Stuart King
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.
Review: ONE SMALL STEP at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, October 2 2024, 21:15
The programme image for ONE SMALL STEP neatly encapsulates the subject matter for this new and ambitious play written and directed by Takuya Kato, which has just opened at the Charing Cross Theatre. A young couple, silhouetted by the Tokyo skyline, stand gazing up at the moon whose white disc contains the blurred outline of a human foetus.
Susan Momoko Hingley as Narumi in One Small Step at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Review: ROOTS at Almeida Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, October 1 2024, 23:59
As part of its Angry and Young season, The Almeida is currently presenting John Osborne’s Look Back In Anger, in rep with Arnold Wesker’s 1958 kitchen sink drama ROOTS.
Morfydd Clark in Roots at Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner
Review: SUOR ANGELICA at ENO, London Coliseum
By Stuart King Saturday, September 28 2024, 13:00
Puccini’s one act opera SUOR ANGELICA is usually performed as the middle part of a triptych (with Il tabarro and the more famous, Gianni Schicchi) each of which contain a hidden death. Here, the work which premiered at The Met in 1918, is included as a stand alone production in English National Opera’s current season, reimagined in 1960s Ireland by designer Yannis Thavoris.
Suor Angelica - London Coliseum
Review: CORIOLANUS at Olivier Theatre, National
By Stuart King Wednesday, September 25 2024, 09:22
Shakespeare’s third tragic Roman tale, (completed c.1608 shortly after Antony and Cleopatra), tells of Caius Marcius a high born patrician who as deputy commander of the Roman army, earns considerable respect, prestige and the agnomen of Coriolanus when he successfully defeats the Volscians through a siege of their city of Corioli.
Ashley Gerlach (Flaminius), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Aufidius), and Chereen Buckley (Andromeda) in Coriolanus at the National Theatre. Photo Misan Harriman.
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