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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. 






BWW Review: BAD NIGHTS AND ODD DAYS, Greenwich Theatre
BWW Review: BAD NIGHTS AND ODD DAYS, Greenwich Theatre
June 26, 2021

Four short plays from a long time ago yield much to reflect upon in this mini-anthology of Caryl Churchill's work.

BWW Review: EXPRESS G&S, Pleasance Theatre
BWW Review: EXPRESS G&S, Pleasance Theatre
June 24, 2021

Hop on the Express G&S and see a detective solve a mystery with the help of some of Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits.

BWW Review: TRESTLE, Jack Studio Theatre
BWW Review: TRESTLE, Jack Studio Theatre
June 18, 2021

Harry and Denise find each other in a village hall every Thursday evening and (almost) 'find each other' too.

BWW Review: IOLANTHE, The Roman Theatre St Albans
BWW Review: IOLANTHE, The Roman Theatre St Albans
June 17, 2021

Fantastical fairies and pompous politicians collide in this sweet satire, one of Britain's favourite operas.

BWW Review: LEGENDS OF LOCKDOWN LIVE!, Vaudeville Theatre
BWW Review: LEGENDS OF LOCKDOWN LIVE!, Vaudeville Theatre
June 10, 2021

Lockdown legends burst into the real world on a night of fun underpinned with a message to the government about the Arts.

BWW Review: L'EGISTO, Cockpit Theatre
BWW Review: L'EGISTO, Cockpit Theatre
June 7, 2021

Hampstead Garden Opera bring a slice of 17th century Venetian sensibility to our Covidy times.

BWW Review: ABBA MANIA, Shaftesbury Theatre
BWW Review: ABBA MANIA, Shaftesbury Theatre
May 22, 2021

Knowing me, knowing you, it does exactly what you'll expect!

BWW Review: HERDING CATS, Soho Theatre
BWW Review: HERDING CATS, Soho Theatre
May 21, 2021

Lucinda Coxon's 2010 play stretches across the Atlantic Ocean, but pulls us back to London's tiny flats and intimate arrangements.

The BroadwayWorld Beginner's Guide to: Chekhov
The BroadwayWorld Beginner's Guide to: Chekhov
March 18, 2021

He's funny and sad, accessible but deep, Russian but universal - it's time to check out Chekhov.

BWW Review: GOBSTOPPERS, Vimeo online
BWW Review: GOBSTOPPERS, Vimeo online
March 17, 2021

We're tight close-up on a pair of eyes that become many pairs of eyes as single, spat out verbs tell us the emotions such eyes transmit. Done more slowly, it would capture something of those silent movie screen tests from 100 years ago in which Clara Bow would express fear or Theda Bara allure.

2020 Year In Review: Gary Naylor's Best of Theatre
2020 Year In Review: Gary Naylor's Best of Theatre
December 7, 2020

BWW reviewer Gary Naylor highlights his favourite theatre productions and performances of 2020.

BWW Review: L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES, VOPERA
BWW Review: L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES, VOPERA
November 16, 2020

Seeing so accomplished and engaging a production as this (VOPERA's first to boot), a genuine question arises - is the socially-distanced, digitally distributed show no longer merely a stopgap, an ersatz simulacrum, but a new art form in itself?

BWW Review: THE BARREN AUTHOR, Spiteful Puppet
BWW Review: THE BARREN AUTHOR, Spiteful Puppet
October 30, 2020

The infamous Baron Munchausen is updated for our times, given voice by Richard O'Brien who revels in recounting outrageous, outlandish stories.

BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, WINTER, Sky Atlantic
BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, WINTER, Sky Atlantic
October 20, 2020

Even the introduction of the excellent Naomie Harris can do little to rescue a show that makes you look forward to global warming.

BWW Review: DRAMA OUT OF A CRISIS: A CELEBRATION OF PLAY FOR TODAY, BBC iPlayer
BWW Review: DRAMA OUT OF A CRISIS: A CELEBRATION OF PLAY FOR TODAY, BBC iPlayer
October 13, 2020

A very different world (and a very different BBC) emerges from that most impenetrable of dark places - the recent past.

BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, AUTUMN, Sky Arts
BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, AUTUMN, Sky Arts
October 7, 2020

We spend 12 hours at an island's pagan festival where all is not as it seems.

BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, SUMMER, Sky Atlantic
BWW Review: THE THIRD DAY, SUMMER, Sky Atlantic
September 29, 2020

Jude Law, Emily Watson and Paddy Considine do what they can with over-familiar hokum delivered with a grim earnestness.

The Shows That Made Us: LONDON ROAD
The Shows That Made Us: LONDON ROAD
September 2, 2020

Gary Naylor looks back nine years to the show that revealed the awesome and unique power of theatre

BWW Interview: James Haddrell Talks THE SECRET LOVE LIFE OF OPHELIA
BWW Interview: James Haddrell Talks THE SECRET LOVE LIFE OF OPHELIA
July 30, 2020

James Haddrell, Artistic and Executive Director of Greenwich Theatre, talks about life under lockdown and his new online production of Steven Berkoff's play, The Secret Love Life Of Ophelia.

BWW Review: MONSTERS AND MEN, Sky Go
BWW Review: MONSTERS AND MEN, Sky Go
July 15, 2020

The stories career along at the speed of a subway train, barely giving a moment for the dilemmas so skilfully set up to be mentally processed before another comes along to knock you off balance. That so many of these challenges do not apply to me nor to my two boys around Zyrick's age, is proof that the phrase 'white privilege' is no empty slogan.



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