Gary Naylor - Page 11

A provocative and ultimately successful reimagining of opera's most operatic of works

Angel Theatre Company have a lot of fun, but still find some bite, with their snatches of conversation overheard in London in 2022.

Sus retains its power and relevance, but one can't help wondering if it requires an update to account for the changes in policing minorities in the 43 years since it was written - at their roots, the problems are the same, but they present somewhat differently.

One woman's reflections on her life as a Jew in the 20th century throw light on the history of a people - and give us much food for thought in the 21st.

Big ambitious new play derailed by too many cookie-cutter characters and a central dilemma that fails to land as its explanation lacks the required clarity

Catch a master at work in London before the show heads to Broadway

Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde

James Gavin finds the man, but doesn't quite find his place in this detailed biography

There's more to Larkin's life than we see here, but, nevertheless, it's a lovely play that does full justice to the three women with whom he spent much of his life

Fascinating one act opera performed by technically very strong singers and musicians, but let down a little by a lack of clarity in its narrative exposition

Christopher Shinn's play brims with interesting politics but is too often bogged down in overly-familiar personal issues

A very young cast perform a new musical that needs work but has as good a chance as any if it gets the expertise and time in requires

Not an easy play to watch, but a fascinating analysis of some of humanity's darker corners

Important plays that make demands on the audience, but also demand to be seen.

The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now

A play that reminds us of theatre's power to entertain us, to affect us and, one hopes, to stir us to action

Grimeborn delivers another little gem with this pared back version of a somewhat obscure Spanish zarzuela

Whether we need another wartime tale of very decent Allied blokes escaping not at all decent Nazi blokes, isn't really answered in this new take on The Great Escape's inspiration.

Crazy show that might become a cultish success, but currently just looks misconceived and misplaced

Bold programming pays off with an opera that has its demands but offers rewards in equal measure