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Review of ‘Cirque’: “The Greatest Showmanship”
The grand spectacle production gets back on tour one more year, bringing a new improved montage featuring additional variety performances and mesmerising physical numbers. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the piece, to let us know if this ambitious display of stunts and vocals actually strikes a chord. Every artist knows that moment… That singular…
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Letty Thomas and Archie Backhouse talk ‘Strategic Love Play’: “The themes go further back than dating apps and badly chosen usernames”
The Soho Theatre welcomes the return of Paines Plough’s latest rom-com, exploring the fears and insecurities of everyday dating. Guillermo Nazara chats with its two leads, to learn all the fun facts about this new piece that literally puts love at a cutting edge. A Tinder match, a personal detach. In some way, we could…
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Review of ‘The Great Privation’: “Gorging on too many ideas”
The Theatre 503 hosts this new play dealing with racial inequality across the centuries. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this feast of social justice ideas actually bites off more than it can chew. The past has its way of driving our present, and bringing back memories that…
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Review of ‘Fabulous Creatures’: “These slayers can’t slay it yet”
The ancient myths relive onstage through this cabaret play bringing together three of the most frightful female beasts from Greek folklore. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the montage, to let us know if its divinely camp approach either kicks up its heels or shows the Achilles one. Some men just cannot die… I could…
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Review of ‘Strategic Love Play’: “It’s a heartbreak… into laughter”
Paines Plough’s latest romantic comedy lands on the Soho Theatre’s stage to explore the little joys and many sorrows of finding that special one. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its edgy depiction of modern dating is either a crush or bound to crash. So, I went on…
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Review of ‘Bluets’: “Specks of lapis lazuli emotion”
Maggie Nelson’s acclaimed novel travels to the London stage in this new adaptation originally developed in the Hamburg scene. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the production, to let us know if this ethereal montage manages to show its true colours . I’ve fallen in love with the colour blue. Well, you would think it’s…
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Review of ‘Lady Dealer’: “No joint to be blown”
London’s Bush Theatre opens its studio stage to this one-woman play exploring the insecurities and frustrations of a young life feeling at a dead end. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its leafy plot is worth going tripping balls for. Ah, I remember the last time I treated…
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Feature: The English National Ballet finds its rising stars of 2024
The company celebrated its annual competition showcasing the best upcoming dancers while also displaying live renditions by last year’s winners. Featuring also an audience-chosen award, the ceremony witnessed the marking of a new milestone in the troupe’s whole history. So many times do we hear that, when you love what you do, you don’t work…
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Review of ‘Don’t Take The Pith’: “Mac-Goofying in the wrong way”
The Drayton Arms Theatre hosts the world premiere of this new mystery farce featuring conspiracy plots, secret motives and a lot of double entendres. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this bonkers suspense either hangs or falls off the cliff. Nothing feels lazier in a comedy than a…
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Review of ‘The Glass Menagerie”: “Coming to crystal-clear sparkle”
Tennessee Williams’s all-time classic returns to the London stage in a visually innovative production by Atri Banerjee, currently playing until the end of the month. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new mirror image on Williams’s own life has any cracks in it. The past always finds…
