Stuart King
05 Oct
Reviews 
Review: A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES at Dorfman, National Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, October 5 2024, 13:01
Pooja Ghai directs Tanika Gupta’s latest play about a British Indian family coming to terms with the matriarch’s gradual decline and loss of faculties due to mental illness. Central to the beautiful and nuanced production, is a towering performance by Meera Syal as Queenie, a renowned and combative Michelin-star rated chef who is the epitome of the Indian life force.
The cast of A Tupperware of Ashes at Dorfman Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
04 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE RIVER at Greenwich Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, October 4 2024, 12:10
For an actor whose career has included dozens of theatre productions (from Loot in the West End and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, to Major Barbara at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin), Paul McGann must roll his eyes whenever someone references his star turn in Withnail & I, or his stint as the eighth incarnation of Doctor Who. However, it is precisely these roles which have ensured a good turn-out here at the has-seen-better-days-and-could-do-with-a-boost-to-funding Greenwich Theatre.
Kerri McLean and Paul McGann in The River at Greenwich Theatre. Photo credit: Danny with a Camera
03 Oct
Reviews
Review: National Ballet of Canada Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
By Stuart King Thursday, October 3 2024, 17:21
A triple bill of fresh work from Canada can be enjoyed for a short period at Sadler’s Wells, where Passion (2☆☆ choreographed by James Kudelka), islands (4☆☆☆☆ a duet for two women choreographed by Emma Portner) and finally Angels’ Atlas (5☆☆☆☆☆ choreographed by Crystal Pite) constitute the presentation which has been given the title Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada.
Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
02 Oct
Reviews
Review: ONE SMALL STEP at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, October 2 2024, 21:15
The programme image for ONE SMALL STEP neatly encapsulates the subject matter for this new and ambitious play written and directed by Takuya Kato, which has just opened at the Charing Cross Theatre. A young couple, silhouetted by the Tokyo skyline, stand gazing up at the moon whose white disc contains the blurred outline of a human foetus.
Susan Momoko Hingley as Narumi in One Small Step at the Charing Cross Theatre.
01 Oct
Reviews
Review: ROOTS at Almeida Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, October 1 2024, 23:59
As part of its Angry and Young season, The Almeida is currently presenting John Osborne’s Look Back In Anger, in rep with Arnold Wesker’s 1958 kitchen sink drama ROOTS.
Morfydd Clark in Roots at Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner
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