Email: ReviewsgateReviews@gmail.com
Reviews
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – The Next Generation, A New Adventures Production, Birmingham Hippodrome, 06 Feb 2025. On until 15 Feb 2025, then on tour, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray and Paul Gray.
“Matthew Bourne’s groundbreaking take on Swan Lake still dazzles.”
Ghost Stories - written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Lyman, Theatre Royal Plymouth - until 8th February, 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Indigo Cleverly.
“Ghost Stories packs a great deal into just 90 minutes.”
Clive Mantle as Mike Priddle. Photo Credit: Hugo-Glendinning.
Community by Farrah Chaudhry Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, 3☆☆☆, Review: Joanna Jarvis.
“A warm and witty coming of age story.”
Photo Credit: Graeme Braidwood.
Companion (2025), Dir Drew Hancock, Warner Bros. Pictures, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Matthew Alicoon.
“Dark twists and comedic chaos collide in this unpredictable thriller”.
Antigone – on strike by Alexander Raptotasios. Park 90, 13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 until 23 February 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Powerful by flawed play.”
Photo Credit: Nir Segal.
Play On! Book by Cheryl L.Wesr, Music by Duke Ellington, conceived by Sheldon Epps. Lyric theatre, Hammersmith, London W6 until 22 February 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Too much of a good thing.”
Photo Credit: Ellie Kurz.
Scissorhandz – a musical reinvented by Bradley Bredeweg. Southwark Playhouse, the Elephant, 1 Dante Place, Elephant and Castle, London SE11 until 29 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Energetic, frenetic, fabulous.”
Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton.
Present Laughter by Noel Coward, Exeter Northcott Theatre until 01 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Skilful, stylish and very funny.”
Photo Credit: Caterina Donelli.
Lászlo Rózsa, John Butt and Jonathan Manson. Lakeside, Nottingham, 30 January 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“An ear-opening concert that turned expectations upside down.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside.
As Long As We Are Breathing by Diane Samuels, the Arcola Studio, 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 to 1 March 2025, 2☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“About surviving..”
Photo Credit: Lidia Crisifulli.
London Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 28 January 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Outstanding music-making from orchestra, conductor and soloist.”
Photo Credit: Andrej Grilc.
The Gift by Dave Florez. Park Theatre, 13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 to 01 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Choc full of jokes.”
Photo Credit: Richard Southgate.
Birdsong adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, until 01 February 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
“A powerful evocation of love, passion and loss.”
Photo credit: Pamela Raith.
Pride and Prejudice (Sort of), By Isobel McArthur after Jane AustenTheatre Royal Plymouth - 27th January 2025, until 01 February 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Indigo Cleverly.
“A clever twist on Jane Austen’s classic novel.”
Summer 1954 – Table Number 9 & The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. Richmond Theatre, 1 Little Green, Richmond TW9 to 01 February 2025 & on tour, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Finely acted Rattigan double bill.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
Ethan Loch (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 26 January 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff
“Revelatory playing from the extraordinary Ethan Loch.”
Photo Credit: BBC.
Nosferatu (2024), Dir Robert Eggers, Focus Features, mac Birmingham, Fri 24 to Thu 30 Jan. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Dan Auluk.
“An immersive world of terror.”
Lovers' Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 until 1 February 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Gloriously dreadful.”
Photo Credit: Paddy Gormley.
Canned Goods by Erik Kahn, Southwark Playhouse, the Large 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 until 08 February 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A powerful play for today.”
Photo Credit: Mark Senior.
Sinfonia Viva. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 19 January 2025, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Sinfonia Viva dispel winter gloom with Eastern European elegance.”
Photo of Sophie Rosa by Sebastian Siwko.