Stuart King
17 Oct
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Review: OEDIPUS at Wyndham’s Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, October 17 2024, 12:33
Mark Strong and Lesley Manville head an uber strong cast, assembled by Robert Icke for his OEDIPUS — a modernised version after Sophocles, in which political ambitions are upended by long forgotten family deeds, cloaked in a conspiracy of silence.
Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre. Phia Saban (Antigone), Mark Strong (Oedipus), Lesley Manville (Jocasta), James Wilbraham (Polyneices) & Jordan Scowen (Eteocles). Phot credit Manuel Harlan.
16 Oct
Reviews
Review: LAND OF THE FREE at Southwark Playhouse Borough
By Stuart King Wednesday, October 16 2024, 10:04
Renowned theatre ensemble Simple8 are in the habit of taking a nugget of rarely explored material, researching the hell out of it and then piecing it back together to create a collaborative theatrical work of notable originality. In LAND OF THE FREE, the Booth acting dynasty is put under the spotlight in an amusingly informative drama which has just opened at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Natalie Law, Sara Lessore, Owen Oakeshott, Clara Onyemere, and Hannah Emanuel in Land of the Free at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
15 Oct
Reviews
Review: STATUES at Bush Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, October 15 2024, 15:14
A young third generation British Pakistani teacher Yusuf (Azan Ahmed) becomes Head of English at his school. Around the same time, he has to clear the home of his recently deceased father and realises how little he truly understood Mustafa.
Azan Ahmed and Jonny Khan.
12 Oct
Reviews
Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Lyric Hammersmith
By Stuart King Saturday, October 12 2024, 18:49
Written in the late 1950s and set in south Chicago, A RAISIN IN THE SUN depicts The Youngers, a black family who live subject to the racial and class barriers of the time and who have recently lost the patriarch of the household. When his life insurance policy pays-out $10,000, it offers the chance for new beginnings, but not everyone in the family has the same ideas about how to spend the windfall.
Cash Holland, Doreene Blackstock, and Adiel Magaji in A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith - Photo credit Ikin Yum.
11 Oct
Reviews
Review: BRACE BRACE at Royal Court
By Stuart King Friday, October 11 2024, 09:36
Ray (Phil Dunster) leans against a fridge. Sylvia (Anjana Vasan) approaches him with an awful chat-up line. It’s funny, there’s chemistry, they marry. Thankfully, Oli Forsyth ’s surprisingly good BRACE BRACE wastes little time dwelling on inconsequential set-up and instead gets us airborne and quickly onto the meatier content. Despite Sylvia’s fear of flying, the couple’s honeymoon plans entail a long-haul flight — big mistake!
Anjana Vasan and Phil Dunster in Brace Brace at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Photo credit Helen Murray
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