UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 14

BWW Review: ANDY PARSONS: HEALING THE NATION, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - September 29, 2019

At a time of confusion, uncertainty and political chaos, never has there been more to talk about; and never has our country needed more reason for light relief and laughter. Fresh in its first week, Andy Parsons brings his Healing the Nation tour to Nuffield Southampton Theatres....

BWW Review: KING JOHN, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
by Gary Naylor - September 28, 2019

King John's themes are horribly present in today's febrile political climate making it exactly the right time to revive one on Shakespeare's less performed plays....

BWW Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, York Theatre Royal
by Sarah Ryan - September 26, 2019

Arthur Miller's modern classic A View from the Bridge is faithfully revived in this co-production between York Theatre Royal and Royal & Derngate, Northampton....

BWW Review: ONCE UPON A TIME, Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Alice Cope - September 26, 2019

Once upon a time there lived two storytelling brothers, their younger sister and a very silly story. This hilarious and nonsensical fairy tale adventure, bursting with absurd jokes and physical comedy, was brought to the Spielman Theatre of the Bristol Tobacco Factory by Gonzo Moose, known best for ...

BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - September 25, 2019

There are possibly no four words more chilling to the avid theatre-goer than The Woman in Black. Having taken the West End by storm, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's classic ghost story is now haunting theatres around the UK on its tour, after celebrating its thirtieth birthday this y...

BWW Review: BIANCA DEL RIO: IT'S JESTER JOKE, Wembley Arena
by Vikki Jane Vile - September 23, 2019

Accurately reviewing Bianca del Rio's It's Jester Joke tour is perhaps one of the most challenging reports I've ever had to write. That's because so much of what I witnessed was quite frankly, and delightfully, unrepeatable. ...

BWW Review: REASONS TO STAY ALIVE, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - September 19, 2019

Starkly beautiful scenery and strong performances drive this Sheffield Theatres and English Touring Theatre adaptation of Matt Haig's popular memoir....

BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - September 19, 2019

It's Pittsburg, 1969, and the city's Hill District is far from the vibrant, bustling, jazz-soaked African-American neighbourhood it was in its prime. August Wilson's Two Trains Running brings a shabby diner in this threatened community to life, offering a window onto the lives of seven irregular reg...

BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Bristol Old Vic
by Shane Morgan - September 14, 2019

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that if you produce Jane Austen, especially in the South-West, then it is to be as authentic, as earnest and as close to traditional BBC magnificence as possible. Then along came Tron Theatre Company and Blood of the Young and shredded that truth until it was...

BWW Review: LIT, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
by Gary Naylor - September 12, 2019

Lit is an astonishing debut play from Sophie Ellerby telling the tale of Bex, a teen adrift in a world full of threats with wit, wisdom and overwhelming humanity. Eve Austin is in award-winning form as the girl on the edge....

BWW Review: MALORY TOWERS, York Theatre Royal
by Sarah Ryan - September 11, 2019

After a sparkling debut last year with an adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children, Emma Rice's company of the same name returns for its second outing with another literary classic - Malory Towers....

BWW Review: RUST, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
by Gary Naylor - September 11, 2019

Rust takes us into the lives - the other lives - of Daniel and Nadia, having an affair, but not quite able to leave their real homes at home....

BWW Review: HEDDA TESMAN, Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 10, 2019

Hedda Tesman transports one of theatre's great roles into the present day, but Cordelia Lynn's script never quite lands....

BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Royal And Derngate
by Verity Wilde - September 06, 2019

A slice-of-African-American-life in 1960s Pittsburgh comes to life at Royal and Derngate...

BWW Review: THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & HYDE, Jack Studio Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 06, 2019

This take on the familiar tale brings out many of the subtleties of its source material and has much to say about today's world. It is a little too long though....

BWW Review: HELLO AGAIN, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 04, 2019

Hello Again is lovely to look at and a wonder to hear, let down only by a slightly half-hearted approach to the messy business of sex....

BWW Review: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 03, 2019

Gary Naylor sees his last show at this season's Grimeborn, an Italian opera based on the original sources of Romeo and Juliet sung with tremendous panache....

BWW Review: HOTSPUR/PIERROT LUNAIRE, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 30, 2019

FormidAbility's unique approach to integrating those with disabilities on either side of the fourth wall enhances two pieces that prove tricky for the uninitiated to appreciate fully....

BWW Review: TREEMONISHA, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 28, 2019

You know Scott Joplin is a genius, but having that conformed by this wonderful, uplifting, yet shocking opera, is a delight and a privilege. Beautifully performed too....

BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
by Fiona Scott - August 27, 2019

After the success of an en masse production of Pericles last year, the National Theatre has collaborated with the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch to bring together a colourful and joyous large-scale musical version of Shakespeare's As You Like It as part of their Public Acts scheme....

BWW Review: COUNT ORY, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 14, 2019

Opera Alegría plonk Rossini's naughty Count on the Home Front in 1943, with lots of laughs in between the fine singing and beautifully played piano....

BWW Review: 8 HOTELS, Minerva Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 09, 2019

Nicholas Wright's new play, set on the road in wartime America, examines the relationships between Paul Robeson and his Othello co-stars, José Ferrer and Uta Hagen. It does not waste that wonderful set up....

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BURGERZ, Traverse Treatre
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 08, 2019

In 2016, someone threw a burger at performance artist Travis Alabanza. No one did anything....

BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 01, 2019

Grimeborn sees a condensed version version of the early part of Wagner's Ring Cycle that packs a punch in its intense 100 minutes running time....

BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA, Theatre Royal Bath
by Kerrie Nicholson - July 31, 2019

In his introduction to the play in the programme, David Hare remarks that: a?oeit's not just that Vanya soaks up a bewildering variety of interpretation... it's also, that, in the theatre, it's often hard to discern exactly what it's about.a?? This elusiveness characterises this specially commiss...