"Pleasingly topsy-turvy"
"The tiny stage, house one side and garden the other, is delightfully designed by Georgia Lowe"
Fiona Mountford, The Evening Standard

"Joanna, played with finesse by the suitably glamorous Charlotte Radford, turns… from a steamy seductress into a cardigan wearing drip of a wife…. Helen Anker shows her versatility as the snooty Lady Caroline who turns free spirit in the woods, and Neil Henry, who at one moment seems perfectly cast as the sappy and crooked servant and at the next inhabits the skin of a money-hungry city worker with similar ease, is as thrilling in his acting as in his magic, while Billy Geraghty’s tormented artist is masterful.
Kate Jackson What’s On Stage

"FOUR STARS… Director Stephanie Sinclaire has cast her characters beautifully and added modern relevance to her adaptation… This is an elegant, stylish production of an enjoyable fairytale."
Aline Waites, Ham & High

"A satisfying emotional resonance"
Andrew Haydon, Time Out

"Keith Faulkner plays Lob with confidence and ease, his fluid body drifting around the set controlling the action and keeping the servants in order. Neil Henry as the butler Matey turns his hand to some real magic, which is always a delight, and in the second half pairs off with the snooty Lady Caroline - Helen Anker, in a plum role. Naomi Preston-Low steals the show as the perky and precocious innocent of the piece, Margaret. In a love triangle, Oliver Stoney plays a seedy musician who cheats on his wife. Katherine Kastin is Mabel, a vivacious actor who brings energy to the role and works remarkably well opposite Charlotte Radford as the flighty Joanna. Billy Geraghty and Oona Kirsch complete the dinner party as a couple on the verge of emotional collapse, mourning for the child they never had. Stephanie Sinclaire's direction is tight and is complimented by a superb artistic team, including some wonderful movement - considering the intimacy of the King's Head stage - by Marc Urquhart. Georgia Lowe's wonderful set creates a mystical wood and ancient manor house beautifully coloured and enchantingly lit by Peter Harrison."
Paul Vale, The Stage

The King’s Head creative team of the smash Christmas hit Peter Pan is reunited for this summer’s production of The Shadow Master based on J.M. Barrie’s Dear Brutus, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Stephanie Sinclaire.
29th July to 7th September
Tues-Sat 7:30pm
Sat & Sun 3:30pm
Tickets:
Reserved seats £20
Unreserved seats £15 / £12.50 concessions

Six very different guests are invited to the crumbling mansion of the Machiavellian master of ceremonies, Lob, for a summer house party. They are secretly united by their desire for a ‘second chance’ which they will get in the eerie wood that appears once a year on Midsummer’s Night, but it will be nothing like what they imagine as everything from naughty infidelities to piercing longings and savagely funny hypocrisies are hauntingly and hilariously exposed. Join us at the transformed Kings Head for an experience you won’t forget…if you dare!

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