Stuart King
25 Jul
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Review: 101 DALMATIANS THE MUSICAL at Eventim Apollo
By Stuart King Friday, July 25 2025, 10:56
First performed at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2022, Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel about puppies and belonging provides the source material for this stage musical adaptation by Zinnie Harris. With music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge and a book by Johnny McKnight, the production of 101 DALMATIANS THE MUSICAL has just opened at the 3,500 seat Eventim Apollo Hammersmith.
Sydnie Christmas (Cruella) and the cast of 1-1 Dalmatians The Musical. Photo by Johan Persson
24 Jul
Reviews
Review: INTER ALIA at National Theatre (Lyttelton)
By Stuart King Thursday, July 24 2025, 10:40
As legal high flyer Judge Jessica Parks, Rosamund Pike delivers a multi-faceted central performance with vigour and élan in Suzie Miller’s legal family drama INTER ALIA, which began its run at National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage this week.
Rosamund Pike (Jessica) in Inter Alia at the National Theatre. (c) Manuel Harlan
19 Jul
Reviews
Review: SING STREET at Lyric Hammersmith
By Stuart King Saturday, July 19 2025, 18:11
Teenagers in impoverished 1980s Dublin, dream of escaping to London, becoming pop stars and emulating their heroes Duran Duran and The Cure. Based on John Carney’s 2016 coming of age movie, the stage musical version of SING STREET has just opened at the Lyric Hammersmith.
Tateyana Arutura, Sheridan Townsley and Adam Hunter - Sing Street, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre - Manuel Harlan (c)
18 Jul
Reviews
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
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