Michael Davies

Michael Davies

Michael Davies has been a theatre critic and writer for more than 30 years. His reviews have appeared in The Independent, The Stage and a host of regional publications. He runs StageReviews.co.uk offering independent coverage across the Midlands and beyond, and writes programme notes for venues all over the UK and in the West End. When he’s not reviewing plays, he’s writing them, including the award-winning ''Rasputin’s Mother'', ''Reality'' and the lyrics for ''Tess: The Musical''. www.mrgdavies.com

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Latest Articles by Michael Davies

Much Ado About Nothing at the RSC’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

Edward II at the RSC’s Swan Theatre – review

Love’s Labour’s Lost (more or less) at Shakespeare North Playhouse – review

The Parent Agency musical at Storyhouse Chester – review

Hamlet starring Luke Thallon at the RSC review – Shakespeare meets Titanic

Twelfth Night at the RSC’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

The Red Shoes at the RSC’s Swan Theatre – review

Othello starring John Douglas Thompson at the RSC – review

The New Real at the RSC’s The Other Place – review

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare North Playhouse – review

As You Like It at the RSC’s Holloway Garden Theatre – review

The School for Scandal at the RSC’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

Kyoto review – sheer theatrical magic in the RSC’s Swan Theatre

The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

English at the the Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon – review

The Buddha of Suburbia at the RSC’s Swan Theatre – review

Richard, My Richard review – Philippa Gregory’s first foray into theatre tackles the legacy of Richard III

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC – review

The Fair Maid of the West at the RSC’s Swan Theatre – review

The Box of Delights at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Cowbois at the Swan Theatre – review

ETT’s Macbeth at Shakespeare North Playhouse and on tour – review

Macbeth starring Reuben Joseph at the RSC – review

Falkland Sound at the RSC – review

Around the World in 80 Days at The Dukes, Lancaster – review

The Empress at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon – review

The Hot Ice Show: Amore Amor Amour at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Arena – review

A novel approach? How to bring the page to the stage

”Cymbeline” at the RSC review – a ‘spectacular monster’ and ‘pretty fine finale’ for Gregory Doran

Richard III starring Adjoa Andoh at Liverpool Playhouse – review

”Julius Caesar” at the RSC and on tour review – ‘bizarre bonanza of ideas’

Top Girls at Liverpool Everyman review – is a play’s longevity a blessing or a curse?

The Comedy of Errors (more or less) at Shakespeare North Playhouse – review

RSC’s ”The Tempest” starring Alex Kingston and Jessica Rhodes – review

”Claus The Musical” at the Lowry – review

”A Christmas Carol” at Shakespeare North Playhouse – review

RSC’s ”A Christmas Carol” starring Adrian Edmondson – review

”O, Island!” at RSC’s The Other Place – review

”Ivy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer” at RSC’s The Other Place – review

”A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Shakespeare North Playhouse – review

”The Book Thief” musical world premiere – review

”All’s Well That Ends Well” at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

Richard III at the RSC – review

RSC's Henry VI: Rebellion / Wars of the Roses at Royal Shakespeare Theatre – review

The Wellspring at Royal & Derngate, Northampton – review

Much Ado About Nothing at the RSC – review

The Magician's Elephant review – the RSC conjures up a musical spectacle

Gin Craze! at Royal and Derngate – review

The Comedy of Errors at the RSC's Garden Theatre – review

Review: Alone in Berlin (Royal and Derngate)

Review: The Whip (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: Pippi Longstocking (Royal and Derngate)

Review: West Side Story (Curve, Leicester)

Review: The Season (Royal and Derngate)

Review: A Museum in Baghdad (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: Stages (Musical theatre cruise)

Review: My Beautiful Laundrette (Curve, Leicester)

Review: King John (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: Posh (Oxford Playhouse)

Review: Two Trains Running (Royal and Derngate)

Review: Measure for Measure (Stratford-Upon-Avon)

Review: The Color Purple (Curve, Leicester)

Review: Crooked Dances (Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: The Pope (Royal and Derngate)

Review: Venice Preserved (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

How to make a musical: what to do after your workshop

Review: The Provoked Wife (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: Ghosts (Royal and Derngate)

Review: Kunene and the King (Swan Theatre, RSC)

Review: The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Review: The Remains of the Day (Royal and Derngate)

Review: As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Review: Our Lady of Kibeho (Royal and Derngate)