Stuart King
19 Jul
Reviews 
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at National Theatre, Lyttelton
By Stuart King Tuesday, July 19 2022, 10:54
Much Ado… is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s more playful comedies (due mainly to the witty exchanges between Beatrice and Benedick, who repeatedly deny their obvious attraction for one another). But there is also the matter of a maiden’s undoing, brought about by rumour and slander concocted by envious and greedy men. The Lyttelton’s production strongly embraces both comic and tragic elements.
The cast of Much Ado About Nothing at the Lyttelton Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
04 Jul
Reviews
Review: THE THRONE at Charing Cross Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, July 4 2022, 23:13
Billed as a majestic new comedy, John Goldsmith’s The Throne is set at a comprehensive school where the occupants eagerly await a visit by Her Majesty the Queen, during her 2002 Golden Jubilee tour of the nation.
Charlie Condou and Mary Roscoe in The Throne at the Charing Cross Theatre. Photo: Tristram Kenton
29 Jun
Reviews
Second look: THE LION KING at Lyceum Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, June 29 2022, 17:28
In 1999 this reviewer first sat in the stalls of the Lyceum Theatre to witness the theatrical magic of the opening sequence of Disney’s The Lion King, during which the audience is gradually enveloped by wild creatures of the African plain come to pay homage to Mustafa and the arrival of his cub Simba.
20 Jun
Reviews
Review: JITNEY at The Old Vic
By Stuart King Monday, June 20 2022, 10:39
A run-down, cheaply veneered wood-panelled office, sticks of dilapidated waiting room furniture, a gas heater and a wall mounted payphone which (when it rings), is answered “Car service” by the disparate group of constantly revolving drivers. We’re in a Pittsburgh Jitney - one of those cheap-not-legit taxi services used by the poorer spectrum of society and run by those needing to earn a few extra bucks.
19 Jun
Reviews
Review: THAT IS NOT WHO I AM (RAPTURE) at The Royal Court
By Stuart King Sunday, June 19 2022, 00:01
A considerable amount of cloak and dagger hype has surrounded Dave Davidson’s first produced play now shocking audiences at the Royal Court — as befits a playwright who (as the blurb suggested), has worked in the security industry for nearly four decades!
“When Ollie has his identity stolen on the internet, it’s bad enough. But soon it’s not just his online life collapsing – his real life is being stolen too. Who is the person really doing and saying these awful things? And who can Ollie trust to see the real him when the world sees him as a monster? Did the real him ever exist in the first place?”
Priyanga Burford, Siena Kelly, Jake Davies in That Is Not Who I Am at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
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