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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: I LOVED LUCY, Jermyn Street Theatre, February 5 2016
BWW Review: I LOVED LUCY, Jermyn Street Theatre, February 5 2016
February 7, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a wonderful play written and acted with great skill that left him with a skip in his step and a paragraph for his Best Of Theatre 2106 already.

BWW Review: MUTED - SHOWCASE, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, February 4 2016
BWW Review: MUTED - SHOWCASE, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, February 4 2016
February 5, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a showcase performance of Muted, a rock musical in its development phase.

BWW Review: GOODNIGHT POLLY JONES, Theatre N16, February 3 2016
BWW Review: GOODNIGHT POLLY JONES, Theatre N16, February 3 2016
February 5, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an important and perfectly scripted and acted play about power in the workplace and consent outside it.

BWW Review: RED VELVET, Garrick Theatre, February 2 2016
BWW Review: RED VELVET, Garrick Theatre, February 2 2016
February 4, 2016

Gary Naylor sees the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's production of Red Velvet raise questions about ethnicity and art that resonate through the generations.

BWW Review: JEEPERS CREEPERS THROUGH THE EYES OF MARTY FELDMAN, Leicester Square Theatre Lounge, January 28 2016
BWW Review: JEEPERS CREEPERS THROUGH THE EYES OF MARTY FELDMAN, Leicester Square Theatre Lounge, January 28 2016
January 29, 2016

Gary Naylor gets an insight into one of British comedy's great eccentric talents, whose life was blighted as much as celebrated by his success.

BWW Review: ONE OF THOSE, Tristan Bates Theatre, January 27 2016
BWW Review: ONE OF THOSE, Tristan Bates Theatre, January 27 2016
January 28, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a new comedy that pleases without ever really convincing - a play rather too middle-class and (surprisingly) too middle-aged to hit the funny bone with a smack.

BWW Review: HERONS, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, January 25 2016
BWW Review: HERONS, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, January 25 2016
January 27, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a no holds barred parable of life on the edges of society amongst kids who have never developed the moral compass to survive in a society.

BWW Review: YOU TWEET MY FACE SPACE, Theatre N16, January 24 2016
BWW Review: YOU TWEET MY FACE SPACE, Theatre N16, January 24 2016
January 25, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a clever and funny satire about the way social media has gripped our lives and the way Facebook has gripped social media,

BWW Review: ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG: A YEAR OF SONGS LIVE, The London Palladium, January 22 2016
BWW Review: ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG: A YEAR OF SONGS LIVE, The London Palladium, January 22 2016
January 23, 2016

Gary Naylor sees the much loved host of Pointless and fixture at British comedy's top table go back to his musical roots to deliver a splendidly entertaining show.

BWW Review: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, St James Theatre, January 21 2016
BWW Review: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE, St James Theatre, January 21 2016
January 23, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a one-woman show that tells of the triumph of music and decency over hatred and fear.

BWW Review: JEKYLL AND HYDE, Cockpit Theatre, January 19 2016
BWW Review: JEKYLL AND HYDE, Cockpit Theatre, January 19 2016
January 21, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an innovative and stylish adaptation of Doctore Jekyll and Mr Hyde which, somewhat appropriately, is good in parts.

BWW Review: BIG BROTHER BLITZKRIEG, King's Head Theatre, January 15 2016
BWW Review: BIG BROTHER BLITZKRIEG, King's Head Theatre, January 15 2016
January 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an interesting and important idea exploited both for its comic potential and as a warning about the powers of demagoguery.

BWW Review: THE LONG ROAD SOUTH, King's Head Theatre, January 15 2016
BWW Review: THE LONG ROAD SOUTH, King's Head Theatre, January 15 2016
January 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a superbly acted, tension-packed slice of 1960s American life based on a true story delivered in a venue ideally suited to its material.

BWW Review: FEAR AND MISERY OF THE THIRD REICH, Union Theatre, January 12 2016
BWW Review: FEAR AND MISERY OF THE THIRD REICH, Union Theatre, January 12 2016
January 13, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a powerful and important production that is of its time, but speaks with a loud and clear voice to our own.

BWW Opinion: How Do You React To Psychological Cruelty Shown On Stage?
BWW Opinion: How Do You React To Psychological Cruelty Shown On Stage?
January 9, 2016

Gary Naylor questions whether how we should react to the portrayal of mental suffering on stage and whether the time has come to consider it as the equivalent of the infliction of physical suffering.

BWW Review: GREY GARDENS, Southwark Playhouse, January 7 2016
BWW Review: GREY GARDENS, Southwark Playhouse, January 7 2016
January 8, 2016

Gary Naylor sees the well executed European premiere of a musical based on a cult classic movie, but is left ill at ease about its content.

2015 Year in Review: Gary Naylor's Best and Worst of Theatre
2015 Year in Review: Gary Naylor's Best and Worst of Theatre
December 21, 2015

Gary Naylor looks back on over 100 reviews to pick plenty of Christmas crackers and a few Christmas turkeys after another wonderful year in London Theatre.

BWW Review: DICK!, Leicester Square Theatre, December 17 2015
BWW Review: DICK!, Leicester Square Theatre, December 17 2015
December 19, 2015

Gary Naylor sees another version of Dick!, Leicester Square's favourite adult panto, still firing out the gags and the filth at an audience only too pleased to lap it up!

BWW Review: NUTCRACKER, London Coliseum, December 16 2015
BWW Review: NUTCRACKER, London Coliseum, December 16 2015
December 17, 2015

Gary Naylor sees a beautiful production of a Christmas favourite that costs a lot, but delivers every penny in an all round sensory delight.

BWW Review: MIRROR MIRROR, King's Head Theatre, December 15 2015
BWW Review: MIRROR MIRROR, King's Head Theatre, December 15 2015
December 16, 2015

Gary Naylor sees another fine and funny pantomime from the boutique opera company that never misses the chance to lower the baritone if there's laughs to be had.



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