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  • Alan Menken talks ‘Newsies’, ‘Little Mermaid’ and more

    Alan Menken talks ‘Newsies’, ‘Little Mermaid’ and more

    From an initially little off-Broadway musical to becoming the most Academy awarded composer in History, Alan Menken’s career is, by all means, a tale as old as time about talent, persistance and a passion for what he does. Probably the man responsible for all of your favourite songs from your childhood (and likely some of […]

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    22 December, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    aladdin, alan menken, beauty and the beast, comedy, composer, disney, drama, harvey fierstein, howard ashman, hunchback of notre dame, little mermaid, live action, london, music, musical theatre, musicals, newsies, piano, pocahontas, stephen schwartz, troubadour wembley park, west end, wicked
  • Singer Jessica Walker talks ‘Scene Unseen’: “It has gone a long way to resolving some big issues from my past”

    Singer Jessica Walker talks ‘Scene Unseen’: “It has gone a long way to resolving some big issues from my past”

    An opera performer in origin, Jessica Walker’s career has deviated into exploring as many fields as her passion for artistic truth and storytelling has taken her. Guillermo Názara conversates with the vocalist about this latest project, made in tandem with pianist Joseph Atkins, director David Lefeber and illustrator Tom Hicks (whose previously worked with Paul […]

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    21 November, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    Brian Ferneyhough, cabaret, classicism, david lefeber, english touring opera, George Benjamin, Harrison Birtwistle, humour, musical theatre, Newton Faulkner, opera, opera house, paul mccartney, pianist, Skunk Anansie, tom hicks, torch, unseen scene
  • Amy Triggs talks ‘Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me’: “My inspiration was seeing the lack of those stories”

    Amy Triggs talks ‘Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me’: “My inspiration was seeing the lack of those stories”

    After selling out during its first run, Amy Trigg’s dramaturgic debut has returned on tour around the UK, currently being performed in London until the end of the month. Guillermo Názara chats with 2020 Women’s Prize for Playwriting-winning author and star of the show, to learn more about this personal piece encompassing her struggle but […]

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    20 November, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    Aldershot, amy triggs, Barking, bbc, Bracknell, Brighton, Canterbury, colchester, comedy, Doncaster, drama, Havant, inspirational, kiln theatre, london, luton, Lyme Regis, Maidenhead, manchester, Middlesbrough, Norwich, paines plough, play, playwriting, reasons you shouldn't love me, royal shakespeare company, rsc, spina bifida, Tunbridge Wells, uk tour, uplifting, washington, west end, wheelchair
  • Michael Duke talks ‘Get Up, Stand Up’: “Freedom drove Bob Marley as a human and an artist”

    Michael Duke talks ‘Get Up, Stand Up’: “Freedom drove Bob Marley as a human and an artist”

    Every night, London’s Lyric Theatre is transformed into a world of hate and injustice won over by a message of peace and love – shouted through Jamaican reggae hearts. Though long (and too early) gone, Bob Marley’s pressence still stands strongly in the West End thanks to Get Up, Stand Up, the musical depicting the […]

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    22 September, 2022
    English contents, Interviews, Sin categoría
    bob marley, could you be loved, exodus, get up stand up, i shot the sheriff, jamaica, jamming, jukebox, lively up yourself, lyric theatre, mellow mood, michael duke, musical, musical theatre, rastaman live up, rastaman liveup, rebel music, reggae, soul, soul music, soul rebel, sun is shining, trenchtown rock, uprising, west end, zimbabwe
  • Óscar Balmaseda talks ‘Mamma Mia! – The Party”: “I dare anyone not to have fun”

    Óscar Balmaseda talks ‘Mamma Mia! – The Party”: “I dare anyone not to have fun”

    Just a few minutes away from the electrifying buzz of London’s West End, on the not-so-quieter bends of the Thames river, lies the Greek island of Skopelos. Well, maybe not the real one, but certainly the one with the realest feeling and essence. Mamma Mia – The Party continues to wow viewers through its dreamy […]

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    9 September, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    abba, comedy, dinner, dinner party, fernando, greece, greek island, honey honey, immersive theatre, live music, love story, mamma mia, mamma mia the party, niko, nikos's tavern, party, romance, skopelos, tavern, voulez vous, west end
  • Dan Partridge talks ‘Grease’: “It’s actually quite a hard balance”

    Dan Partridge talks ‘Grease’: “It’s actually quite a hard balance”

    The ultimate musical theatre classic has returned to the West End in a brand new version also exploring new themes and tones. Guillermo Názara chats with lead actor Dan Partridge, whom every night steps into the shoes (and gel) of the unforgettable Danny Zucko at London’s Dominion Theatre.

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    12 August, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    50s, andrew lloyd webber, beauty school dropout, cats, cats the musical, comedy, dan partridge, dance, danny zucko, dominion theatre, grease, grease lighting, jason donovan, john travolta, musical, musical theatre, olivia newton john, peter andre, police brutality, pop, rock, romatic, summer nights, teen angel, teen angle, vince fontaine, we go together
  • Laura Lindow talks ‘The Ultimate Pickle’ “Even the smallest hearts can take on the very bravest times”

    Laura Lindow talks ‘The Ultimate Pickle’ “Even the smallest hearts can take on the very bravest times”

    Sometimes it’s the litte ones that can teach us how to overcome the biggest problems. Dramaturg Laura Lindow has no doubt about that, and so she has proven in her latest show, The Ultimate Pickle, an inspiring story dealing with the grief children may also face – but explored through the eyes of comedy, imagination […]

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    11 August, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    brewhouse, burton-upon-trent, charlotte bennet, children, clown doctor, Creative Civic Change Newington, edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, eva sampson, family theatre, fringe, ilfracombe, katie posner, laura lindow, newington, plaine's plough, roundabout, Salford, summer, summer festival, summerhall, the landmark, the lowry, the ultimate pickle, theatre festival, uk tour
  • Paula Paz talks ‘Black, The Clown’: “Behind a love story there is is a sharp critique about power”

    Paula Paz talks ‘Black, The Clown’: “Behind a love story there is is a sharp critique about power”

    Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Arcola Theatre’s summer opera festival, Spanish culture stomps into the London scene through a new production of its purest stage artform. Guillermo Názara chats with its director, Paula Paz, to find out about the remake of Black, The Clown, a 30s zarzuela that mirrors today’s reality more than […]

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    29 July, 2022
    English contents, Interviews
    arcola theatre, black, black el payaso, black the clown, cervantes institute, comedy, drama, london, operetta, theatre, west end, zarzuela
  • Leo Skilbeck talks ‘The Pervert’s Podcast’: “It’s wise to assume that ‘progress’ isn’t linear”

    Presented by the award-winning theatre company Milk Presents and in partnership with Derby Theatre, The Pervert’s Podcast is a new queer audio cabaret exploring items selected from national queer archives, and featuring many special guest apperances including Campbell X, Mzz Kimberly, Georgoise Bourgeois, among others. Guillermo Názara talks to its host, Leo Skillbeck, about the past, present and future […]

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    9 May, 2022
    Interviews
    Annie Siddons, Campbell X, derby theatre, E-J Scott, gay, gay pride, Georgoise Bourgeois, Ginger Johnson, homophobia, Jacob Bloomfield, leo skilbeck, lgbt, milk presents, Mzz Kimberly, queer, Shay Shay, sickbabes, the perverts podcast, trans
  • Olly Dobson talks ‘Back To The Future’: “We know what people want to see and the other side of things that you’ve never seen before”

    Currently playing to packed houses at the Adelphi Theatre, today’s one-of-a-king guests steps every night into one of the most memorable characters of film, and now theatre, History. Guillermo Názara chats with lead actor Olly Dobson, who originated the main role in the musical adaptation of the emblematic 80s movie Back To The Future. All […]

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    30 March, 2022
    Interviews
    80s, adelphi theatre, alan silvestri, back to the future, comedy, covent garden, delorean, dr emmet brown, drama, dreamers, fantasy, great scott, hill valley, it works, johnny b goode, london, marty mcfly, musical, musical theatre, musicals, olly dobson, plutonium, roger bart, sci fi, space time continuum, the power of love, this world's for the dreamers, time machine, time travel, tower clock, west end
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