Stuart King
30 Aug
Reviews 
Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Stuart King Friday, August 30 2024, 11:06
Sean Holmes and Naeem Hayat co-direct the Bard’s shortest and possibly most riotous offering THE COMEDY OF ERRORS — currently being staged at Shakespeare’s Globe. And what an ebullient burst of madcap mayhem, the misadventures prove to be.
Daniel Adeosun as Antipholus of Syracuse and Phoebe Naughton as Courtesan in The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe (© Marc Brenner)
29 Aug
Reviews
Review: DEATH OF ENGLAND: CLOSING TIME @SohoPlace
By Stuart King Thursday, August 29 2024, 13:14
Following on from the two previous instalments (MICHAEL and DELROY), the final part in the DEATH OF ENGLAND trilogy CLOSING TIME opened @SohoPlace on Wednesday evening, providing a fitting conclusion to the most energised and visceral State of the Nation commentary on current English society for a decade.
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Denise) in Death of England: CLOSING TIME. Credit - Helen Murray.
20 Aug
Reviews
Review: THE FABULIST at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, August 20 2024, 12:45
These days, Giovanni Paisiello’s name will only be known to the most ardent of Opera buffa/Commedia dell’Arte aficionados. However, during his lifetime he was celebrated as one of the greatest living composers, enjoying considerable royal patronage, fame and renown. Eclipsed by the likes of Rossini and Mozart his work is rarely performed today, but the music for his opera The Imaginary Astrologer has been used by James P Farwell in creating THE FABULIST.
The cast of The Fabulist at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo by Mark Senior.
15 Aug
Reviews
Review: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Globe Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, August 15 2024, 09:48
The proclivities and shenanigans of ancient world titans was brought to a wider audience in 1606, when William Shakespeare retold the tale of the Roman triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar and Lepidus… and a woman of legendary beauty.
Nadia Nadarajah as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare's Globe (c. Ellie Kurttz)
14 Aug
Reviews
Review: FARM HALL at Theatre Royal Haymarket
By Stuart King Wednesday, August 14 2024, 11:15
Despite Germany having surrendered in Europe, the war remains ongoing in the Pacific where the Americans continue to meet resistance from the Japanese. With such a global backdrop, the quiet and dilapidated English country setting of FARM HALL becomes home for 6 forcibly interred German physicists, who spend their days acting-out Noel Coward plays (albeit stiltedly), playing chess, quizzing from newspapers and writing heavily self-censored letters home.
Julius D'Silva, Archie Backhouse, Forbes Masson, Alan Cox, Daniel Boyd, David Yelland in Farm Hall - Photo credit Alex Brenner
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