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By Stuart King Friday, April 4 2025, 17:00
Presented as a burst of vignettes, some of which are several minutes long, others lasting mere seconds, each scene in James McDermott’s JAB delivers a snapshot of time for a married couple before, during, and post the Covid pandemic.
Jab at Park Theatre. Credit Steve Gregson.
By Stuart King Thursday, April 3 2025, 09:27
APEX PREDATOR delivers a modern twist on the vampire story, with sufficient nods to the past to keep it relevant to lovers of the genre. But does it induce toothy titillation or tedium?
Apex Predator at Hampstead Theatre. Photo by Ellie Kurttz.
By Stuart King Wednesday, April 2 2025, 09:50
Eugène Ionesco’s RHINOCEROS was first performed at the end of the 1950s and was created as a direct result of the playwright’s experience with Romania’s Iron Guard, the country’s equivalent of the Nazi Party.
Joshua McGuire, Anoushka Lucas, Alan Wiliams, Hayley Carmichael, Sophie Steer, John Biddle and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù in Rhinoceros at the Almeida. Photo Marc Brenner.
By Stuart King Tuesday, April 1 2025, 09:39
Beneath the dramatic and imposing sight of Venice’s eternal symbol (the winged lion of St Mark), the city bustles about its business. Catholic patronage and trading wealth no longer vie for supremacy, but instead make for easy and comfortable bedfellows in 1730.
Stiletto at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo Johan Persson.
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 26 2025, 16:55
In a direct transfer from Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre, Azuka Oforka’s debut play THE WOMEN OF LLANRUMNEY is set at a grand but faded plantation home overlooking Jamaica’s Blue Mountains.
The cast of The Women of Llanrumney at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photo credit Chuko Cribb.
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