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Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charing Cross Theatre review - Tony-winning play checks out Chekhov

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Footfalls & Rockaby, Jermyn Street Theatre review - Beckett up close and personal

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Milk and Gall, Theatre 503 review - motherhood in the age of Trump

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The Choir Of Man, Arts Theatre review - old school hits in an old school pub

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The Magician's Elephant, Royal Shakespeare Theatre review - family musical doesn't fully deliver

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Vanara, Hackney Empire review - fine singing, but a plodding book and one-pitch score in this new musical

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What If If Only, Royal Court review - short if not sweet

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Back to the Future: The Musical, Adelphi Theatre review - a spectacular West End show to delight fans old and new

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The Last Five Years, Garrick Theatre review - bittersweet musical treat gets West End upgrade

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Blithe Spirit, Harold Pinter Theatre review - an amusing, if dated, revival of the Coward classic

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Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, Orange Tree Theatre review - a blast from the past with lessons for today

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury review - dazzling Disney rewrite

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Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre review - a spectacular show that hits and misses

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2:22 A Ghost Story, Noël Coward Theatre review - unconvincing, sporadically amusing genre play

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Big Big Sky, Hampstead Downstairs review - a perfectly realised character study

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South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre review - gloriously revived and also refreshed

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