Shakespeare’s Globe has staged Love’s Labour’s Lost as a Spanish-themed outdoor spectacle, using paella references, flamenco, song and a choreographed bullfight to bring energy to Shakespeare’s comparatively neglected and inconclusive early comedy. The review judges the production largely joyful within its concept, particularly praising how dance and movement reflect the play’s romantic yearning and underlying violence.

Choreographer Carmen Igarza and pre-Hispanic movement consultant Vanessa Guevara receive particular acclaim, while Pablo Egea’s danced bullfight is described as a highlight. The reviewer is less convinced by substantial rewrites introducing Queen Elizabeth I and sexual jokes about her, arguing these may mislead audiences about Shakespeare’s original work; the multinational cast includes Philip Arditti as Berowne, Bea Segura as Rosaline and Andro Crespo as Don Adriano de Armado.