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By Stuart King Wednesday, January 22 2025, 00:50
Travelling from East to West London (and back again) on a cold, dark, winters evening, to view a small scale fringe production at an altogether unassuming little venue beneath a pub, is not exactly a labour of love, but it comes with the territory for a theatre reviewer. Tuesday was such an evening.
Demi Iowu in Under the Table at Barons Court Theatre. Photography by Kinga Anna Dulka.
By Stuart King Saturday, January 18 2025, 18:59
The Royal Court plays host to Amy Jephta’s South African racial proximity drama, which wastes little time in scratching away the superficial veneer of integration within a suburban enclave. We land at a cul-de-sac located within a sought-after gated development named Stillwater. Even the name promises stagnation and a churning unrest in the lower depths.
The cast of A Good House at Royal Court Theatre.
By Stuart King Saturday, January 18 2025, 09:54
Don Pearlman, lawyer and former point man for the Reagan administration on matters relating to energy policy is co-opted by a sinister conglomerate of multinational oil companies, charged with stymying the growing rumblings for action on climate change. We’re in the mid-1980s, so the spectre of heatwaves, forest fires and coral reef collapse has yet to galvanise and unify world opinion and some would like it to stay that way.
Kyoto at Sohoplace production image. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
By Stuart King Thursday, January 16 2025, 10:13
In JENŮFA (which was first performed in 1904), Leoš Janáček deployed his Moravian heritage to imbue his prose-written opera with many of the unmistakable folk music themes of his native land. Through Gabriela Preissová’s story, we delve into the harsh realities of a young woman’s existence in a small Czech village community, where rivals for her affections have to contend with her stepmother’s protective nature, spawned from memories of her own violent and alcoholic husband.
Corinne Winters as Jenůfa in Claus Guth's production of Janáček's Jenůfa, The Royal Opera ©2025 Camilla Greenwell
By Miriam Gibson Wednesday, January 15 2025, 14:41
If you read, “Tina Turner jukebox musical,” and assume you’re in for a frothy evening of simply big tunes and big hair, think again. Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is an ambitious musical tackling more than you might expect from a show of this genre.
Zoe Birkett in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Photo by Matt Crockett
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