Stuart King
27 Jul
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Review: YEAST NATION (THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE) at Southwark Playhouse
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 27 2022, 09:18
Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann (Tony-winning writers of the brilliant fringe favourite Urinetown) wrote this well-meaning prequel back in 2007 and then brazenly launched it upon the unsuspecting residents of Alaska! After multiple revisions and years of small-scale US productions, this evening’s opening at Southwark Playhouse marks the musical’s European premier.
Yeast Nation: The Triumph of Life at Southwark Playhouse. Photo by Claire Bilyard.
20 Jul
Reviews
Review: FASHION FREAK SHOW at The Roundhouse
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 20 2022, 09:54
Freakishly-funky, frivolously-fripperous, fabulously-flamboyant, fragrant and fantastic — it’s everything a fun-loving fashionista could dream of.
The life of French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier (he of the horizontal striped naval costumes and extravagantly sexual perfume adverts) hit the Roundhouse on Tuesday evening after months of pre-publicity. So did the show live up to the hype?
Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse. Photo by Mark Senior
19 Jul
Reviews
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at National Theatre, Lyttelton
By Stuart King Tuesday, July 19 2022, 10:54
Much Ado… is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s more playful comedies (due mainly to the witty exchanges between Beatrice and Benedick, who repeatedly deny their obvious attraction for one another). But there is also the matter of a maiden’s undoing, brought about by rumour and slander concocted by envious and greedy men. The Lyttelton’s production strongly embraces both comic and tragic elements.
The cast of Much Ado About Nothing at the Lyttelton Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
04 Jul
Reviews
Review: THE THRONE at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, July 4 2022, 23:13
Billed as a majestic new comedy, John Goldsmith’s The Throne is set at a comprehensive school where the occupants eagerly await a visit by Her Majesty the Queen, during her 2002 Golden Jubilee tour of the nation.
Charlie Condou and Mary Roscoe in The Throne at the Charing Cross Theatre. Photo: Tristram Kenton
29 Jun
Reviews
Second look: THE LION KING at Lyceum Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, June 29 2022, 17:28
In 1999 this reviewer first sat in the stalls of the Lyceum Theatre to witness the theatrical magic of the opening sequence of Disney’s The Lion King, during which the audience is gradually enveloped by wild creatures of the African plain come to pay homage to Mustafa and the arrival of his cub Simba.
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