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Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor is chief London reviewer for BroadwayWorld (https://www.broadwayworld.com/author/Gary-Naylor) and feels privileged to see so much of his home city's theatre. He writes about cricket for The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gary-naylor) and is a lead commentator at Guerilla Cricket (https://www.guerillacricket.com/). He podcasts on 80s and 90s football at https://www.nessundormapod.com/. He writes on films at Letterboxd  https://letterboxd.com/garynaylor999/. He tweets at https://twitter.com/garynaylor85. 






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Review: EH UP, ME OLD FLOWERS!, White Bear Theatre
Review: EH UP, ME OLD FLOWERS!, White Bear Theatre
September 13, 2025

Chris England's warm show is funny and clever and unafraid to pose some difficult questions

Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
September 12, 2025

If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…

Review: SEAGULL: TRUE STORY, Marylebone Theatre
Review: SEAGULL: TRUE STORY, Marylebone Theatre
September 10, 2025

Putin, Chekhov, Trump, art, principles, punishment, love, hate and that iconic, topless-on-a-horse photo of Mad Vlad. And much, much, more.

Review: HOME AT SEVEN, Tabard Theatre
Review: HOME AT SEVEN, Tabard Theatre
September 6, 2025

From the writer of Journey's End and The Dam Busters

Review: WHAT A GAY DAY!, Jack Studio Theatre
Review: WHAT A GAY DAY!, Jack Studio Theatre
August 29, 2025

Super one-man show that does what its subject intended - makes its audience happy

Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican Theatre
Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican Theatre
August 7, 2025

Long forgotten talkshow guest has plenty to say about culture today

Review: FOR THE LACK OF LAURA, Shaw Theatre
Review: FOR THE LACK OF LAURA, Shaw Theatre
July 25, 2025

Fine singing and pleasant songs, but the book needs work and the staging kills the energy

Review: WODEHOUSE IN WONDERLAND, Theatre at the Tabard
Review: WODEHOUSE IN WONDERLAND, Theatre at the Tabard
July 22, 2025

Lovely one man play that will delight Wodehouse fans - present and future

Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera Holland Park
Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera Holland Park
July 22, 2025

Jennifer France gives everything in a role demanding bel canto singing and bloody revenge

Interview: Soprano Isabela Díaz, on The Royal Ballet and Opera's Jette Parker Artists Programme
Interview: Soprano Isabela Díaz, on The Royal Ballet and Opera's Jette Parker Artists Programme
July 21, 2025

It's a long way from Santiago to the West End. Isabela Díaz explains how she did it and what the Jette Parker Programme means to its artists

Review: THAT BASTARD, PUCCINI!, Park Theatre
Review: THAT BASTARD, PUCCINI!, Park Theatre
July 16, 2025

Meta comedy never settles on its tone nor its focus, and runs out of steam long before the end

Review: EVITA, starring Rachel Zegler, London Palladium
Review: EVITA, starring Rachel Zegler, London Palladium
July 2, 2025

Turns out that The Revolution is Televised after all - and beamed back into the theatre

Review: PRESS, Jack Studio Theatre
Review: PRESS, Jack Studio Theatre
June 21, 2025

Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller's play has lots of good ideas but needs a more solid structure to succeed fully

Review: ANNA KARENINA starring Natalie Dormer, Chichester Festival Theatre
Review: ANNA KARENINA starring Natalie Dormer, Chichester Festival Theatre
June 16, 2025

La Dormer beams with five star wattage as the doomed Anna

Review: SOHO SONGS - THE TIGER LILLIES, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Review: SOHO SONGS - THE TIGER LILLIES, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
June 7, 2025

Martyn Jacques brings his unique sound and sensibility to a wonderful addition to London's panoply of theatres

Review: CUL-DE-SAC, Omnibus Theatre
Review: CUL-DE-SAC, Omnibus Theatre
May 30, 2025

David Shopland's new dramedy is flawed by its lack of focus

Review: THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, Chichester Festival Theatre
Review: THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, Chichester Festival Theatre
May 16, 2025

Mark Addy and Jenna Russell lead a super cast in a show based on Rachel Joyce's runaway bestseller

Review: HOUSE OF GAMES, Hampstead Theatre
Review: HOUSE OF GAMES, Hampstead Theatre
May 13, 2025

Beautifully performed, but somewhat vanilla, Richard Bean's adaptation lacks a necessary bite



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