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  • Review of ‘Golden Boy’ (2026, Almeida): “Striking revival pulls no punches back, and it’s a theatrical heavyweight”

    Review of ‘Golden Boy’ (2026, Almeida): “Striking revival pulls no punches back, and it’s a theatrical heavyweight”

    Even if flawed, a classic is still a classic for a reason. And many make this play worthy of the title. It might not have aged all that well, not because of cultural sensitivities, but because of narrative conventions. What probably felt like gripping romance back then can feel clunky and cliched today. But that’s…

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    22 September, 2026
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    almeida theatre, clifford odets, daniel mays, golden boy, hayley squires, josh o’connor, Richard Fleeshman, sam yates, west end, Zubin Varla
  • Review of ‘The Odyssey: The Underworld’: “Epic camp”

    Review of ‘The Odyssey: The Underworld’: “Epic camp”

    The most mythical saga in the seven seas sails to the London stage in a new musical version featuring one of the biggest companies of the season. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if it was blessed with the touch of Midas or an Achilles heel. Ah, nothing like…

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    29 August, 2023
    English contents, Reviews
    Amy Booth-Steel, Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund, Chris Bush, Emily Lim, Emma Prendergast, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Fly Davis, Garfield Weston Foundation, hades, homer, Impact Dance Group,  Haringey Vox Choir, Jim Fortune, Joshua Pharo, london, musical theatre, national theatre, odysseus, odyssey, olivier stage, public arts, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus, Stoke-on-Trent, tarinn callender, The 29th May 1961 Charitable, The CareTech Charitable Foundation, The London Bodhrán Band, The Mosawi Foundation, the underworld, Trowbridge Town Hall, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, west end, Zubin Varla

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