Stuart King
21 May
Reviews 
Review: THE BOOK OF GRACE at Arcola
By Stuart King Tuesday, May 21 2024, 10:16
A patrol officer Vet who lives on the Mexico-Texas border with his much younger second wife Grace, is to be awarded a medal for his service. The presentation ceremony offers the couple an opportunity to patch things up with the patrolman’s estranged son Buddy by inviting him to attend. But will he come, and if he does, will everything go to plan, and just whose plan is it anyway? Directed by Femi Elufowoju jr, this simmering 2010 drama by Suzan-Lori Parks receives its UK premier at Arcola Theatre.
The Book of Grace at the Arcola Theatre. Photo Alex Brenner.
15 May
Reviews
Review: PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS at Trafalgar Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, May 15 2024, 09:18
A disturbed and fragile actress has reached a tipping point in her consumption of alcohol and drugs, and finally takes the bold step to check herself into a rehabilitation facility. Initially unable to comprehend the benefits of group interaction, she challenges everything inherent in the program’s model as she flails at the injustices she perceives in the world, whilst trying to convince herself and others that drugs and addiction offer a dependable antidote to the ubiquitous cruelty manifest in everyday life - most notably for her, the early death of her brother in a traffic accident.
The cast of People, Places & Things in the West End. Photo Marc Brenner.
15 May
Reviews
Review: BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY at Hampstead Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, May 15 2024, 08:22
Walter Pops Washington, a stubborn and self-righteous former police officer, refuses to settle his claim for compensation, believing that he was the targeted victim of a bar shooting carried out by a rookie white cop, based solely on the colour of his skin. Since the incident, his wife has passed and those who remain and move in his small circle, including his son Junior and various hangers-on,have long since begun to fragment.
Between Riverside and Crazy company at Hampstead Theatre. Photo credit Johan Persson
09 May
Reviews
Review: SAPPHO at Southwark Playhouse
By Stuart King Thursday, May 9 2024, 11:02
Of the estimated 10,000 verses penned by Ancient Greek writer Sappho, perhaps as few as 650 are known to exist, the remainder having largely been erased from history by precisely the people and institutions which her glorious words about motherhood, sensuality, virginity and domestic life, alienated.
Georgie Fellows and company in Sappho at Southwark Playhouse. Credit Mark Senior
30 Apr
Reviews
Review: PIPPIN 50th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
By Stuart King Tuesday, April 30 2024, 09:41
Benefitting from a concert staging which includes a full orchestra and choir (drawn from the ArtsEd school), Stephen Schwartz’s tale of PIPPIN the young medieval prince who learns about life while searching for happiness and fulfilment, hits the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for 2 nights only, in celebration of its milestone half century.
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