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Gary Naylor

Articles By Gary Naylor

Bonnie & Clyde, Arts Theatre review - great songs, but plot fires too many blanks

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Zorro the Musical, Charing Cross Theatre review - struggling to find the right tone

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Project Dictator, New Diorama Theatre review - anarchic satire

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The Merchant of Venice, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - enormous empathy

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After the End, Theatre Royal Stratford East review - suddenly relevant two-hander

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But I'm A Cheerleader: The Musical, Turbine Theatre review - two cheers for feelgood show

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Saturday Night Fever, Peacock Theatre review - crowd-pleaser stays true to its roots

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Broken Wings, Charing Cross Theatre review - new musical fails to fly

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Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, Jermyn Street Theatre review - True Crime musical gets West End showcase

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David Suchet - Poirot And More, A Retrospective, Harold Pinter Theatre review - the much-loved actor looks back

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The Tiger Lillies' Christmas Carol: A Victorian Gutter, Southbank Centre review - cult band get inside Scrooge's head

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The Good Life, Richmond Theatre review - popular sitcom gets its own origin story

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A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic review - not quite a festive-season cracker

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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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