UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 44

BWW Reviews: SINGLE SPIES, Rose Theatre, September 30 2014
by Gary Naylor - October 01, 2014

Gary Naylor sees two beautifully written, splendidly acted timeless plays that say as much about England today as they did in the 1980s. Funny, clever and relevant - what more can one ask?...

BWW Reviews: TWELFTH NIGHT, Crucible, Sheffield, 23 September 2014
by Ruth Deller - September 26, 2014

The English Touring Theatre/Sheffield Theatres co-production is a vibrant take on Shakespeare's classic romcom....

BWW Reviews: DIRTY DANCING, Wolverhampton Grand, September 24 2014
by Jenny Antill - September 25, 2014

Dirty Dancing is iconic. An immeasurable amount of people have seen the 1987 film and adapting it for a stage show was a very clever move by the producers. The last time I saw this production was at Birmingham Hippodrome in 2012 so I was interested to see it again in a different venue. This is its s...

BWW Reviews: THE VERTICAL HOUR, Park Theatre, September 25 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 26, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a play that remains as relevant today as on its Broadway premiere seven years ago: one that scores high on talk but, inevitably, low on solutions....

BWW Reviews: RUDY'S RARE RECORDS, Hackney Empire, September 24 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 25, 2014

Gary Naylor enjoys a stage adaptation of a Radio 4 sitcom set in an old record shop in Handsworth, Birmingham, populated by a family falling out and making up the way families do....

BWW Reviews: OUT OF THE LENS, Waterloo East Theatre, September 18 2014
by Alice Chappell - September 28, 2014

For three nights only, a new piece of musical theatre enjoyed its second outing at the Waterloo East Theatre - Out of the Lens, starring Guy Woolf and Andrew Walker....

BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD, Twickenham Theatre, September 19 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 20, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a remarkable production of a classic musical, one that brings the audience right into Sweeney's shop for a shave almost too close for comfort....

BWW Reviews: PRICE OF MONEY, Albany Theatre, September 17 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 20, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a company brimming with talent and anger deliver a crushing critique of capitalism through dynamic, demanding drama - and plenty of well-placed sweary bits....

BWW Reviews: BRAZOUKA, New Wimbledon Theatre, September 16 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 17, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a show that makes up for its lack of any real story with energy, spectacle and a real connection with an audience who went off into the London night dreaming of Rio....

BWW Reviews: PROPAGANDA SWING, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, September 16 2014
by Jenny Antill - September 17, 2014

Propaganda Swing is a co-production between the Belgrade Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and is written by Peter Arnott. The writing is based upon a true story at the commencement of World War II in Berlin. Billy Constant, an American CBS journalist, narrates the proceedings and is ...

BWW Reviews: GHOST FROM A PERFECT PLACE, Arcola Theatre, September 15 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 16, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a twentieth anniversary production of a play that caused outrage in the mid-90s but feels overly familiar and overtaken by events in the mid-teens....

BWW Reviews: MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN, The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, September 12 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 13, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a bold and ambitious, and demanding, production of Brecht's classic anti-war play set in the unique and spectacular grounds of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich....

BWW Reviews: THE DREAMING, Union Theatre, September 10 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 11, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a musical that captures the charm of its inspiration, A Midsummer Night's Dream, but is slightly let down by inconsistent singing....

BWW Reviews: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, New Wimbledon Theatre, September 9 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 10, 2014

Gary Naylor sees an old-fashioned crowdpleaser of a musical, stuffed with the clever, catchy songs of all-time Broadway great Irving Berlin. There is indeed no business like show business....

BWW Reviews: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, September 4 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 06, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a musical brimming with ambition and confidence flawed only by a slight weakness in its storytelling, the complexities of the great 19th century novel a little lost in the adaptation....

BWW Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Rose Theatre Kingston, September 5 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 06, 2014

Gary Nayor sees a production of Shakespeare's most loved comedy brimming with the traditional charm and wit one has come to expect from the Globe Theatre, about to tour the Far East....

BWW Reviews: GROUNDED, Birmingham Rep, September 4 2014
by Jenny Antill - September 05, 2014

Grounded had its UK premiere at the Gate Theatre Notting Hill last year to critical acclaim, following achieving the 2012 Smith Prize from the National New Play Network in America and a 2013 Fringe First award. George Brant's play is a fast paced monologue delivered by a female F16 fighter pilot who...

BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET, Temple Church, September 1 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 02, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a unique production of Romeo and Juliet set in the nave of the extraordinary Temple Church, resting place of the legendary Knights Templar....

BWW Reviews: THE BLANK CANVAS, King's Head Theatre, August 31 2014
by Gary Naylor - September 03, 2014

Gary Naylor sees the winner of OperaUpClose's new writing competition, an opera that may be confined to a small performing space, but one unafraid to ask some difficult questions and unafraid to be defined by challenging, but ultimately rewarding, music and sensational singing....

BWW Reviews: EYE OF A NEEDLE, Southwark Playhouse, August 29 2014
by Gary Naylor - August 30, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a new play set in the Kafkaesque world of the UK's Border Agency as a young idealist butts up against an old hand when a charismatic political activist shakes up the system....

BWW Reviews: DRAG KING RICHARD III, Riverside Studios, July 31 2014
by Gary Naylor - August 01, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a play about a person's transition from female to male and how that impacts on her best friend - and himself. Though the context is historical, the lessons are as relevant today as ever....

BWW Reviews: HOLES, Arcola Tent, July 22 2014
by Becky Brewis - July 23, 2014

A new comedy by Tom Basden, set after a plane crash in a post-cold war dystopia....

BWW Reviews: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: BARMY BRITAIN, Lyceum, Sheffield, July 17 2014
by Ruth Deller - July 21, 2014

Anarchic fun for all in this stage version of the popular children's book series....

BWW Reviews: THE SHEFFIELD MYSTERIES, Crucible, Sheffield 15 July 2014
by Ruth Deller - July 17, 2014

The new, Sheffield-themed, take on the Mystery Plays makes the most of its huge cast of locals....

BWW Reviews: BLACK COFFEE, New Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, July 7 2014
by Jenny Antill - July 08, 2014

Black Coffee is the first play that Agatha Christie wrote for the stage back in 1929, when the show is set. Sir Claud Amory summons the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and his trusted friend Captain Hastings to his London house to investigate who has stolen a formula from his safe. Upon ar...