Stuart King
13 Dec
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Review: ULSTER AMERICAN at Riverside Studios
By Stuart King Wednesday, December 13 2023, 23:17
West London was awash with celebs for Wednesday evening’s opening of David Ireland’s comedy drama ULSTER AMERICAN which premiered at Riverside Studios Hammersmith, to a universally rapturous ovation from the enthralled audience… but what will critics make of it (especially when they were repeatedly disparaged during several actor-y onslaughts)?
Woody Harrelson (Jay Conway) and Andy Serkis (Leigh Carver) in Second Half Production's Ulster American at Riverside Studios - photo by Johan Persson
13 Dec
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Review: ROCK 'N' ROLL at Hampstead Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, December 13 2023, 11:21
With its slightly left of left-field title, Tom Stoppard’s 2006 work ROCK ‘N’ ROLL tells a generational love story through the political dissection and intellectual cut and thrust of 1960s European communism, particularly as it found a home in Czechoslovakia.
Nathaniel Parker & Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in Rock 'n' Roll. Credit Manuel Harlan
06 Dec
Reviews
Review: THE HOMECOMING at The Young Vic
By Stuart King Wednesday, December 6 2023, 12:26
US-based philosophy professorTeddy returns to his north London family home with his wife Ruth. His domineering father Max, together with brothers Joey, Lenny and chauffeur Uncle Sam exude a simmering testosterone-fuelled air which pervades the all-male home, as each attempts to dominate (with varying degrees of success) every conversation or situation, irrespective of context or subject. Was there ever written an uglier example of hierarchical and self-perpetuating toxic masculinity?
Lisa Diveney and Joe Cole in The Homecoming at Young Vic. © Manuel Harlan
04 Dec
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Review: INFINITE LIFE at National Theatre, Dorfman
By Stuart King Monday, December 4 2023, 10:23
When your body begins to fail you and grinding pain is your constant companion, what solace is there in thinking and sharing? Annie Baker’s sedate fly-on-the-wall contemplation set at a Northern California medical retreat, offers audiences a chance to wistfully meditate on the bizarrely engaging experiences of those suffering medical afflictions at a treatment centre.
Christina Kirk (Sofi), Kristine Neilsen (Ginnie), Brenda Pressley (Elaine), and Mia Katigbak (Yvette), in Infinite Life at the National Theatre. Photo credit Marc Brenner
01 Dec
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Review: A SHERLOCK CAROL at Marylebone Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, December 1 2023, 09:51
Written and directed by Mark Shanahan, as its title suggests, this amalgamation draws heavily from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, loosely coupled with the investigative exploits of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes.
l-r Richard James, Jessica Hern, Ben Kaplan, Devesh Kishore, Rosie Armstrong in A Sherlock Carol at Marylebone Theatre. Photography by Alex Brenner.
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