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Review of ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’: “So long, lover boy!”
The Arcola Theatre opened last week the 2023 edition of the Grimeborn Opera Festival, starting with a visually reinvented production of Otto Nicolai’s most succesful piece. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on this montage featuring an queer-inclusive company, to let us know if this marriage of songs and drama has made it smoothly down the…
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Review of ‘Tipsy’: “Let’s get those nails more polished”
The Cockpit Theatre hosted the world premiere of this new comedy reflecting upon the harshness of our everyday through gleam, colour and a bit of acetone. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on this surreal tale taking place amidst the chaos of a beauty salon, to let us know if their services deserved a complaining form…
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Review of ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’: “False advertising”
Loesser and Burrows’s musical classic returns to the stage in a new Off-West End production – also bringing back to the London scene long-standing legend Tracie Bennett. Guillermo Nazara shares his thoughts on the show, to let us know if there’s been any victory while playing this charade. Ahhh… Nothing like not lifting a finger…
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Review of ‘No Man’s Island’: “There’s something on the air”
London’s Big House Theatre opens its doors to clandestine reality, with this play about an illegal radio station and the lives of those who give it voice to. Guillermo Nazara shares his thoughts on this original show, to let us know what’s to expect in this story of commitment, fight and brotherhood. Life is a…
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FEATURE: Read all about last night’s Off West End Awards ceremony
The Offies are back! For the first time in 3 years, the most prestigious awards celebrating the talent and effort of fringe and alternative theatre return to a live event – hosted on this occasion in the allure of London’s staggering Alexandra Palace. Guillermo Nazara tells us all the details about the experience, to take…
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Review of ‘Smoke’: “A misty view”
Shame, temptation and regret merge together in this new play dealing with rough sexual relationships and the limits of consent. Guillermo Nazara reviews this original work currently playing at London’s Southwark Playhouse until the end of the month, to let us know what awaits amidst the fog and darkness of its eerie plot.
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Review of ‘The Mistake’: “Somebody had to make it”
One of the most horrific episodes in recent history relives onstage through the words and eyes of those who stood before it. Guillermo Nazara reviews this play dealing with the massacre of the Hiroshima bombing, to share this thoughts on this in-depth analysis about the people that lived through the terror but also the ones…
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Laura Lindow talks ‘The Ultimate Pickle’ “Even the smallest hearts can take on the very bravest times”
Sometimes it’s the litte ones that can teach us how to overcome the biggest problems. Dramaturg Laura Lindow has no doubt about that, and so she has proven in her latest show, The Ultimate Pickle, an inspiring story dealing with the grief children may also face – but explored through the eyes of comedy, imagination…
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Laura Lindow habla de ‘The Ultimate Pickle’ “Incluso los corazones más pequeños pueden asumir los momentos más valientes”
A veces son los más pequeños los que pueden enseñarnos a superar los mayores problemas. La dramaturga Laura Lindow no tiene ninguna duda al respecto, y así lo ha demostrado en su último espectáculo, The Ultimate Pickle, una inspiradora historia que aborda el dolor al que también pueden enfrentarse los niños, pero explorada con ojos…
