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  • Drag performer Patti Boo Rae talks new festive show ‘Little Miss Christmas’: “Beauty pageants and the holidays have a lot in common”

    Drag performer Patti Boo Rae talks new festive show ‘Little Miss Christmas’: “Beauty pageants and the holidays have a lot in common”

    Following the success of its initial run last year, the show lands on the London scene for two daily performances across the holiday season. Guillermo Nazara chats with the artist to learn what’s in store in this festive celebration of glitter, lipstick, and acceptance. How does it feel to be bringing the show to the…

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    23 December, 2025
    English contents, Interviews
    alphabetti theatre, christmas adult shows, christmas drag show, christmas shows, drag show, little miss christmas, london christmas shows, musical, musical theatre, Newcastle, off west end, patti boo rae, southwark playhouse
  • Review of ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’: “Last instalment in Mischief’s saga is a creative Scrooge”

    Review of ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’: “Last instalment in Mischief’s saga is a creative Scrooge”

    Charles Dickens’s festive classic meets the Ghost of Christmas Chaos through Mischief’s newest addition to the West End. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if the latest Goes Wrong honours its title a little too much. If you’ve previously seen The Play That Goes Wrong, you know what you’re…

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    15 December, 2025
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    apollo theatre, christmas carol goes wrong, christmas carol goes wrong review, christmas shows, comedy, kenny wax, mischief, nimax theatres, west end
  • Review of ‘Beauty & The Beast – A Horny Love Story’: “Fur-nomenal fairy tale works like a clogsworth”

    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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    7 December, 2025
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    above the stag, beauty and the beast a horny love story, beauty and the beast adult panto, beauty and the beast charing cross, beauty and the beast charing cross review, ben mabberley, charing cross theatre, chris lane, christmas adult shows, christmas shows, dani mirels, gay theatre, jon bradfield, keanu adolphus johnson, laura-anna mead, lgbt, martin hooper, matt kennedy, matthew baldwin, owen arkrow
  • Review of ‘My Fair Lady’ (The Mill at Sonning 2025): “Intimate revival secures acclaim with a bit of luck”

    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…

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    1 December, 2025
    English contents, Reviews
    christmas shows, dinner theatre, musical theatre, musicals, My Fair Lady, my fair lady sonning, my fair lady sonning review, the mill at sonning, west end
  • Review of ‘Dick Whittington’: “A Lord Mayor’s show”

    Review of ‘Dick Whittington’: “A Lord Mayor’s show”

    The great British classic returns to panto season in this new production currently playing at the Richmond Theatre. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if the cat got the cream at the end of the day. As the holiday bells are starting to chimeThe camp comes in streams on…

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    21 December, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    alan mchugh, charlie smart, christmas shows, comedy, dance, dick whittington, eileen the cat, erin sophie halliday, family show, jack danson, jonathan mawson, london, musical theatre, panto, pantomime, paul merton, richmond, richmond theatre, songs, suki webster, vivien parry, wendy mae brown
  • The 50 best shows of 2023

    The 50 best shows of 2023

    One more year goes by and so does the theatre scene, regaling us with more than a few astonishing productions to treasure in our hearts for the rest of our days. Here is our list of the top 50 shows we’ve seen in 2023 – ranging from West End to fringe, while also featuring ballet…

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    18 December, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    2:22, a christmas carol, accidental death of an anarchist, Arthur Miller, bell book and candle, best shows, bleak expectations, brokeback mountain, build a rocket, chichester festival, christmas shows, cinderella in the round, cirque du soleil, creature, duet for one, dumbledor is so gay, enb, english national ballet, eno, eugenius, fringe, fucking men, gay, generation games, globe, great british bake off, kurios, la cage aux folles, lehman trilogy, lgbt, musical theatre, musicals, my son's a queer, national theatre, old vic, paper cut, plays, police cops, shakespeare, soho place, stephen schwartz, the crucible, the little big things, the mistake, the tony blair rock opera, the unfriend, the vortex, theatre, wagatha christie, wicked
  • Review of ENB’s ‘The Nutcracker’: “Old-school charm”

    Review of ENB’s ‘The Nutcracker’: “Old-school charm”

    Tchaikovsky’s Christmas masterpiece lands on the London Coliseum through one of the longest-running theatrical traditions in the West End. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this return montage was actually sugar-plum. They say that dreams are the actual magic that makes the world go around. Truth or not,…

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    16 December, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    christmas, christmas shows, classic music, classical, dance, enb, english national ballet, eno, Fabian Reimair, Gareth Haw, Junor Souza, london, london coliseum, musical theatre, musicals, Sangeun Lee, west end
  • Explore the magic of London’s most whimsical Christmas show

    Explore the magic of London’s most whimsical Christmas show

    The allure of the holidays blasts onstage through this new immersive experience taking us to the realm of wishes and fantasy. Guillermo Nazara takes on a ride through this production currently playing until the end of the season, to let us know what sort of proof lies in this pudding. It’s beginning to look a…

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    25 November, 2023
    English contents, Features
    christmas, christmas shows, elf, family, father christmas, happy holidays, holidays, immersive, immersive experience, london, magic, santa claus, waterloo, west end, wishmas, xmas
  • ‘Elf, The Musical’ releases first look production pictures ahead of London opening

    ‘Elf, The Musical’ releases first look production pictures ahead of London opening

    The production has launched its first set of pictures featuring several fully staged scenes, with a cast led by Simon Lipkin and who will be joined by Rebecca Lock for a strictly limited season. Based on the 2003 hit movie starring Will Ferrell, the show relies on a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan…

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    22 November, 2022
    English contents, News
    alfie morwood, annie, Bethan Downing, bob martin, chad beguelin, Chloe Saunders, christmas, christmas carols, christmas shows, dominion theatre, elf, elf the musical, elfs, Ellis Linford-Pill, Evonnee Bentley-Holder, family show, father christmas, Francis Foreman, Frankie Treadaway, hairspray, Heather Scott-Martin, holidays, Jade Davies, Jessica Spalis, Katie Warsop, kim ismay, Kyle Cox, london, magic, Matthew Sklar, Michael Tyler, Morgan Gregory, musical, new line cinema, nicholas pound, rebecca locke, Ryan Jupp, santa claus, Shane O'Riordan, simon lipkin, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Theo Reece, thomas meehan, tom chambers, west end, will ferrell
  • ‘Elf, The Musical’ publica las primeras imágenes de la producción antes del estreno en Londres

    ‘Elf, The Musical’ publica las primeras imágenes de la producción antes del estreno en Londres

    La producción ha lanzado su primera serie de imágenes con varias escenas totalmente escenificadas, con un reparto dirigido por Simon Lipkin y al que se unirá Rebecca Lock para una temporada estrictamente limitada. Basado en la exitosa película de 2003 protagonizada por Will Ferrell, el espectáculo se apoya en un libro de los ganadores del…

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    22 November, 2022
    Actualidad, Contenido en español
    alfie morwood, annie, Bethan Downing, bob martin, chad beguelin, Chloe Saunders, christmas, christmas carols, christmas shows, dominion theatre, elf, elf the musical, elfs, Ellis Linford-Pill, Evonnee Bentley-Holder, family show, father christmas, Francis Foreman, Frankie Treadaway, hairspray, Heather Scott-Martin, holidays, Jade Davies, Jessica Spalis, Katie Warsop, kim ismay, Kyle Cox, london, magic, Matthew Sklar, Michael Tyler, Morgan Gregory, musical, new line cinema, nicholas pound, rebecca locke, Ryan Jupp, santa claus, Shane O'Riordan, simon lipkin, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Theo Reece, thomas meehan, tom chambers, west end, will ferrell

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