Stuart King
07 Jan
Reviews 
Review: LIFE OF PI at Wyndham's Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, January 7 2022, 11:06
For those who were captivated and engrossed by Yann Martel’s 2001 award winning novel, the stage adaptation will tick most of the plot boxes and mesmerise through sheer technical invention, but the production itself fails to genuinely engage on an emotional level.
Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) in Life of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre
18 Dec
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Review: PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, December 18 2021, 20:58
Amidst the dire predictions for theatre’s immediate future (due largely to the unwelcome spread of the omicron variant), there remain fantastic causes for optimism. One such ray of hope, is Tamsin Greig’s superlative turn as the extraordinary Peggy Ramsay (the once formidable power broker to the literary set). Greig literally inhabits and hypnotises as the title character in Hampstead Theatre’s revival of “Peggy For You” under Richard Wilson’s masterful direction.
Tamsin Greig and Jos Vantyler in Peggy For You - © Helen Maybanks
26 Nov
Reviews
Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at the Barbican
By Stuart King Friday, November 26 2021, 08:24
When two sets of identical masters and servants all find themselves in Ephesus (having been mixed-up and separated years earlier as the result of a nautical disaster) miscommunications and mistaken identities unsurprisingly result. The farcical comedy and slapstick choreography which ensues lays at the heart of Phillip Breen's direction of Shakespeare's best loved early comedy for the RSC, now playing at the Barbican.
The Comedy of Errors Barbican, London, November 2021. Photo by Pete Le May.
25 Nov
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Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Southwark Playhouse
By Stuart King Thursday, November 25 2021, 09:43
A father invites his three grown-up sons to come together at the family home, where despite being surrounded by the trappings of Christmases past, this year something is clearly not right. Following its Broadway run at the Hayes Theatre, (which boasted Armie Hammer in the cast) Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men is playing a limited run at the Southwark Playhouse until 4 Dec.
24 Nov
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Review: MANOR at National Theatre, Lyttelton
By Stuart King Wednesday, November 24 2021, 14:05
During a meteorological maelstrom, a dilapidated Manor House and its vibrant but cash-strapped owner Diana (delivered in a beautifully nuanced performance by Nancy Carroll) are unexpectedly inundated by a disparate group of shelter seekers. Can they weather both the ongoing storm and the clash of personalities which erupts from their enforced containment?
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