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The Throne - Charing Cross Theatre
04 Jul
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Stuart King

Review: THE THRONE at Charing Cross Theatre

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.

The Throne - Charing Cross TheatreCharlie Condou and Mary Roscoe in The Throne at the Charing Cross Theatre. Photo: Tristram Kenton

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Anything Goes The Musical - Barbican Theatre
01 Jul
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Miriam Gibson

Review: ANYTHING GOES at the Barbican Theatre

Remember those endless lockdown evenings, slumped in front of the telly wondering if/when you’d ever see live theatre again? This. This is what you were waiting for.

Anything Goes The Musical - Barbican Theatre Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.

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The Lion King Musical
01 Jul
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Miriam Gibson

Review: THE LION KING at the Lyceum Theatre

Twenty-three years after it opened on the West End, The Lion King is still performing to packed audiences. You can barely move through the Lyceum Theatre’s foyer without bumping into at least three Year Six classes on their end-of-term trip to London.

The Lion King Musical Disney's The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre.

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The Lion King Musical - London
29 Jun
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Stuart King

Second look: THE LION KING at Lyceum Theatre

The Lion King Musical - London In 1999 this reviewer first sat in the stalls of the Lyceum Theatre to witness the theatrical magic of the opening sequence of Disney’s The Lion King, during which the audience is gradually enveloped by wild creatures of the African plain come to pay homage to Mustafa and the arrival of his cub Simba.

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Jitney - Old Vic Theatre
20 Jun
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Stuart King

Review: JITNEY at The Old Vic

Jitney - Old Vic Theatre A run-down, cheaply veneered wood-panelled office, sticks of dilapidated waiting room furniture, a gas heater and a wall mounted payphone which (when it rings), is answered “Car service” by the disparate group of constantly revolving drivers. We’re in a Pittsburgh Jitney - one of those cheap-not-legit taxi services used by the poorer spectrum of society and run by those needing to earn a few extra bucks.

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