Stuart King
23 Mar
Reviews 
Review: KILLING THE CAT at Riverside Studios
By Stuart King Thursday, March 23 2023, 08:56
With book and lyrics by Warner Brown and music by Joshua Schmidt, new musical KILLING THE CAT has opened for a limited run at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Unimaginatively directed by Jenny Eastop the semi-staged production and a cast of 5 with mere keyboards, cello and drums for accompaniment, regale the audience with 27 songs over the course of the show, but there is limited value in naming any of the numbers given the uniformly bland nature of the compositions.
Molly Lynch, Joaquin Pedro Valdes, Kluane Saunders, and Tim Rogers in Killing the Cat. Photo Danny Kaan.
22 Mar
Reviews
Review: BLACK SUPERHERO at Royal Court Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 22 2023, 11:06
Some theatrical works defy description and so it is with BLACK SUPERHERO currently playing at the The Royal Court Theatre. No stranger to controversy, the venue has long ceased apologising for its part in bringing challenging avant garde work to the fore. It justifiably revels in its reputation and by presenting new work as strong as this, it is right to do so.
Black Superhero at the The Royal Court Theatre
19 Mar
Reviews
Review: AKHNATEN at ENO London Coliseum
By Stuart King Sunday, March 19 2023, 13:35
Forming the last part of Philip Glass’ trilogy of what he termed portrait operas in which he cast an eye over the lives of three notable figures from the worlds of science, politics and religion, Akhnaten follows Einstein and Gandhi as his final subject for treatment.
ENO Akhnaten 2023, Akhnaten played by Anthony Roth Costanzo © Belinda Jiao
18 Mar
Reviews
Review: THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, March 18 2023, 09:37
Park Theatre once again acts as a showcase for a wonderfully uplifting frolic — this time sporting platform shoes, blue eye shadow and fake beards — brought to you courtesy of the husband and husband team of Ian Hallard and Mark Gatiss.
James Bradshaw (Edward) and Andrew Horton (Christian) - The Way Old Friends Do - credit Darren Bell
09 Mar
Reviews
Review: AFTER THE ACT at New Diorama Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, March 9 2023, 10:34
On a cold and wet London evening, the bijou, ultra-modern, glass-fronted, New Diorama Theatre acts as a beacon of light in Euston’s otherwise monochrome and largely sterile urban corpora-scape. Currently playing host to AFTER THE ACT— subtitled: A Section 28 Musical — the venue also serves as a beacon for liberally-themed, thought-provoking (and even memory inducing) newly commissioned work.
After the Act (Photo by Alex Brenner) EM Williams, Ellice Stevens, Tika Mu'tamir, Zachary Willis
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