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Review of ‘Hot Pot’: “Simmering tension quickly goes cold”
It’s a hard swallow. Not because it’s too raw to digest. And definitely not because it comes across as too sugarcoated. The thing is, there are barely any flavours to analyse in Hongwei Bao’s overall bland play, which celebrated its world premiere at London’s Playhouse East last week and lacks the spice, heat, and elaborateness…
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Review of ‘The Mikado’: “HMS Spin-afore”
Gilbert and Sullivan’s iconic musical parody returns to the London scene in a reimagined production featuring an all-male cast. Guillermo Nazara shares his thoughts on this show dealing with love, honour and a bit of decapitation, to let us know if this is a montage worth losing your head over. As someday, it may happen…
