Stuart King
21 Jun
Reviews 
Review: A TRIBUTE TO DALIDA at Peacock Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, June 21 2025, 12:32
The overwhelming majority of UK citizens will not have heard of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti better known as multi-lingual singer Dalida who was born in 1933 to Italian parents based at Cairo, Egypt, where her violinist father died of a brain abscess when she was 12. As the show recounts, it was the first of many tragedies in the short life of the chanteuse, which eventually led to her committing suicide in 1987.
A Tribute to Dalida, Peacock Theatre
20 Jun
Reviews
Review: THE MIDNIGHT BELL at Sadler’s Wells
By Stuart King Friday, June 20 2025, 12:16
Intoxicated tales from darkest Soho in the form of Matthew Bourne’s THE MIDNIGHT BELL, eschews Noel Coward’s passé and draws favourable comparison with the grittier elements of 1930s London found in the works of Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham.
MATTHEW BOURNE'S THE MIDNIGHT BELL. Danny Reubens and Cordelia Braithwaite. Photo by Johan Persson
19 Jun
Reviews
Review: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS at Royal Court
By Stuart King Thursday, June 19 2025, 13:32
Twenty-Five years ago Sarah Kane’s last play 4.48 PSYCHOSIS was performed at the Royal Court with Daniel Evans, Jo McInnes and Madeleine Potter. It served as a fitting tribute to the young playwright who had died the year before and was considered a leading light of the In-yer-face-theatre movement (if indeed it could be described as a movement, then, or now).
Psychosis at Royal Court. Photo Marc Brenner
18 Jun
Reviews
REVIEW: LOVESTUCK at Stratford East
By Stuart King Wednesday, June 18 2025, 13:56
“Worst. Date. Ever. A new comedy musical inspired by true events” is proclaimed on the posters for LOVESTUCK, which opened at Stratford East last evening. So, was the person who coined the tagline, tempting fate?
Lovestruck production image. Photo by Mark Senior.
17 Jun
Reviews
Review: GODZ at Peacock Theatre
By Stuart King Tuesday, June 17 2025, 08:16
A troupe of four strapping, buffoonish, Aussie blokes, cavort as Hercules, Dionysus, Cupid and Apollo as they contrive to deliver idiotic, but joyously playful acrobatic stunts for the audience.
Head First Acrobats, GODZ. Photo by Beck Stone
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