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  • Review of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’: “Blissful misery”

    Review of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’: “Blissful misery”

    The Bard’s disputed comedy returns to the London stage in an intimate, candlelit production playing at the Globe’s indoor theatre until the start of the New Year. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if, in this new approach on the classic piece, the end is renown, no matter the…

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    26 November, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    All's Well That Ends Well, bertram, candlelight, chelsea walker, classic theatre, comedy, drama, megan rarity, paroles, richard katz, rosanna vizen, sam wanamaker, shakespeare, shakespeare problem plays, the bard, the globe, tragedy, west end, william robinson, william shakespeare, zoe wanamaker
  • Review of ‘Barcelona’: “Rambling by Las Ramblas”

    Review of ‘Barcelona’: “Rambling by Las Ramblas”

    Netflix stars Lily Collins and Álvaro Morte tread the West End boards in this new play exploring the lengths of love in its many forms. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know it this romantic comedy taking Emily out of Paris manages to heist the heart. O mio babbino caro……

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    3 November, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    alvaro morte, barcelona, celebrity play, emily in paris, lilly collins, money heist, o mio babbino caro, play, puccini, rom com, star studded play, tragedy, west end
  • Review of ‘Romeo and Juliet’: “The course of true love never did run smooth”

    Review of ‘Romeo and Juliet’: “The course of true love never did run smooth”

    Shakespeare’s immortal love story relives once again on its home stage, in a new abridged production playing the Globe’s main playhouse. Guillermo Nazara share his views on the show, to let us know if this revised montage still kisses by the book.

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    20 March, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    capulet, classical theatre, love story, montague, poetry, romance, romantic, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, shakespeare globe, shakespeare's globe, the bard, theatre in verse, tragedy, william shakespeare
  • Review of ‘The Merchant of Venice, 1936’: “”Old in limbs, in judgement young”

    Review of ‘The Merchant of Venice, 1936’: “”Old in limbs, in judgement young”

    One of Shakespeare’s best-known and probably most controversial pieces takes a leap in time through this new version starring Tracy-Ann Oberman, and set during the East London riots against fascism. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its reinvented approach deserves a pound of flesh. No one hates stronger…

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    27 February, 2024
    English contents, Reviews
    antisemitism, battle of cable street, criterion theatre, drama, gaza, israel, london riots, palestine, play, shakespeare, the bard, the merchant of venice, tracy ann oberman, tragedy, west end, william shakespeare
  • Kenneth Branagh’s ‘King Lear’ to release £20 ticket schemes throughout run

    Kenneth Branagh’s ‘King Lear’ to release £20 ticket schemes throughout run

    The production will launch front row and standing tickets every week through three different process of booking, including an online lottery. Starring and directed by Branagh, the cast features Mara Allen, Deborah Alli and Raymond Anum, among many others. How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is to have a thankless child… Well, maybe we can…

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    22 September, 2023
    English contents, News
    classical theatre, classics, Kenneth Branagh, king lear, shakespeare, the bard, tragedy, west end
  • Review of ‘The Winter’s Tale’: “Twisted as life”

    Review of ‘The Winter’s Tale’: “Twisted as life”

    Shakespeare’s late classic brings back the drama, comedy and ambiguity to its birthplace through this new production staged at the venue’s two playhouses. Guillermo Nazara reviews Sean Holmes’s reenvisioned take, to share his thoughts about this revised adaptation on one of the bard’s most debated works.

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    23 February, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    beruce khan, bohemia, classical theatre, classics, colm gormely, comedy, dance, drama, ed gaughan, englis heritage, george robinson, historical, historical theatre, jacoba williams, john lightbody, london, musical, musical theatre, nadine higgin, open air theatre, samuel creasey, sarah slimani, sean holmes, sergo vares, shakespeare, shakespeare's globe, sicily, spoof, the globe, theatre, toby barnett jones, tragedy, west end, winter's tale
  • Review of ‘Titus Andronicus’: “It didn’t die with shame”

    Review of ‘Titus Andronicus’: “It didn’t die with shame”

    Murder and revenge return to the Globe in this new production of Shakespeare’s first and most gruesome tragedy. Guillermo Nazara reviews a re-envisioned approach on this classic tale about pride and honour, to let us know what’s in store within the now blood-stained walls of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

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    3 February, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    beau holland, daneka etchells, fred thomas, georgia mae myers, globe, gore, katy stephens, Kirsten Foster, lucy mccormick, mia selway, sam wannamaker, shakespeare, shakespeares globe, sophie russel, the globe, titus andronicus, tragedy, william shakespeare
  • Review of Frantic Assembly’s ‘Othello’: “In search for the immortal Shakespeare”

    Review of Frantic Assembly’s ‘Othello’: “In search for the immortal Shakespeare”

    The bard’s most iconic work about mischievous friendship and envy’s destructive feelings is reborn in a new version currently playing at the Lyric Hammersmith until mid-February. Guillermo Nazara shares his thoughts on the production, to let us know if one of the author’s greatest and most famous classics has been properly treated.

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    27 January, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    classic theatre, desdemona, frantic assembly, iago, london, lyric hammersmith, modern shakespeare, Othello, scott graham director, shakespeare, tragedy, updated shakespeare, west end

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