Stuart King
18 Nov
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Review: ELIXIR OF LOVE at London Coliseum
By Stuart King Monday, November 18 2024, 09:24
Director Harry Fehr who has been responsible for two previous iterations of Donizetti’s bel canto buffa masterpiece, has managed along with his creative team, to drag the oft-performed garish frippery of L’elisir d’amore into an altogether surprisingly playful setting.
The Cast of ENO’s The Elixir of Love 2024 © Marc Brenner
15 Nov
Reviews
Review: WOLVES ON ROAD at Bush Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, November 15 2024, 08:36
Beru Tessema’s play WOLVES ON ROAD which has just opened at Bush Theatre, attempts to juxtapose the promise of quickly acquired wealth with the reality of council estate hardship. The production is directed by Bush Theatre’s wunderkind Daniel Bailey who recently helmed the excellent Red Pitch. So is the drama mere hype, or something more tangible than its cryptocurrency subject matter?
Kieran Taylor-Ford (Manny) in Wolves On Road at Bush Theatre. Credit Helen Murray.
13 Nov
Reviews
Review: GOING FOR GOLD at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, November 13 2024, 14:05
Park Theatre’s smaller space currently plays host to GOING FOR GOLD, a sporting yarn in which the life of 1970s boxer Frankie Lucas (Jazz Lintott) is narrated through the experiences of the patient and loving mother of his young son. Later, we learn how career disappointment led to a period of bitter reflection and isolation, but that once again family support proved unquestioning and steadfast.
Jazz Lintott in Going For Gold at Park Theatre. Photo by James Potter
08 Nov
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Review: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) at Royal Opera House
By Stuart King Friday, November 8 2024, 09:02
Director Damiano Machieletto returns to the Royal Opera House with his new production of Offenbach’s THE TALES OF HOFFMANN which wowed audiences at Sydney Opera House in 2023. Here, he is once again joined by Antonello Manacorda who conducts — as he did with the director’s modern take on Carmen which premiered at Covent Garden back in April.
Juan Diego Flórez as Hoffmann in Damiano Michieletto's production of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, The Royal Opera ©2024 Camilla Greenwell
07 Nov
Reviews
Review: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON at Ambassadors
By Stuart King Thursday, November 7 2024, 00:01
Having already achieved considerable commercial and critical success as a movie, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1927 short story is given a new lease of life as THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON AN UNORDINARY MUSICAL and for the purposes, is re-located to a small fishing village on the North Cornwall coast.
The cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Ambassadors Theatre. Photography by Marc Brenner
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