577 stories by "Gary Naylor"
★★★★★ PLAY ON!, LYRIC HAMMERSMITH The Bard and The Duke in perfect harmony!
Super performances deliver magnificent entertainment
If you saw Upstart Crow on tele…
★★★ AN INTERROGATION, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Detective gets her man, but at what cost?
Rosie Sheehy and Jamie Ballard shine in Edinburgh Festival import
In a dingy room with …
★★★ CYMBELINE, SAM WANAMAKER PLAYHOUSE Patriarchy defeated!
A new, if not as radical as once it were, take on Shakespeare's cross-dressing call to arms
There's not much…
★★★★ THE LONELY LONDONERS, KILN THEATRE A beautifully realised stage adaptation
Memories, frustrations and hopes in a city emerging from post-war austerity
As som…
★★★★ THE MAIDS, JERMYN STREET THEATRE Master and Servant, poison & procrastination
Class, in its 21st century manifestation, colours much performed play
There ar…
★ TITANIQUE, CRITERION THEATRE Celine! Tina! Jack and Rose! But no wit at all
Affectionate piss-take set for cult status at best
This Celine Dion jukebox musical has been a big hit in …
★★★ TWELFTH NIGHT The winter comedy provides more chills than chuckles despite a funny fool
Too much thinking; not enough laughing
It is not just Twelfth Night, it's Twe…
★★★★ NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, DONMAR WAREHOUSE Broadway show takes eight years to traverse the Atlantic, but proves worth the wait
War and Pe…
★★★ HANSEL AND GRETEL, SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE More wicked witch, less sunny siblings please
Songs and sweeties, but insufficient sourness and sadism for fans of fairytales
…
★★ THE LIGHTNING THIEF, THE OTHER PALACE One for fans of the franchise
Myths and monsters make for a curiously bland and bloodless musical
Percy Jackson is neither the missing…
★★★ ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, SAM WANAMAKER PLAYHOUSE Despite its compansations, the play is hard to watch
New production lands on shaky ground in 2024
"All's well that…
★★★★ KING JAMES, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Two Cleveland lads bond, break and bond again in perceptive dramedy
Beautifully crafted play tracks two men's relationship, as LeBr…
★★★★ [TITLE OF SHOW], SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Two decades on, this meta-musical retains its charm
Revival of New York show lifts the spirits
Not just a backstage musica…
★★★★ BURNT-UP LOVE, FINBOROUGH THEATRE Ferocious three-hander finds love too hot to handle
Super writing and acting jolts us out of complacency
Mac is in prison for …
★★★ HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR MOTHER, KING'S HEAD THEATRE Jonathan Maitland writes of his mother, but should we laugh or cry?
Lots of heartache, but a strange void where the hear…
★★★★ THE FORSYTE SAGA PARTS 1 AND 2, PARK THEATRE Epic adaptation falls away a little, but still packs a punch
Joseph Millson leads a super cast in a classy produ…
★★★ AUTUMN, PARK THEATRE Adaptation of Ali Smith's acclaimed novel drifts when it should bite
Promising production, beautifully acted, slides into side plots and confusi…
★★ LAND OF THE FREE, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Good timing, but clunky structure and plodding pace limits appeal
A president shot, as a divided country seeks political solutions
Str…
★★★ KNIFE ON THE TABLE, COCKPIT THEATRE London teenagers pulled into gang culture's world of drugs, knives and miseryÂ
This is exactly the kind of play that should be…
★★★★ THE LEHMAN TRILOGY The rise and rise and rise of an iconic Wall Street institution - and its collapse Â
Sensational stagecraft elevates familiar tale o…
★★★ FRENCH TOAST The English and the French, the men and the women, the young and the old, lock horns in 70s farce Â
Comedy gains momentum when characters are roun…
★★★ HERE IN AMERICA David Edgar's new play sounds a warning from the pastÂ
When political expediency intervenes in a personal and professional friendship, what should…
★★★ THE TRUTH ABOUT HARRY BECK Nostalgic comedy about the man who originated an everyday design classic
An English eccentric quietly re-invents our view of the capital
I…
★★★ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN The perils of turning back the clock laid bare
The second album is still tough, even if you never recorded the first
We meet Joe first a…
★★★ KIM'S CONVENIENCE, Gentle comedy delivers laughs, but proves too safe and too predictableÂ
The play that inspired a Netflix series is heartwarming, but needs more…
