UK Regional Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 58

BWW Reviews: BETRAYAL, Crucible Theatre, May 22 2012
by Ruth Deller - May 22, 2012

Pinter's classic play opens at Sheffield Crucible with a star cast....

BWW Reviews: JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL, Union Theatre, May 18 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 19, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a brutal and ambitious version of a classic tale....

BWW Reviews: STARLIGHT EXPRESS, New Wimbledon Theatre, May 15 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 16, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a legendary musical still years away from hitting the buffers....

BWW Reviews: AESOP'S FABLES, Hackney Empire, May 13 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 13, 2012

Gary Naylor enjoys the third of Isango Ensemble's productions every bit as much as the others....

BWW Reviews: THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS - IZIGWILI EZIDLAKAZELAYOLA, Hackney Empire, May 12 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 13, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a legendary novel brought to the stage....

BWW Reviews: BABEL, Caledonian Park, May 11 2012
by Carrie Dunn - May 12, 2012

As the crowd traipses through the gates of Caledonian Park, their babble mingles with performers' voices, welcoming us with murmurs of "tonight's the night". This confusion between audience and performers is at the heart of Babel, a massive immersive enterprise and rare collaboration between theatre...

BWW Reviews: LA BOHEME ABANXAXHI, Hackney Empire, May 11 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 12, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a show for which only that old solecism 'very unique' will do....

BWW Reviews: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS Plays Hightide Festival
by Gary Naylor - May 07, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a deserving target skewered by a masterly monologue....

BWW Reviews: MUDLARKS at the Hightide Festival
by Gary Naylor - May 07, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a slice of 2012 that reminds him of a slice of 1980....

BWW Reviews: HOW TO THINK THE UNTHINKABLE, Unicorn Theatre, May 5 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 05, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a version of Antigone for teens that pulls no punches....

BWW Reviews: MAKE BETTER PLEASE, Battersea Arts Centre, May 3 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 05, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a good and bad work about bad and good works....

BWW Reviews: UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, Camden People's Theatre, May 2 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 03, 2012

Gary Naylor sees New Jersey girl, Amy Lamé obsess over Manchester's Morrissey....

BWW Reviews: MACBETH, The House of Detention Clerkenwell, May 1 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 02, 2012

gary Naylor enjoys and endures a unique theatrical experience....

BWW Reviews: HOWLIN' COMEDY CLUB, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio, April 30 2012
by Gary Naylor - May 01, 2012

Gary Naylor sees two hours of traditional stand-up in an intimate setting...

BWW Reviews: PLATFORM 18: THATCHER’S CHILDREN, BEATS, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh - April 28
by James T Harding - April 29, 2012

This double bill of the winners of the Arches' Platform 18 competition presents two one-hour plays as different from each other as they could possibly be: Thatcher's Children by Gary Gardiner and Beats by Kieran Hurley....

BWW Reviews: HIS GREATNESS, Finborough Theatre, April 27 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 28, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a play about failing powers and Tennessee Williams. ...

BWW Reviews: David Shrigley's PASS THE SPOON, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, April 26
by James T Harding - April 27, 2012

June Spoon and Phillip Fork host Pass the Spoon, a vibrant cookery show/opera mashup by David Shrigley, David Fennessy and Nicholas Bone. Mr Granules is coming to dinner, and the presenters must impress him with a Special Menu. Everything seems to be going to plan, but when the chops burn and Mr Gra...

BWW Reviews: BARBARIANS, Tooting Arts Club, April 25 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 26, 2012

Gary Naylor is buffeted by a blast from the past...

BWW Reviews: BABES IN ARMS, Union Theatre, April 24 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 26, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a musical full of classic songs....

BWW Reviews: SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME, Southwark Playhouse, April 23 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 24, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a twenty year old play send a timeless message....

BWW Reviews: AUTOBIOGRAPHER, Toynbee Studios, April 20 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 22, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a work that sits somewhere between theatre and performance art. ...

BWW Reviews: SOUL SISTER, Hackney Empire, April 19 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 19, 2012

Gary Naylor sees a West End show in the East End. ...

BWW Reviews: DANCING QUEEN at New Wimbledon Theatre, April 17 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 17, 2012

Gary Naylor sees some great songs performed well, if not sung particularly well....

BWW Reviews: THERE'S A LEAK! / MEDEA, Greenwich Theatre, April 16 2012
by Gary Naylor - April 17, 2012

Gary Naylor sees two contrasting plays united in a desire to foster youth theatre....

BWW Reviews: BLACK BATTLES WITH DOGS, Southwark Playhouse, April 13 2012
by Carrie Dunn - April 16, 2012

Playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes left a disclaimer: "Black Battles with Dogs is not about Africa, it is not about the blacks - I am not an African playwright - it is not about neocolonialism, not about the racial question."...