Stuart King
22 Mar
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Review: BLACK SUPERHERO at Royal Court Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 22 2023, 11:06
Some theatrical works defy description and so it is with BLACK SUPERHERO currently playing at the The Royal Court Theatre. No stranger to controversy, the venue has long ceased apologising for its part in bringing challenging avant garde work to the fore. It justifiably revels in its reputation and by presenting new work as strong as this, it is right to do so.
Black Superhero at the The Royal Court Theatre
19 Mar
Reviews
Review: AKHNATEN at ENO London Coliseum
By Stuart King Sunday, March 19 2023, 13:35
Forming the last part of Philip Glass’ trilogy of what he termed portrait operas in which he cast an eye over the lives of three notable figures from the worlds of science, politics and religion, Akhnaten follows Einstein and Gandhi as his final subject for treatment.
ENO Akhnaten 2023, Akhnaten played by Anthony Roth Costanzo © Belinda Jiao
18 Mar
Reviews
Review: THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, March 18 2023, 09:37
Park Theatre once again acts as a showcase for a wonderfully uplifting frolic — this time sporting platform shoes, blue eye shadow and fake beards — brought to you courtesy of the husband and husband team of Ian Hallard and Mark Gatiss.
James Bradshaw (Edward) and Andrew Horton (Christian) - The Way Old Friends Do - credit Darren Bell
09 Mar
Reviews
Review: AFTER THE ACT at New Diorama Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, March 9 2023, 10:34
On a cold and wet London evening, the bijou, ultra-modern, glass-fronted, New Diorama Theatre acts as a beacon of light in Euston’s otherwise monochrome and largely sterile urban corpora-scape. Currently playing host to AFTER THE ACT— subtitled: A Section 28 Musical — the venue also serves as a beacon for liberally-themed, thought-provoking (and even memory inducing) newly commissioned work.
After the Act (Photo by Alex Brenner) EM Williams, Ellice Stevens, Tika Mu'tamir, Zachary Willis
07 Mar
Reviews
Review: UNDER THE BLACK ROCK at Arcola
By Stuart King Tuesday, March 7 2023, 10:02
A giant, ominous black rock is suspended by ropes above the playing area in the staging of a new and hard-hitting drama about The Troubles by Tim Edge. Twenty-Five years after the Good Friday Agreement finally brought to an end the decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, UNDER THE BLACK ROCK serves as a timely reminder of what’s at stake.
Under the Black Rock. Photo credit Gregory Haney.
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