UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 19

BWW Review: THE JOHN WILSON ORCHESTRA: AT THE MOVIES, Brighton Dome
by Fiona Scott - December 09, 2018

The dazzling orchestra are travelling around the UK with their new At the Movies concert tour, packed full of classic film scores....

BWW Review: THE BOX OF DELIGHTS, Wilton's Music Hall
by Gary Naylor - December 06, 2018

Some spectacular special effects and a wonderful set are let down by a stodgy and confusing script....

BWW Review: THE BORROWERS, Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Tim Wright - December 05, 2018

This Christmas, instead of merely treading the boards at Tobacco Factory Theatres, the actors are treading in between the boards in a delightful adaptation of Mary Norton's The Borrowers, a story about a family of tiny people, no bigger than a crayon....

BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS, The Mill at Sonning
by Louis Train - November 29, 2018

Guys and Dolls has come to the Mill at Sonning, and brought with it all the sleazy music, flashy dancing, and good, clean fun you could want in an evening....

BWW Review: PLAID TIDINGS, Bridge House Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 29, 2018

Plaid Tidings is a show full of grand old Christmas songs delivered beautifully by four gifted vocalists....

BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Bristol Hippodrome
by Leah Tozer - November 30, 2018

From folk tales to fairy tales to festive (nut)crackers, Tchaikovsky's trio of 19th-century compositions, originally choreographed by Petipa and Ivanov for the Imperial Russian company, are the crowning glory of the classical canon....

BWW Review: BUTTONS: A CINDERELLA STORY, King's Head Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 28, 2018

John Savournin and the Charles Court Opera gang are back with another panto packed with innovatory storytelling and great songs, wonderfully sung @KingsHeadThtr #ButtonsPanto @charlescourt....

BWW Review: AN HONOURABLE MAN, White Bear Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 24, 2018

An Honourable Man is bold in its ambition and gets a lot of details right, but its excellent first half gives way to a theatrically disappointing conclusion....

BWW Review: A HERO OF OUR TIME, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 22, 2018

This action packed adaptation brings Lermontov's 1840 novel into the 21st century with wit and no little elan....

BWW Review: DIETRICH: NATURAL DUTY, Wilton's Music Hall
by Gary Naylor - November 20, 2018

Peter Groom brings a legendary figure of 20th century culture to life in this affectionate and beautifully observed show....

BWW Review: SIX, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - November 13, 2018

We are all familiar with the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII. Or at least, their endings - divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But what about the women behind the rhyme?...

BWW Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - November 14, 2018

If you're looking for a funny play concerning a heist, this is the show for you. Mischief Theatre's third production The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opened at the Criterion Theatre on London's West End in March 2016. A 2018-2019 touring production opened in Birmingham in August 2018. It is currently...

BWW Review: CLYBOURNE PARK, The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic
by Tim Wright - November 13, 2018

'Some would say change is inevitable' and nowhere more so than Clybourne Park, a street in Chicago in the 1950s where the first black family are about to move in....

BWW Review: BRASS, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 11, 2018

Brass brings the Great War's generation to life in a way that educates and entertains - real people emerging from the seemingly endless roll call of The Fallen....

BWW Review: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, Omnibus Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 10, 2018

Creation Theatre update Poe's classic tale adding ballsy, badass attitude, but losing the fear and dread en route....

BWW Review: YERMA, Cervantes Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 10, 2018

When you can see Lorca, you should - as this brilliantly realised production proves....

BWW Review: SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE BOY, Jack Studio Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 08, 2018

Sweet Like Chocolate Boy tells the tales of Bounty and Mars, growing up black in different generations with different issues to address, the play grounded in the language and music of contemporary London....

BWW Review: SEXY LAUNDRY, Tabard Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 07, 2018

Sexy Laundry looks at middle class hopes and fears in a two handed comedy that must have felt a little old-fashioned when first staged in Canada in 2002....

BWW Review: FAME, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - November 06, 2018

"You want fame? Well fame costs. And right here is where you start paying in sweat." Fame follows the gruelling training and education regime of several aspiring performers attending the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Be it dancing, music or acting, students must work hard on ...

BWW Review: RED, Broadcast In Cinemas
by Fraser MacDonald - November 06, 2018

John Logan's Red, which debuted at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009, enjoyed a belated West End run at the beginning of this year. As a further encore, a cinema broadcast of Michael Grandage's acclaimed production will be screened in cinemas nationwide tomorrow (7 November)....

BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - November 01, 2018

Jukebox musicals are tricky things to get right. Especially if the artist concerned hasn't had a particularly eventful career. Thankfully, The Four Seasons at the centre of Jersey Boys have a veritable collection of criminal records, mafia connections and a whole heap of unrefined talent....

BWW Review: THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - October 30, 2018

The Animals and Children Took To The Streets twists together retro imagery and animation with cabaret and mime for some elegantly sinister storytelling....

BWW Review: CLOSE QUARTERS, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - October 30, 2018

This new Sheffield Theatres / Out of Joint production offers a dynamic, inventive and thought-provoking look at young women soldiers serving on the front line....

BWW Review: THIS IS GOING TO HURT, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - October 29, 2018

Adam Kay is a writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His candid and honest account of his time working for the NHS, This Is Going To Hurt was published in April this year. It is a Sunday Times bestseller and has won many other accolades as well as being described by many as required reading ...

BWW Review: LA CENERENTOLA, Bristol Hippodrome
by Leah Tozer - October 28, 2018

The music is magical, with all its coloratura, patter, and character from the principals, male chorus, and orchestra magnificently managed by Tomaš Hanus, but there's still some magic amiss in this staging from Welsh National Opera....