UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 48

BWW Reviews: THE WORLD GOES ROUND - THE SONGS OF KANDER AND EBB, Union Theatre, January 17 2014
by Gary Naylor - January 18, 2014

There are - and you're going to have to believe me on this one - people who don't like musical theatre. They cite the preposterous plots, the sentimental manipulation, the overwhelming spectacle - and the ineluctable fact that people insist on bursting into song....

BWW Reviews: BLINK, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, January 14 2014
by Ruth Deller - January 16, 2014

Phil Porter's one-act, two-handed play Blink earned a number of warm reviews in its 2012 runs in Soho and Edinburgh, and is now on tour throughout the UK in March. The play tells the unconventional story of Jonah (Thomas Pickles) and Sophie (Lizzy Watts) whose lives have a number of significant para...

BWW Reviews: OTHELLO, Riverside Studios, January 16 2014
by Gary Naylor - January 18, 2014

Though not among Shakespeare's more gory tragedies (competition is pretty fierce after all), Othello is surely his most brutal, a slow motion car crash, in which love and trust go up against cynicism and venality - and lose....

BWW Reviews: DON QUIJOTE, Camden People's Theatre, January 7 2014
by Gary Naylor - January 16, 2014

It is (natch) quixotic to stage a version of the mighty chronicle of the unhinged Spanish knight in a North London basement, but what's life (especially theatre) for if not such dreams?...

BWW Reviews: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, Bristol Hippodrome, January 14 2014
by Kathryn Pintus - January 15, 2014

If the January blues are getting you down, I can suggest no better cure than to do-si-do on down to the Bristol Hippodrome this week for a thigh-slapping evening of musical mayhem with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. A show packed full of raucous dance numbers, rugged sets (and men!) and downright ...

BWW Reviews: LOST BOY, Finborough Theatre, January 2 2014
by Gary Naylor - January 03, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a salute to lost innocence, one hundred years on....

BWW Reviews: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE PANTO, The Cockpit Theatre, December 16 2013
by Alice Chappell - December 27, 2013

So it turns out that the remedy to the hideous tradition of pantomime is Jane Austen. While Austen's characteristically subtle repartee was replaced with camp, raucous humour, there was a sense of ironic wit throughout - and some universally understood 'in' jokes for any lit geek to revel in....

BWW Reviews: CORIOLANUS, The Donmar Warehouse, December 18 2013
by Alice Chappell - December 27, 2013

One of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays, Coriolanus has exploded into one of the most hyped-up events the Donmar Warehouse has seen this year. Director Josie Rourke's production is visceral and modern from the off, cleverly making what could be an abstract political plotline something to get ang...

BWW Reviews: OLIVER! Crucible, Sheffield, December 16 2013
by Ruth Deller - December 17, 2013

The Christmas musical is fast becoming one of the highlights of Sheffield Theatres' programme. Last year's My Fair Lady was a sell-out crowd-pleaser that earned a range of plaudits. So how does Sheffield Crucible's production of Oliver! compare?...

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN GOES WRONG, Pleasance Theatre, December 13 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 14, 2013

Gary Naylor sees another madcap laugh-a-minute disaster....

BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA, Bristol Hippodrome, December 10 2013
by Kathryn Pintus - December 14, 2013

Fun, festive frolics abound in the Bristol Hippodrome's production of Cinderella! A sparkly curtain sets the tone for the upbeat evening ahead, which is full of colour, sparkle and flair (and some blindingly pink tights!)....

BWW Reviews: ALADDIN, New Wimbledon Theatre, December 9 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 11, 2013

Gary Naylor sees a traditional Wimbledon panto blockbuster....

BWW Reviews: CHICAGO, Curve Theatre Leicester, December 4 2013
by Jenny Antill - December 05, 2013

Last night marked five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Curve Theatre in Leicester. To celebrate this, the wonderful team at the theatre put on a showbiz evening to remember....

BWW Reviews: BUTTONS ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY, Rosemary Branch Theatre, December 10 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 11, 2013

Gary Naylor sees another Christmas Show triumph from the Charles Court Opera Company....

BWW Reviews: DIE FLEDERMAUS, King's Head Theatre, December 11 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 12, 2013

Gary Naylor sees another opera done Opera-Up-Close style....

BWW Reviews: SEASON'S GREETINGS, Union Theatre, December 5 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 06, 2013

Gary Naylor enjoys a revival of an Ayckbourn Christmas play rather more than he did the first time he saw it....

BWW Reviews: THE SNOW GORILLA, Rose Theatre, December 2 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 03, 2013

Gary Naylor sees a show long on entertainment if a little short on plot...

BWW Reviews: PUSS IN BOOTS, Greenwich Theatre, December 1 2013
by Gary Naylor - December 02, 2013

Gary Naylor sees another traditional panto at one of London's great panto theatres....

BWW Reviews: THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Chickenshed Theatre, November 29 2013
by Gary Naylor - November 30, 2013

Chickenshed prepare to celebrate 40 years with a revival of an old favourite....

BWW Reviews: WOYZECK, Omnibus Clapham, November 27 2013
by Gary Naylor - November 28, 2013

Gary Naylor sees a modern classic - perhaps the first modern classic...

BWW Reviews: BEATING MCENROE, Ovalhouse Theatre, November 26 2013
by Gary Naylor - November 27, 2013

Gary Naylor sees an engaging show about sibling rivalry - and love....

BWW Reviews: LIZZIE SIDDAL, Arcola Theatre, November 22 2013
by Gary Naylor - November 23, 2013

Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly realised homage to an immortal woman....

BWW Reviews: WHITE CHRISTMAS, Bristol Hippodrome, November 19 2013
by Kathryn Pintus - November 20, 2013

I left the house this evening after a long day at work, and stepped out into the dark, cold evening not feeling my best, but thanks to the Bristol Light Opera Club (BLOC) gang I came home with a smile on my face. Their production this year is Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which brings some festiv...

BWW Reviews: LA TRAVIATA, King's Head Theatre, November 16 2013
by Gary Naylor - November 17, 2013

Gary Naylor sees a scaled down version of Verdi's classic that captures the soul of the story....

BWW Reviews: THAT FACE, Landor Theatre, November 14 2013
by Adrian Bradley - November 15, 2013

Mummy's boys, daddy's girls and a family falling apart form the centre of Polly Stenham's breakthrough play THAT FACE, now revived at the tiny Landor Theatre...