
Stuart King


Review: STEVE AND TOBIAS VERSUS DEATH at the Pleasance Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 16 2022, 11:02
When brothers Tobias and Steve learn that their mother was patient zero in a world now possessed of flesh-eating zombies, they are forced to patch their differences whilst caring for her and fending-off the seemingly endless onslaught from those outside wanting to get in.


Review: COSI FAN TUTTE at English National Opera, London Coliseum
By Stuart King Tuesday, March 15 2022, 11:04
ENO’s 2014 staging of Mozart’s last Opera buffa collaboration with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte has been dusted-off for another outing, but the production’s faded 1950s Coney Island funfair and motel setting (courtesy of set designer Tom Pye) hasn’t aged especially well — despite some cast members’ valiant attempts at resuscitation.
Nardus Williams and Amitai Pati in ENO's 2022 Così Fan Tutte. Photo Lloyd Winters.


Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE at Adelphi Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, March 4 2022, 08:08
The high octane freneticism of the movie has been neatly translated into a theatrical experience with all the whimsical exuberance of the original — plus a few added layers of corny in-jokes, fantastic special effects and of course, tightly choreographed musical dance numbers.
Olly Dobson as Marty McFly in Back to the Future the Musical


Review: AFTER THE END at Theatre Royal Stratford East
By Stuart King Thursday, March 3 2022, 09:05
In the cramped, subterranean world of a small urban nuclear bunker, Louise awakens to learn that nerdy friend Mark has saved her from almost certain death as a small mushroom cloud rises above the city. They’ve supplies to last 2 weeks and now need to hunker down and get along until it is safe to venture out.
Nick Blood and Amaka Okafor in After The End at Theatre Royal Stratford East (Credit The Other Richard)


Review: WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN at The Coronet Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 2 2022, 12:08
The charmingly faded grandeur of the Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate once again welcomes the Norwegian Ibsen Company for their third collaborative effort — this time breathing life into the playwright’s last major work WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN from 1899.
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