A review of Cratchit at the Park Theatre and A Christmas Carol at Alexandra Palace Theatre. Two more great versions to choose from, continuing my annual tradition of overdosing on Charles Dickens’ seasonal ghost story. Christmas 2021: Concern And Comfort In The Familiar In December 2020 I wrote a double review of versions of A […]
A review of two London productions of A Christmas Carol in December 2020. One live, one online, but both full of Christmas cheer. A Christmas Carol – Something For Everyone In London 2020 In 2020 we are all in need of some Christmas cheer. London, at least until it went into Tiers 3 & 4, […]
A story about embracing life against the odds, Wilko is a feelgood story featuring Dr. Feelgood’s distinctive guitarist. Wilko “A Christmas Carol with guitars and cancer.” As one of London’s biggest fans of A Christmas Carol (probably), it’s a line that jumped out at me. But although there are parallels (ghosts, enlightenment and so on) […]
A mash-up between two beloved characters from Victorian England, A Sherlock Carol is a light and funny Christmas treat. A Sherlock Carol As I was saying recently, it is foretold that I shall see two versions of A Christmas Carol every year. Here they all are: every year without fail. Regardless of whether I try […]
Are you ready? It’s time to get into the holiday spirits with A Pissedmas Carol! A Pissedmas Carol Long time readers of the Salterton Arts Review know that, no matter my intentions, it is foretold that I will see two versions of A Christmas Carol every year. Even if I try to diversity my seasonal […]
A world premiere in Hornchurch as Killing Jack takes the stage, reclaiming the stories of the five women whose lives have been overshadowed by their deaths in the autumn of 1888. Content warning: contains references to (sexual) violence, death and grief. Killing Jack Whitechapel, 1888. Five murders take place from September to November. All women, […]
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. […]
Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin take on beloved 90s film Groundhog Day in a return of their musical version at the Old Vic. Funny, heartfelt and endlessly rewatchable, I may like it better than the original. Groundhog Day Who among us has not seen the 1993 film Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray plays grouchy […]
Something of a marmite production, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! uses all the tricks in the book plus some new ones to shake up this classic musical. Oklahoma! I do like approaching productions from a place of determined ignorance. Sometimes (like my annual outings to A Christmas Carol) I know the plot of the thing I’m […]
Will I ever run out of versions of A Christmas Carol to see at Christmastime? It doesn’t look like it so far! This year it’s Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol and A Dickensian Christmas, both at the Southbank Centre. A Christmas Relapse I tried quite hard to avoid overdosing on A Christmas Carol this […]
