Stuart King
06 Dec
Reviews 
Review: BETTE AND JOAN at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, December 6 2024, 10:51
Either side of a partition wall, and many years after their respective heydays, the feuding grand dames of 1930s-40s Hollywood, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, break the fourth wall and reminisce as they prepare to go on set to film the early 1960s schlocker Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Greta Scacchi (Joan) and Felicity Dean (Bette) in Bette & Joan at Park Theatre. Photo Simon Annand
06 Dec
Reviews
Review: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA at Dominion Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, December 6 2024, 00:01
It was a best-selling novel which spawned a blockbuster movie. Now, the writing team of Elton John, Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick and Kate Wetherhead have waved their collective sartorial wand to bring us a riotous West End runway in the form of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA as a musical. So, have the months of hype and pre-publicity been justified?
The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre.
30 Nov
Reviews
Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK: WHAT A WHOPPER! at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, November 30 2024, 10:42
The smutty jokes and campy asides come thick and fast (apologies, I just had to) as the He’s Behind You team present their follow-up to last year’s rip-roaring adult panto success (Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick!) with their spin on the family favourite which sees an athletic-but-dim lad clambering eagerly atop something which has grown enormous over night!
Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper What A Whopper - Laura Buhagiar, Keanu Adolphus Johnson, Laura Anna-Mead, Fin Walton - credit Steve Gregson
22 Nov
Reviews
Review: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
By Stuart King Friday, November 22 2024, 13:52
Often described as Shakespeare’s uneven comedy ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL presents integral problems for both directors and their actors. So, has Chelsea Walker managed to unearth the magical formula which delivers the comedic elements whilst avoiding the jarring incongruities?
William Robinson as Paroles in All's Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare's Globe (c. Marc Brenner)
![[title of show] cast. Photos by Danny Kaan](/news/public/reviews/title-of-show.jpg)
19 Nov
Reviews
Review: [title of show] at Southwark Playhouse Borough
By Stuart King Tuesday, November 19 2024, 09:43
Jeff and Hunter (originally the creators Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell) hear there’s going to be a musical theatre festival showcasing new work. Only problem, they don’t have anything ready and the submission deadline is 3 weeks away. This is a slightly left-field version of “let’s put on a show” in which the show amounts to the process the pair go through in developing a show… the show… this show! So does the idea actually work?
[title of show] cast. Photos by Danny Kaan
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