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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 Reviews: CINDERELLA AND THE BEANSTALK, Theatre 503, December 5 2014
BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA AND THE BEANSTALK, Theatre 503, December 5 2014
December 7, 2014

Gary Naylor sees another fringe panto full of enthusiasm, audience participation and laughs, the perfect alternative if you're tired of soap stars, high prices and special effects.

BWW Reviews: TIMES SQUARE ANGEL, Union Theatre, December 3 2014
BWW Reviews: TIMES SQUARE ANGEL, Union Theatre, December 3 2014
December 4, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a short, sharp, sweet play that has echoes of Christmas classics, but retains its own sense of the festive season in the Big Apple.

BWW Reviews: THE MIKADO, Charing Cross Theatre, December 2 2014
BWW Reviews: THE MIKADO, Charing Cross Theatre, December 2 2014
December 3, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a production that delivers much for the eye but maybe not quite enough for the ear - but there's no such thing as a dull Mikado, so he comes away smiling.

BWW Reviews: BILLY THE KID A PANTO WESTERN, Rosemary Branch Theatre, December 1 2014
BWW Reviews: BILLY THE KID A PANTO WESTERN, Rosemary Branch Theatre, December 1 2014
December 3, 2014

Gary Naylor enjoys one of his treats of the year, the boutique panto that's short on space but long on laughs, invention and music.

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN, Chickenshed, November 29 2014
BWW Reviews: PETER PAN, Chickenshed, November 29 2014
November 30, 2014

Gary Naylor sees another spectacular Christmas production at Chickenshed, an uplifting vision of humanity and a wonderfully entertaining show.

BWW Reviews: THE GREEN BAY TREE, Jermyn Street Theatre, November 28 2014
BWW Reviews: THE GREEN BAY TREE, Jermyn Street Theatre, November 28 2014
November 29, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a revival of a play controversial in its time and somewhat unsatisfactory today. Nevertheless, it is beautiful to look at.

BWW Reviews: SLEEPING BOOTY!, Leicester Square Theatre, November 27 2014
BWW Reviews: SLEEPING BOOTY!, Leicester Square Theatre, November 27 2014
November 28, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a panto that breaks the fourth wall, breaks taboos and breaks wind - not one for the faint-hearted, but a good laugh for everyone who buys in!

BWW Reviews: SAXON COURT, Southwark Playhouse, November 24 2014
BWW Reviews: SAXON COURT, Southwark Playhouse, November 24 2014
November 26, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a promising, if overly long and shouty, comedy set in a City office that isn't coping too well with the financial and social backlash of the 2008 recession.

BWW Reviews: THE S&S AWARD GALA, St James Theatre, November 23 2014
BWW Reviews: THE S&S AWARD GALA, St James Theatre, November 23 2014
November 24, 2014

Gary Naylor enjoys an Awards Show that seeks out new talent in musical theatre and provides them with a step on the rung to the West End with a West End Gala showcase.

2014 Year in Review: Gary Naylor's Best and Worst of Theatre
2014 Year in Review: Gary Naylor's Best and Worst of Theatre
December 10, 2014

Gary Naylor looks back on another hugely varied and entertaining year in the London's stalls marveling again at the commitment, skills and energy of everyone involved.

BWW Reviews: MET OPERA - IL BARBIERE DE SEVIGLIA, Cineworld Wandsworth, November 22 2014
BWW Reviews: MET OPERA - IL BARBIERE DE SEVIGLIA, Cineworld Wandsworth, November 22 2014
November 24, 2014

Gary Naylor enjoys his first experience of opera beamed from the New York Met into the cinemas of the UK. Inevitably, one can hardly go wrong in the company of Seville's celebrated barber, despite quite a few hiccups on the way.

BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES, New Wimbledon Theatre, November 18 2014
BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES, New Wimbledon Theatre, November 18 2014
November 19, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a jukebox musical that takes us back to the 80s - in more ways than one - but leaves its audience on its feet, demanding more.

BWW Reviews: THE COLLECTOR, Arcola Theatre, November 17 2014
BWW Reviews: THE COLLECTOR, Arcola Theatre, November 17 2014
November 18, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a play that demands that we look beyond the horror of the images and into the conditions that drive men and women to do terrible things in time of war.

BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT (SCREENING), Noel Coward Theatre, November 16 2014
BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT (SCREENING), Noel Coward Theatre, November 16 2014
November 17, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a screening of a wonderful production of As You Like It that loses little over 20 odd years and on slightly grainy video - the magic of theatre prevails!

BWW Reviews: AN EVENING WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Lancaster Hotel, November 15 2014
BWW Reviews: AN EVENING WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Lancaster Hotel, November 15 2014
November 16, 2014

Gary Naylor spends an evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger but comes away feeling that he knew as much on the way in as on the way out.

BWW Reviews: MACBETH, Clapham Omnibus, November 14 2014
BWW Reviews: MACBETH, Clapham Omnibus, November 14 2014
November 15, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a promenade production of Shakespeare's notorious Scottish play, one that chills in more senses than one.

BWW Reviews: STREAMING, Pleasance Theatre, November 13 2014
BWW Reviews: STREAMING, Pleasance Theatre, November 13 2014
November 14, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised play, the ambition of which never gets in the way of its storytelling, delivered through three of the strongest performances I have seen all year.

BWW Reviews: CANS, Theatre 503, November 7 2014
BWW Reviews: CANS, Theatre 503, November 7 2014
November 8, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a very fine debut from a new playwright that mixes comedy with reflection on the way the world has changed in little more than a generation and how that change impacts on a father, uncle and daughter.

BWW Reviews: MADE IN DAGENHAM, Adelphi Theatre, November 5 2014
BWW Reviews: MADE IN DAGENHAM, Adelphi Theatre, November 5 2014
November 6, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a spectacular musical that has its heart, if not always its sense of humour, in the right place as the Essex Girls of 1968 come out on top.

BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD, Harrington's Pie and Mash Shop, November 4 2014
BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD, Harrington's Pie and Mash Shop, November 4 2014
November 5, 2014

Gary Naylor sees an extraordinary production of Stephen Sondheim's extraordinary musical, one embedded in a Pie Shop... and in its local community.



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