Stuart King
07 Oct
Reviews 
Review: LA BOHÈME at London Coliseum
By Stuart King Monday, October 7 2024, 14:44
Clelia Cafiero takes-up the baton to conduct this revival of Jonathan Miller’s 2009 staging of LA BOHÈME the tragic masterpiece by Giacomo Puccini who died exactly 100 years ago next month. The opera was premiered in 1896 at Turin and was an immediate success, remaining in the popular opera repertoire ever since. The simple story has spawned a number of other works, most notably Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical Rent.
Dingle Yandell, Patrick Alexander Keefe, Charles Rice, Paul Sheehan, Joshua Blue, ENO’s La boheme 2024 © Lloyd Winters
07 Oct
Reviews
Review: JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK at the Gielgud
By Stuart King Monday, October 7 2024, 00:01
Seán O’Casey’s oft-performed classic of the Dublin un-working, working-class, gets a refreshing revival courtesy of director Matthew Warchus, bolstered by an exceptionally tongue-in-cheek central performance from Mark Rylance as ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle.
Paul Hilton (Joxer Daly) & Mark Rylance ('Captain' Jack Boyle) in Juno and the Paycock at the Gielgud Theatre. Credit Manuel Harlan
05 Oct
Reviews
Review: A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES at Dorfman, National Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, October 5 2024, 13:01
Pooja Ghai directs Tanika Gupta’s latest play about a British Indian family coming to terms with the matriarch’s gradual decline and loss of faculties due to mental illness. Central to the beautiful and nuanced production, is a towering performance by Meera Syal as Queenie, a renowned and combative Michelin-star rated chef who is the epitome of the Indian life force.
The cast of A Tupperware of Ashes at Dorfman Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
04 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE RIVER at Greenwich Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, October 4 2024, 12:10
For an actor whose career has included dozens of theatre productions (from Loot in the West End and Mourning Becomes Electra at the National, to Major Barbara at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin), Paul McGann must roll his eyes whenever someone references his star turn in Withnail & I, or his stint as the eighth incarnation of Doctor Who. However, it is precisely these roles which have ensured a good turn-out here at the has-seen-better-days-and-could-do-with-a-boost-to-funding Greenwich Theatre.
Kerri McLean and Paul McGann in The River at Greenwich Theatre. Photo credit: Danny with a Camera
03 Oct
Reviews
Review: National Ballet of Canada Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada – Pite/Kudelka/Portner at Sadler’s Wells
By Stuart King Thursday, October 3 2024, 17:21
A triple bill of fresh work from Canada can be enjoyed for a short period at Sadler’s Wells, where Passion (2☆☆ choreographed by James Kudelka), islands (4☆☆☆☆ a duet for two women choreographed by Emma Portner) and finally Angels’ Atlas (5☆☆☆☆☆ choreographed by Crystal Pite) constitute the presentation which has been given the title Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada.
Kota Sato and Artists of the Ballet in Angels’ Atlas. Photo by Karolina Kuras. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada.
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