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Review of ‘Garry Starr: Classic Penguins”: “Over-baring parody strips humour down to monotonous slapstick”
Following its initial success in the fringe scene, the show lands in the West End for the festive season ahead of a new tour and subsequent run at the Garrick Theatre. Guillermo Nazara tells the naked truth about the show to let us know if its humorous take on literature will make audiences wear nothing…
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Review of ‘Daniel’s Husband’: “Undefined premise delivers an unbalanced marriage of ideas”
The Marylebone Theatre welcomes the London premiere of Michael McKeever’s harrowing play. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this tale of unconditional love ends conditioning itself. We don’t need Netflix to tell us these are true events. We don’t even need to watch it to believe in it.…
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Review of ‘The Fit Prince’: “Hyper-gay rom-com manages to bear fruit”
Following the success of previous productions such as Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing, the team returns to the London scene with a parody love story between a monarch from a fictional realm and a baker from New York. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know…
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Review of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ (2025, Royal Albert Hall): “Heavenly performance soars almost to celestial heights”
Glyndebourne’s signature holiday concert returned to the venue for another year, in a unique performance celebrating one of the most popular works in sacred music. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if the quality was enough to make him scream “Hallelujah!”. I’m not a traditional person by any means.…
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Review of ‘The Lost Library of Leake Street’: “Story-catalog play suffers from paper-thin narrative”
Waterloo’s The Glitch pub theatre welcomes a new anthological play combining fantasy, pathos, and Christmas magic. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this index of contents makes for a success in his book. It’s a library with no books. Strange, I know. Then again, nothing can’t surprise in…
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Review of ‘Beauty & The Beast – A Horny Love Story’: “Fur-nomenal fairy tale works like a clogsworth”
The Charing Cross Theatre welcomes back its signature panto season with a fag-tastic new adaptation of the popular children’s story. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if, in this remake of a tale as old as time, there’s still something there. It’s the festive season, for better or worse,So…
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Review of ‘The Grim’: “Promising premise and striking execution can’t secure a dead-good narrative”
Following its world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe, the play celebrates its London debut at the Southwark Playhouse for a strictly limited run. Guillermo Nazara disects the show to let us know if its death-hunting narrative left him mortified. Well, nothing screams Friday fun like seeing a play about undertakers. It’s the holiday season, so…
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Review of ‘The Great Christmas Feast’: “Dickensian festival is a banquet for the senses”
Now in its eighth consecutive year, the show returns to The Lost Estate to immerse audiences in the magic of Dickens’s lore. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know whether it lives up to the great expectations. I’ve come to the conclusion that Ebenezer Scrooge and I have a lot…
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Review of ‘Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt 2B’: “Memento Mori Arty”
The Arcola Theatre celebrates the London premiere of Kate Hamill’s parody play, starring a gender-swapped remodel of Arthur Conan Doyle’s signature character in a post-pandemic setting. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if, in this version, the game is afoot. The spirit of Billy Wilder spoke to me during…
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Review of ‘My Fair Lady’ (The Mill at Sonning 2025): “Intimate revival secures acclaim with a bit of luck”
The venue welcomes the Christmas season with a new production of Lerner and Loewe’s timeless piece. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know whether this latest incarnation is good enough to grow accustomed to her face. They could have danced all night. And I could have watched them all day…
