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By Stuart King Saturday, January 11 2025, 00:25
Since its founding in a basement beneath an Italian restaurant in 1994, the intimate 70-seater Jermyn Street Theatre has developed a niche reputation for producing a dazzlingly diverse programme of studio productions each year. Now a registered charity, you cannot fault the management’s ambition and determination.
Anna Popplewell and Carla Harrsion-Hodge in The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photography by Steve Gregson.
By Stuart King Friday, January 10 2025, 09:52
After building up a head of steam on the other side of the Atlantic, TITANIQUE has finally berthed for its run at The Criterion, Piccadilly Circus. So, is the spoof musical all at sea, or riding the crest of a wave?
The company of Titanique at Criterion Theatre. Photo credit Mark Senior.
By Stuart King Saturday, December 21 2024, 17:53
THE TEMPEST — Thunderous rumbling and ethereal wailing welcomes the audience at Drury Lane for Jamie Lloyd’s rendering of Shakespeare’s mystical tale of shipwreck, vengeance and island life. So, does Sigourney Weaver’s much-anticipated West End debut as gender swapping Prospero live up to expectation?
Sigourney Weaver (Prospero) in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Credit - Marc Brenner
By Stuart King Friday, December 20 2024, 10:31
Tennessee Williams, a man who himself tangoed dangerously with drugs and alcohol, produced sufficient Southern stories involving unhealthy relationships, substance abuse and dirty secrets, to fill a rock star’s memoir. Rebecca Frecknall directs one of the playwright’s most renowned, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF for the Almeida, but with underwhelming results.
Daisy Edgar-Jones in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida. Credit Marc Brenner
By Stuart King Tuesday, December 17 2024, 21:19
English poet A. E. Housman received the inimitable Stoppard treatment, in Sir Tom’s 1997 work THE INVENTION OF LOVE, which is widely considered one of his most profoundly esoteric. Under Richard Eyre’s direction, the original play won awards, transferred from the National to the West End and then went on to Broadway. Here, for Hampstead Theatre’s new iteration, director Blanche McIntyre takes the reins.
Dickie Beau as Oscar Wilder and Simon Russell Beale as A E Housman. Credit Helen Murray
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