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Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

The Maids, Jermyn Street Theatre review - new broom sweeps clean in fierce revival

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Titanique, Criterion Theatre review - musical parody sinks despite super singing

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Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Theatre review - comic energy dissipates in too large a space

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Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse review - a blazingly original musical flashes into the West End

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Hansel and Gretel, Shakespeare's Globe review - too saccharine a retelling for our times

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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Other Palace - all Greek to me

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All's Well That Ends Well, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - Shakespeare at his least likeable

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King James, Hampstead Theatre review - UK premiere drains a three-pointer

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[title of show], Southwark Playhouse review - two guys and two girls write about writing, delightfully

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Burnt Up Love, Finborough Theatre review - scorching new play

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How To Survive Your Mother, King's Head Theatre review - mummy issues drive autobiographical dramedy

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The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 and 2, Park Theatre review - if Chekhov did soap operas

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Autumn, Park Theatre review - on stage as in politics, Brexit drama promises much, but loses its way

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Land of the Free, Southwark Playhouse review - John Wilkes Booth portrayed in play that resonates across 160 years

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Knife on the Table, Cockpit Theatre review - gangsters grim, not glamorous

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The Lehman Trilogy, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - three brothers, two crashes, one American Dream

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