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The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre
07 Jan
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Stuart King

Review: LIFE OF PI at Wyndham's Theatre

For those who were captivated and engrossed by Yann Martel’s 2001 award winning novel, the stage adaptation will tick most of the plot boxes and mesmerise through sheer technical invention, but the production itself fails to genuinely engage on an emotional level.

The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) in Life of Pi at Wyndham's Theatre

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Peggy for You
18 Dec
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Stuart King

Review: PEGGY FOR YOU at Hampstead Theatre

Amidst the dire predictions for theatre’s immediate future (due largely to the unwelcome spread of the omicron variant), there remain fantastic causes for optimism. One such ray of hope, is Tamsin Greig’s superlative turn as the extraordinary Peggy Ramsay (the once formidable power broker to the literary set). Greig literally inhabits and hypnotises as the title character in Hampstead Theatre’s revival of “Peggy For You” under Richard Wilson’s masterful direction.

Peggy for You Tamsin Greig and Jos Vantyler in Peggy For You - © Helen Maybanks

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The Comedy of Errors
26 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at the Barbican

When two sets of identical masters and servants all find themselves in Ephesus (having been mixed-up and separated years earlier as the result of a nautical disaster) miscommunications and mistaken identities unsurprisingly result. The farcical comedy and slapstick choreography which ensues lays at the heart of Phillip Breen's direction of Shakespeare's best loved early comedy for the RSC, now playing at the Barbican.

The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors Barbican, London, November 2021. Photo by Pete Le May.

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Straight White Men
25 Nov
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Stuart King

Review: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN at Southwark Playhouse

Straight White Men A father invites his three grown-up sons to come together at the family home, where despite being surrounded by the trappings of Christmases past, this year something is clearly not right. Following its Broadway run at the Hayes Theatre, (which boasted Armie Hammer in the cast) Korean American playwright Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men is playing a limited run at the Southwark Playhouse until 4 Dec.

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The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre
24 Nov
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Miriam Gibson

Review: LIFE OF PI at Wyndham's Theatre

From The Lion King to Avenue Q, and The Magician's Elephant to Frozen, puppets have been become increasingly common and inventive in theatral productions. Now, puppets star in the spectacle-filled and fun production of Life Of Pi.

The Life of Pi - Wyndham's Theatre Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) Tom Larkin (Tiger Head) Nicholas Khan (Pi's Father) in The Life of Pi. Photo by by Johan Persson

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