thu 22/05/2025

Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

The Gang of Three, King's Head Theatre - three old Labour ghosts resurrected to entertain and educate

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Conversations After Sex, Park Theatre review - pillow talk proves a snooze

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Much Ado About Nothing, RSC, Stratford - Messina FC scores on the bardic football field

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Ghosts, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre - turns out, they do fuck you up

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Midnight Cowboy, Southwark Playhouse - new musical cannot escape the movie's long shadow

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The Importance of Being Oscar, Jermyn Street Theatre review - Wilde, still burning bright

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Stiletto, Charing Cross Theatre review - new musical excess

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical, Theatre Royal Bath review - not a screaming success

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Edward II, RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford review - monarchs, murder and mayhem from Marlowe

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Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre - Luke Thallon triumphs as the state succumbs to storms

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Three Sisters, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - Chekhov's anatomy lesson on the human condition

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Second Best, Riverside Studios review - Asa Butterfield brings the magic

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Mrs President, Charing Cross Theatre review - Mary Todd Lincoln on her life alone

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Play On!, Lyric Hammersmith review - and give me excess of it!

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Cymbeline, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - pagan women fight the good fight

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An Interrogation, Hampstead Theatre review - police procedural based on true crime tale fails to ring true

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