Stuart King
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.
11 Jul
Reviews
Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at The Old Vic
By Stuart King Friday, July 11 2025, 07:26
At a boarding house located somewhere in Duluth, a mining town on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, a group of individuals thrust together by circumstance, discuss life, love, and the matters which constrain their desires and ambitions.
Justina Kehinde (Marianne Laine), Nichola MacEvilly (Ensemble), Frankie hart (Ensemble) and Rebecca Thornhill (Mrs Burke) in Girl from the North Country at The Old Vic (2025). Photo by Manuel Harlan.
09 Jul
Reviews
Review: NOUGHTS AND CROSSES at Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 9 2025, 11:16
Malorie Blackman’s NOUGHTS AND CROSSES penned as a saga for young adults and published in instalments between 2001 and 2021, serves as the source material for Dominic Cooke’s hard-hitting stage adaptation, here directed by Tinuke Craig.
Noah Valentine (Callum) and Corinna Brown (Sephy) in Noughts & Crosses. Credit Manuel Harlan.
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