
Stuart King


Review: ALLELUJAH! at the Bridge Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, August 1 2018, 16:24
Playwright and all-round northern saint Alan Bennett was and always shall remain middle-aged. In reality of course, he is now an octogenarian, but he pervaded an air of '40-something' in his youth and never quite relieved himself of the habit.


Review: ME AND MY GIRL at the Chichester Festival Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, July 11 2018, 13:58
This production seems almost certain to grace the West End in the run-up to Christmas. Chichester Festival Theatre has been riding the crest of a wave in recent years with a swathe of high profile London transfers (most notably productions of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Gypsy), garnering awards, earning plaudits and generating phenomenal West End box office.


Review: CONSENT at the Harold Pinter Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, July 9 2018, 13:00
Nina Raine's National Theatre success CONSENT has transferred to the West End (until 11th August), and provides playgoers with a plethora of barrister banter and relationship ructions.
Lee Ingleby (Tim) and Clare Foster (Zara) in Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre - Photographer credit Johan Persson


Review: MACHINAL at the Almeida Theatre
By Stuart King Friday, July 6 2018, 11:10
Machinal - Almeida Theatre Sophie Treadwell's episodic, expressionist drama MACHINAL, dates from 1928, but has an inner strength and freshness which belies its years.


Preview Report: IMPERIUM at the Gielgud Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, June 25 2018, 15:30
The RSC’s IMPERIUM has already been running at their Stratford base for some time so Stuart King went to the production’s new London home for a first peak ahead of our official press night review and star rating next week.
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