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Review of ‘Pirates of Penzance’: “A first-rate opportunity”
Sasha Regan’s signature all-male production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s masterpiece returns to the London scene, featuring a new cast performing at the Wilton’s Music Hall until the end of the month. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this ‘sir-gent’ approach on the classic work is something he’d jolly…
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Review of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’: “Too green in judgement”
The Bard’s revered historical piece returns to its homeplace in a new production combining conventional acting with sign language performances. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if, in this contemporary look on the classic, the odds is far from gone. “Age cannot wither her.” The doomed affair between the…
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Review of ‘Bedroom Farce’: “There’s more to happen beneath (and over) the sheets”
Alan Ayckbourn’s 1980s comedy returns to the stage through Robin Herford’s newest revival, playing at The Mill at Sonning for a strictly limited run until the end of the summer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its crazy mix of love affairs ends up making a good match.…
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Review of ‘Accolade’: “The prize is almost right”
Emylin Williams classic thriller returns to the stage in this new production starring Ayden Callaghan under Sean Mathias’s direction. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its obscure plot revolving the secret life of award-winning author deserves to be cut to ribbons. History always finds a way to repeat…
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Review of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’: “Rougher touches increase the arousal”
Shakespeare’s love-hate comedy returns to the Globe, in a new production bringing a more callow approach to its maddening storyline. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this modernized revision ends up killing it in its own humour. “Could you stop being such a b*tch?”. I wonder how many…
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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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Review of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’: “And it did!”
Shakespeare in the Squares returns one more year, bringing back one of the Bard’s comedy classics as they transform London parks into open-air theatres. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new version of the love–setback piece has set up a succesful comeback. There are just as many…
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Review of ‘The Glass Menagerie”: “Coming to crystal-clear sparkle”
Tennessee Williams’s all-time classic returns to the London stage in a visually innovative production by Atri Banerjee, currently playing until the end of the month. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new mirror image on Williams’s own life has any cracks in it. The past always finds…
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Review of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’: “As merry as the show is long”
Shakespeare’s ultimate rom-com returns to the Globe in a new period-themed production under Sean Holmes’s vision. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its situational humour actually fell out of place. “Here lies Hero, A hero killed by slanderous tongues”. Oh, thanks for the compliment, darling – but it’s actually…
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Review of ‘Othello’: “Betrayal pays off”
The Bard’s greatest classic about disloyalty and deception returns to the Globe in a visually modernized production played by candlelight. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this recurring piece in the London scene is still worth coming even now, now, very now. No good deed goes unpunished. Yet,…
