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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: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PART TWO, BritBox
BWW Review: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PART TWO, BritBox
May 26, 2020

The Hollow Crown continues with power slithering away from Richard to the reluctant usurper, Bolingbroke.

BWW Review: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PART ONE, BritBox
BWW Review: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PART ONE, BritBox
May 25, 2020

BWW will be reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial).

BWW Review: THE WINTER'S TALE, Globe Player
BWW Review: THE WINTER'S TALE, Globe Player
May 21, 2020

The Winter's Tale at The Globe is a reminder of how things once were - and how we all hope they will be again, very soon.

BWW Interview: Gabriel Lumsden Talks Life As A Music and Drama Student Under Lockdown
BWW Interview: Gabriel Lumsden Talks Life As A Music and Drama Student Under Lockdown
May 20, 2020

Gabriel Lumsden, a BA Music and Drama student, was approaching the end of his first year at Manchester University when the country was locked down. He talks to BWW about what he has done since and what the future holds for students embarking on a very uncertain journey.

BWW Review: A SEPARATE PEACE, The Remote Read
BWW Review: A SEPARATE PEACE, The Remote Read
May 2, 2020

The Remote Read revive Sir Tom Stoppard's 1966 television play using the technology of 2020, and provide an interesting insight into theatre's enduring power - and a rattling good play!

BWW Interview: John Schwab and Matt Humphrey Talk A SEPARATE PEACE
BWW Interview: John Schwab and Matt Humphrey Talk A SEPARATE PEACE
April 30, 2020

This Saturday night, a revival of Sir Tom Stoppard's A Separate Peace - his 1966 play, set in a nursing home - will be broadcast live, starring David Morrissey, Jenna Coleman, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard, and Maggie Service; Sam Yates directs.This is the first in a new virtual series, The Remote Read, offering performances with full creative and production elements - but all performed from the actors' homes. Producers Matt Humphrey and John Schwab talk to BroadwayWorld about this unique presentation.

BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN, National Theatre At Home
BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN, National Theatre At Home
April 30, 2020

National Theatre Live makes its celebrated 2011 production available free for online platforms but, rather like Frankenstein's Creature itself, its reviving isn't without its issues.

BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream
BWW Review: DRAWING THE LINE, Hampstead Theatre Live Stream
April 14, 2020

A surfeit of exposition and shouty scenes detract from an important story that resonates to this day.

BWW Review: HENRY V, Barn Theatre Live Stream
BWW Review: HENRY V, Barn Theatre Live Stream
March 28, 2020

The Barn Theatre stream their Henry V right into your living room - why not watch it with your stay at home band of brothers?

BWW Review: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
BWW Review: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
March 12, 2020

Mike Bartlett's play has aged not a jot in its analysis of how one generation's freedoms constrains anothers. Funny and clever, it hits hard, even if it ultimately stretches credibility a tad too far.

BWW Review: TALKING HEADS, Watford Palace Theatre
BWW Review: TALKING HEADS, Watford Palace Theatre
March 11, 2020

Jan Ravens and Julia Watson excel in three of Alan Bennett's famous monologues, two of which pack a surprising punch, 30 years on.

BWW Review: NOT I, CATASTROPHE AND ROCKABY, Brockley Jack Theatre
BWW Review: NOT I, CATASTROPHE AND ROCKABY, Brockley Jack Theatre
February 28, 2020

Angel Theatre Company bring Beckett to Brockley and leave this first time viewer looking forward to more.

BWW Review: THE WHIP, Swan Theatre
BWW Review: THE WHIP, Swan Theatre
February 27, 2020

The Whip packs so much into its near three hour running time that its issues, anger and need to educate drowns its dramatic potential and we're left with something that fails to reach its considerable potential.

BWW Review: ACOSTA DANZA UP CLOSE, Royal Opera House
BWW Review: ACOSTA DANZA UP CLOSE, Royal Opera House
February 20, 2020

This show, by the company of ex-Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, gives the audience a mixed bill, as up close as the title suggests, with as much Cuba as you would find in a hand-rolled cigar.

BWW Review: FLIGHTS, Omnibus Theatre
BWW Review: FLIGHTS, Omnibus Theatre
February 14, 2020

Flights looks into the hearts of three men whose lives in rural Ireland are not working out as they once hoped.

BWW Review: FAR AWAY, Donmar Warehouse
BWW Review: FAR AWAY, Donmar Warehouse
February 13, 2020

In just 45 minutes, Caryl Churchill's Far Away walks a tightrope between tricksy surrealism and dystopian warning but stays upright due to its sheer theatricality.

BWW Review: MONOLOG 3, Chickenshed Theatre
BWW Review: MONOLOG 3, Chickenshed Theatre
February 12, 2020

monolog 3 presents a range of plays that explore life as it's lived today through the voices of single performers drawing on Chickenshed's uniquely inclusive approach to theatre. @CHICKENSHED_UK

BWW Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
BWW Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
February 11, 2020

Kate O'Flynn is in award-winning form as the baby who grows into a girl and then a woman before her life's span is through in Alistair McDowall's clattering monologue.

BWW Review: DEATH OF ENGLAND, National Theatre
BWW Review: DEATH OF ENGLAND, National Theatre
February 7, 2020

Roy Williams and Clint Dyer's one man play explores the complexities of white working class identity in a multicultural, post-Brexit England with verve and passion.

BWW Review: ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, Royal Opera House
BWW Review: ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, Royal Opera House
February 5, 2020

Antony McDonald's production of Gerald Barry's hurtling dash through Wonderland and behind the Looking Glass is a delight from start to finish - or it will be for some.



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