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  • Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’ (2026, Royal Albert Hall): “All-mitey spectacle needs little debugging”

    Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’ (2026, Royal Albert Hall): “All-mitey spectacle needs little debugging”

    The Royal Albert Hall welcomes the company’s latest addition to their London season, this year themed after the smallest wildlife. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know whether it’s an insect-ivizing experience or theatrical vermin. I never thought I said this, but I’ve actually liked the sight of multi-legged critters…

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    15 January, 2026
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    acrobatics, circus, cirque du soleil, london, london shows, musical theatre, ovo, ovo cirque du soleil, ovo cirque du soleil review, ovo review, royal albert hall, spectacle, west end
  • The 50 best shows of 2024

    The 50 best shows of 2024

    As this year’s last act gets ready for its grand finale, we present our annual list of the most enduring productions in both the London and UK scene. Join us, as we take a journey into the past – and reveal which ones, out of our 288 posts, have made it into our stagy wall…

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    30 December, 2024
    English contents, Features
    a chorus line, A Raisin in the Sun, a view from the bridge, alegria, All's Well That Ends Well, asi wind, barbican theatre, barbra streisand, benjamin button musical, best shows, best shows of 2024, boys from the blackstuff, bronco billy, buyer and cellar, cirque, cirque du soleil, cowbois, cruel intentions musical, dance, death of england, dominic west, enb, english national ballet, fiddler on the roof, fringe, giant, giselle, harry clarke, holocaust, homo alone, House of Life, hugh panaro, incredibly human, John Lithgow, judy, judy garland, la fille mal gardee, lehman brothers, lehman trilogy, les noces, madame bovary, much ado about nothing, musical theatre, musicals, next to normal, oedipus, off west end, people places and things, pippin, players kings, plays, punchdrunk, roald dahl, rob madge, shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Squares, shakespeare’s globe, sophie’s surpirse 29th, spirited away, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, stephen schwartz, swan lake in the round, tennessee williams, the 39 steps, the bbc proms, The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady, the comedy of errors, the curious case of benjamin, the departue, the dream of a ridiculous man, the glass menagerie, the happiest man on earth, the hills of california, the liar the bitch and the wardrobe, the massive tragedy of Madame bovary, the nutcracker, the picture of dorian gray, theatre, tour, twelfth night, viola’s room, war horse, west end
  • Review of ‘Fuerza Bruta: Aven’: “Unity makes the real strength”

    Review of ‘Fuerza Bruta: Aven’: “Unity makes the real strength”

    The world-famous Argentinian performing company returns to its London home, presenting their latest montage for a strictly limited run playing until the end of summer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its intense display of acrobatics ends up feeling high up in the air. “Esto es… FUERZA BRUTA”,…

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    12 July, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    acrobatics, circus, cirque du soleil, dance, family show, fuerza bruta, musical theatre, musicals, spectacle
  • Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Alegría’: “Come la magia di vita “

    Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Alegría’: “Come la magia di vita “

    One of the company’s signature and most popular pieces returns to the London scene in a revised production exuding even more thrills and enchantment than the first time. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this aerial display of talent was actually a flight of fantasy. Very few times…

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    18 January, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    acrobatics, alegria, big spectacle, cirque du soleil, concert hall, musical theatre, musicals, royal albert hall, spectacle
  • 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
  • Cirque du Soleil’s latest show to become its most successful production in London

    Cirque du Soleil’s latest show to become its most successful production in London

    Only two weeks away from concluding its run at the Royal Albert Hall, this new montage has already sold over 200 thousand tickets. Inspired by the aesthetics of the Victorian era, this incredible display of talent and spectacularity features, among others, 6 new acts never seen before in the UK.

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    22 February, 2023
    English contents, News
    19th century, acrobatics, aerial dance, cirque du soleil, dance, daredevil, de la terre a la lune, french, jules verne, kurious, musical, musical theatre, royal albert hall, steampunk, traditional theatre, west end, xix century
  • Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Kurios’: “De la scène a la lune”

    Review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Kurios’: “De la scène a la lune”

    The bronze allure of French 1800s steampunk lures within the walls of London’s Royal Albert Hall – through this new production by one the most highly regarded companies in the world. Guillermo Nazara reviews this montage of artistic awe and gifted oddities, to let us know what awaits in one of the most anticipated shows…

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    19 January, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    19th century, acrobatics, aerial dance, cirque du soleil, dance, daredevil, de la terre a la lune, french, jules verne, kurious, musical, musical theatre, royal albert hall, steampunk, traditional theatre, west end, xix century

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