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By Stuart King Sunday, July 27 2025, 08:38
Compton Mackenzie’s bizarrely affected and convoluted 1928 lesbian satire, set on an island dubbed Sirene (which was almost certainly a substitution for Capri), underwent a lockdown musical makeover courtesy of Sarah Travis and Richard Stirling, ostensibly as a vehicle for the students at Guildford School of Acting. The reworked piece now earns a limited run at the intimate Jermyn Street Theatre.
Amira Matthews in Extraordinary Women. Photo by Steve Gregson.
By Stuart King Friday, July 25 2025, 10:56
First performed at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2022, Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel about puppies and belonging provides the source material for this stage musical adaptation by Zinnie Harris. With music and lyrics by Douglas Hodge and a book by Johnny McKnight, the production of 101 DALMATIANS THE MUSICAL has just opened at the 3,500 seat Eventim Apollo Hammersmith.
Sydnie Christmas (Cruella) and the cast of 1-1 Dalmatians The Musical. Photo by Johan Persson
By Stuart King Thursday, July 24 2025, 10:40
As legal high flyer Judge Jessica Parks, Rosamund Pike delivers a multi-faceted central performance with vigour and élan in Suzie Miller’s legal family drama INTER ALIA, which began its run at National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage this week.
Rosamund Pike (Jessica) in Inter Alia at the National Theatre. (c) Manuel Harlan
By Stuart King Saturday, July 19 2025, 18:11
Teenagers in impoverished 1980s Dublin, dream of escaping to London, becoming pop stars and emulating their heroes Duran Duran and The Cure. Based on John Carney’s 2016 coming of age movie, the stage musical version of SING STREET has just opened at the Lyric Hammersmith.
Tateyana Arutura, Sheridan Townsley and Adam Hunter - Sing Street, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre - Manuel Harlan (c)
By Stuart King Friday, July 18 2025, 09:10
Director Daniel Raggett helms Shaan Sahota’s hugely exciting debut play THE ESTATE, which explores the opportunities a Westminster scandal presents to an outsider, whose Sikh immigrant father has just died.
Adeel Akhtar (Angad), Thusitha Jayasundera (Gyan) and Shelley Conn (Malicka) in The Estate at the National Theatre. Photographer Helen Murray.
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