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Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

The Producers, Garrick Theatre review - Ve haf vays of making you laugh

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Fat Ham, RSC, Stratford review - it's Hamlet Jim, but not as we know it

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona, RSC, Stratford review - not quite the intended gateway drug to Shakespeare

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Top Hat, Chichester Festival Theatre review - top spectacle but book tails off

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Maiden Voyage, Southwark Playhouse review - new musical runs aground

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The Winter's Tale, RSC, Stratford review - problem play proves problematic

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Brixton Calling, Southwark Playhouse review - life-affirming entertainment, both then and now

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Don't Rock the Boat, The Mill at Sonning review - all aboard for some old-school comedy mishaps

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Poor Clare, Orange Tree Theatre review - saints cajole us sinners

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Girl From The North Country, Old Vic review - Dylan's songs fail to lift the mood

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Hercules, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - new Disney stage musical is no 'Lion King'

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Showmanism, Hampstead Theatre review - lip-synced investigation of words, theatricality and performance

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North by Northwest, Alexandra Palace review - Hitchcock adaptation fails to fly

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Hamlet Hail to the Thief, RSC, Stratford review - Radiohead mark the Bard's card

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The King of Pangea, King's Head Theatre review - grief and hope, but no connection

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This is My Family, Southwark Playhouse - London debut of 2013 Sheffield hit is feeling its age

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