald Dahl created some wonderfully villainous characters and two of the most vile must be the disgustingly horrible Mr and Mrs Twit.
BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Birmingham Hippodrome, 7 September 2016
One of the world's most famous cars has flown into the Birmingham Hippodrome this week, in the form of Ian Fleming's spectacular musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
BWW Review: THE EMPEROR, Young Vic, 8 September 2016
In 1974, renowned Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia to chart the downfall of Emperor Haile Selassie, 'King of Kings, elect of God', through interviews with his loyal servants and associates.
BWW Review: PUNKPLAY, Southwark Playhouse, 10 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a play that examines suburban alienation in 80's America and the salvation Punk offered - on rollerskates!
BWW Review: THE AMERICAN WIFE, Park Theatre, 9 September 2016
Gary Naylor sees a production that proves that if a script is poor, the play has no chance of success.
BWW Review: THE AWAKENING, Brockley Jack Theatre
Gary Naylor sees an award-winning play from DL Productions that makes its demands on the audience, but provides its rewards too.
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