UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 32

BWW Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Lyric Hammersmith, 16 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play with plenty of emotional torment on display but a dubious political message that sits ill with its venue....

BWW Review: A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR, Print Room at the Coronet, 15 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 16, 2016

Gary Naylor enjoys a Tennessee Williams play full of sharp dialogue, tenderness and the poignant loss of missed opportunities....

BWW Review: SISTER ACT, New Alexandra Theatre, 12 September 2016
by Emma Cann - September 13, 2016

Jamie Wilson and the Leicester Curve's new production of Sister Act contains all of the ingredients for a smash-hit musical: a star director, a celebrity lead, a well-known, beloved story based on a popular film, and a plethora of sequins and catchy tunes.  Based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi ...

BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Birmingham Hippodrome, 7 September 2016
by Emma Cann - September 09, 2016

One of the world's most famous cars has flown into the Birmingham Hippodrome this week, in the form of Ian Fleming's spectacular musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Based on the beloved film of the same name, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sees struggling inventor Caractacus Potts swept away on an extraordina...

BWW Review: PUNKPLAY, Southwark Playhouse, 10 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 11, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play that examines suburban alienation in 80's America and the salvation Punk offered - on rollerskates!...

BWW Review: THE AMERICAN WIFE, Park Theatre, 9 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 10, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a production that proves that if a script is poor, the play has no chance of success....

BWW Review: THE AWAKENING, Brockley Jack Theatre
by Gary Naylor - September 09, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an award-winning play from DL Productions that makes its demands on the audience, but provides its rewards too....

BWW Review: ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, 6 September 2016
by Jenny Ell - September 07, 2016

Writer Bob Eaton had previous success with 2-Tone Musical Three Minute Heroes at the Belgrade Theatre in 2014. This time, he has put pen to paper to create a musical loosely based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Roll Over Beethoven boasts an original rock 'n' roll score against a backdrop of post-w...

BWW Review: LA BOHÈME, King's Head Theatre, 5 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 06, 2016

Gary Naylor sees another triumphant boutique opera at the genre's spiritual home with all the thrills of operatic voices at close quarters and plenty of laughter and tears too....

BWW Review: HOME CHAT, Finborough Theatre, 1 September 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 03, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a beautifully delivered comedy of manners performed for the first time in almost 90 years....

BWW Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI / PAGLIACCI, Arcola Theatre, 31 August 2016
by Gary Naylor - September 01, 2016

Gary Naylor sees two short operas from Irrational Theatre that provide wonderful value for money and a fine introduction to the form....

BWW Review: THE ROUNDABOUT, Park Theatre, 25 August 2016
by Gary Naylor - August 26, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a revival that invites comparisons between the Britain of the 1930s and 2010s, but runs out of narrative energy and character credibility...

BWW Review: CHILDREN OF EDEN, Union Theatre, 16 August 2016
by Gary Naylor - August 17, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a beautifully staged revival of a 1991 musical that's great on music, but not so good on making God likeable....

BWW Review: THERÈSE RAQUIN, Southwark Playhouse, 15 August 2016
by Gary Naylor - August 16, 2016

Gary Naylor sees Zola's tale of lust and murder brilliantly staged and performed....

BWW Review: SIMON DAVID: VIRGIN, Hen and Chickens Theatre
by Liz Cearns - August 15, 2016

Actor-musician Simon David revives his sell-out show, 'Simon David: Virgin' for the Camden Fringe Festival....

BWW Review: ALLEGRO, Southwark Playhouse, 12 August 2016
by Gary Naylor - August 13, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a show that had been forgotten, but is thrillingly brought to the London stage for the first time...

BWW Review: SISTER ACT, Curve Theatre Leicester, 11 August 2016
by Jenny Ell - August 12, 2016

Based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act premiered onstage in the West End in 2009 starring Patina Miller as Deloris Van Cartier and Sheila Hancock as the Mother Superior. The lavish production opened at the London Palladium to critical acclaim and has enjoyed many revivals across...

BWW Review: PRESENT LAUGHTER, Richmond Theatre, 1 August 2016
by Emma Clarendon - August 02, 2016

The 1939 play, written specifically by Noel Coward to create a tailormade part to showcase his own talent, is perhaps not one of his strongest pieces of work, needing a strong cast to carry it off - which thankfully this revival does have...

BWW Review: CUTTIN' IT, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 20 July 2016
by Ruth Deller - July 22, 2016

The award-winning new play from Charlene James is a vibrant and engaging piece that shines a light on the horrors of FGM as experienced through the eyes of two teenagers....

BWW Review: A DREAM, Crucible, Sheffield, 13 July 2016
by Ruth Deller - July 14, 2016

Sheffield People's Theatre present a fantastical fun take on Shakespeare... set in a hospital!...

BWW Review: THE KREUTZER SONATA, Arcola Theatre, 12 July 2016
by Gary Naylor - July 13, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an unblinking, fearless adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's often censored story, delivered with panache and menace by Greg Hicks....

BWW Review: AFTER MISS JULIE, Richmond Theatre, 11 July 2016
by Gary Naylor - July 12, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of a classic play that packs plenty of punch despite some less than satisfactory casting....

BWW Review: CARGO, Arcola Theatre, 8 July 2016
by Gary Naylor - July 09, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a powerful, important play that speaks to a 2016 audience explicitly about the defining issue of our times....

BWW Review: CONTRACTIONS, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 5 July 2016
by Ruth Deller - July 07, 2016

Mike Bartlett's taught and darkly-black workplace satire is an assured directorial debut for Lisa Blair, with two commanding lead performances....

BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Brockley Jack Theatre, 7 July 2016
by Gary Naylor - July 08, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a production that has much to commend it, bringing a little of Athens wooded peace to the hurly-burly of London....