
Stuart King


Review: INTO BATTLE at the Greenwich Theatre
By Stuart King Saturday, October 30 2021, 10:03
What happens when you mix a group of aristocratically entitled young men with those of a more socially conscious outlook at an esteemed and exclusive educational establishment? Into Battle recounts the trials and tribulations of the 1910 attendees of Balliol College Oxford, before and during the horrors of World War I.


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
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