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Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria, Company Wayne McGregor, Photo credit Ravi Deepres.
28 Feb
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Stuart King

Review: DEEPSTARIA at Sadler’s Wells

As with all of Wayne McGregor’s new works, DEEPSTARIA has been a hotly awaited dance piece with its much vaunted dark voids and mysterious spaces igniting an anticipatory buzz and collective salivation among dance aficionados. Sadly, what was presented at Sadler’s Wells Thursday evening opener, was a ponderous primordial soup which managed to plumb the depths of tedium, irrespective of the dancers’ best efforts.

Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria, Company Wayne McGregor, Photo credit Ravi Deepres.Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria, Company Wayne McGregor, Photo credit Ravi Deepres.

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THE LAST LAUGH at Noël Coward Theatre. Bob Golding (Eric Morecambe), Damian Williams (Tommy Cooper) and Simon Cartwright (Bob Monkhouse). Photo Pamela Raith
27 Feb
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Stuart King

Review: THE LAST LAUGH at Noel Coward Theatre

What happens when you put three of yesteryear’s British comedy giants in the same room? Well obviously they tell jokes, rib each other, engage in banter and reminisce. Such is the premise of THE LAST LAUGH in which Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse find themselves backstage sharing a dressing room.

THE LAST LAUGH at Noël Coward Theatre. Bob Golding (Eric Morecambe), Damian Williams (Tommy Cooper) and Simon Cartwright (Bob Monkhouse). Photo Pamela RaithTHE LAST LAUGH at Noël Coward Theatre. Bob Golding (Eric Morecambe), Damian Williams (Tommy Cooper) and Simon Cartwright (Bob Monkhouse). Photo Pamela Raith.

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Otherland by Chris Bush at the Almeida Theatre. Fizz Sinclair and Jade Anouka. Credit Marc Brenner
22 Feb
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Stuart King

Review: OTHERLAND at Almeida

In a daring and challenging exploration of what it means to be a woman, the Almeida’s recent opening delves into the complexities of relationships where one partner feels the overwhelming need to assume their true self through transitioning.

Otherland by Chris Bush at the Almeida Theatre. Fizz Sinclair and Jade Anouka. Credit Marc BrennerOtherland by Chris Bush at the Almeida Theatre. Fizz Sinclair and Jade Anouka. Credit Marc Brenner

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much ado about nothing theatre royal drury lane review
21 Feb
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Stuart King

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

A confectioner’s deluge of pink ticker-tape, drifts slowly from high above Drury Lane’s stage, as disco tracks and rumbustious tomfoolery play-out below. It is undoubtedly what Shakespeare himself would have wanted and after a couple of less-than-loved-Lloyds, wonder boy director Jamie is back in his groove, wowing the masses with his accessible versions of the classics. Here, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING succumbs with minimal resistance to his magical makeover.

much ado about nothing theatre royal drury lane reviewThe cast of Much Ado About Nothing. Photo by Manuel Harlan

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trash peacock theatre review
20 Feb
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Stuart King

Review: TRASH at Peacock Theatre

TRASH! Super silly, super structured, super rehearsed, super funny. A riot of unabashed, fizzing, physical mayhem. Choreographed to within an inch of its life yet managing to exude a wholly ad-libbed vibe, TRASH! could be exactly the ingredient to bring a smile in an otherwise dreary February. What’s not to love?

trash peacock theatre reviewTrash production image.

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