UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 22

BWW Review: THREE SISTERS, Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Leah Tozer - June 14, 2018

RashDash's Three Sisters, after Chekhov is thrillingly irreverent: to rules, to theatrical form, and even to reviews, but it's their irreverence that's so deserving of reverence....

BWW Review: OKLAHOMA!, West Horsley Place
by Fiona Scott - June 09, 2018

Oh, what a beautiful evening in West Horsley! Grange Park Opera open their 2018 summer festival season with Rogers and Hammerstein's vintage musical (the first of its kind in 1943), set in the farming heartlands of America....

BWW Review: THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - June 08, 2018

The Daughter-in-Law bristles with working class reality buoyed by dialect and accent rooted in the Nottinghamshire pits - but the characters never emerge from that backdrop and the play leaves one with an unsatisfying sense of disbelief....

BWW Review: SANCHO - AN ACT OF REMEMBRANCE, Wilton's Music Hall
by Gary Naylor - June 07, 2018

Paterson Joseph's homage to a forgotten person, indeed, a forgotten people, has its moments but ultimately falls short of the drama required for it to really fly....

BWW Review: THE STRANGE DEATH OF JOHN DOE, Hampstead Theatre
by Gary Naylor - June 06, 2018

A timely and important new play that blends movement, comedy and pathos into a compelling mix that says much about how we value life in 2018....

BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - May 30, 2018

George and Ira Gershwin have written some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. Crazy for You contains some of their most beloved hits: 'I Got Rhythm', 'Embraceable You', 'Someone to Watch Over Me', and more....

BWW Review: BIRDSONG, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Fraser MacDonald - May 30, 2018

As the centenary of the armistice of the First World War approaches, there is no better time for Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong to be revived once again in its staged adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff....

BWW Review: BREAK OF NOON, Finborough Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 29, 2018

A revival of a work by the revered French playwright, Paul Claudel, that probably doesn't say enough, but does so at enormous length....

BWW Review: THE STRING QUARTET'S GUIDE TO SEX AND ANXIETY, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - May 24, 2018

The Mental Health Foundation reports that there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK in 2013. All of us may feel stressed at some point in our lives, but it can be an unwanted and overwhelming strain on many people's day-to-day activities....

BWW Review: A SOCKFUL OF CUSTARD, Pleasance Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 23, 2018

A curiously intrusive structure gets in the way of the extraordinary, one-off comic genius that was Spike Milligan in an affectionate tribute from Chris Larner and Jeremy Stockwell....

BWW Review: THRILLER LIVE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Fraser MacDonald - May 22, 2018

Despite an incredible back catalogue to choose from, and a nine year production history, the show never really captivates it's audience in the way it should....

BWW Review: MISS SAIGON, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - May 19, 2018

As one of the final so called mega-musicals of the 1980s, Miss Saigon could be forgiven if it felt a little dated by 2018. Thankfully, there's not one bit of tiredness about this re-booted version, originally seen in London in 2014 for its 25th Anniversary....

BWW Review: THE HUMOURS OF BANDON, Brighthelm Centre
by Fiona Scott - May 18, 2018

What craic! The Humours of Bandon is a delightful peek into the world of Irish Dancing Championships. Written and performed by Margaret McAuliffe and directed by Stefanie Preissner, this one-woman show tells the story of schoolgirl Annie over the course of a few years as she juggles schoolwork and n...

BWW Review: OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD, Sheffield Crucible
by Ruth Deller - May 16, 2018

Ramps on the Moon and Nottingham Playhouse present a powerful, creative and timely take on Timberlake Wertenbaker's play....

BWW Review: EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS (SONGS BANNED BY THE NAZIS), Gate Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 15, 2018

Weimar Cabaret delivered with talent, humour and fear to burn!...

BWW Review: ADAM, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - May 10, 2018

The journey of an asylum seeker is a harrowing one, especially if it's your family and old identity you are fleeing....

BWW Review: WORTH A FLUTTER, The Hope Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 09, 2018

A slice of working class life that tickles the funny bone and pulls at the heartstrings, but never quite resolves its structural issues....

BWW Review: A HOUSE REPEATED, Brighton Dome
by Fiona Scott - May 08, 2018

Those of us who have played strategy computer games will be familiar with the frustration of coming across locked doors, retracing our steps and getting lost in a virtual world. A House Repeated plunges the audience into a virtual Brighton Dome and we are encouraged to 'explore' by the two guides/na...

BWW Review: THE SWALLOW, Cervantes Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 08, 2018

Guillem Clua's new play is a serious examination of how love finds expression differently, beautifully translated and acted with great sensitivity - a thought-provoking and ultimately uplifting production....

BWW Review: Little Shop of Horrors, Cumbernauld Theatre
by Fraser MacDonald - May 05, 2018

Cumbernauld Musical Theatre Society bring their first staged musical to Cumbernauld Theatre only a year after the Society's inception. Audiences can expect spooks, laughs and a ridiculously catchy score in this loveable monster of a musical....

BWW Review: OTHELLO, Liverpool Everyman
by Brogen Campbell - May 03, 2018

For their third production this season, the Everyman company tackles Shakespeare's enduring tragedy based upon lies, jealously and power....

BWW Review: TWANG!! THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre
by Gary Naylor - April 27, 2018

A Lionel Bart post-Oliver! flop given a new book and a huge injection of energy just makes you feel happy - and ain't that a good thing!...

BWW Review: PRESENT LAUGHTER, Chichester Festival Theatre
by Fiona Scott - April 27, 2018

Noel Coward's comic play Present Laughter is said to be his most autobiographical work, dealing with the complexities of a life of fame in the theatre world. It tells of the mischief and misery of actor Garry Essendine (an anagram of 'neediness', as the programme note points out), his household staf...

BWW Review: MOORMAID, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - April 25, 2018

Moormaid takes on a contemporary issue - the return to Europe of young men who fought in Syria - but fails to build characters in whom we can believe despite some fine acting....

BWW Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Tobacco Factory Theatres
by Tim Wright - April 25, 2018

There's an old rocking chair with a threadbare cushion in the corner of small living room near Brooklyn Bridge, New York. In it sits Eddie Carbone, our tragic hero, reading the paper. He smells of coffee from the sacks he's been unloading at the docks. A hard-working man providing for his wife Beatr...