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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: DISASTER!, Charing Cross Theatre, 20 November 2016
BWW Review: DISASTER!, Charing Cross Theatre, 20 November 2016
November 21, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly executed musical spoof of the 70s disaster movie genre that needs to find a home in the West End soon.

BWW Review: PRINCESS - THE GOOD GIRLS GONE BAD, LOST Theatre, 16 November 2016
BWW Review: PRINCESS - THE GOOD GIRLS GONE BAD, LOST Theatre, 16 November 2016
November 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an ambitious and challenging show that overstretches its resources and that of its audience.

BWW Review: IT IS EASY TO BE DEAD, Trafalgar Studios
BWW Review: IT IS EASY TO BE DEAD, Trafalgar Studios
November 12, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a wonderful tribute to a unique man amongst The Fallen of the First World War, whose story stands for him and for millions more.

BWW Review: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 9 November 2016
BWW Review: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 9 November 2016
November 11, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a young cast attack a classic play to update for today's world, a venture that succeeds partially, and is never less than interesting.

BWW Review: TRUMPAGEDDON, King's Head Theatre, 8 November 2016
BWW Review: TRUMPAGEDDON, King's Head Theatre, 8 November 2016
November 9, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a show about, and I can hardly believe what I'm writing here, the 45th President of the United States of America.

BWW Review: BITS OF ME ARE FALLING APART, Soho Theatre, 7 November 2016
BWW Review: BITS OF ME ARE FALLING APART, Soho Theatre, 7 November 2016
November 8, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of William Leith's book that, for all the skilled work in the production, fails to engage its audience.

BWW Review: ST JOHN PASSION, Blackheath Halls, 6 November 2016
BWW Review: ST JOHN PASSION, Blackheath Halls, 6 November 2016
November 7, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an impassioned production of Bach's St John Passion, by and for, the people under the guidance of English Touring Opera

BWW Review: ORCA, Southwark Playhouse, 4 November 2016
BWW Review: ORCA, Southwark Playhouse, 4 November 2016
November 6, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an accomplished, eerie play about a remote Scottish community that doesn't quite have the courage of its convictions.

BWW Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS, St James Theatre, 2 November 2016
BWW Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS, St James Theatre, 2 November 2016
November 2, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a slick romcom musical about 90s New Yorkers that impresses but leaves him just a little cold.

BWW Review: FOOL FOR LOVE, Found 111, 31 October 2016
BWW Review: FOOL FOR LOVE, Found 111, 31 October 2016
November 1, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play that builds atmosphere rather than narrative and now feels of its time - 33 years ago

BWW Review: SIDE SHOW, Southwark Playhouse
BWW Review: SIDE SHOW, Southwark Playhouse
October 27, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a revival of a show that deserves, and gets, the full 'Big Musical' production treatment.

BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, New Wimbledon Theatre, 25 October 2016
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, New Wimbledon Theatre, 25 October 2016
October 26, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a showbiz monument and finds that it's still as entertaining and as relevant as ever.

BWW Review: AFTER THREE SISTERS, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 21 October 2016
BWW Review: AFTER THREE SISTERS, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 21 October 2016
October 23, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an ambitious production that runs parallel storylines but doesn't solve the considerable problems so caused.

BWW Review: WONDERFUL TOWN, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, 19 October 2016
BWW Review: WONDERFUL TOWN, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, 19 October 2016
October 20, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a lovely show packed with great songs and imaginative staging.

BWW Review: MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, 18 October 2016
BWW Review: MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, 18 October 2016
October 19, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an enthusiastic revival of Moby Dick The Musical that rather loses the wind from its sails in the second half.

BWW Review: RAGTIME, Charing Cross Theatre
BWW Review: RAGTIME, Charing Cross Theatre
October 18, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised revival of a show that has never been more relevant since the novel was published in 1975.

BWW Review: POKER FACE, King's Head Theatre, 16 October 2016
BWW Review: POKER FACE, King's Head Theatre, 16 October 2016
October 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play from Europe that can't quite decide what it wants to be but raises interesting questions all the same.

BWW Review: ULYSSES' HOMECOMING, Hackney Empire, 15 October 2016
BWW Review: ULYSSES' HOMECOMING, Hackney Empire, 15 October 2016
October 16, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an opera dating from its earliest period that brims with emotional energy, if a lacking a little in 21st century pace.

BWW Review: LA CALISTO, Hackney Empire, 14 October 2016
BWW Review: LA CALISTO, Hackney Empire, 14 October 2016
October 15, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a spectacular and thought-provoking revival of Cavalli's 17th century opera of gods, myths and mortals.

BWW Review: FORCE OF TRUMP, Brockley Jack Theatre, 12 October 2016
BWW Review: FORCE OF TRUMP, Brockley Jack Theatre, 12 October 2016
October 13, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a well performed and funny satire on Donald Trump that struggles to be more outrageous than the real thing.



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