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Review of ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’: “Wandering musical is only halfway there”
Following its initial run at the Chichester Festival, the stage adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s popular novel arrives in the West End, playing for a limited run until mid-May. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if it walks the extra mile. I wasn’t rooting for Harold Fry. I know I…
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Review of ‘Salomé’ (2025 Theatre Royal Haymarket): “Silver-plate staging doesn’t disguise company’s failed baptism of fire”
Gersher Theatre’s revival of Oscar Wilde’s provocative biblical drama celebrates its West End debut through a strictly limited run playing until mid-October. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this new take comes across as a butchery (or decapitation) of the classics. She’s not dancing the dance of the…
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Director Maxim Didenko talks upcoming new West End production of ‘Salomé’: “The way to honour Wilde is by not preserving but by reimagining”
Following its world premiere at Tel Aviv’s Jaffa Fest last year, Gersher Theatre’s reinterpretation of Oscar Wilde’s most controversial play arrives in the West End for an extremely limited run — also marking the company’s first-ever return to the UK since their 1999 Barbican performance. Guillermo Nazara chats with the man behind the vision to…
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Review of ‘Till The Stars Come Down’: “Less than down-to-earth play is far from achieving meteoric run”
The National Theatre’s production celebrates its West End transfer, playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a 12-week limited run until the end of summer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this tragicomical proposal comes off as a match made in heaven. Mamma Mia! Here we go again!…
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Review of ‘The Score’: “A D-minor work”
Acting legend Brian Cox stars in this period play depicting the later life of Johann Sebastian Bach. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if this new portrayal of the celebrated composer needs to face the music. London, 1979. A young Eastern European director was making his way to an…
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Review of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’: “Psychedelic Victoriana”
Sarah Snook takes the lead, supporting and ensemble in this new experimental production revisiting Oscar Wilde’s ageless classic. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its ambitious approach may apply to its author’s simple tastes. Art is quite useless. The most devastating statement about Wilde’s craft prefaces, in some…
