Stuart King
16 Mar
Reviews 
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.
11 Mar
Reviews
Review: ENDGAME (with ROUGH FOR THEATRE II) at The Old Vic
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 11 2020, 10:38
Endgame (played after the rarely staged, but considerably more satisfying Rough for Theatre II) has been a box office draw for The Old Vic this season, where Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming deliver Beckett’s quirky tales with sufficient spark and comedic zest, to demonstrate an affinity with the oft impenetrable material.
10 Mar
Reviews
Review: SHOE LADY at Jerwood Downstairs (Royal Court Theatre)
By Stuart King Tuesday, March 10 2020, 08:28
As its title alludes, SHOE LADY is a play which revolves around a woman (Viv, played by Katherine Parkinson) who is impacted by footwear — most especially, the loss of one half of a pair of shoes. Unfortunately, it is her only pair of shoes, so the loss assumes a profound significance and the results, whilst often comic, are ultimately calamitous.
04 Mar
Reviews
Review: REVISOR at Sadler’s Wells
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 4 2020, 14:11
Following-on from their success with Betroffenheit, Crystal Pite’s company Kidd Pivot are again collaborating with Jonathon Young, this time for REVISOR which uses Gogol’s 1836 absurdist comic farce about political corruption - The Inspector General* - as its source material.
02 Mar
Reviews
Review: A NUMBER at the Bridge Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, March 2 2020, 14:42
The play, the playwright, the players and the director, are all possessed of proven pedigrees. So why doesn’t this re-imagining of Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking 2002 exposé of cloning, feel more substantial and relevant?
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