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Playwright and performer Libby Rodliffe talks upcoming comedy show ‘Jobsworth’: “It’s very easy to make something droll when it’s unequivocally ridiculous to begin with”
Following an abridged iteration at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the show gears up for its first full-length run at London’s Park Theatre — bringing back the chaos, insanity, and subsequent laughter of dealing with today’s daunting job market. Guillermo Nazara chats with the artist to learn more about the creation of the piece and how…
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Review of ‘Vermin’: “Rat-sodic acting shines through unpesticided writing”
London’s Park Theatre welcomes Benny Ainsworth’s psychological two-hander, featuring complex love relationships, dark humour, and a rodent murder. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if its rat-targeting narrative turns out to be the cat’s whiskers. It’s nothing short of unsettling that I came to see this play on the…
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Review of ‘The Chaos That Has Been And Will No Doubt Return’: “Misleading name hides a spectacular triumph”
The Southwark Playhouse hosts the London premiere of Sam Edmunds’s stirring coming-of-age comedy. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know this tale of survival of manages to live on under the spotlight. Alright — that was a long title, an absurdly long title. And not particularly a very orientative one…
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Review of Sh!tfaced Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’: “Full-of-crap show knows how to take the piss”
The comedy group celebrates its fifteenth anniversary treading the boards with their latest topsy-turvy approach to one of the Bard’s masterpieces. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this mad remake of the Danish tale comes off as a fine treat. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.…
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Review of ‘Clive’: “One-man show featuring a cactus sidekick pricks in audience’s hearts with its dry bluntness”
The Arcola Theatre hosts the world premiere of Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning writer Michael Wynne’s latest play, exploring the struggles of an OCD-suffering man and his scars from school and wor harassment. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show — to let us know if its psychologically rooted drama is worth any seeds of…
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Review of ‘Reality Bites’: “Half-chewed narrative gives audiences a mouthful of gravitas but also more than teething problems”
The new Arches Lane Theatre hosts the return of Jamie Christian’s monogical play, brought in a new production running until the middle of the month. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show — to let us know if its molarity tale is the chomp-ion of the season. Dating nowadays is pretty much the same…
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Writer Temi Majekodunmi talks new queer play ‘Positive’: “We are more than our trauma”
The Southwark Playhouse hosts the world premiere of this new piece dealing with black masculinity, queerness, and the HIV stigma through a humorous, uplifting approach. Guillermo Nazara chats with the author, to learn more about the development of a show set to infect audiences with hope and sympathy. How does it feel to be bringing…
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Review of ‘Scenes From A Repatriation’: “The early, early morning of the dragon”
The Royal Court hosts the world premiere of Joel Tan’s latest play, exploring the subject of historical reparation through a critical point of view. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its thought-provoking narrative, set around an ancient Chinese monument, left him in a state of Confucius. History is…
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Writer David Shopland talks upcoming play ‘Cul-de-Sac’: “I see a lot of people who fell into lives that don’t feel like they were made for them”
London’s Omnibus Theatre hosts the world premiere of this new coming-of-age play exploring the trials and tribulations of the millennial generation. Guillermo Nazara chats with its author, to learn more about the development of a show booming with everything but zee-mple matters. How did the idea for this play come about? Quite differently from most…
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Review of ‘Tending’: “Infectious poignancy”
Riverside Studios hosts the London premiere of this documentary-style play, celebrating the endeavours of NHS nurses as well as denouncing their current working conditions. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, directing its elements to offer a closer look into its entrails. There are many reasons not to see this show. Yet, none of…
