Stuart King
15 Apr
Reviews 
Review: LITTLE SCRATCH at New Diorama
By Stuart King Saturday, April 15 2023, 11:05
Arts journo Rebecca Watson’s widely praised debut novel little scratch was given the theatrical treatment by Miriam Battye and first presented as a performance piece at Hampstead Theatre, at the tail end of 2021. Directed by Katie Mitchell with an accompanying rhythmic score by Melanie Wilson, theatregoers get another chance to witness this extraordinarily original and uncompromising flow of consciousness piece, at the New Diorama.
little scratch - New Diorama Theatre - L-R Eve Ponsonby, Eleanor Henderson, Rebekah Murrell & Ragevan Vasan (photo by Ellie Kurttz)
14 Apr
Reviews
Review: VARDY V ROONEY: THE WAGATHA CHRISTIE TRIAL at Ambassadors Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, April 14 2023, 10:46
The term popular culture used to encompass any art form embraced by the majority and especially the young, but since the advent of social media — as distinct from tabloid newspapers — virtually anyone of the most minor notoriety in any sphere (and his wife), have been elevated to the status of a celebrity. Indeed the word has itself become something of a joke and a byword for mediocrity and worthlessness within pop culture circles.
Verna Vyas and Lucy May Barker (Vardy) in Vardy v Rooney The Wagatha Christie Trial - Photo Pamela Raith
07 Apr
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Review: THE DRY HOUSE at Marylebone Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, April 7 2023, 08:37
Mairead McKinley, Kathy Kiera Clarke and Carla Langley breathe life into three, heartbreakingly damaged characters Chrissy, Claire and Heather in a work recently created by writer director Eugene O’Hare. Now playing at the fresh new Marylebone Theatre, THE DRY HOUSE forms part of the venue’s inaugural season.
Kathy Kiera Clarke in The Dry House at Marylebone Theatre. Photo Manuel Harlan.
05 Apr
Reviews
Review: BETTY BLUE EYES at Union Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, April 5 2023, 09:46
There exists such an abundance of energy and enthusiasm for the material, that it would take a curmudgeon of Dickensian proportions to deny the cast of BETTY BLUE EYES (currently giving their all at the tiny Union Theatre) a huge commendation for pulling-out all the stops and breathing oodles of life into Alan Bennett’s fusty Northern English tale of post-war rationing, clandestine pig-rearing and all-pervading snobbery.
Betty Blue Eyes at the Union Theatre. Photo Michaela Walshe
30 Mar
Reviews
Review: BERLUSCONI - A NEW MUSICAL at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
By Stuart King Thursday, March 30 2023, 19:54
Silvio Berlusconi — he of the boot polish slicked hair and perma-tan, former cruise ship crooner, Italian media mogul, football club owner and populist billionaire politico, gets a musical makeover aged 86 — even before there is any sign that he intends shuffling off his mortal coil (at least at time of writing)!
Sally Ann Triplett (Ilda) and Sebastien Torkia (Silvio Berlusconi) in Berlusconi A New Musical. Photo © Nick Rutter
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