REVIEWS
(judiciously chosen)
Dick Whittington - Wilton's Music Hall
However it's Gareth Davies' commanding performance as Ronaldo Ratface that brings the real drama and depth to the show. His slinking rodent combines villainy with a raffish charm, and his verbal battles with Nicole Davis' Spirit of the City have their own frisson.
Jane Kemp - Whatsonstage
In addition to [Roy] Hudd... there is good work from Gareth Davies as a Bill Sykes-like villain.
Michael Billington - The Guardian
The rest of the cast are fantastic, particularly Gareth Davies whose villainous Ronaldo Ratface, with flowing curls and florid speeches, is oddly reminiscent of Russell Brand.
Lucinda Everett - The Telegraph
It's Gareth Davies' Ronaldo Ratface that takes it, however, from his Rat Out of Hell opening to his oozing villainous voice, he earns every boo and hiss that flies his way.
Stewart Pringle - The Stage
Gareth Davies' Ratface is a snivelling, smarmy Villain who's constant oscillation between refined received pronunciation and East End geezer has the audience howling with delight and booing with venom in equal measure. Indeed a stellar cast has been lined up which will have panto producers of future seasons fighting...
Simon Sladen - British Theatre Guide
Gareth Davies was fantastic as Ronaldo Ratface, the lead villain. Dressed to look like Slash from Guns'n'Roses, he had a jaunty voice more reminiscent of Russel Brand. In fact he was so good, there was a part of me that would have happily seen him succeed in his dastardly plan!
Martin Pettitt - Everything-theatre
As the sneaky and villainous Ronaldo Ratface, Gareth Davies blends together elements of Russell Brand and Christopher Lee to create a bad guy worth booing and boy do the audience have fun doing so!
Roz Carter - West End Wilma
Gareth Davies' Ronaldo Ratface is a panto baddy in the best sense: dastardly but easy to laugh at. The audience love to hate him, but the performance is still palatable for younger audiences.
Robert Pearce - Bargaintheatreland
National Anthems - English Theatre of Hamburg
The Oscar goes to Gareth Davies who played Ben Cook with a nearly devastating intensity.
Uta Buhr - Auswartige Presse
As the catalyst, Gareth Davies (Ben) unveils his character's fluctuating personality with a poignancy that draws us in.
Marinell Haegelin - Angloinfo.com
Holly Golightly - Lost Musicals, Saddlers Wells
The first half has some splendid comic scenes - with Jonathan Dryden Taylor's jailbird gangster Sally Tomato just shading it from Gareth Davies' washed-up Rusty Trawler, as the pick of an excellent supporting cast boasting impeccable musical credentials.
Gary Naylor - Broadwayworld.com UK
There are two incredible comic turns from Gareth Davies as the permanently sozzled millionaire Rusty Trawler and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as jailed drug-dealing hoodlum Sally Tomato.
Front Row Dress
Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood - The Place, Telford
The Sheriff of Nottingham is also very funny, Gareth Davies, I mean, he was quite wicked and he was dressed very nicely in a wicked outfit and a green spotlight but he did have that kind of Rowan Atkinson-ness about him. There were some routines where Freddie and Eddie, the Broker's Men, and the Sheriff of Nottingham are working together on stage and it looks like they've completely lost it - now, I suspect they do that every night, but it was so convincing; if you can fake sincerity, they managed it.
BBC Radio Shropshire review
Aladdin - Assembly Rooms, Derby
This is a cast very much at ease with itself. But it's the villains who are outstanding in this particular Aladdin. Gareth Davies' powerful Abanazer gets a huge response when he roars out "Let me feel your hatred."
Pat Ashworth, The Stage
Journey's End - Original Theatre UK tour
[The director] is blessed with a sterling ensemble...
On the first night these and other admirably nuanced performances were already ringing true.
He and his cast mine the script’s humour without impairing its ability to move us.
Donald Hutera, The Times, 4 stars
Journey’s End is very much an ensemble piece and it would be difficult and probably rather unfair to pick out one actor over another. Each and every performance is consummately delivered. Indeed, this is a profound piece of theatre that highlights the heroism, humour and tragedy of warfare.
Steve Burbridge, UK Theatre Network
Mason’s verbal sparring with Trotter (Gareth Davies) is a joy to watch
Lucie Richards, Basingstoke Gazette
I Am Star Trek - Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Greenwich Theatre
Gareth Davies, however, is the real star (no pun intended) of the show. His portrayal of Roddenberry was thoroughly convincing; so good you'd queue to see him again.
Barry Gordon, Edinburgh Evening News
However it's Gareth Davies' commanding performance as Ronaldo Ratface that brings the real drama and depth to the show. His slinking rodent combines villainy with a raffish charm, and his verbal battles with Nicole Davis' Spirit of the City have their own frisson.
Jane Kemp - Whatsonstage
In addition to [Roy] Hudd... there is good work from Gareth Davies as a Bill Sykes-like villain.
Michael Billington - The Guardian
The rest of the cast are fantastic, particularly Gareth Davies whose villainous Ronaldo Ratface, with flowing curls and florid speeches, is oddly reminiscent of Russell Brand.
Lucinda Everett - The Telegraph
It's Gareth Davies' Ronaldo Ratface that takes it, however, from his Rat Out of Hell opening to his oozing villainous voice, he earns every boo and hiss that flies his way.
Stewart Pringle - The Stage
Gareth Davies' Ratface is a snivelling, smarmy Villain who's constant oscillation between refined received pronunciation and East End geezer has the audience howling with delight and booing with venom in equal measure. Indeed a stellar cast has been lined up which will have panto producers of future seasons fighting...
Simon Sladen - British Theatre Guide
Gareth Davies was fantastic as Ronaldo Ratface, the lead villain. Dressed to look like Slash from Guns'n'Roses, he had a jaunty voice more reminiscent of Russel Brand. In fact he was so good, there was a part of me that would have happily seen him succeed in his dastardly plan!
Martin Pettitt - Everything-theatre
As the sneaky and villainous Ronaldo Ratface, Gareth Davies blends together elements of Russell Brand and Christopher Lee to create a bad guy worth booing and boy do the audience have fun doing so!
Roz Carter - West End Wilma
Gareth Davies' Ronaldo Ratface is a panto baddy in the best sense: dastardly but easy to laugh at. The audience love to hate him, but the performance is still palatable for younger audiences.
Robert Pearce - Bargaintheatreland
National Anthems - English Theatre of Hamburg
The Oscar goes to Gareth Davies who played Ben Cook with a nearly devastating intensity.
Uta Buhr - Auswartige Presse
As the catalyst, Gareth Davies (Ben) unveils his character's fluctuating personality with a poignancy that draws us in.
Marinell Haegelin - Angloinfo.com
Holly Golightly - Lost Musicals, Saddlers Wells
The first half has some splendid comic scenes - with Jonathan Dryden Taylor's jailbird gangster Sally Tomato just shading it from Gareth Davies' washed-up Rusty Trawler, as the pick of an excellent supporting cast boasting impeccable musical credentials.
Gary Naylor - Broadwayworld.com UK
There are two incredible comic turns from Gareth Davies as the permanently sozzled millionaire Rusty Trawler and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as jailed drug-dealing hoodlum Sally Tomato.
Front Row Dress
Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood - The Place, Telford
The Sheriff of Nottingham is also very funny, Gareth Davies, I mean, he was quite wicked and he was dressed very nicely in a wicked outfit and a green spotlight but he did have that kind of Rowan Atkinson-ness about him. There were some routines where Freddie and Eddie, the Broker's Men, and the Sheriff of Nottingham are working together on stage and it looks like they've completely lost it - now, I suspect they do that every night, but it was so convincing; if you can fake sincerity, they managed it.
BBC Radio Shropshire review
Aladdin - Assembly Rooms, Derby
This is a cast very much at ease with itself. But it's the villains who are outstanding in this particular Aladdin. Gareth Davies' powerful Abanazer gets a huge response when he roars out "Let me feel your hatred."
Pat Ashworth, The Stage
Journey's End - Original Theatre UK tour
[The director] is blessed with a sterling ensemble...
On the first night these and other admirably nuanced performances were already ringing true.
He and his cast mine the script’s humour without impairing its ability to move us.
Donald Hutera, The Times, 4 stars
Journey’s End is very much an ensemble piece and it would be difficult and probably rather unfair to pick out one actor over another. Each and every performance is consummately delivered. Indeed, this is a profound piece of theatre that highlights the heroism, humour and tragedy of warfare.
Steve Burbridge, UK Theatre Network
Mason’s verbal sparring with Trotter (Gareth Davies) is a joy to watch
Lucie Richards, Basingstoke Gazette
I Am Star Trek - Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Greenwich Theatre
Gareth Davies, however, is the real star (no pun intended) of the show. His portrayal of Roddenberry was thoroughly convincing; so good you'd queue to see him again.
Barry Gordon, Edinburgh Evening News