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  • Review of ‘Ghost Stories By Candlelight’: “Adult ‘Goosebumps’ show sets a higher stein-dard in the genre”

    Review of ‘Ghost Stories By Candlelight’: “Adult ‘Goosebumps’ show sets a higher stein-dard in the genre”

    Following an extensive national tour for the Halloween season, the show concluded its run this weekend at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, bringing back the mystery, spooks, and shivers under the guidance of BAFTA Award-winning director Ellie While. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if its spirited narrative is likely…

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    10 November, 2025
    English contents, Reviews
    anne odeke, battersea arts centre, Elle While, Florence Espeut-Nickless, ghost stories, ghost stories by candelight, ghost stories by candllelight review, horror, horror shows, Jonathan Chan, Keaton Guimarães-Tolley, Lu Herbert, off west end, pentabus, Rosa Torr, Sarita Gabony, science fiction, Simon Longman
  • Review of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ tour: “Dammit, Janet! Not so fast!”

    Review of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ tour: “Dammit, Janet! Not so fast!”

    The ultimate queer cult musical returns in this touring production following last year’s West End run at the Dominion Theatre. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its latest embodiment flaunts any toucha, toucha, touches of brilliance. It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll… Well, we can…

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    29 April, 2025
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    horror, jason donovan, movies, musical theatre, musicals, review, review the rocky horror show, review the rocky horror show tour, Reviews, the rocky horror show, the rocky horror show review, the rocky horror show tour, the rocky horror show tour review, theatre, trafalgar entertainment
  • JC Chasez and Jimmy Harry talk new album ‘Playing With Fire’: “No amount of technology can save us from being human”

    JC Chasez and Jimmy Harry talk new album ‘Playing With Fire’: “No amount of technology can save us from being human”

    The world-renowned songwriters join forces one more time, through this upcoming concept piece resurrecting Mary Shelley’s signature work through a revised, modern-life approach. Guillermo Nazara chats with the duo, to learn all the facts about the development of this musical theatre remake, as well as the prospects of their creature. What prompted you to adapt…

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    6 November, 2024
    English contents, Interviews
    concept album, frankenstein, horror, jc chase, jimmy harry, mary shelle, mary shelley, music, musical theatre, new album, playing with fire, rock music, victorian
  • Review of ‘The Witching Hour’: “Not quite the right stage fright”

    Review of ‘The Witching Hour’: “Not quite the right stage fright”

    The Bridewell Theatre hosts the London premiere of this new horror play, dealing with the curse of a tormented spirit taken revenge for all eternity. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this bleak recount exploring the powers of the hearafter ends up digging its own grave. Truth is…

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    17 July, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    fringe theatre, ghost stories, horror, horror play, la llorona, salem, salem witch trials, satanism, the conjuring, the crucible, the exorcist, the ring, the witching hour, theme park, tour, witches
  • New horror immersive experience to play in London this summer

    New horror immersive experience to play in London this summer

    The show will open by the end of August in a secret location in Hackney Wick. Combining interactive moments with theatrical cinema and time-pressured tasks, the montage will submerge guests into a dystopian world ruled by political oppression, where the quest for survival is the only way to flee. We all want our dreams to…

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    18 March, 2024
    English contents, News
    dystopian, gotham, hackney, horror, immersive experience, magenta, west end
  • Review of ‘The Enfield Haunting’: “I wanted to believe”

    Review of ‘The Enfield Haunting’: “I wanted to believe”

    London’s most infamous paranormal event inhabits the West End scene through this new adaptation starring Catherine Tate and David Threlfall. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this ghostly production keeps any skeletons in the closet. No one knows what awaits us once we leave this world. But what…

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    11 January, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    ambassadors, atg theatre, catherine tate, david threfall, elle schrey yeats, enfield haunting, exorcism, Gareth Radcliffe, grace molony, horror, jude coward nicoll, mo sesay, netflix series, nrve mcintosh, poltergeist, supernatural, terror, west end
  • Review of ‘The Woman In Black’: “Still a hot spook”

    Review of ‘The Woman In Black’: “Still a hot spook”

    The most terrifying classic in British theatre continues to bewitch the country with its current national tour – bringing back the glitz and horror of the recently closed original. Guillermo Nazara shares spills his guts on the production, to let us know if this oldie is frightfully good. Imagine an old theatre haunted by the…

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    15 November, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    daniel radcliffe, fortune theatre, ghost story, horror, malcolm james, mark hawkins, play, richmond theatre, robin herford, stephen mallatratt, susan hill, terror, the woman in black, tour, victorian, victorian horror, west end
  • Review of “We Are Monsters” & “Glass”: “Viewer, beware – you’re in for a pair!”

    Review of “We Are Monsters” & “Glass”: “Viewer, beware – you’re in for a pair!”

    Horror, comedy and thriller lurk onstage through this double-featured show presented by the young Just A Regular House company. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the plays, to let us know if these terror-themed pieces literally looked a fright. Thank you… for that MARVELOUS introduction! Sorry, I couldn’t help it. I just like complimenting –…

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    27 October, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    Barons Court Theatre, connor mccrory, fringe theatre, glass, goosebumps, halloween, horror, joseph ryan hughes, just a regular house, phine booth, rl stine, scream, terror, we are monsters, zach wyatt
  • Review of ‘Death Note’: “On its way to slay it”

    Review of ‘Death Note’: “On its way to slay it”

    London’s West End goes otaku with the European premiere of this new manga-based musical. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its killer storyline actually took his breath away. What would you do if you could decide upon who lives and who dies? It may sound crazy, but we’ve…

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    24 August, 2023
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    adam pascal, aimie atkinson, anime, death note, Frank Wildhorn, goth, horror, jack murphy, japanese, kevin wilson, london, london palladium, musical theatre, musicals, west end
  • Review of ‘2:22’: “Still a hot spook”

    Review of ‘2:22’: “Still a hot spook”

    Danny Robin’s hit horror play starts its next season in the West End, now running at the Apollo Theatre until the end of summer. Guillermo Nazara returns to the production to share his thoughts on its newly arrived cast, to reveal if the show continues to have a ghost of a chance. Double, double toil and…

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    1 June, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    2:22, 2:22 a ghost story, apollo theatre, broadway, clifford samuel, criterion theatre, danny robins, felix scott, ghost story, haunted, haunting, horror, jaime winstone, london, matthew dunster, mystery, ricky champ, shaftesbury avenue, sophia bush, tom felton, west end, whodunnit
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