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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…
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Review of ‘A Brief Case of Crazy’: “It’d stick better with fewer slaps”
The Riverside Studios hosts this three-hander play by the Skedaddle company, combining clown, puppetry, and all sorts of physical comedy to deliver a classic story of love and kindness. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this jokey piece of theatre ended up being a joke of a show.…
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Review of ‘Midnight Cowboy, The Musical’: “It’s barely coming together”
The 1960s film classic lands on the London stage through this brand new musical adaptation playing at the Southwark Playhouse until the end of the month. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its touch is drilling enough to blow its own trumpet. The world is a dark place.…
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Review of ‘Stiletto’: “Unneutered talent flaunts promising jewells”
The Charing Cross Theatre hosts the world premiere of this period musical revolving around the castrati singers. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know how the piece has done after being put to the testes. They had the balls to do it. It took roughly 40 years (and a few…
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Writer and performer Sam Ipema talks upcoming show ‘Dear Annie, I Hate You’: “Had I not been diagnosed, I highly doubt I’d find myself here putting on a play in London”
Following its successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the London scene welcomes the arrival of this dark comedy exploring the author’s real-ljfe journey upon suffering from an aneurysm. Guillermo Nazara chats with the playwright, to learn more about the creation of a show where positivity and inspiration are the brains of its outfit. How does…
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Review of ‘Wilko’: “Not ready to pull the cover yet”
The English rock star returns to the stage through this musical biopic depicting the trials and tribulations of his extraordinary life. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this journey through melody, passion, and drugs should be kept out of sight. He was better than Mozart – or so…
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Review of ‘The Glass Menagerie’: “A grasp of blue roses”
Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece returns to the London stage in a reimagined production playing at The Yard Theatre until mid-May. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new approach on the classic allows its original essence to crystallise. In Spain there was Guernica! But here there was only hot swing…
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Lead actor Johnson Willis talks upcoming play ‘Wilko’: “He stands for life”
The British rock legend relives onstage through this musical biopic portraying a more personal side that not so many may know about. Guillermo Nazara chats with the man playing the icon all through city, to learn more about his process of putting Wilko back in the night. How does it feel to be playing one…
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Lead actress Lucy Pickles talks new play ‘Too Many Books’: “When the system overtakes the individual, things get lost”
London’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre hosts the world premiere of former Sunday Times journalist Judi Bevan’s debut play – exploring the difficulties of international adoption during the 90s. Guillermo Nazara chats with the show’s leading actress, to learn all the fun facts about this poignant story meant to give birth to a new train…
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Review of ‘Stalled”: “They sure can sing in the can”
The King’s Head Theatre hosts the London premiere of this new original musical, exploring the journeys of different women coinciding at the same office lavatory. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its attempts of pumping the drama end up going down the toilet. I have very little respect…
