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Review of ‘Dick’: “It drilled me at first, but ended up blowing”
The Drayton Arms Theatre hosts the return of Adam Kinneen’s play – dealing with five friends testing their sexual boundaries and life experiences from their different perspectives. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this gang bang is an easy swallow. I’ve done a lot in my young life…
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Review of ‘The Little Prince’: “What is essential is invisible to the eye, but should be shown someway”
The Cockpit Theatre hosts this new adaptation of the classic children’s novel, combining puppetry and mime to bring its fanciful world from the page onto the stage. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if in this reimagined take everything ends up coming up roses. It may not be the…
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Review of ‘Picture You Dead’: “An inert portrayal”
Peter James’s best-selling book lands onstage through this new touring adaptation currently playing at the Richmond Theatre. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its fraudster-themed plot leads to a feign-tastic result. Forging is a talent. But exploring that talent can be just as counterfeit. That seemed to be…
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Review of ‘A Man for All Seasons’: “All the More reasons to see it”
The Richmond Theatre welcomes the revival of Robert Bolt’s historical play, depicting the late life of Sir Thomas More and starring legendary actors Martin Shaw and Gary Wilmot. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know of its narrative about the strong-headed man has an axe hanging over it. The truth…
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Review of ‘Down The Road’: “When crime doesn’t pay”
London’s newly opened Playhouse East welcomes its second production, revolving around the conversations between two journalists and a notorious serial killer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its stinging narrative is either honed or deserves the knives out. Everyone has a little psycho in them – mine just…
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Review of ‘More Life’: “Killer storytelling”
The Royal Court Theatre hosts the London premiere of this new science-fiction play, exploring the meaning of human existence through the advances of robotics. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if the mechanics of its narrative end up needing their plug being pulled. We only value what we can…
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Review of ‘As Long As We’re Breathing’: “An expired heart”
The Arcola Theatre welcomes the London premiere of Diane Samuels’s Holocaust-themed play, picturing the strife of the Jewish community through a spiritual, yoga-based frame. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its transcendent narrative style brings koshas to its kosher tale. Life is a sigh. It’s a passing line…
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Review of ‘A Good House’: “A sharp look under the hood”
The Royal Court Theatre hosts the London premiere of this new play made in co-production with the Bristol Old Vic – exploring the struggles of racial prejudice and cultural clash through neighbour-to-neighbour relationships. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its home-arresting narrative ends ups mortgaging itself. The Bible…
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Review of ‘An Interrogation’: “A question of newness”
The Hampstead Theatre Downstairs hosts the London premiere of Jamie Armitage’s latest play, revolving around a young police officer investigating the kidnapping and murder of two women. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if the watch made him feel held him to his ransom. A few years ago, I…
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Review of ‘The Devil May Care’: “Divine hell”
London’s Southwark Playhouse welcomes this new adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s piece, exploring family discord amidst the turbulences of the Philippines’ indepence movement. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its belligerent narrative lands onstage well-armed. Goodness knows nobody’s inhabited by her alone. Morality is a misleading mistress that…
