Stuart King, Head Reviewer at London Box Office
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Former performer (Evita, Camelot etc) who has been involved in the arts all his life. Regular press night attendee reviewing plays, musicals, opera and dance. Member of the Critics’ Circle.
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At Alexandra Palace for the start of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY.
It’s the first time I’ve felt Christmassy this year.
It’s the first time I’ve felt Christmassy this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
At Alexandra Palace for the start of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY.
It’s the first time I’ve felt Christmassy this year.
It’s the first time I’ve felt Christmassy this year.
Pre-set and bows from last evening’s BALLET SHOES at National, Olivier.
Good to see fellow critics joining in with the pre-show ‘ballet class’.
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Good to see fellow critics joining in with the pre-show ‘ballet class’.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Pre-set and bows from last evening’s BALLET SHOES at National, Olivier.
Good to see fellow critics joining in with the pre-show ‘ballet class’.
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Good to see fellow critics joining in with the pre-show ‘ballet class’.
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Back at the National Olivier this evening for BALLET SHOES which returns for its stint which is scheduled to continue through to February next year.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Back at the National Olivier this evening for BALLET SHOES which returns for its stint which is scheduled to continue through to February next year.
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Last evening to Wilton’s Musical Hall for THE ENIGMATIST with David Kwong in full magical, cryptic and enigmatic flow.
He was dazzling!
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He was dazzling!
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Last evening to Wilton’s Musical Hall for THE ENIGMATIST with David Kwong in full magical, cryptic and enigmatic flow.
He was dazzling!
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He was dazzling!
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The Hunger Games pre-set at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre.
It certainly had a lot of moving parts!
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It certainly had a lot of moving parts!
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November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Hunger Games pre-set at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre.
It certainly had a lot of moving parts!
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It certainly had a lot of moving parts!
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THE MEAT KINGS! (INC.) OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.
Bows from last evening’s performance of this pertinent reflection of America’s current blue collar tribulations, exacerbated by ICE raids and lack of due process.
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Bows from last evening’s performance of this pertinent reflection of America’s current blue collar tribulations, exacerbated by ICE raids and lack of due process.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
THE MEAT KINGS! (INC.) OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.
Bows from last evening’s performance of this pertinent reflection of America’s current blue collar tribulations, exacerbated by ICE raids and lack of due process.
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Bows from last evening’s performance of this pertinent reflection of America’s current blue collar tribulations, exacerbated by ICE raids and lack of due process.
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Pre-set for FATHERLAND at Hampstead Theatre.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Pre-set for FATHERLAND at Hampstead Theatre.
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At Sadler’s Wells for the extraordinary Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité collaboration FIGURES IN EXTINCTION.
Evenings like this, remind me why I make an effort to attend and review circa 160-170 productions per year. Breathtaking, inventive, exact, provoking, mellifluous.
Evenings like this, remind me why I make an effort to attend and review circa 160-170 productions per year. Breathtaking, inventive, exact, provoking, mellifluous.
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
At Sadler’s Wells for the extraordinary Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité collaboration FIGURES IN EXTINCTION.
Evenings like this, remind me why I make an effort to attend and review circa 160-170 productions per year. Breathtaking, inventive, exact, provoking, mellifluous.
Evenings like this, remind me why I make an effort to attend and review circa 160-170 productions per year. Breathtaking, inventive, exact, provoking, mellifluous.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ OTHELLO
Haymarket Theatre Royal.
Other productions chose to wallow in the murky depths of mental castigation. This OTHELLO is brazenly pitched and entirely accessible. It speaks to a modern West End audience in ways few have managed.
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Haymarket Theatre Royal.
Other productions chose to wallow in the murky depths of mental castigation. This OTHELLO is brazenly pitched and entirely accessible. It speaks to a modern West End audience in ways few have managed.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ OTHELLO
Haymarket Theatre Royal.
Other productions chose to wallow in the murky depths of mental castigation. This OTHELLO is brazenly pitched and entirely accessible. It speaks to a modern West End audience in ways few have managed.
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Haymarket Theatre Royal.
Other productions chose to wallow in the murky depths of mental castigation. This OTHELLO is brazenly pitched and entirely accessible. It speaks to a modern West End audience in ways few have managed.
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DEAD MAN WALKING at London Coliseum.
Sister Helen Prejean’s book and subsequent film, has been turned into an opera (commissioned by San Francisco Opera).
Sister Helen Prejean’s book and subsequent film, has been turned into an opera (commissioned by San Francisco Opera).
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DEAD MAN WALKING at London Coliseum.
Sister Helen Prejean’s book and subsequent film, has been turned into an opera (commissioned by San Francisco Opera).
Sister Helen Prejean’s book and subsequent film, has been turned into an opera (commissioned by San Francisco Opera).
Pre-set for THE LINE OF BEAUTY at Almeida.
Thatcher’s Britain with its rabid class distinctions and burgeoning gay scene. Hollinghurst’s novel brought vividly to the stage in Jack Holden’s adaptation.
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Thatcher’s Britain with its rabid class distinctions and burgeoning gay scene. Hollinghurst’s novel brought vividly to the stage in Jack Holden’s adaptation.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pre-set for THE LINE OF BEAUTY at Almeida.
Thatcher’s Britain with its rabid class distinctions and burgeoning gay scene. Hollinghurst’s novel brought vividly to the stage in Jack Holden’s adaptation.
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Thatcher’s Britain with its rabid class distinctions and burgeoning gay scene. Hollinghurst’s novel brought vividly to the stage in Jack Holden’s adaptation.
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I once spent a jolly afternoon (around 1998/9) with Prunella Scales at the Actors’ Centre working on audition speeches.
I was later assigned responsibility for the pineapple someone gave her as we chatted and strolled to the bus stop.
She was a dear soul brimming with energy and vim.
I was later assigned responsibility for the pineapple someone gave her as we chatted and strolled to the bus stop.
She was a dear soul brimming with energy and vim.
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I once spent a jolly afternoon (around 1998/9) with Prunella Scales at the Actors’ Centre working on audition speeches.
I was later assigned responsibility for the pineapple someone gave her as we chatted and strolled to the bus stop.
She was a dear soul brimming with energy and vim.
I was later assigned responsibility for the pineapple someone gave her as we chatted and strolled to the bus stop.
She was a dear soul brimming with energy and vim.
Bloody awful, “Bloody Mary and the Nine Day Queen” at Union Theatre. Friday evening’s pre-set for this overwritten, overwrought and overlong musical treatment of Lady Jane Grey’s brief tenure at the top in Tudor times.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bloody awful, “Bloody Mary and the Nine Day Queen” at Union Theatre. Friday evening’s pre-set for this overwritten, overwrought and overlong musical treatment of Lady Jane Grey’s brief tenure at the top in Tudor times.
ASSEMBLED PARTIES pre-set at Hampstead Theatre (from Thursday’s press night). And what a wonderful ensemble production it was.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
ASSEMBLED PARTIES pre-set at Hampstead Theatre (from Thursday’s press night). And what a wonderful ensemble production it was.
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Pre-set for THE MAIDS at Donmar Warehouse which is a new version of Jean Genet’s 1947 play, written and directed by Kip Williams.
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Pre-set for THE MAIDS at Donmar Warehouse which is a new version of Jean Genet’s 1947 play, written and directed by Kip Williams.
A chilly West End evening for Minnie Driver’s opening night in EVERY BRILLIANT THING.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A chilly West End evening for Minnie Driver’s opening night in EVERY BRILLIANT THING.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tonight’s relief from the grey and drizzle of a London evening.
THE UNBELIEVERS by Nick Payne and directed by Marianne Elliott for the Royal Court.
THE UNBELIEVERS by Nick Payne and directed by Marianne Elliott for the Royal Court.
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tonight’s relief from the grey and drizzle of a London evening.
THE UNBELIEVERS by Nick Payne and directed by Marianne Elliott for the Royal Court.
THE UNBELIEVERS by Nick Payne and directed by Marianne Elliott for the Royal Court.
Friday evening’s pre-set for MUSIK at Wilton’s Music Hall where Frances Barber once again breathes life into Jonathan Harvey’s outrageous creation, Billie Trix.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Friday evening’s pre-set for MUSIK at Wilton’s Music Hall where Frances Barber once again breathes life into Jonathan Harvey’s outrageous creation, Billie Trix.
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Exactly 4 years ago today, Leslie Bricusse died aged 90.
I met him just the once (at the OXO Tower restaurant in early 2000 when he was dining with Bill Nighy). He seemed amazed I knew who he was. Such a genuinely sweet and humble soul and an amazingly talented songwriter.
I met him just the once (at the OXO Tower restaurant in early 2000 when he was dining with Bill Nighy). He seemed amazed I knew who he was. Such a genuinely sweet and humble soul and an amazingly talented songwriter.
October 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Exactly 4 years ago today, Leslie Bricusse died aged 90.
I met him just the once (at the OXO Tower restaurant in early 2000 when he was dining with Bill Nighy). He seemed amazed I knew who he was. Such a genuinely sweet and humble soul and an amazingly talented songwriter.
I met him just the once (at the OXO Tower restaurant in early 2000 when he was dining with Bill Nighy). He seemed amazed I knew who he was. Such a genuinely sweet and humble soul and an amazingly talented songwriter.
THEATRE LIGHT BULB JOKES
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
THEATRE LIGHT BULB JOKES
“I'm really glad I didn't get married. I'm an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, ‘One day you're going to make a good wife.’ And I thought, ‘I don't want to be a wife. No.’”
RIP Diane Keaton, Oscar winner for “Annie Hall”.
RIP Diane Keaton, Oscar winner for “Annie Hall”.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I'm really glad I didn't get married. I'm an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, ‘One day you're going to make a good wife.’ And I thought, ‘I don't want to be a wife. No.’”
RIP Diane Keaton, Oscar winner for “Annie Hall”.
RIP Diane Keaton, Oscar winner for “Annie Hall”.
Pre-set at The Old Vic for
MARY PAGE MARLOWE
starring Andrea Riseborough and Susan Sarandon.
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MARY PAGE MARLOWE
starring Andrea Riseborough and Susan Sarandon.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pre-set at The Old Vic for
MARY PAGE MARLOWE
starring Andrea Riseborough and Susan Sarandon.
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MARY PAGE MARLOWE
starring Andrea Riseborough and Susan Sarandon.
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This is a lovely little movie. Got a chance to catch it at the weekend. Recommended.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is a lovely little movie. Got a chance to catch it at the weekend. Recommended.
#penguins #SteveCoogan
#penguins #SteveCoogan
We’re at the London Coliseum for my favourite Rossini, LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella).
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October 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We’re at the London Coliseum for my favourite Rossini, LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella).
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