UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 56

BWW Reviews: RENT, Greenwich Theatre, September 6
by Carrie Dunn - September 07, 2012

Done to death by companies up and down the country over the past few years, Jonathan Larson's RENT can't quite be accused of being underexposed. As a result, it's a bit of a struggle to summon much enthusiasm about a new London production (particularly when there's another one waiting to open shortl...

BWW Reviews: MAGGIE, MAGGIE, MAGGIE *** *** ***, Hackney Empire, September 1 2012
by Gary Naylor - September 02, 2012

Gary Naylor isn't the only one reliving his youth in Hackney....

BWW Reviews: THE GREAT GATSBY MUSICAL, Kings Head Theatre, August 17 2012
by Gary Naylor - August 18, 2012

Gary Naylor sees love crash and burn in a musical adaptation of the F Scott Fitgerald classic...

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: RAINBOW, Zoo Southside, August 13
by Michael Elm - August 18, 2012

Michael Elm reviews Emily Jenkin's latest brilliantly grim play....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: BULLET CATCH, Traverse Theatre, August 12
by Carrie Dunn - August 13, 2012

trick, or most commonly, the bullet catch - but the wonder and awe it instills has remained constant. Written and performed by Rob Drummond, the Edinburgh incarnation of this infamous trick offers its audience even more....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: HI-DE-HOMO, C Venues, August 12
by Carrie Dunn - August 13, 2012

Having whipped Fringe audiences into something of a big gay frenzy last year with their enormously charming and very much sold-out offering 'Little Shop of Homos', the London Gay Men's Chorus Ensemble - a new name; last year they were known as Far From Kansas - are back. 'Hi-De-Homo', their holiday ...

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: KILLING TIME, Bedlam Theatre, August 8
by Michael Elm - August 11, 2012

Killing Time, an entertaining last hour before the Apocalypse reviewed by Michael Elm....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: THE LONELY ONE, Underbelly, August 7
by Michael Elm - August 11, 2012

Michael Elm revels in the tension-and light tricks-of The Lonely One at the Underbelly....

BWW Reviews: SOHO CINDERS, Soho Theatre, August 9
by Lucy Thackray - August 10, 2012

Soho Cinders does what it says on the tin - it's a cheeky London W1 reworking of the classic Cinderella tale, centred on Robbie (Tom Milner), a cute but savvy young gay man with very little family but many dreams. He has ugly sisters (the deliciously vulgar, lycra-clad Suzie Chard and Beverly Rudd),...

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: CAMILLE CLAUDEL, Pleasance Courtyard, August 4
by Carrie Dunn - August 08, 2012

Camille Claudel waits patiently, a sculpture herself, as the audience enters the studio theatre of the Pleasance Courtyard. Her smile, welcoming but manic, is directed at each individual as they tentatively join the space....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: NICK MOHAMMED IS MR SWALLOW:2012, the Pleasance Courtyard, August 6
by Michael Elm - August 07, 2012

Excellent character comedy from the very talented Nick Mohammed at the Pleasance....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: BOY IN A DRESS at Stand 3, August 5
by Michael Elm - August 06, 2012

A weird and wonderful show; Boy in a Dress does impress....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: UNMYTHABLE at the Zoo Venues' Monkey House, August 5
by Michael Elm - August 05, 2012

Michael Elm reviews the show that not that many are people are talking about - not yet anyway- Unmythable. ...

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: THE BLIND, August 3
by Michael Elm - August 04, 2012

Noise and energy were present in equally large measures as THE BLIND launches at the Edinburgh festival....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: CELIA PACQUOLA - DELAYED, August 1
by Michael Elm - August 04, 2012

Michael Elm reviews a preview of Celia Pacquola's upcoming Edinburgh show and compares it to a cup of tea....

EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: WHY DO YOU STAND THERE IN THE RAIN?, C+2, August 1 2012
by Carrie Dunn - August 01, 2012

Peter Arnott's new play takes its name from the Woody Guthrie song, and tells the story of the 'Bonus Expeditionary Force': 25,000 world war one veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to seek promised payments from the US government. Instead of a grateful welcome in recognition of their sacrific...

BWW Reviews: PROUD, Lost Theatre, July 26 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 27, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a topical comedy in the Olympic City....

BWW Reviews: 1936, Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler's Wells, July 19 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 21, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a shameful episode of Olympics history exposed and explained....

BWW Reviews: MOMENTOUS MUSICALS, New Wimbledon Theatre, July 20 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 20, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a new kind of show and is impressed....

BWW Reviews: THE DREAMING at International Youth Arts Festival, Rose Theatre Kingston, July 17 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 18, 2012

Gary Naylor has to remind himself that the actors and musicians are teenagers!...

BWW Reviews: MR KOLPERT, Kings Head Theatre, July 16 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 16, 2012

Gary Naylor sees suburbia shattered...

BWW Reviews: VIEUX CARRÉ, Kings Head Theatre, July 13 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 14, 2012

Mrs Wire runs her shabby New Orleans boarding house with Basil Fawlty's arch sense of misplaced morality and a similar contempt for guests that spills over, literally at one point, into violence....

BWW Reviews: DIRTY DANCING, Birmingham Hippodrome, July 10 2012
by Jenny Antill - July 11, 2012

"Nobody puts Baby in the corner" and "I carried a watermelon" are probably two of the most iconic phrases in the history of film, and are ones that were welcomed with a rapturous response at the press night of Dirty Dancing at the Birmingham Hippodrome last night....

BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT, The Actor's Church, July 2012
by Lucy Thackray - July 04, 2012

St Paul's Church on the west side of Covent Garden piazza is known as 'The Actor's Church', apt as it sits nestled in buzzing theatreland. Iris Theatre's bold and inventive production of one of the Bard's best comedies is based in the gardens of the church....

BWW Reviews: BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, Unicorn Theatre, June 30 2012
by Gary Naylor - July 02, 2012

Gary Naylor sees an innovative, at times extraordinary, work that sits somewhere between theatre and performance art....