A new play about an unjustly obscure figure from history, Dr Semmelweis combines innovative staging with solid performances. Too Much Of A Good Thing? I hate to say this: I may be Mark Rylance-d out… For years Rylance has been an actor I would go to see in any production (with one exception – my […]
Will a chance encounter lead to closure for Miles and Florence, or the reopening of old wounds? Where We Are Now poses this question in a short work by Blue Room Theatre Company. Where We Are Now In the intimate confines of the Annka Kultys Gallery, between Hoxton and Victoria Park, the Blue Room Theatre […]
In a competitive world of children’s birthday party entertainment, who will come out on top in String v SPITTA? Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur take us all back to childhood to find out. String v SPITTA Well, what a revelation. Who would have thought that the funniest, cleverest show I’ve seen in a while would […]
A derelict Victorian train station waiting room is a perfect host for an installation about time and memory in Sarah Sze’s The Waiting Room. An Unusual Commute Here is a space I’ve never been in before. I pass through Peckham Rye Station twice daily on my office days. I’m used to the sight of its […]
A compare and contrast exercise, Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life encourages reflection on the organic origins of abstract art. Hilma Af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms Of Life It seems a strange pairing, to begin with. Two early 20th Century European painters, sure, but a more different set of two artists […]
A love story set in 1960s Switzerland, The Good Women also explores what happens when women lack agency over their own lives. The Good Women Given the opportunity recently to see one of the shows in the Kensington + Chelsea Festival 2023, there was one in particular that drew my eye. This was The Good […]
A journey through London’s heart and soul, Union reminds us of our own agency faced with a changing city. Union London. It’s a big, complex, lovely, corporate, multicultural, souless, inspiring, place. Emphasis on the complex, then. It’s also ever-changing. We here at the Salterton Arts Review know that better than most, having explored the layers […]
An exhibition at Tate Britain, The Rossettis: Radical Romantics, shows the family’s romantic side for sure. Are they radical? Maybe in some ways. Is this exhibition as much of a fresh take as it appears to be? The jury is still out. The Rossettis: Radical Romantics Let’s start off with a small word on names. […]
An exploration of rom-coms, podcasts and our relationship to fantasy and reality, Sunsets builds up to its own ‘grand gesture’ without straying into cliché. Sunsets A quick disclaimer: I saw a preview of Sunsets so this is a review but without the rating – more of an encouragement to go see it in Edinburgh! It’s […]
Designed to respond to and expand on a current exhibition at the Royal Academy, Southern Somebodies brings more Black artists from the American South to London. Southern Somebodies Prompted by an interaction with a reader (thank you!), I recently had the opportunity to visit the Gallery of Everything for their exhibition Southern Somebodies. Featuring Black […]
