Stuart King
16 Jun
Reviews 
Review: TOMMY at Theatre Royal Stratford East
By Stuart King Friday, June 16 2017, 12:44
The Who’s 1969 concept album forms the basis for Pete Townshend’s rock opera, last seen in London’s West End back in 1996 at the Shaftesbury Theatre; the story of a “…deaf, dumb and blind kid (who) sure plays a mean pinball”, wowed audiences then, and does again here.
02 May
Reviews
Review: THE TREATMENT at the Almeida
By Stuart King Tuesday, May 2 2017, 16:14
"It's a mindfuck, Clifford", states one of the characters in Martin Crimp's play THE TREATMENT (first staged at The Royal Court in 1993) which is being given a new outing at the Almeida under the direction of Lyndsey Turner, who’s brought something of a midas touch to several successful productions in recent years.
03 Apr
News
Everything you need to know about 42ND STREET at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
By Stuart King Monday, April 3 2017, 09:20
This musical is Broadway's story about Broadway; those for whom it is home and the starstruck, from-out-of-town wannabes eager for their big break, a slice of success in the spotlight and with a bit of luck, (or someone else's misfortune), a fleeting dalliance with stardom.
16 Mar
Reviews
PARTENOPE: English National Opera at The Coliseum Theatre
By Stuart King Thursday, March 16 2017, 13:09
When choosing to stage a near 300 year old piece by the master of recitative and opera seria George Frideric Handel, "Partenope" is often sidelined in favour of one of his better received works; indeed it remained unperformed for some 200 years of its existence, due largely to a belief that the original story and libretto were convoluted, frivolous and poorly structured.
13 Mar
Reviews
Review: A Profoundly Affectionate, Passionate Devotion to Someone (-noun)
By Stuart King Monday, March 13 2017, 07:49
"Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been."
Meera Syal leads the cast of five players whose various paired exchanges will resonate strongly with audience members who are engaged in, or have been part of, a long-term relationship. Statements redolent of bitterness, yearning, irritation, sadness, regret and intensely intimate, passionate loving and caring, form the basis for most of the exchanges. They focus the couples' interactions, divergences of understanding, thoughtless unkindnesses and their irrational immediate, self-protecting deconstructions.
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