BWW Review: ALADDIN, Lyric Hammersmith, 26 November 2016
Gary Naylor sees a pantomime that pushes all the traditional panto buttons without distracting gimmicks.
Gary Naylor sees a pantomime that pushes all the traditional panto buttons without distracting gimmicks.
Gary Naylor sees a serious but rewarding take on one of Shakespeare's late plays that raises questions about power and control.
Gary Naylor sees a piece of new theatre that has its roots in farce but gives it a contemporary twist with a young cast and first time creatives.
Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly executed musical spoof of the 70s disaster movie genre that needs to find a home in the West End soon.
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious and challenging show that overstretches its resources and that of its audience.
Gary Naylor sees a wonderful tribute to a unique man amongst The Fallen of the First World War, whose story stands for him and for millions more.
Gary Naylor sees a young cast attack a classic play to update for today's world, a venture that succeeds partially, and is never less than interesting.
Gary Naylor sees a show about, and I can hardly believe what I'm writing here, the 45th President of the United States of America.
Gary Naylor sees an adaptation of William Leith's book that, for all the skilled work in the production, fails to engage its audience.
Gary Naylor sees an impassioned production of Bach's St John Passion, by and for, the people under the guidance of English Touring Opera
Gary Naylor sees an accomplished, eerie play about a remote Scottish community that doesn't quite have the courage of its convictions.
Gary Naylor sees a slick romcom musical about 90s New Yorkers that impresses but leaves him just a little cold.
Gary Naylor sees a play that builds atmosphere rather than narrative and now feels of its time - 33 years ago
Gary Naylor sees a revival of a show that deserves, and gets, the full 'Big Musical' production treatment.
Gary Naylor sees a showbiz monument and finds that it's still as entertaining and as relevant as ever.
Gary Naylor sees an ambitious production that runs parallel storylines but doesn't solve the considerable problems so caused.
Gary Naylor sees a lovely show packed with great songs and imaginative staging.
Gary Naylor sees an enthusiastic revival of Moby Dick The Musical that rather loses the wind from its sails in the second half.
Gary Naylor sees a magnificently realised revival of a show that has never been more relevant since the novel was published in 1975.
Gary Naylor sees a play from Europe that can't quite decide what it wants to be but raises interesting questions all the same.
Gary Naylor sees an opera dating from its earliest period that brims with emotional energy, if a lacking a little in 21st century pace.
Gary Naylor sees a spectacular and thought-provoking revival of Cavalli's 17th century opera of gods, myths and mortals.
Gary Naylor sees a well performed and funny satire on Donald Trump that struggles to be more outrageous than the real thing.
Gary Naylor sees a relationship swell and suffer over 20 years in two plays lit up by linguistic excess.
Gary Naylor sees a brilliantly realised updating of Handel's Xerxes set in the Battle of Britain and featuring an astonishing countertenor voice.