UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 10

BWW Review: 9 TO 5, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Fiona Scott - January 26, 2022

On the day that Nicola Sturgeon announced home-working Scots could once again return to the office, theatre fans could tumble out of bed and stumble down to the King’s Theatre Glasgow to catch 9 to 5, the first touring show to play there since Scottish venue capacities were relaxed last week....

BWW Review: THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Paige Cochrane - January 19, 2022

In Chicago, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb each receive life, plus 99 years, for the despicable murder and kidnapping of 14-year-old Bobby Franks....

BWW Review: OZ, Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Shane Morgan - December 17, 2021

This year, Pins and Needles Productions, in league with Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre makes a reliably bold move by taking something familiar and confounding expectations every step of the way....

BWW Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, Southwark Playhouse
by Paige Cochrane - November 17, 2021

What happens when Christmas Day becomes a playing ground to expose the tangible relationship between privilege and identity? Written by Young Jean Lee, Straight White Men is an ambitious study of those who gain the most from the world and their awareness of the power they possess....

BWW Review: DRACULA: THE UNTOLD STORY, Liverpool Playhouse
by Abbie Grundy - October 17, 2021

One would assume that beyond the original novel and the 200+ films made in his honour, there is little more to explore surrounding the lore of Bram Stoker's most iconic villain. Yet in true Imitating the Dog fashion, the innovative theatre company sparks new life into the traditional tale, proving t...

BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Theatre Royal Windsor
by Gary Naylor - October 15, 2021

Francesca Annis is in show-stealing form in Chekhov's masterpiece of changing times in a Windsor I last saw on television coverage of Harry and Meghan's wedding - appropriately enough....

BWW Review: BLOOD BROTHERS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Fiona Scott - October 06, 2021

Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers has returned to our stages. The moving story follows two brothers born in Liverpool who are separated at birth, destined to lead very different, only to meet again with tragic consequences. Now in its 30th year, the most recent UK tour is currently playing the King’s T...

BWW Review: GROAN UPS, King's Theatre
by Fiona Scott - September 29, 2021

​Are we really that different from who we were at school? Mischief Theatre’s Groan Ups takes a light-hearted look at this question. This comedy, a diversion from Mischief’s usual “goes wrong” flavour of plays, tugs at the heartstrings but still leaves you in stitches....

BWW Review: SHINING CITY, Theatre Royal Stratford East
by Gary Naylor - September 24, 2021

Men who have behaved badly fail to communicate in Conor McPherson's reflection on guilt, emotional intelligence and a kind of redemption...

BWW Review: THE CO-OP, Jack Studio Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 23, 2021

When Charlie joins Jimmy and Cazza's acting agency, things go badly and well all at the same time in an absurdist comedy...

BWW Review: CALL ME MADAM, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
by Gary Naylor - September 15, 2021

Escapist, dated nonsense, but such fun and beautifully done....

BWW Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
by Gary Naylor - September 10, 2021

This landmark play in Anglo-Irish drama gets a superb revival in a space that could have been designed exactly for its claustrophobic tale of familial obligations and missed opportunities...

BWW Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Leeds Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - July 09, 2021

A wonderful revival of a show, marrying beautiful music and singing with poignancy and wit...

BWW Review: THE GIRL NEXT DOOR at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough UK
by Michael T. Mooney - June 29, 2021

Ayckbourn's 85th play filmed for streaming....

BWW Review: IOLANTHE, The Roman Theatre St Albans
by Gary Naylor - June 17, 2021

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

BWW Review: L'EGISTO, Cockpit Theatre
by Gary Naylor - June 07, 2021

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

BWW Review: ANGELA, Online
by Shane Morgan - March 26, 2021

The act of story telling is always a selfless undertaking. Putting words to stories that are fact or fiction should always be an authentic process. Not only is Mark Ravenhill’s ‘Angela’ deeply personal, it also comes steeped in love as an act of unflinching generosity....

BWW Review: THE COLOR PURPLE - AT HOME, Curve@Home Online
by Fiona Scott - February 17, 2021

Reviewing the Curve Theatre’s gorgeous concert revival of The Color Purple feels timely in more ways than one: not only is it an apt choice of programming during Black History Month, but tonight’s press night is the same day as the conclusion of a long and drawn-out employment tribunal linked to a p...

BWW Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD IN CONCERT - AT HOME, Curve Theatre, Leicester
by Fiona Scott - December 23, 2020

Like many UK venues, Leicester’s Curve Theatre has had to quickly adapt to the everchanging COVID-19 situation. Having just transformed their two theatres into one enormous “in-the-round” space, the Curve’s concert revival of their hit 2017 production of Sunset Boulevard was transformed into a fully...

BWW Review: FESTIVE TALES, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Fiona Scott - December 20, 2020

Broadcasted mere hours after the change in Christmas COVID restrictions in the UK, the RSC’s Festive Tales brings some much-needed escapism. We are met with an empty theatre dotted with candles in lanterns and a lone voice singing a carol. It really magnifies the emptiness of our performance spaces ...

BWW Review: OH YES WE ARE!, Perth Theatre
by Fiona Scott - December 13, 2020

Perth Theatre sadly can’t have audiences along to its annual pantomime this year but they have come up with a fun alternative show via Zoom. Audiences can watch and join in with Oh Yes We Are!...

BWW Review: PETER PAN, Barn Theatre, Cirencester
by Fiona Scott - December 12, 2020

J.M. Barrie’s 1911 novel about the boy who never grew up is often staged around this time of year. However, a show about a rabble of “lost boys” would prove challenging to produce in the current circumstances. The Barn Theatre has found a way around this....

BWW Review: THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
by Fiona Scott - December 09, 2020

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Macrobert Arts Centre have collaborated to bring audiences a fun Christmas show to enjoy at home called The Magic of Christmas....

BWW Review: OLEANNA, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - December 09, 2020

Can a controversial production that was staged nearly 30 years ago still feel relevant today? The answer is a resounding yes....

BWW Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ONLINE, Belgrade Theatre
by Jenny Ell - December 02, 2020

The team behind Belgrade Theatre Coventry’s panto has shown that it is still possible to spread Christmas cheer via the means of modern technology, with their 2020 production of Jack and the Beanstalk....