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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. 






BWW Review: A MERCHANT OF VENICE, Playground Theatre
BWW Review: A MERCHANT OF VENICE, Playground Theatre
November 17, 2021

Shakespeare in Italy's debut production clarifies and amplifies the wonderful, if problematic, play

BWW Review: TICK, TICK... BOOM!
BWW Review: TICK, TICK... BOOM!
November 14, 2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda brings Jonathan Larson (winningly played by Andrew Garfield) to the screen as he tries to get his first musical produced against the backdrop of New York's AIDS pandemic

BWW Review: LOVE DANCE, Chiswick Playhouse
BWW Review: LOVE DANCE, Chiswick Playhouse
November 14, 2021

Gentle rom-com that breaks no new ground but is easy on the eye and ear and has its fair share of laughs and 'ahhsss'.

BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Park Theatre
BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Park Theatre
November 12, 2021

The classic play has all the set-pieces and much imitated dialogue in a revival that also underlines the persistence of the anxieties and neuroses it exposes.

BWW Review: PUNCHY! THE MUSICAL, Courtyard Theatre
BWW Review: PUNCHY! THE MUSICAL, Courtyard Theatre
November 6, 2021

Super songs from Jack Terroni rescue a play with music in which dramatic potential takes a back seat to didactic proselytising

BWW Review: THE SUGAR HOUSE, Finborough Theatre
BWW Review: THE SUGAR HOUSE, Finborough Theatre
November 5, 2021

Sydney seen through the eyes of a fracturing family over 40 years introduces many of the issues faced by post-industrial cities, but this play doesn't really explore them in any depth.

BWW Review: DOING SHAKESPEARE, Bridewell Theatre
BWW Review: DOING SHAKESPEARE, Bridewell Theatre
November 4, 2021

The Northern Comedy Theatre's madcap mash-up hits more than it misses with laughs broad and subtle.

BWW Review: INDECENT PROPOSAL, Southwark Playhouse
BWW Review: INDECENT PROPOSAL, Southwark Playhouse
November 3, 2021

A strange decision to return to a novel very much of its time and place appears even stranger after seeing the show.

BWW Review: BRIAN AND ROGER, Menier Chocolate Factory
BWW Review: BRIAN AND ROGER, Menier Chocolate Factory
November 2, 2021

The stage version of the successful comedy podcast flounders on the transition from the everyday to the absurd

BWW Review: HMS PINAFORE, London Coliseum
BWW Review: HMS PINAFORE, London Coliseum
October 30, 2021

Not for the purists but beautiful to behold, this Pinafore updates the humour while respecting the music.

BWW Review: OLD BRIDGE, Bush Theatre
BWW Review: OLD BRIDGE, Bush Theatre
October 28, 2021

Igor Memic's Papatango Award winner introduces us to four compelling characters and reminds us of the brutality of war

BWW Review: VALUE ENGINEERING SCENES FROM THE GRENFELL INQUIRY, The Tabernacle
BWW Review: VALUE ENGINEERING SCENES FROM THE GRENFELL INQUIRY, The Tabernacle
October 20, 2021

Richard Norton-Taylor and Nicholas Kent have fashioned a play from statements at the Grenfell Inquiry that leads a horrified audience to specific and more general conclusions and the siren call that 'this must never happen again'.

BWW Review: BROKEN LAD, Arcola Theatre
BWW Review: BROKEN LAD, Arcola Theatre
October 19, 2021

This new play raises interesting questions about father-son relationships in a world in which middle-aged men can struggle to find a role, but its lack of detail prevents its potential being realised fully

BWW Review: YELLOWFIN, Southwark Playhouse
BWW Review: YELLOWFIN, Southwark Playhouse
October 16, 2021

Marek Horn's blistering satire hits plenty of marks as he gets a tune out of a fine cast obsessing about tuna

BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Theatre Royal Windsor
BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Theatre Royal Windsor
October 15, 2021

Francesca Annis is in show-stealing form in Chekhov's masterpiece of changing times in a Windsor I last saw on television coverage of Harry and Meghan's wedding - appropriately enough.

BWW Review: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Almeida Theatre
BWW Review: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Almeida Theatre
October 14, 2021

Saoirse Ronan provides a much needed opportunity to listen and learn from Shakespeare's tale of ambition's dangers amidst much wailing and gnashing of teeth

BWW Review: THE WOMAN WHO TURNED INTO A TREE, Jacksons Lane Theatre
BWW Review: THE WOMAN WHO TURNED INTO A TREE, Jacksons Lane Theatre
October 14, 2021

This Swedish satire on loneliness in the city hits its marks but is undermined a little by the method of its creation

BWW Review: A PLACE FOR WE, Park Theatre
BWW Review: A PLACE FOR WE, Park Theatre
October 12, 2021

Archie Maddocks' new play treads some familiar ground, but updates it for the 21st century, as identities are forged and fractured in the contested spaces of gentrifying London.

BWW Review: THE IDEA, Jack Studio Theatre
BWW Review: THE IDEA, Jack Studio Theatre
October 8, 2021

Irrational Theatre resurrect a long neglected work from the early days of the celebrated composer and find plenty of parallels with 20th century comedy and 21st century politics.

BWW Review: METAMORPHOSES, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
BWW Review: METAMORPHOSES, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
October 7, 2021

Ambitious and never less than interesting, the 90 minutes all-through running time turns already gruesome material into a tougher watch that it need be.



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