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Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick - Matthew Baldwin and company - photo by Oli Sones
30 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY TAKES A PRICK! at Charing Cross Theatre

For a brazenly adult, hugely camp (and outrageously homosexual) panto, the opening night of SLEEPING BEAUTY TAKES A PRICK! ticked and tickled every stereotypical box. In fact the only thing which would have made it camper, would have been if Dame Joan Collins herself were to turn-up in the audience — and poof, as if by magic, there she was, rubbing shoulder-pads with 80s pop stars Mike Nolan and Cheryl Baker from Bucks Fizz. You really can’t make this stuff up!

Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick - Matthew Baldwin and company - photo by Oli Sones Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick - Matthew Baldwin and company - photo by Oli Sones

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The House of Bernarda Alba company at the National Theatre (c) Marc Brenner
29 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA at Lyttelton, National

At the home of the newly-widowed Bernarda Alba, the matriarch’s determination to rule with an iron fist and retain the good name of the house, transcends any sense of humanity. But with five daughters testing her resolve, will tyranny alone be sufficient to maintain order, and where will the inevitable cracks first appear?

The House of Bernarda Alba company at the National Theatre (c) Marc BrennerThe House of Bernarda Alba company at the National Theatre. Photo Marc Brenner

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Safehouse
24 Nov
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Freya McCorry

Review: SAFEHOUSE at The Hen and Chickens Theatre

On a dark and decidedly autumnal Friday night in Islington, a group of us scurry in from the cold into the warmth of The Hen and Chickens pub, where upstairs lives a small 54 seater theatre; currently the home of Unrestricted View festival, and this night the second showing of Liam Scanlon’s new play Safehouse, directed by Laura Rinati.

Safehouse

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The Company of Oh What A Lovely War at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Photography by Alex Harvey-Brown.
24 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! at Southwark Playhouse

Joan Littlewood’s groundbreaking 1963 production, both mocked the incompetence, arrogance and indifference of the officer classes and highlighted the plight of the working class soldier, during the horrors and pointless bloodshed of the First World War. In light of Ukraine and Gaza, this rare revival seems tragically apposite and timely, but remains a difficult piece of entertainment to enjoy.

The Company of Oh What A Lovely War at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Photography by Alex Harvey-Brown.The Company of Oh What A Lovely War at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Photography by Alex Harvey-Brown.

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William Skinner (Bruno), Maggie Service (Mrs Jenkins) and Ekow Quartey (Mr Jenkins) in The Witches at the National Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner.
22 Nov
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Stuart King

THE WITCHES at National Theatre, Olivier

Following in the footsteps of the author’s Matilda, comes the latest of Roald Dahl’s stories to cast a theatrical magic spell over kids and adults alike. The National’s musical production of THE WITCHES, comes courtesy of Lucy Kirkwood and Dave Malloy and it is quite simply an absolute zinger.

William Skinner (Bruno), Maggie Service (Mrs Jenkins) and Ekow Quartey (Mr Jenkins) in The Witches at the National Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner.Cian Eagle-Service (Bruno) and Bertie Caplan (Luke) in The Witches at the National Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner.

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