Lenny Henry’s debut play August in England starts like a comedy set and ends like a punch to the gut. August In England 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush bringing more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to British shores. It became a symbol of a wave of post-war immigration: thousands […]
Join me as we look back at some of the cultural highlights from London and beyond in a Salterton Arts Review 2022 Countdown. A Year In Review From the perspective of the Salterton Arts Review, 2022 was a pretty good year! 2020 was the year of an unexpected disruption followed by a blog relaunch and […]
A review of Elephant, a deeply political, personal and musical work by Anoushka Lucas on at the Bush Theatre. Confronting and cathartic in all the right ways. Elephant Today’s work at the Bush Theatre was originally part of the Protest series in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd. Now it’s back and […]
A review of Red Pitch, a new play by Tyrell Williams at the Bush Theatre. Contemporary, funny and generous, this energetic production is a great effort by a talented team. Red Pitch I don’t know quite what I expected from a coming of age play about football, friendship and gentrification. But by the (figurative) final […]
