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Monday, March 13, 2017

BWW Review: OVERTRUE LIVE - THE MUSIC OF DANIEL AND LAURA CURTIS, The Hippodrome by Gary Naylor

Daniel and Laura Curtis showcase their current album, Overture, and give us a glimpse or two of emerging work, the songs belted out by A list West End performers.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AM
Thursday, March 9, 2017

BWW Review: WISDOM OF A FOOL, LOST Theatre by Gary Naylor

Wisdom of a Fool resurrects the much loved Norman Wisdom in Jack Lane's respectful and entertaining show that charts his rags-to-riches story.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26AM
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

BWW Review: HANDBAGGED, Jack Studio Theatre by Gary Naylor

Handbagged imagines what was said by Mrs Thatcher and The Queen in their weekly meetings to hilarious effect in Moira Buffini's award-winning satire.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AM
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

BWW Review: YOU'RE HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF THEM, Finborough Theatre by Gary Naylor

Three short plays introduce the writing of BS Johnson, a revered man of English letters whose influence resonates through the last 50 years.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59AM
Sunday, March 5, 2017

BWW Review: IONESCO - DINNER AT THE SMITHS', The Latvian House by Gary Naylor

Ionesco's absurd theatre brought to life in a handsome production that is full of wit and humour, but never loses its avant garde character.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

BWW Review: SWIFTIES, Theatre N16 by Gary Naylor

Swifties examines the obsessive nature of fandom, as dress-up and role play turns into something much more sinister in this reinvention of Jean Genet's The Maids.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39AM
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

BWW Review: HAMLET, Almeida Theatre by Gary Naylor

Hamlet anew in this technology infused but oh so human production of Shakespeare's great tragedy in which Andrew Scott gives us a warm, flawed, and eventually mad Prince.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23AM
Thursday, February 23, 2017

BWW Review: FLEW THE COOP, New Diorama Tristan Bates Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees an energetic, loud and often charming tale of love in a wartime POW Camp.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PM

BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Arcola Theatre by Gary Naylor

The Cherry Orchard retains its power to reach across decades and tell us harsh truths about a changing world.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

BWW Review: THE SORROWS OF SATAN, Tristan Bates Theatre by Gary Naylor

The Sorrows of Satan delights from beginning to end, packing in witty songs, wonderful performances and a laughs per minute ratio as high as any in the West End.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14AM
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

BWW Review: THE WILD PARTY, The Other Palace by Gary Naylor

The Wild Party is plenty wild enough, but its overly ambitious book and parade of cookie-cutter characters means that it never lands a knockout punch - or song.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33AM
Monday, February 20, 2017

Why Are Women Still Shortchanged In Theatre? by Gary Naylor

Has theatre come to terms with 21st century women Or are female characters too frequently there to help the men drive the plot from curtain to curtain

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44AM
Saturday, February 18, 2017

BWW Review: LA RONDE, The Bunker by Gary Naylor

Max Gill's clever adaptation of this classic play brings it right up to date, into the world of Tinder and Grindr and fluid sexual identities.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PM

BWW Review: VENTOUX, Vault Festival by Gary Naylor

Ventoux captures two very different men going mano a mano against each other, against the Tour de France's most fearsome mountain and, ultimately, against history's insistence that they pay …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53AM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

BWW Review: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Jack Studio Theatre by Gary Naylor

Intense and focused, this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's celebrated novel ratchets up the tension without losing the material's intellectual heft.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38AM
Sunday, February 12, 2017

BWW Review: ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, Union Theatre by Gary Naylor

Anyone Can Whistle is a rare combination of a well-deserved flop and a must-see show. Swallow the myriad flaws, and its an entertaining, sharp and eerily prophetic show.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AM
Saturday, February 11, 2017

BWW Review: MY LAND'S SHORE, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre by Gary Naylor

The show has bags of potential, passion to burn and excellent singing, but is let down by a pedestrian book and sprawling subplots.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27AM
Friday, February 10, 2017

BWW Review: NEWSIES THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, Selected cinemas, 19 February only by Gary Naylor

This one-off cinema presentation is a great way to see Newsies The Broadway Musical and get a feel for what it's like to be in a big New York audience.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01AM
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

BWW Review: RUN THE BEAST DOWN, Finborough Theatre by Gary Naylor

Run The Beast Down creates a world collapsing psychologically and socially as the foxes, real and metaphorical, close in on Charlie.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25AM
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

BWW Review: SCHOOL PLAY, Southwark Playhouse by Gary Naylor

Contemporary and hard-hitting, Alex MacKeith's debut, School Play, doesn't quite add up to the some of its parts.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29AM
Monday, February 6, 2017

Sweeney Todd in New York: How Rachel Edwards Brought Her Show To Town by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor traces five years in which a show playing to 32 customers in a rundown shop on a back street in distant district of South London made it first to the West End and now to New York.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PM
Saturday, February 4, 2017

BWW Review: SALOME, Hoxton Hall by Gary Naylor

Impressively designed in a wonderful space, Theatre Lab Company's Salome isn't quite compelling enough as entertainment nor thought-provoking enough as polemic.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34AM
Thursday, February 2, 2017

BWW Review: ROALD DAHL'S FANTASTIC MR FOX, Lyric Hammersmith by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees a new adaptation of an old favourite that hits the mark with broad appeal, plenty of laughs and fine songs.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35AM
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

BWW Review: YEARS OF SUNLIGHT, Theatre 503 by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees a play that examines the failures of the social experiment of Skelmersdale, a 60s council mega estate stuck between Liverpool and Wigan

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AM
Thursday, January 26, 2017

BWW Review: DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY, Arts Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees an award-winning show get a deserved transfer to the West End where it bubbles with laughs and some hard edged observations of how we live today.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14AM
Saturday, January 21, 2017

BWW Review: US/THEM, National Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees an extraordinary hour of storytelling that releases the human spirit from its physical incarceration.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

BWW Review: THE DOPPEL GANG, Tristan Bates Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees a comedy that lacks the pace and focus it needs to realise its potential.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PM

BWW Review: RAISING MARTHA, Park Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees a wonderfully funny farce blessed with strong performances and a script that packs a punch along with the punchlines.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40AM
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

BWW Review: LA TRAVIATA, Royal Opera House by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor enjoys a treat for eyes and ears with music and singing and love and hate coming together in opera's unique alchemy.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AM
Saturday, January 14, 2017

BWW Review: ABIGAIL, The Bunker Theatre by Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor sees a play with a tricksy structure and a vagueness in its script that leaves the actors with few places to go.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PM

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