Stuart King
18 Jul
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Review: THE ESTATE at National Theatre, Dorfman
By Stuart King Friday, July 18 2025, 09:10
Director Daniel Raggett helms Shaan Sahota’s hugely exciting debut play THE ESTATE, which explores the opportunities a Westminster scandal presents to an outsider, whose Sikh immigrant father has just died.
Adeel Akhtar (Angad), Thusitha Jayasundera (Gyan) and Shelley Conn (Malicka) in The Estate at the National Theatre. Photographer Helen Murray.
16 Jul
Reviews
Review: THAT BASTARD, PUCCINI! at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 16 2025, 10:58
It’s 1893 and Ruggero Leoncavallo and Giacomo Puccini are battling to become the first to complete a score for an opera of La Boheme. As mutual accusations of idea theft and plagiarism fill the air, a scandal of epic proportions is brewing in elite Italian society. Based on real life events, THAT BASTARD, PUCCINI! is penned by James Inverne and directed for Park Theatre by Daniel Slater.
Sebastian Torkia in That Bastard, Puccini. Photo by David Monteith-Hodge
15 Jul
Reviews
Review: NYE at National Theatre (Olivier)
By Stuart King Tuesday, July 15 2025, 10:43
Playwright Tim Price’s homage to the life and challenges faced by the Welsh giant of 20th Century politics Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan, returns to the National Theatre after last year’s initial run. Michael Sheen once again assumes the central role as the man who fought bureaucrats, Churchill, the BMA and members of his own Labour Party, to create the National Health Service.
Michael Sheen in NYE. Photo by Johan Persson.
12 Jul
Reviews
Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Southwark Playhouse
By Stuart King Saturday, July 12 2025, 18:34
Sean Daniels’ sharply documented alcoholism play THE WHITE CHIP landed at Southwark Playhouse this week. On a hot, sweaty, London evening, it understandably drew comparison with other recent energetic and experimental US imports to the capital.
The White Chip, Southwark Playhouse.
11 Jul
Reviews
Review: TILL THE STARS COME DOWN at Theatre Royal Haymarket
By Stuart King Friday, July 11 2025, 10:00
Beth Steel's caustic family drama has a whole host of unexpected skeletons in its closet, and the excellent cast which includes many from last year’s National Theatre run, remain hell-bent on airing them.
The cast of 'Til the Stars Come Down. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
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