UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 35

BWW Review: BAR MITZVAH BOY, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, March 25 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 26, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a show that has plenty of great songs and feelgood family fun, but topples into schmaltz showing its 40 years in Act Two....

BWW Review: GREG WOHEAD: COMEBACK SPECIAL, Shoreditch Town Hall, March 24 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 25, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a one-man show that is more Performance Art than theatre and finds it track to maintain concentration on lines repeated over and over and over again....

BWW Review: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, March 24, 2016
by Robert Gould - March 25, 2016

Robert Gould reviews the Simon Greiff-helmed revue of Stiles and Drewe songs, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre for BWW....

BWW Review: DON'T SLEEP THERE ARE SNAKES, Park Theatre, March 23 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 24, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a strange play that never quite decides on what it wants to be and finishes just when the drama is getting started....

BWW Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Birmingham Rep Theatre, March 23 2016
by Jenny Ell - March 25, 2016

With an original publication date back in 1836, Nikolai Gogol's satirical play The Government Inspector is certainly not new writing. Some 180 years on, the text centring on greed and political anarchy in Russia is still being performed. The storyline has had a wealth of incarnations over the years ...

BWW Review: WITCHES OF EASTWICK, Old Rep Theatre Birmingham, March 19 2016
by Jenny Ell - March 22, 2016

Stage musical Witches of Eastwick was adapted from John Updike's novel of the same name thirteen years after the film was released in 1987- starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. The show opened in London to mixed reviews but since then has been performed internationall...

BWW Review: THE NAP, The Crucible, Sheffield, Mar 15 2016
by Ruth Deller - March 19, 2016

Finally - a play about snooker at The Crucible! Richard Bean's new comedy is a fun night out celebrating the theatre and the game....

BWW Review: BU21, Theatre 503, March 18 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 19, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play that shows humanity at its best and worst and plenty of points in between, driven by a brilliant script by one of Britain's best young playwrights....

BWW Review: MARY POPPINS, Birmingham Hippodrome
by Emma Cann - March 17, 2016

Everyone's favourite magical nanny, Mary Poppins, is back in this award-winning musical adaptation of the P.L.Travers novel and beloved Disney film. Featuring many of the most popular songs composed by the Sherman brothers, this blockbuster musical is, for many, a wonderfully nostalgic trip down mem...

BWW Review: LUCE, Southwark Playhouse, March 14 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 15, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an engrossing play that asks as many questions as it answers about teenagers, parents, schools and language....

BWW Review: BAD GIRLS THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, March 12 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 13, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a prison musical revived in a more suitable environment by a talented ensemble cast and impressive live band....

BWW Review: DON GIOVANNI, Hackney Empire, March 11 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 12, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a superbly staged adaptation of Mozart's opera, sung in English and packed with comedy and villainy - and with a message for today too....

BWW Review: GANGSTA GRANNY, Lyceum, Sheffield, Mar 9 2016
by Ruth Deller - March 12, 2016

David Walliams' bestseller is a child-pleasing tale of how the elderly can surprise us....

BWW Review: PIA DE' TOLOMEI, Hackney Empire, March 10 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 12, 2016

Gary Naylor sees an opera that, though is Italian as a gondolier eating an ice cream while conducting a loud argument with his best friend, has much in common with Shakespearean tragedy....

BWW Review: BERYL, Rose Theatre Kingston,March 8 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 09, 2016

Gary Naylor sees something between a play and an illustrated lecture that tells the story of one of Britain's forgotten sporting greats....

BWW Review: I SEE YOU, Royal Court Theatre, March 5 2016
by Laura Jones - March 16, 2016

It's been an exciting few months for Noma Dumezweni. At the end of last year she stepped into the lead role of Linda at the last minute, replacing Kim Cattrell, it was announced that she would be playing the role of Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opening this summer and in I S...

BWW Review: IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE, Hackney Empire, March 5 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 06, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a simply staged but powerful production of Gluck's 18th century opera about the sister and brother reunited far from home who seize the opportunity to fulfil their destinies....

BWW Review: MERIT, Finborough Theatre, March 04 2016
by Tom Cox - March 10, 2016

In this time of austerity, Alexandra Wood offers up a neat two-hander about the effects of both wealth and poverty on morality, questioning what merits real action....

BWW Review: TRANSPORTS, Pleasance Theatre, March 1 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 02, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a play based on the true story of a girl who fled the Nazi Holocaust on the Kindertransport that has much to say about that and about people more generally....

BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, February 29 2016
by Gary Naylor - March 01, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a production of a Shakespearean classic that starts unconventionally and spins off into mayhem!...

BWW Review: THE 39 STEPS, Birmingham Rep Theatre, February 29 2016
by Jenny Ell - March 01, 2016

The fifth longest-running play in the West End, The 39 Steps is currently being performed country-wide as part of its tenth anniversary tour. This multiple award-winning comedy was originally adapted by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon  from Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film of the same name for a cast of on...

BWW Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
by Emma Cann - March 17, 2016

This season, the Royal Shakespeare Company celebrates not only the 400th anniversary of the death of their namesake, but also that of Miguel de Cervantes, with a brand new adaptation of Don Quixote. After a lifetime of reading books on chivalry, Don Quixote decides to embark on a quest of his own...

BWW Review: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, February 25 2016
by Gary Naylor - February 27, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a 20th century classic that makes plenty of demands on its audience but rewards it with a rich mix of politics, stylistic innovation and insight into human nature....

BWW Review: MISS JULIE, Etcetra Theatre, February 24 2016
by Gary Naylor - February 27, 2016

Gary Naylor sees a fine production of the Swedish classic about class, sex and social norms that retains its relevance over a century since Strindberg wrote it.....

BWW Review: END OF THE RAINBOW, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, February 23 2016
by Jenny Ell - February 24, 2016

Film and stage biopics surrounding the life of a celebrity hold particular intrigue for many people. They can be inherently risky due to the validity of the information being portrayed but ultimately, the general public want to gain an otherwise unforeseen insight into that person's life. Here with ...