
Stuart King


Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at the Ambassadors Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, October 14 2021, 09:24
The Shark is Broken seems an unlikely title for a West End play, but context is everything in Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon's exposé of the notorious 1974 Cape Cod shooting schedule for Spielberg's blockbuster Jaws.


Review: ANYTHING GOES at the Barbican
By Stuart King Friday, October 8 2021, 16:16
Cole Porter’s much beloved comedy-musical Anything Goes is playing to packed houses at the Barbican Theatre, with a cast of 50 delivering a much needed splash of nautical glamour and razzmatazz.


Review: CONSTELLATIONS at the Vaudeville Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, August 7 2021, 10:47
The intimate Vaudeville Theatre on London’s Strand, is currently playing host to Michael Longhurst’s superb revival of Nick Payne’s wonderfully touching 2012 play Constellations.
As the West End gently reawakens, after the devastating restrictions imposed by lockdown, there’s perhaps a greater need than ever before for subtle, life-affirming, human interaction stories — and this is among the very best.


Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at ENO London Coliseum
By Stuart King Friday, March 20 2020, 15:55
The lasciviously amorous Count Almaviva, rejects his wife and abuses his position in a bid to bed Susanna on the day of her marriage to his manservant, Figaro.
ENO The Marriage of Figaro 2020, Johnathan McCullough, Susan Bickley, Colin Judson, Andrew Shore © Mark Brenner


Review: THE SEVEN STREAMS OF THE RIVER OTA at Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre)
By Stuart King Monday, March 16 2020, 13:14
More than 25 years have elapsed since French Canadian auteur Robert Lepage launched his multi-dimensional epic THE SEVEN STREAMS OF THE RIVER OTA on an unsuspecting but largely appreciative Edinburgh audience.
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