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By Stuart King Wednesday, July 27 2022, 09:18
Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann (Tony-winning writers of the brilliant fringe favourite Urinetown) wrote this well-meaning prequel back in 2007 and then brazenly launched it upon the unsuspecting residents of Alaska! After multiple revisions and years of small-scale US productions, this evening’s opening at Southwark Playhouse marks the musical’s European premier.
Yeast Nation: The Triumph of Life at Southwark Playhouse. Photo by Claire Bilyard.
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 20 2022, 09:54
Freakishly-funky, frivolously-fripperous, fabulously-flamboyant, fragrant and fantastic — it’s everything a fun-loving fashionista could dream of.
The life of French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier (he of the horizontal striped naval costumes and extravagantly sexual perfume adverts) hit the Roundhouse on Tuesday evening after months of pre-publicity. So did the show live up to the hype?
Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse. Photo by Mark Senior
By Stuart King Tuesday, July 19 2022, 10:54
Much Ado… is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s more playful comedies (due mainly to the witty exchanges between Beatrice and Benedick, who repeatedly deny their obvious attraction for one another). But there is also the matter of a maiden’s undoing, brought about by rumour and slander concocted by envious and greedy men. The Lyttelton’s production strongly embraces both comic and tragic elements.
The cast of Much Ado About Nothing at the Lyttelton Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
By Miriam Gibson Friday, July 15 2022, 09:26
Jack Absolute Flies Again is a proper, old-fashioned farce. It’s silly, slapstick, and the jokes shoot at you as fast as if they’re being dropped from a Hurricane bomber.
Caroline Quentin (Mrs Malaprop) and Peter Forbes (Anthony Absolute) in Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre. Photo by Brinkhoff-Moegenburg
By Stuart King Monday, July 4 2022, 23:13
Billed as a majestic new comedy, John Goldsmith’s The Throne is set at a comprehensive school where the occupants eagerly await a visit by Her Majesty the Queen, during her 2002 Golden Jubilee tour of the nation.
Charlie Condou and Mary Roscoe in The Throne at the Charing Cross Theatre. Photo: Tristram Kenton
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