Tuesday, March 27, 2018
A sensational Bernadette Robinson brings five 'nobodies' and five superstars to life in a series of monologues with music that explore human fallibility with wit and wisdom to spare.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48AM[SHARE]Friday, March 23, 2018
A splendid production that shifts the action from Chekhov's original short story into 1920s Britain to add layers of meaning and depth to both the themes and characters - fringe theatre at i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Phil Willmott's The Cherry Orchard picks up Chekhov's action and moves it forward a decade or so to 1917, when the balance of power in Russia was tilted rather differently.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PM[SHARE]Friday, March 16, 2018
Claustrophobic play about two ill-suited spouses re-united for pragmatic reasons and working through their pain from ten years ago - a gruelling watch.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Ara Malikian showcases his talents with an eclectic mix of music spiced with showmanship and stories, with a twist in the tail.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 8, 2018
Bold re-imagining of an early Tennessee Williams play that gives its themes a universality in a uniquely theatrical experience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Technical shortcomings and an incoherent book overpower a show with a fine pedigree and good tunes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PM[SHARE]Classic French farce gets a Bollywood makeover for the 21st century in Nigel Planer's enjoyable adaptation of Marivaux's comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Macbeth delivered by dancers in a unique space, beautifully lit, creating an electrifying theatrical experience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Princess Margaret brought to life by Felicity Dean in a production that promises more than it delivers about a tragic figure born a generation too early to change the Royal Family.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04AM[SHARE]Friday, February 23, 2018
Ambition not quite matched by execution in an all-female production of The Tempest, one of fringe theatre's more challenging plays to get right.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Liberties have been taken with Bizet's opera, but none are diabolical, and what emerges is something which is sometimes less and sometimes more than its inspiration.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PM[SHARE]Friday, February 9, 2018
Just when the grimness is becoming tiresome, Philip Goodhew's script is transformed by an injection of darkest comedy without ever losing its focus as a searing indictment of modern life.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 6, 2018
A little dated for sure, but with enough Ayckbourn and even a touch of Fawlty Towers to appeal to 21st century audiences, this is a pleasing, if unchallenging, evening's entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 1, 2018
Eugenius is funny, bursting with great songs and great performances and, if a little overly familiar in terms of plot and characters, forgivably so.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Terry Johnson tells us of his lifelong friendship with Ken Campbell, an eccentric giant of English Theatre, in a funny, poignant and beautifully performed production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Though Sacha Guitry is largely unknown in the UK, this production weaves five extracts of his plays into a single narrative and shows that the tag of 'The French Noel Coward' was not undeser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 23, 2018
One for fans of Jane Austen and for anyone who likes to see an intelligent production performed with technical skill and rewarding wit.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42AM[SHARE]Friday, January 19, 2018
A fine production that grapples with the play's tricky structure to bring home Brecht's political points with a relevance for today that can hardly be missed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AM[SHARE]Doodle - The Musical starts with an unlikely idea that's spun out for nearly three hours - even some decent songs prove insufficient to rescue its poor script and dull characters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03AM[SHARE]Friday, January 12, 2018
George Bernard Shaw's Chekhovian black comedy has plenty of political heft, but lacks the dramatic clarity required to engage from first to last.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Gary Naylor looks back on 101 shows reviewed in 2017 and picks the best of the best.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PM[SHARE]OperaUpClose condense and update Tchaikovsky's classic tragedy for a new space and a new culture, but never lose sight of its deep set Russian roots.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2017
A new musical with plenty of echoes of a very famous one indeed, with strong singing and jaw-dropping puppetry but undermined by a tone that is nether one thing not the other.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The Twilight Zone takes us into the world of early 60s cult science fiction TV in a bold and innovative adaptation that never quite transcends its structural weaknesses.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 12, 2017
A straight, gimmick-free production of Julius Caesar that may be as relevant today as at any time in the last 420 years.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AM[SHARE]Stripped back and startlingly intimate, Puccini's great tunes are given full value by wonderful voices and sensational acting in a production that raises boutique operas to a new level.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02AM[SHARE]Friday, December 8, 2017
Project Polunin is a mixed bag of dance and music, a showcase for the bad boy of ballet, Sergei Polunin, that succeeds intermittently.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2017
The Woman In White has its flaws, but Thom Southerland's production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 2004 show delivers plenty to fans of musical theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 2, 2017
The genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda's songwriting in Hamilton, exemplified in one song.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Charles Court Opera Company's eleventh panto continues their tradition of bold re-interpretations and bad jokes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PM[SHARE] 
