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Gary Naylor

Gary Naylor is chief London reviewer for BroadwayWorld (https://www.broadwayworld.com/author/Gary-Naylor) and feels privileged to see so much of his home city's theatre. He writes about cricket for The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gary-naylor) and is a lead commentator at Guerilla Cricket (https://www.guerillacricket.com/). He podcasts on 80s and 90s football at https://www.nessundormapod.com/. He writes on films at Letterboxd  https://letterboxd.com/garynaylor999/. He tweets at https://twitter.com/garynaylor85. 






Review: THE CRITIC, The Calder Bookshop and Theatre
Review: THE CRITIC, The Calder Bookshop and Theatre
November 21, 2022

John Hill's play touches on a range of interesting themes, but its narrative meanders and its tension falls away

Review: THE LAST LAUGH, Tabard Theatre
Review: THE LAST LAUGH, Tabard Theatre
November 17, 2022

Brimming with ideas, Richard Harris's play never forgets that its first obligation is to entertain

Review: RICHARD THE SECOND, Omnibus Theatre
Review: RICHARD THE SECOND, Omnibus Theatre
November 12, 2022

One of Shakespeare's most political plays is on the nose for our times, but this production doesn't quite have the courage of its aesthetic convictions

Review: IKARIA, Old Red Lion Theatre
Review: IKARIA, Old Red Lion Theatre
November 11, 2022

Devastating production showcases outstanding writing, directing and acting to create a production that will live long in the memory

Review: DAYS OF QUARANTINE, White Bear Theatre
Review: DAYS OF QUARANTINE, White Bear Theatre
November 10, 2022

Relationships are forged and fractured in the emotional fires of lockdown

Review: HAPPINESS, Cervantes Theatre
Review: HAPPINESS, Cervantes Theatre
November 8, 2022

A play from an award-winning Spanish playwright that captures our life and times in the UK with a domestic dilemma that raises big questions for the next generation

Review: BEHIND CLOSED WALLS, Jack Studio Theatre
Review: BEHIND CLOSED WALLS, Jack Studio Theatre
October 28, 2022

David J Blair's new play has punch and relevance but may need expanding to fulfil its potential

Review: THE FAMOUS FIVE: A NEW MUSICAL, Chichester Festival Theatre
Review: THE FAMOUS FIVE: A NEW MUSICAL, Chichester Festival Theatre
October 26, 2022

A show full of good songs, fine singing and engaging characters doesn't quite live up to the sum of its parts

Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Gate Theatre
Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Gate Theatre
October 22, 2022

Heartfelt condemnation of treatment of undocumented immigrants let down by structural issues and predictable plotting

Review: MARVELLOUS, @sohoplace
Review: MARVELLOUS, @sohoplace
October 21, 2022

A new West End theatre launches with a show that is heartwarming but unnecessarily irritating in its structure and style

Review: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO, Barbican Theatre
Review: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO, Barbican Theatre
October 19, 2022

Triumphant re-imagining of the film that, incredibly, manages to add edge and poignancy to its extraordinary source material

Review: THE PLAY WITH SPEECHES, Jack Studio Theatre
Review: THE PLAY WITH SPEECHES, Jack Studio Theatre
October 16, 2022

Tremendous fun from a comedy that is set in the world of theatre but will find echoes in most workplaces

Review: KINKY BOOTS, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
Review: KINKY BOOTS, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
October 14, 2022

If the show lacks a little in power having been pared back, many more people will have a chance to enjoy a super show

Review: RE:IMAGINING MUSICALS EXHIBITION, Victoria and Albert Museum
Review: RE:IMAGINING MUSICALS EXHIBITION, Victoria and Albert Museum
October 14, 2022

Landmark show that has something for everyone

Review: O, ISLAND!, The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Review: O, ISLAND!, The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
October 13, 2022

Nina Segal's new play is hamstrung by an old set up.

Review: IVY TILLER: VICAR'S DAUGHTER, SQUIRREL KILLER, The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Review: IVY TILLER: VICAR'S DAUGHTER, SQUIRREL KILLER, The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
October 12, 2022

Ivy Tiller is a good kid, but life has dealt her a rough hand and, when it gets rougher still, what will she do?

Review: GODS OF THE GAME, Grange Park Opera
Review: GODS OF THE GAME, Grange Park Opera
October 7, 2022

Football opera land perfectly between the Women's Euros and the Men's World Cup finding plenty of common ground to delight fans of both art forms

Review: THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS, National Theatre
Review: THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS, National Theatre
October 6, 2022

Laudable sentiment but something of a missed dramatic opportunity in this play about an Afghan family's journey from Herat to Cardiff and the love they found there

Review: DMITRY, Marylebone Theatre
Review: DMITRY, Marylebone Theatre
October 5, 2022

Dmitry, a new play, is described as 'After Schiller', but, in its dissection of the ruthless manipulation of a young man aiming for the Tsardom of Russia, one finds parallels more recent blockbusters.

Review: THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, Charing Cross Theatre
Review: THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, Charing Cross Theatre
October 4, 2022

1960s Williams' play that cannot capture the magic of his work in the previous two decades



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