
Stuart King


Review: ARISTOCRATS at the Donmar Warehouse
By Stuart King Tuesday, August 14 2018, 11:27
Brian Friel’s ARISTOCRATS at the Donmar Warehouse — it’s Bergman under the influence of Chekhov, set on the imaginary croquet lawn of a once grand house in Ballybeg, Ireland.


Review: SPIRAL at the Park Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, August 13 2018, 10:28
Spiral a new play by writer/performer Abigail Hood, received its premiere at Park Theatre earlier this week. In her play, Ms Hood tackles some sensitive and difficult subjects but commendably, tries to minimise the sensationalism.


Review: SILK ROAD (HOW TO BUY DRUGS ONLINE) at the Trafalgar Studios
By Stuart King Wednesday, August 8 2018, 12:07
Little did Alex Oates realise when attempting to raise funds to stage his show at the Edinburgh Fringe VAULT Festival back in 2014, that he would make history... but thanks to an anonymous Bitcoin donation on Crowdfunder, that's exactly what happened.


Review: SACRIFICE at Soho Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, August 6 2018, 09:32
Ardent8 are currently presenting a new play SACRIFICE at Soho Theatre, the primary object of which is to offer an opportunity for talented regionally-trained performers to demonstrate their acting smarts to a London audience. Thankfully, they deliver.


Review: OTHELLO at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Stuart King Saturday, August 4 2018, 07:43
Plays about jealousy, envy, passion and amorous lust, must have seemed a-dime-a-dozen in Shakespeare’s day.
Here we go again at The Globe with OTHELLO, hot(ish) on the heels of London’s last notable foray into the world of Venetian military intrigue and apparent marital betrayal (The National’s 2013 production, in which Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear played the Blackamoor and his long-time military comrade, Iago).
Sheila Atim as Emilia and André Holland as Othello. Photo Simon Annand
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