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  • The 50 best shows of 2025

    The 50 best shows of 2025

    In the run-up to 2026’s exciting new offer, we’re taking a final trip down review lane to gather the most enduring shows of the year. Discover which ones have made the cut out of hundreds of press performances and how close it gets to your own selection. 50. Antigone On Strike Action, politics, and philosophy…

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    29 December, 2025
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    a christmas carol, a man for all seasons, a midsummer night's dream, adult panto, antigone on strike, arcola theatre, as you like it, asa butterfield, bbc proms, beauty and the beast panto, best shows 2025, bridge theatre, callum scott howles, cassidy janson, charie stemp, charing cross theatre, charles dickens, charlie stemp, cinderella, clarkston, dear annie i hate you, double act, dracapella, english national ballet, every brilliant thing, fantasia orchestra, gay panto, ghost stories by candlelight, ghosts ibsen, giselle, glyndebourne, goodnight oscar, jack holden, jobsworth, Joe Locke, John Partridge, jonathan bailey, just for one day, live aid musical, manhunt, marriage of figaro, martin shaw, mendelssohn, minnie driver, mischief, more life, mozart, murder she didn’t write, musicals, My Fair Lady, open air theatre, other palace, panto, park theatre, richard ii jonathan bailey, romeo and juliet, roxie rocks chicago, royal albert hall, royal court, salty brine, sean hayes, second best, shitfaced shakespeare, shucked, tarantula, tchaikovsky, tending, the chaos that has been and will no doubt return, the code, the comedy about spies, the deep blue sea, the fit prince, the glass menagerie, the globe, the great christmas feast, the magic of christmas, the mill at sonning, tracie bennet, west end
  • Review of ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’: “Last instalment in Mischief’s saga is a creative Scrooge”

    Review of ‘Christmas Carol Goes Wrong’: “Last instalment in Mischief’s saga is a creative Scrooge”

    Charles Dickens’s festive classic meets the Ghost of Christmas Chaos through Mischief’s newest addition to the West End. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if the latest Goes Wrong honours its title a little too much. If you’ve previously seen The Play That Goes Wrong, you know what you’re…

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    15 December, 2025
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    apollo theatre, christmas carol goes wrong, christmas carol goes wrong review, christmas shows, comedy, kenny wax, mischief, nimax theatres, west end
  • Lead actor Jack Hardwick talks West End production of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’: “Mischief just seems to have the magic formula”

    Lead actor Jack Hardwick talks West End production of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’: “Mischief just seems to have the magic formula”

    Over ten years after its opening in the West End, Mischief’s hit comedy continues to mesmerise audiences through its hilarious array of absurdity and goofiness. Guillermo Nazara chats with one of its new leads — to learn what it’s like working in a show when failure is the only recipe for success. How does it…

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    26 July, 2025
    English contents, Interviews
    comedy, duchess theatre, jack hardwick, mischief, mischief comedy, nica burns, nimax theatre, the play that goes wrong, west end
  • Review of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong – 10th Anniversary’: “Joyous decade-nce”

    Review of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong – 10th Anniversary’: “Joyous decade-nce”

    Mischief’s signature comedy celebrates its first decennium in the West End, through a special performance reuniting its original team as well as presenting a new cast. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this spectacle of unfortunate events ends up being another comedy of errors. Mother always told me…

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    13 September, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    agatha christie, anniversary, comedy, farce, mischief, slapstick, the play that goes wrong, west end
  • Review of ‘Mind Mangler’: “Good omens”

    Review of ‘Mind Mangler’: “Good omens”

    London’s Apollo Theatre welcomes the West End transfer of Mischief’s latest creation, following its original run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the production, to let us know if this slapstick magic show actually had a bad hare day. I’ve always said that if you were able to read my mind…

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    25 March, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    comedy, henry lewis, humour, jonathan sayer, kenny wax, london, magic goes wrong, mind mangler, mischief, slapstick, spoof, the play that goes wrong, west end
  • Review of ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’: “This Captain needs another hook”

    Review of ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’: “This Captain needs another hook”

    The Mischief Company cracks it in the West End with the re-opening of a second show for the holiday season. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if in this campy comedy the jokes ever land. Think of the happiest things, it’s the same as having wings… Gosh, if cocaine…

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    4 December, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    captain hook, harry kershaw, home alone, kenny wax, lyric theatre, mischief, mr darling, nancy zamit, panto, pantomime, parody, peter pan goes wrong, slapstick, the play that goes wrong, tinkerbell
  • Review of ‘Good Luck, Studio”: “Expect the unexpected”

    Review of ‘Good Luck, Studio”: “Expect the unexpected”

    Mischief’s newest creation continues to travel around the country after its first limited run at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. Guillermo Názara reviews this comedy show dealing with the recording a children’s show and an actor seeking revenge in a dragon costume, from the same team whose London long-running play keeps going wrong at every performance…

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    20 October, 2022
    English contents, Reviews
    adam byron, bryony corrigan, chris leask, colchester, comedy, dark humour, eboni dixon, essex, gareth tempest, good luck studio, greg tannahill, guildford, harry kershaw, henry lewis, henry shields, jemma geanaus, kids show, london, mercury theatre, mischief, physical comedy, salisbury playhouse, sophia lorenti, television, telly, the play that goes wrong, tom walker, TV, west end, yvonne arnaud theatre
  • Reseña de ‘Good Luck, Studio”: “Espera lo inesperado”

    Reseña de ‘Good Luck, Studio”: “Espera lo inesperado”

    La nueva creación de Mischief sigue viajando por todo el país después de su primera función limitada en el Mercury Theatre de Colchester. Guillermo Názara reseña esta comedia que trata de la grabación de un espectáculo infantil y de un actor que busca venganza disfrazado de dragón, del mismo equipo cuya obra de larga duración…

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    20 October, 2022
    Contenido en español, Críticas
    adam byron, bryony corrigan, chris leask, colchester, comedy, dark humour, eboni dixon, essex, gareth tempest, good luck studio, greg tannahill, guildford, harry kershaw, henry lewis, henry shields, jemma geanaus, kids show, london, mercury theatre, mischief, physical comedy, salisbury playhouse, sophia lorenti, television, telly, the play that goes wrong, tom walker, TV, west end, yvonne arnaud theatre
  • Mischief’s new show ‘Good Luck, Studio’ releases production images

    Mischief’s new show ‘Good Luck, Studio’ releases production images

    Mischief’s new comedy continues its run in Colchester before transferring to its two upcoming destinations in the UK this autumn. Set in a television network, the plot centers around the broadcast of an underwritten children’s show, with many surprises (none of them pleasant) to come!

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    7 October, 2022
    English contents, News
    british humour, colchester, comedy, dark comedy, dark humour, good luck studio, henry lewis, henry shields, london, mercury theatre, mischief, salisbury playhouse, the play that goes wrong, west end, wibble the dragon, wiltshire creative, yvonne arnaud theatre
  • El nuevo espectáculo de Mischief ‘Good Luck, Studio’ lanza sus imágenes de producción

    El nuevo espectáculo de Mischief ‘Good Luck, Studio’ lanza sus imágenes de producción

    La nueva comedia de Mischief continúa su andadura en Colchester antes de trasladarse a sus dos próximos destinos en el Reino Unido este otoño. Ambientada en una cadena de televisión, la trama se centra en la emisión de un programa infantil de poca audiencia, con muchas sorpresas (ninguna de ellas agradable) por venir.

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    7 October, 2022
    Actualidad, Contenido en español
    british humour, colchester, comedy, dark comedy, dark humour, good luck studio, henry lewis, henry shields, london, mercury theatre, mischief, salisbury playhouse, the play that goes wrong, west end, wibble the dragon, wiltshire creative, yvonne arnaud theatre
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