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Review of ‘Fangirls’: “Love is blind”
The award-winning Australian musical celebrates its UK premiere, in a new brand production playing at the Lyric Hammersmith until the end of August. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if in this teen-celebrity fantasy the stars have aligned. “She’ craaaaazy.” Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. That’s such an…
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Review of ‘The Secret Garden’: “Unlocked wonder”
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s turn-of-the-century classic returns to the stage in a new adaptation playing at Regent’s Open Air Theatre until mid-summer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this blooming version of a literary icon ends up coming up roses. “If someone wanted me to die, I would keep…
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Keelan McAuley talks ‘Heathers, The Musical’: “Most stories about high school will be timeless”
The most cheer-leading show in town moves to the heart of the West End – featuring a new principal cast determined to bring the hopes up (and a few people down…) back in Westerberg High. Guillermo Nazara chats with his male protagonist, to learn all the fun facts about this montage as we step into…
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Review of ‘Awful Auntie’: “We like it rough, but not as a draft”
David Walliams’s best-selling children’s book relives onstage through this new adaptation travelling across the UK until the end of the year. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this production is either giddy or sally. We all have that relative that can’t help but feel not particularly fond of.…
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Review of ‘Death Note’: “On its way to slay it”
London’s West End goes otaku with the European premiere of this new manga-based musical. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its killer storyline actually took his breath away. What would you do if you could decide upon who lives and who dies? It may sound crazy, but we’ve…
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Review of ‘The Crucible’: “The past is never passed”
Arthur Miller’s historical classic lands on the West End with the return of the National Theatre’s revival production. Guillermo Nazara shares his thoughts on this haunting play dealing with the powers of deception and fanaticism, to let us know if this actually is one hell of a show. Never before has Satan been closer. Or…
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Elizabeth Newman discusses The Pitlochry Festival: “The companies of actors will make these productions very special”
As the summer season approaches, Scotland’s only repertory theatre prepares from one of its most intricate and exciting runs. Guillermo Nazara chats with its Artistic Director about this year’s programming, to learn the most interesting facts about an offer suiting almost all genres and audiences.
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Review of ‘My Son’s A Queer’: “A million lives story”
Tears and laughs shake the stage in this proud celebration of truthfulness and individuality. Guillermo Nazara reviews this new production which has lately become one of the hottest shows in the West End, to let us know if all the gossip is as fair as its bitchy tongue.
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Feature: When London looked to the Eastern sky
Last month, the Royal Court Theatre world-premiered a set of three original pieces in association with Tokyo’s New National Theatre, in an unprecedented collaboration between both venues. Guillermo Nazara offers us an insight look at this intricate venture, upon interviewing its dramaturgs and artistic directors, to guide us into the depths of this innovative project…
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Review of ‘The Unfriend’: “The divine comedy”
The spooks and the scares have been replaced on the boards of London’s Criterion Theatre for the laughs and feel-good vibe of a most delightful serial killer. Guillermo Nazara reviews this new comedy now playing in the West End for a strictly limited run, to let us know if the victims of this show lie…
