The Glorious French Revolution is part history lesson, part boundary-pushing and unexpected devised ensemble theatre. The Glorious French Revolution Now this is range. The last work I saw by YESYESNONO was small in scale, but covered billions of years and included a John Denver singalong. This one hones in on a few crucial years in […]
Sonali Bhattacharyya’s King Troll (The Fawn) is a dark and suspenseful allegorical horror. Get ready for some jump scares, an unearthly creature and, worst of all, the spectre of the Home Office. King Troll (The Fawn) What a privilege to see something of this calibre in so intimate a setting as the New Diorama Theatre. […]
Performance art meets issue-led theatre in High Steaks, as ELOINA empowers herself and her audience by dispelling myth, secrecy and shame and celebrating labia in all their glorious forms. Content warning: we’re going to talk about labia and vulvas a lot, and the show involves nudity and discussion of surgery, labia shaming but also body […]
Ephemeral Ensemble come to New Diorama Theatre with REWIND, a tribute to South America’s desaparecidos and those who have fought to tell their stories. First Some Background: Argentina’s Desaparecidos Where to start with REWIND? It is a desperately sad, visually impressive work of theatre by Ephemeral Ensemble, based on real events. Ephemeral Ensemble are a […]
An exploration of Black motherhood, societal, familial and personal pressures, Brenda’s Got A Baby raises important issues but struggles to bring them to life. Brenda’s Got A Baby I was looking forward to my first trip to New Diorama Theatre’s HQ. This bold and creative venue incubated the wonderful Operation Mincemeat, and also took the […]
A review of Ghost Walk, an experience from Poltergeist and New Diorama Theatre which does what it says on the tin! An entertaining way to explore central London and its history. Ghost Walk It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. I saw c-o-n-t-a-c-t last year which was a blend of app-based theatre […]
With the action contained to the beach house of the title, Jo Harper’s play about female relationships receives its debut at London’s Park Theatre. The Beach House Sometimes, the key to a play is something that happens offstage, the nucleus around which the action forms. That is almost the case in The Beach House, which […]
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 Operation Mincemeat, on at the Southwark Playhouse. What better way to tell an absolutely madcap story than through musical theatre? Operation Mincemeat It’s one of those stories that is so crazy, it has to be true. During WWII, the Allies wanted to invade Sicily (some sort of strategic importance, not entirely important […]
