wed 01/10/2025

Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

Get Down Tonight, Charing Cross Theatre review - glitz and hits from the 70s

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50 First Dates: The Musical, The Other Palace review - romcom turned musical

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The Harder They Come, Stratford East review - still packs a punch, half a century on

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Reunion, Kiln Theatre review - a stormy night in every sense

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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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